Monday, September 14, 2026

 

 [Pictured: Katie Fey, aka Jenya D]

fey \FAY\, adjective:

1. Possessing or displaying a strange and otherworldly aspect or quality; magical or fairylike; elfin.

2. Having power to see into the future; visionary; clairvoyant.

3. Appearing slightly crazy, as if under a spell; touched.

4. (Scots.) Fated to die; doomed.

5. (Scots.) Marked by a sense of approaching death.

Fey comes from Middle English feye, feie, from Old English fæge, "fated to die."

taradiddle \ tar-uh-DID-l \ , noun; 

1. Informal . a small lie; fib. 
2. Informal . pretentious nonsense. 

Origin: Taradiddle builds on the term diddle , "to cheat or swindle" or "a deception," however, the origin of the first element, tara , is uncertain. It entered English in the late 1700s.

liptease

• The act of putting on lipstick suggestively; The oral equivalent of a striptease.

Diane was giving me a liptease from across the room, so I went over and asked her out.

 

Trivia 

What product was ceremoniously unveiled to the public on September 4, 1957, a day its manufacturer hailed as “E-Day”?

• The Edsel, the Ford that never took off.  

History

• "The Star Spangled Banner": US anthem was written by attorney Francis Scott Key during the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore (1814)
• 
  Selective Service Act: Congress authorized the first peacetime draft in US history (1940)
• Luna 2: the spherical Soviet spacecraft became the first man-made object to reach the Moon; it crashed onto the lunar surface (1959)
• Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton: widow who founded the American Sisters of Charity was canonized by Pope Paul VI, becoming the first US-born saint (1975)
• 1994 Major League Baseball season: was officially canceled by acting commissioner Bud Selig, 34 days after the players' strike began (1994)

Birthdays 

• Ivan Pavlov 1849
• Charles Dana Gibson 1867
• Margaret Sanger 1879
• Jack Hawkins 1910
• Clayton Moore 1914
• Kay Medford 1920
• Hughes Rudd 1921
• Constance Baker Motley 1921
• Bud Palmer 1923
• Jerry Coleman 1924
• Allan Bloom 1930
• Zoe Caldwell 1933
  
• Harve Presnell 1933
• Kate Millett 1934
• Walter Koenig 1936
• Nicol Williamson 1938
• Priscilla Mitchell 1941
• Joey Heatherton 1944
• Pete Agnew (Nazareth) 1946
• Sam Neill 1947
• John "Bowser" Bauman (Sha Na Na) 1947
• Steven Gaines (Lynyrd Skynyrd) 1949 
• Paul Kossoff (Free) 1950
• Barry Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1954
• Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) 1955
• Joe Penny 1956
• John Berry 1959
• Mary Crosby 1959
• Mary Frances 1959
• Morton Harket (a-ha) 1959
• Faith Ford 1964
• Don Cortese 1968
• Tyler Perry 1969
• Craig Montoya (Everclear) 1970
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley 1971
• Andrew Lincoln 1973 (Rick Grimes from The Walking Dead)
• Nas 1973
• Amy Weinhouse 1983 (singer turned zombie)
• Adam Lamberg 1984
  

Katie FEY

 

 

     

 

  

   

  

Jevgenija Diordijchuk (real name)

AKA: Yevgenia / Eugenia / Evgenia Diordiychuk, Jenya D, Shawnee, Katie Fey, Shawnee, Vanesa Gojgik

 

  

 

 

 

  

 

  

Don't ever underestimate experience

A ship engine failed and no one could fix it, so they brought in a guy with 40 years experience.

 
He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

 
After looking things over, the guy reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.

 
He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine burst back into life.

 
The engine was fixed!

 
7 Days later the owners got his bill for $10,000.

 
"What?!" the owners said. "You hardly did anything. Send us an itemized bill."

 
The reply simply said:

• Tapping with a hammer: $2
• Knowing where to tap: $9,998

Sunday, September 13, 2026

lambent \ LAM-buhnt \ , adjective; 

1. dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit . 
2. running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
3. softly bright or radiant: a lambent light . 

Origin: Lambent comes from the Latin term lambere meaning "to lick." It entered English in the mid-1600s.

no-motion 

1. A promotion without a raise or bonus.
2. During the recession of 2009, employers have embarked on a new trend of giving promotions to employees (e.g. by adding more responsibility to their current position or new job title) but not giving the employee any monetary compensation for it (e.g. no raise, no bonus).

My boss gave me a no-motion as I was promoted to VP but still receiving the same pay!

  

Holiday

• National Grandparents Day

History 

• Margaret Chase Smith: became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress when she was elected US senator from Maine (1948)
• Attica: the four-day revolt at New York's maximum security prison ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility; forty-two people died (1971)
• Super Mario Bros.: best-selling video game of all time was first released, in Japan, by Nintendo (1985) 
  Law & Order: long-running TV police drama series first aired, on NBC (1990)
• Oslo Accord: historic handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in Washington marks the signing of a secret peace agreement in Oslo (1993)

Birthdays

• Walter Reed 1851
• Milton S. Hershey 1857
  
• John Pershing 1860
• Sherwood Anderson 1876
• J.B. Priestley 1894
• Claudette Colbert 1905
• Bill Monroe (The Bluegrass Band) 1911
• Roald Dahl 1916
• Dick Haymes 1916
• Charles Brown 1922
• Scott Brady 1924
• Mel Torme 1925
• Robert Indiana 1928
• Eileen Fulton 1933
• Barbara Bain 1934
• Fred Silverman 1937
• Judith Martin 1938
• Richard Kiel 1939
• David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1941
• Bela Karolyi 1942
• Jacqueline Bisset 1944
  
• Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1944
• Nell Carter 1948
• Don Was 1952
• Randy Jones (The Village People) 1952
• Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1956
• Jean Smart 1959
• Bobby Cryner 1961
• Dave Mustaine 1961 - Musician (Megadeth, Metallica)
• Zak Starkey 1965
  
  
• Michael Johnson 1965
• Louis Mandylor 1966
• Steve Perkins (Porno for Pyros) 1967
• Bernie Williams (MLB) 1968
• Goran Ivanisevic 1971
• Aaron Benward (Blue Country) 1973
• Scott Vickaryous 1975
• Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flats) 1975
• Fiona Apple 1977
• Ben Savage 1980
• Mitch Holleman 1995

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

THE POTTY

From my email:

THE POTTY

A LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET. HIS MOTHER THINKS HE HAS BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG, SO SHE GOES IN TO SEE WHAT'S UP. THE LITTLE BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET READING A BOOK. BUT ABOUT EVERY 15 SECONDS OR SO, HE PUTS THE BOOK DOWN, GRIPS ONTO THE TOILET SEAT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HITS HIMSELF ON TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

HIS MOTHER SAYS: "BILLY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR A WHILE."

BILLY SAYS: "I'M FINE, MOMMY. I JUST HAVEN'T GONE POTTY' YET."

MOTHER SAYS: "OK, YOU CAN STAY HERE A FEW MORE MINUTES, BUT, BILLY, WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON THE HEAD?"

BILLY SAYS: "WORKS FOR KETCHUP."

Saturday, September 12, 2026

rimple \ RIM-puhl \ , verb; 

• to wrinkle; crumple; crease. 

noun: 

• a wrinkle. 

Origin: Rimple comes from the Old English hrimpan , which can be compared to the Old High German rumpfusla meaning "wrinkle; fold." The verb sense entered English in the mid-1400s.  

put the boot in 

• (British) Kicking somebody when they're down.

Once it became obvious he would be fired, the entire office took the chance to put the boot in.

History

• Henry Hudson: began exploring the Hudson River (1609)
• Elizabeth Barrett: eloped with fellow poet Robert Browning (1846)
• Jacqueline Bouvier: married John F. Kennedy in an enormous wedding (1953)
• Bonanza: Ben Cartwright and his sons rode onto the screen in America's first TV series taped in color (1959)
• Haile Selassie: Ethiopia's emperor was deposed in a military coup after a 58-year reign (1974); he died a year later, while under arrest
• Steven Biko: black civil rights leader died in police custody in South Africa; international protests and a UN arms embargo ensued (1977)

Birthdays

• Richard Gatlin 1818
• H.L. Mencken 1880
• Maurice Chevalier 1888
• Ben Blue 1901
• Margaret Hamilton 1902
• Jesse Owens 1913
• Tony Bettenhausen 1916
  
• Irene Dailey 1920
• Yma Sumac 1924
• Ella Mae Morse 1924
• Dickie Moore 1925
• Freddie Jones 1927
• Ian Holm 1931
• George Jones 1931
• Glenn Davis 1934
• Linda Gray 1940
• Tony Bellamy (The Tornados) 1940
• Maria Muldaur 1943
• Barry White 1944
• Joe Pantoliano 1951
• Neil Peart (Rush) 1952
• Gerry Beckley (America) 1952
• Peter Scolari 1954
• Barry Andrews (King Crimson, XTC) 1956
• Brian Robertson (Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy) 1956
• Rachel Ward 1957
• Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) 1965
• Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) 1966
  
• Darren E. Burrows 1966
• Larry "Ler" LaLonde (Primus) 1968
• Paul Walker 1973
• Yao Ming (1980)
• Emmy Rossum 1986
• Nany Tovar (aka Karla "Spice" Lopez) 1986 model from Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela
• Alexia Fast 1992
• Sydney Sweeney 1997 actree, had good jeans 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

KARLA "SPICE" LOPEZ

 

 

 

         

     

http://karlaspice.com/