In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue....

I think we need a refresher about this guy and not the left's narrative...

Spotlight: On this date in 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that would take him to the present-day Americas. His trip financed by Ferdinand of Aragón and  Isabella of Castile, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic with three ships — the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria — on a quest to show that one could get to India by sailing west. Columbus and his compatriots made landfall somewhere in the Bahamas. Though he is given credit for "discovering America," he didn't get the land named for him; that honor went to Amerigo Vespucci, who led voyages to the area at around the same time as Columbus. Vespucci reasoned that America was not the eastern part of Asia — as Columbus believed — but a new continent.

 

Quote: "By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination." — Christopher Columbus

Monday, August 3, 2026

flak \ flak \ , noun; 

1. criticism; hostile reaction; abuse: Such an unpopular decision is bound to draw a lot of flak from the press. 
2. antiaircraft fire, especially as experienced by the crews of combat airplanes at which the fire is directed.

Origin: This term dates from the 1930s and comes from the German Fl(ieger) a(bwehr) k(anone) . This translates to "aircraft defense gun."  

leanover

• A small-sized hangover, usually comes with merely a mild headache, a vague fatigue, and little or no sense of regret and/or shame.

I didn't really drink that much last night, but I think I've got a leanover. Wtf!

History

• Christopher Columbus: set sail from Palos, Spain, on the voyage that would take him to America (1492)
• La Scala: leading opera house opened in Milan with a production of Salieri's opera Europa riconosciuta, which was not performed again until December 7, 2004, when La Scala reopened after renovations (1788)
• NBA: the National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America merged to form America's professional basketball league (1949)
• USS Nautilus: the world's first nuclear-powered submarine sailed over the North Pole underwater in a journey under the Arctic ice cap (1958)
• Air Traffic Controllers Strike: PATCO workers walked out, leading to the firing of nearly all air traffic controllers by President Ronald Reagan two days later; in the wake of this event, US labor unions were weakened (1981)
• Statue of Liberty: pedestal reopened to the public for first time since 9/11 (2004)

Birthdays

• Ernie Pyle 1900
• John T. Scopes 1900
• Ray Bloch 1902
• Margaret Kuhn 1905
• Dolores Del Rio 1905
• John Gunther 1910
• Charlie Shavers (John Kirby Sextet) 1917
• Les Elgart 1918
• P.D. James 1920
• Richard Adler 1921
• Marilyn Maxwell 1921
• Leon Uris 1924
• Gordon Stoker 1924 - Musician (The Jordanaires)
• Tony Bennett 1926
• Gordon Scott 1927
• Alex Cord 1931
• Elsa Martinelli 1933
• Stephen Berkoff 1937
• Martin Sheen 1940
• Lance Alworth 1940
• Martha Stewart 1941
• Beverly Lee 1941 - Musician (The Shirelles)
• B.B. Dickerson 1949 - Musician (War)
• John Landis 1950
• 
  JoMarie Payton 1950
• Jay North 1951
• Marcel Dionne 1951
• Johnny Graham 1951 - Musician (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• John C. McGinley 1959
• James Hetfield 1963 - Musician (Metallica)
• Ed Roland 1963 - Musician (Collective Soul)
• Dean Sams 1966 - Musician (Lonestar)
  Michael Ealy 1973 - Actor (Almost Human, Underworld 4)
• Shirley Manson 1966 - (Garbage)
• Evangeline Lilly 1979 - Actress ("Lost")
• Holly Artnstein (Dream) 1985

  

 

 

  

Loss Vegas joke

A guy comes home and finds his wife sitting on the front porch with her bags. He asks her where she's going and she says "Las Vegas. I hear I can make $400 there for doing what I do with you for free." 

He tells her to hold on, runs inside and a couple minutes later returns with his bags. "Where are you going?" She asks him. 

"Las Vegas," he replies "I've got to see how you're going to live on $800 a year!"

Sunday, August 2, 2026

scofflaw \ SKAWF-law, SKOF- \ , noun; 

1. a person who flouts the law, especially one who fails to pay fines owed. 
2. a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices. 

Origin: Scofflaw is a portmanteau that describes a person who scoffs, or mocks, the law. It's been used in English since the 1920s. 

finger guns

• A way for creepy people with porn mustaches to say hello or "I understand". Hold your fingers in the shape of guns (use both hands for maximum effect) and point at someone who just arrived. Bend thumbs to simulate shooting your finger guns and make a clicking sound with your mouth. May be accompanied with a wink in extreme cases.

That dude that looks like he just fell out of the 70's just offered me a piece of candy and then winked and gave me finger guns. I said no.

History

• 
  Declaration of Independence: members of the Continental Congress began putting their John Hancocks on "The Unanimous Declaration of the 13 United States of America" (1776)
• Marihuana Tax Act: US law doused marijuana use, sale and possession with sheer legal intricacy (1937)
• PT-109: a torpedo boat commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy was sunk off the Solomon Islands by a Japanese destroyer (1943)
• Gulf of Tonkin: the Pentagon reported attacks on US ships by North Vietnamese; the incident led to a Congressional resolution and expansion of the war effort (1964)
• Kuwait: was invaded by Iraq, triggering the Gulf War five months later (1990)

Birthdays

• Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss 1891
• Myrna Loy 1905
• Beatrice Straight 1918
• James Baldwin 1924
• Carroll O'Connor 1924
• Peter O'Toole 1932
• Hank Cochran 1935
• Garth Hudson (The Band) 1937
• Wes Craven 1939
• Edward Patten (Gladys Knight and the Pips) 1939
• Doris Kenner-Jackson (The Shirelles) 1941
• Kathy Lennon 1942 - Musician (The Lennon Sisters)
• Max Wright 1943
• Joanna Cassidy 1945
• Lance Ito 1950
• Andrew Gold 1951
• Butch Vig 1955 (Garbage)
• Mojo Nixon 1957
• Victoria Jackson 1959
• Apollonia 1961
• Cynthia Stevenson 1963
• Mary-Louise Parker1964
• John Stanier (Helmet) 1968
• Kevin Smith 1970
• Zelma Davis (C+C Music Factory) 1970
• Angel Lynn Boris 1974
• Edward Furlong 1977
• Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchinson) 1992 
  
  
  

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Quote of the day: 8/1/2026

"The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf."

Will Rogers

Saturday, August 1, 2026

transfigure \ trans-FIG-yer or, esp. British, -FIG-er \ , verb; 

1. to change in outward form or appearance; transform. 
2. to change so as to glorify or exalt. 

Origin: Transfigure came to English in the 14th century from the Latin trānsfigūrāre meaning "to change in shape." 

SFA

• sweet 
• fuck 
• all
• Amounting to nothing or very little

Wow what a waste, I did SFA this weekend.

History

• Slavery Abolition Act 1833: abolished slavery in Britain and Ireland
• WWI: erupted as Germany declared war on Russia (1914)
• Fulbright: scholarship program was signed into US law (1946)
• MTV: cable music station was launched with, aptly, The Buggles' "Video Killed the Radio Star" (1981)

Birthdays

• Francis Scott Key 1779
• Herman Melville 1819
• Arthur Hill 1922
• Lionel Bart 1930
• Geoffrey Holder 1930
• Tom Wilson 1931
• Ramblin' Jack Elliot 1931
• Dom DeLuise 1933
• Yves Saint Laurent 1936
• Giancarlo Giannini 1942
• Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) 1942
• Boz Burrell (Bad Company) 1946
  
• Tim Bachman (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) 1951
• Robert Cray 1953
• Michael Penn 1958
• Robert Buck (10,000 Maniacs) 1958
• Joe Elliot (Def Leppard) 1959
• Suzi Gardner (L7) 1960
• Chuck D (Public Enemy) 1960
• Coolio 1963
• Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) 1964
• George Ducas 1966
• Charlie Kelley (Buffalo Club) 1968
• Tempestt Bledsoe 1973
• Taylor Fry 1981
• Asheley Angel (O-Town) 1981

  

 

  

March Out! NIN

I can't think of a better way to end the work week than with March Of The Pigs by Nine Inch Nails!

 

 

Vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhK-rzjfUMw

march of the pigs 

by nin

 step right up march push
crawl right up on your knees
please greed feed (no time to hesitate)
i want a little bit i want a piece of it i think he's losing it
i want to watch it come down
don't like the look of it don't like the taste of it don' like the smell of it
i want to watch it come down
all the pigs are lined up
i give you all that you want
take the skin and peel it back
now doesn't it make you feel better?
shove it up inside surprise! lies
stains like the blood on your teeth
bite chew suck away the tender parts
i want to break it up i want to smash it up i want to fuck it up
i want to watch it come down
maybe afraid of it let's discredit it let's pick away at it
i want to watch it come down
now doesn't it make you feel better?
the pigs have won tonight
now they can all sleep soundly
and everything is all right

WTF: Victoria "Posh" Beckham describes to Kate Beckinsale how big just one of my nuts is