Summer's over next week

Beware of Pirates

Saturday, September 19, 2026

equanimity \ ee-kwuh-NIM-i-tee, ek-wuh- \ , noun; 

• mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium.

Origin: Equanimity can be traced to the Latin aequanimitas , which is formed with aequus meaning "even, plain, equal" and animus meaning "mind, spirit, feelings." It entered English in the early 1600s. 

pirate bath 

• The process of washing just the arm pit area and the private area with a wash cloth or handful of water. People will ask you to define a pirate bath, the easy definition is "pits and privates"

Kyle was in a helluva hurry and didn't have time to take a full shower. He instead took a pirate bath and he was on his way.

History

• George Washington's farewell address: was printed as an open letter to the American public (1796)
• New Zealand: became the first country to grant women the vote (1893)
• Butch Cassidy: notorious outlaw joined his partner, the Sundance Kid, in robbing their first bank as a duo in Winnemucca, Nevada (1900)
• Juan Perón: Argentina's president was deposed and exiled after a military coup (1955); he lived in exile for two decades and then was reinstated as president
• emoticons: the digital smiley :-) and frowny :-( were proposed by Scott Fahlman (1982)
• Ötzi the Iceman: 5,000-year-old tattooed mummy was discovered near the Austrian-Italian border (1991)

Birthdays

• Jan Luyts 1655
• Henry Brougham 1778
• Leon Jaworski 1905
• Frances Farmer 1910
• Sir William Golding 1911
• Roger Angell 1920
• Billy Ward (Billy Ward and the Dominoes) 1921
• Duke Snider 1926
• Adam West 1928
• Rosemary Harris 1930
• Ray Danton 1931
• Brook Benton 1931
• Mike Royko 1932
• David McCallum 1933
• Brian Epstein 1934
• Nick Massi (The Four Seasons) 1935
• Al Oerter 1936
• Paul Williams 1940
• Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) 1940
• Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) 1940
• Joe Morgan 1943
• "Mama" Cass Elliott (The Mamas and Papas) 1943
  
• Randolph Mantooth 1945
• David Bromberg 1945
• Freda Payne 1945
• John Coghlan (Status Quo) 1946
• Lol Creme (10cc, Godley & Creme) 1947
• Jeremy Irons 1948
• Lesley "Twiggy" Hornby 1949
• Joan Lunden 1951
• Daniel Lanois 1951
• Nile Rodgers (Chic) 1952
• Rex Smith 1956
• Lita Ford 1958
• Kevin Hooks 1958
• Trisha Yearwood 1964
• Jim Abbott 1967
• Espraronza Griffin (Society of Soul) 1969

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Rock out with your Cigaro out!

Let's kick the weeekend of with a little System of a Down (not to be confused with Syndrome of a Downe) and the kick ass song Cigaro:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyAQHSsS7H4 

My cock is much bigger than yours,
My cock can walk right through the door
With a feeling so pure..
It's got you screaming back for more.

Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR

My shit stinks much better than yours,
My shit stinks right down through the floor.
With a feeling so pure,
It's got you coming back for more.

Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR

Can't you see that I love my cock?
Can't you see that you love my cock?
Can't you see that we love my cock?

We're the regulators that de-regulate
We're the animators that de-animate
We're the propagators of all genocide
Burning through the world's resources, then we turn and hide

Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR

We're the regulators that de-regulate
We're the animators that de-animate

Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR
Cool, in denial
We're the cruel regulators smoking
CIGARO CIGARO CIGAR

My cock is much bigger than yours,
My cock can walk right through the door
With a feeling so pure..
It's got you screaming back for more!

WTF Friday: Home Computer

The size of a home maybe!

Argh!

Friday, September 18, 2026

slipshod \ SLIP-shod \ , adjective; 

1. careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
2. down-at-heel; seedy; shabby. 
3. Archaic . wearing slippers or loose shoes, especially ones worn at the heel. 

Origin: Slipshod is formed with the verb sense of slip "to move, flow, or go smoothly or easily" and shod , an adjective meaning "wearing shoes." Slipshod entered English in the late 1500s.

opm

• Other People's Money

Obama loves to spend OPM.

History

• Tiffany and Co.: upscale jewelry retailer was founded as a stationery and fancy goods store (1837)
• The New York Times: the "Gray Lady," then known as The New-York Daily Times, published its first issue (1851)
• Jimi Hendrix: influential rock guitarist died, age 27, due to substance abuse (1970)
• 2001 anthrax attacks: began, a week after 9/11, with a mailing from Trenton, New Jersey, to various media sources in New York City (2001)

  

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Birthdays

• Samuel Johnson 1709
• John Diefenbacker (Canada) 1779
  
• John George Diefenbaker 1895
• Greta Garbo 1905
• Eddie "Rochester" Anderson 1905
• Satchel Leroy Paige 1908
• Ray Geiger 1910
• Syd Howe 1911
• Rossano Brazzi 1916
• Jack Warden 1920
• Harvey Haddix 1925
• Phyllis Kirk 1926
• Teddie King 1929
• Jimmie Rodgers 1933
• Robert Blake 1938
  
• Fred Willard 1939
• Frankie Avalon 1939
• Ken Brett 1948
• Kerry Livgren (Kansas) 1949
• Dee Dee Ramone (The Ramones) 1952
• Holly Robinson Peete 1964
• Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) 1967
• Joanne Catherall (Human League) 1962
• Blas Elias (Slaughter) 1967
• Jada Pinkett 1971
• Lance Armstrong 1971 (cheater)
• Brandon Porter 1993
• Taylor Porter 1993

  

 

  

Turtle Thursday: The Family

Since yesterday was Silent Bob's 21st birthday, I am featuring a turtle family. When you have a pet, you rarely get to see the parents.

 

This is Lava, a female Dark Phased Texas Diamondback Terrapin.

 

This is Spike, a male Dark Phased Texas Diamondback Terrapin.

 

This is their "baby" Silent Bob, at about two years old.
Can you see the resemblance?

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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Hasselhoff Wednesday: For Yom Kippur

 

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

klatsch \ klahch, klach \ , noun;

• a casual gathering of people, especially for refreshments and informal conversation: a sewing klatsch.

Origin: Klatsch comes from the German word of the same spelling meaning "gossip." It entered English in the 1950s.

   

Enragement ring

• A piece of jewelry, typically a ring, that is purchased for a girlfriend in an effort to make her happy after you have made her angry.

A: Wow, your girlfriend is pretty pissed that you were out all night and didn't call her. What are you going to do?

B: Yeah, you're right, she's pretty mad. I might have to buy her an 'enragement ring' to smooth things over.

History 

• Boston: was founded by Puritan settlers (1630)
• General Motors: the world's largest automobile maker was founded by William C. Durant in Flint, Michigan (1908)
• Wall Street bombing: explosives detonated in a horse-drawn wagon killed 38 people in New York City's financial district; the perpetrators were never definitively identified but the FBI suspected Italian anarchists (1920)
• Vietnam War: President Gerald Ford announced conditional amnesty for draft dodgers and deserters (1974)
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: actor-turned-California-governor became a US citizen (1983)
• Montreal Protocol: treaty that aims to protect the ozone layer was signed (1987)

Birthdays

• Louis XIV (France) 1638
• Francis Parkman 1823
• J.C. Penney 1875
• George Whitney Calhoun 1890
• Buster Mills 1908
• Allen Funt 1914
• Arleen Whelan 1916
• Marvin Middlemark 1919
• Janis Paige 1923
• Lauren Bacall 1924
• B.B. King 1925
• Charlie Byrd 1925
• Morgan Woodward 1925
• John Knowles 1926
• Peter Falk 1927
• Jack Kelley 1927
• Anne Francis 1930
• George Chakiris 1933
• Elgin Baylor 1934
• Bernie Calvert (The Hollies) 1942
• Linda Henning 1944
• Betty Kelly (Martha and the Vandellas) 1944
• Susan Ruttan 1948
• Kenney Jones 1948 - Musician (Faces, The Who)
• Ed Begley, Jr. 1949
• David Bellamy (The Bellamy Brothers) 1950
• Ron Blair 1952
• Earl Klugh 1953
• Colin Newman 1954
• Robin Yount 1955
• Mickey Rourke 1956
• David Copperfield 1956
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  Peter Zaremba (Fleshtones) 1956
• Terry McBride 1958
• Orel Hershiser 1958
• Rodney Franklin 1958
• Jane Brook 1962
• Richard Marx 1963
• Molly Shannon 1964
• Marc Anthony 1968
• Amy Poehler 1971
• Madeline Zima 1985
• Lorena B. Garcia 1986
• Jordana Lajoie 1988 (The Boys)