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Tragedy >For You<

>For You<

>For You<

>For You<

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4oFcaVY8iQ

With that skill that was hers alone

She drove her clutches into me

I was dumbfounded

She was hungry

She required me entirely

All that's left is here to remain
It's a dull and cruel pain

That passes the ages unaltered

Her stamp is in my heart

I still feel disemboweled

I clearly retain

A blank

The void

The sore in my soul

The mark in my heart

Her acid reign

Hot sun, global fun

Needed action, start to run

And that voice that was hers alone

Still resounds in me

She left me dislocated

Disavowed

And twitching

Her rhythm is in my heart

She inspired in me

An acute sense of treachery

Review Tuesday: Wizards (1977)

  

 

WIZARDS

1977

In a post-apocalyptic Earth Two WIZARDS and their armies battle for the future of the planet.

I don't know who, but someone put the idea in my head that I should watch the 1977 animated film WIZARDS.

 

Here's a skinny. The Wizards were born twins, but they are complete opposites, but simply one is good and teh other is evil. The evil one, Blackwolf (he's easy to spot, he has bones for arms and they are upside down, you'll know what I mean when you see it) has finally figured out a plan to conquer the planet. He discovers some WW2 German propaganda films and hardware. Somehow this causes the opposition to crumble. The good one, Avatar turns one of Blackwolf's own assassins against him, and goes on a journey making allies to try to defeat his brother. 

 

Okay, this movie is just weird. It perfectly reflects the anti-war '70s as well the ever-present fear of a Nazi Fourth Reich rising. It also is loaded with the 70s drug haze. I have a feeling you need to be heavy-glazed in order to truly enjoy this movie. It seemed to go on and on at point unnecessarily. It might've been better with some editing, but it's already an hour and twenty minutes, how short could it be trimmed down to? And the animation is all over the place. The cut scenes are made with incredible artwork, but they don't even line up with the artwork in the rest of the cartoon. Avatar looks completely different from one to the next! 

 

Possibly the biggest let down is the ending. The movie came out in 1977, so I don't care. The movie is called WIZARDS. The WIZARDS finally face off and what happens? Avatar pulls out a pistol and shoots her brother twice through the chest. No magic. Nothing mystical. BLAM! BLAM! YOU'RE DEAD! 

 

You can find it to watch for free on the Internet Archive, but I don't really feel it's worth the time or effort to do so.  

 

   

 

 

 

 

Review Tuesday: Imaginary (2024)

  

 

Imaginary

2024 

A child's imaginary friend might be a bigger problem than originally thought.

My BFF doesn't take suggestions very well. If she did, she wouldn't have selected this movie. It may be horror, but it's about a child. I don't like those.

 

Jessica (DeWanda Wise) is moving into her grandmother's home with her step-children. Her husband is going on tour, so it's just the girls at home getting to know each other better. Soon after moving in Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an imaginary friend named Chauncey. That's all fine and dandy until Chauncey starts asking Alice to do more dangerous things. After a therapist stops by, that's when Jessica realizes that there is something much more nefarious going on.   

 

I am pretty sure that this is a movie that Mrs Bax0jayz and I have rejected in the past. Main reason? It's a horror movie around a child. It's well made and all, but I have trouble taking these things seriously as a horror movie when the star is a child. I'd call it okay because it simply didn't seem original at all.     

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

dulcify \DUHL-suh-fahy\, verb:

1. to make more agreeable; mollify; appease.
2. to sweeten.

Dulcify is derived from the Latin word dulcis meaning "sweet." It entered English around 1600. 

off the box

• the state of being removed from a position of prominence/importance due to a foolish mistake. Related to Michael Phelps being dropped by Kellogg after a picture of him with a bong was released.

Dude, after that bonehead move you are so off the box.

History

• Gregorian calendar: solar calendar was introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in a papal bull known as Inter gravissimas, to correct the Julian calendar (1582)
• Marbury v. Madison: established judicial review, giving the Supreme Court power to overturn acts of Congress it deems unconstitutional (1803)
• Andrew Johnson: became the first US president to be impeached, for defying the Tenure of Office Act (1868)
• National Public Radio: the home of All Things Considered and Car Talk was created (1970)

Birthdays

• Wilhelm Grimm 1786 - Author with brother Jakob Grimm (Grimm's Fairy Tales: Rumpelstiltskin, Snow White, The Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb)
• Winslow Homer 1836 - Artist
• Honus (John Peter) Wagner 1874 - Baseball player, "The Flying Dutchman"
• Chester Nimitz 1885 - U.S. Navy Admiral, WWII Commander in Chief, signed the Japanese surrender papers
• Marjorie Main (Mary Tomlinson) 1890 - Actress ("Ma and Pa Kettle", "The Egg and I")
• Zachary Scott (Zachary Thomson Scott, Jr.) 1914 - Actor ("Flamingo Road", "The Young One")
• Abe Vigoda 1921 - Actor ("Barney Miller", "The Godfather"), zombie
• Steven Hill 1922 - Actor ("Law & Order", "Mission: Impossible", "Leagle Eagles")
• Mark Lane 1927 - Attorney, author ("Rush to Judgment"), conspiracy theorist regarding the JFK assassination
• Bubba (John Melvin) Phillips 1928 - Baseball player
• Richard B. Shull 1929 - Actor ("Splash")
• Barbara Lawrence 1930
• Dominic Chianese 1931 - Actor ("The Sopranos"), singer
• John Vernon 1932 - Actor ("The Outlaw Jose Wales", "Dirty Harry")
• Michel Legrand 1932 - Composer
• Linda Cristal 1936
• Renata Scotto 1936 - Opera singer
• Lance Reventlow 1936 - Auto racer, son of Barbara Hutton
• James Farentino 1938 - Actor ("Dynasty", "The Final Countdown")
• Paul Jones 1942 - Musician (Manfred Mann)
• George Harrison 1943 - Musician (Beatles) - In 1992, Harrison stated, "I only learned recently after all these years that the date and time of my own birth have always been off by one calendar day and about a half hour on the clock." Previously, Harrison thought his birthday was the 25th.
• Sheila Larkin 1944
• Barry Bostwick 1945 - Actor ("Spy Hard", "Spin City" "War & Remembrance")
• Rupert Holmes 1947 - Musician, songwriter
• Edward James Olmos 1947 - Actor ("Blade Runner", "Miami Vice")

  
  
• Lonnie Turner 1947 - Musician (The Steve Miller Band)
• George Thorogood 1950 - Musician
• Helen Shaver 1951 - Actress ("The Craft", "Born to be Wild")
• Debra Jo Rupp 1951 - Actress ("That '70s Show")
• Fred Dean 1952 - Football player
• Tom Burleson 1952 - Basketball player
• Frank (Joseph) Riccelli 1953 - Baseball player
• Greg Wesbrooks 1953 - Football player
• Mike Sember 1953 - Baseball player
• Steven Jobs 1955 - Co-founder of Apple, Inc. - iTunes Music
• Bob Abrams 1955 - Musician (The Buckinghams)
• Paula Zahn 1956 - TV journalist ("CBS This Morning")
• Eddie Murray 1956 - Baseball player
• Sammy Kershaw 1958
• Michelle Shocked 1962 - Singer
• Todd Field 1964 - Director
• Billy Zane 1966 - Actor ("Titanic")
• Jeff Garcia 1970 - Football player
• Mike Lowell 1974 - Baseball player
• Simeon Rice 1974 - Football player
• Bonnie Somerville 1974 - Actress
• Lleyton Hewitt 1981 - Tennis player
• Brandon Brown 1983 - (Mista)

 

  

 

  

Look forward to Charli XCX

Charli XCX

   

 

Hotty of the day

cred to ou

Monday, February 23, 2026

maw \maw\, noun:

1. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.
2. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
3. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.

Maw comes to us from the Old English maga meaning "stomach." Its figurative use first appeared in the late 1300s.

Love and Tolerate

• A phrase used in the brony community, a reminder that the show teaches us to be nice to everyone, even internet trolls. Commonly seen in pony images with the caption "I'm gonna love and tolerate the shit out of you."

Troll: My Little Pony is for gayfags lol

Brony: You're making it hard to love and tolerate you, bro.

 

History

• Cato Street Conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the British cabinet and prime minister was uncovered; the conspirators were later executed (1820)
• Tootsie Roll: the chewy chocolate candy was introduced by Leo Hirshfield (1896)
• Guantánamo Bay: Cuba leased the area to the US to use as a naval base in perpetuity; it now serves as an internment camp for suspected Islamic militants (1903)
• Rotary Club: the not-for-profit service organization held its first meeting, in Beverly Hills, led by Paul P. Harris and three friends; it now has 1 million-plus members in about 200 countries (1905)
• Iwo Jima: Marines raised the US flag over the Japanese island after severe fighting during WWII; a Pulitzer-winning photograph was taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal (1945)

Birthdays

• Samuel Pepys 1633 - English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, known for his diary of events and quotes
• George Frederic Handel 1685 - Composer
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1734
• Emma Willard 1787 - Educator, writer of textbooks
• Istvan Ferenczi 1792
• George Watts 1817
• W.E.B. DuBois 1868
• Agnes M. Royden 1876
• Norman Lindsay 1879
• Victor Fleming 1883
• William Shirer 1904 - Jornalist, author ("The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "Ghandi: A Memoir")
• Walter Ernest Allen 1911
• Elston Howard 1929 - Baseball player
• Lee Calhoun 1933 - Hurdler, won the 110-meter hurdles twice in Olympics
• Diana Varsi 1938 - Actress ("Peyton Place")
• Sylvia Chase 1938 - Newscaster ("ABC News", "20/20")
• Peter Fonda 1940 - Director, actor ("Easy Rider"), Jane Fonda's brother, Henry Fonda's son, Bridget Fonda's dad
• Bobby (Wayne) Mitchell 1943 - Golfer
• Fred Biletnikoff 1943 - Football player
• Johnny Winter (John Dawson III) 1944 - Musician
• Mike Maxfield 1944 - Musician (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas)
• Allan Boesak 1945
• Rusty Young 1946 - Musician (Poco)
• Ken (Kenneth George) Boswell 1946 - Baseball player
• Terry "Tex" Comer 1949
• Larry Demps 1949 - Musician (Dramatics)
• Steve Priest 1950 - Musician (The Sweet)
• Jim Youngblood 1950 - Football player
• Eddie Dibbs 1951 - Tennis player
• Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones 1951 - Football player
• Patricia Richardson 1951 - Actess ("Home Improvement")
• Ray Oldham 1951 - Football player
• Brad Whitford 1952 - Musician (Aerosmith)
• Lorne Henning 1952 - Hockey player
• Howard Jones 1955 - Singer
• David Sylvian 1958 - Musician (Japan)
• Ria Brieffies 1958 - Musician (Dolly Dots)
• Michael Wilton 1962 - Musician (Queensryche)

  
• Robert Collins 1963 - Musician
• Bobby (Roberto Martin Antonio) Bonilla 1963 - Baseball player
• John Norum 1964
• Helen Sukova 1965
• Kristin Davis 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City")
• Pam Blundell 1967
• Marc Price 1968
• Jeff Beres 1971 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
• Lasse Johansson 1973 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Emily Blunt 1983 - Actress
• Dakota Fanning 1994 - Actress

  

 

  

Candice Swanepoel

 

For the hell of it.