Wednesday, July 8, 2026

meta \ MET-uh \ , adjective; 

1. pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its own subject or features, often in the form of parody: A movie about making movie is just so meta—especially when the actors criticize the acting . 
2. pertaining to or noting an abstract, high-level analysis or commentary, especially one that consciously references something of its own type. 

noun: 

1. a consciously and playfully self-referential story, conversation, etc.: That dialogue was an example meta at its best . 
2. an abstract, high-level analysis or commentary: writing a meta to explain the character’s motivation . 

verb: 

1. to analyze or comment on something in a meta way: I spend more time metaing about the show than actually watching it. 

Origin: Meta can be traced to the Greek preposition of the same spelling meaning "with," "after," "between." It entered English in the late 1800s in the context of chemistry.

Sarah Palin Effect 

• The principal that expertise on a certain subject can be gained through geographical proximity to it

Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is a proclaimed expert on foreign affairs with Russia due to Alaska`s proximity to Russia and can thus be called the "Sarah Palin Effect"

History 

• Liberty Bell: was rung to call Philadelphia citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
  
• The Wall Street Journal: began publication (1889)
• Ziegfield Follies: producer Florenz Ziegfield staged his first "follies" on the roof of New York City's New York Theater (1907)
• Roswell UFO Incident: A report appears in newspaper Roswell Daily Record announcing "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region." (1947)
• Oklahoma!: the Broadway musical's soundtrack became the first album to go gold (indicating one million sales), as certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (1958)
• The Soviet Union charged Gary Powers with espionage. He was shot down in a U-2 spy plane (1960)
• Vietnam War: U.S. troops begin withdrawing from Vietnam. (1969)
• The Solar Impulse completed the first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane. (2010)

Birthdays

• Jean La Fontaine 1621
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838
  

  
• John D. Rockefeller 1839
• Louis Jordan 1908
• Billy Eckstine 1914
• Faye Emerson 1917
• Pamela Brown 1918
• Craig Stevens 1918
• Harrison Dillard 1923
• Shirley Ann Grau 1929
• Roone Arledge 1931
• Jerry Vale 1932
• Marty Feldman 1933
• Steve Lawrence 1935
• Barbara Loden 1937
• Faye Wattleton 1943
• Jeffrey Tambor 1944
• Johnny Jai Johnson (Allman Brothers Band) 1944
• Cynthia Gregory 1946
• Kim Darby 1948
• Raffi Cavoukian 1948
• Wolfgang Puck 1949
• Anjelica Huston 1951
• Margaret Stowe 1952
• Marianne Williamson 1952
• Kevin Bacon 1958
• Toby Keith 1961
• Graham Jones 1961 - Musician (Haircut 100)
  

  
• Andy Fletcher 1961 - Musician (Depeche Mode)
• Rob Burnett 1962
• Joan Osborne 1962
• Corey Parker 1965
• Billy Crudup 1968
• Beck 1970
• Drew Womack 1970 - Musician (Sons of the Desert)
• Kathleen Robertson 1973
  Mindy Vega 1974 (t3h pr0n)
• Tavis Werts 1977 - Musician (Reel Big Fish)
  

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

Review Tuesday: Project Hail Mary (2026)

  

 

Project Hail Mary

(2026)

A science teacher is sent out into space on a mission to save the sun.

I don't get out to see too many films these days. In a post-COVID world, something really has to pull me in to get around to seeing it. This time around, my BFF suggested watching PROJECT HAIL MARY. I know that this is another film based on a book by Andy Weir (The Martian) so I agreed.

 

The movie starts off with Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) awakening from some sort of an induced coma on a space craft that the other crew members are all dead. As a clever mechanism for all teh exposition without making it dull. The rest of the movie is about the mission and what he has to do to get it done. 

 

The movie is pretty long, but quite a lot of fun to watch. It doesn't drag. Now I see what all of teh hype was all about. I agree! Loads of fun, smart, and worthwhile to see!  

 

  

Review Tuesday: The Accountant (2016)

 

  

The Accountant

2016 

A forensic accountant discovered a money trail in a big tech company, causing ripples with the wrong people. 

For years I heard all sorts of good things about the movie THE ACCOUNTANT. An action movie about an accountant? And it stars Ben Affleck? How absurd! However, on a recent vacation it was an inflight movie, so I gave it a go. 

 

Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) is a detail oriented forensic accountant for some very dangerous characters. In an effort to get away from such dangerous work, he took a forensic accounting job for a tech giant. Within a day he found a trend that money was being siphoned off at which point the company terminated his work contract. Then employees started getting murdered. 

 

The trouble for these killers is that Wolff also happens to be a violent killer trained by the military. So while he's doing his thing, treasury agents happen to be hunting him down. Agent Ray Kind (JK Simmons) and Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson).

 

The plotline with the corporate hits made sense. They were up to no good and they didn't want it exposed.  Affleck playing a socially inept yet brilliant accountant works because he is a very wooden actor and doesn't know how to act naturally. The plotline about the agents tracking down THE ACCOUNTANT because... why? They knew the accountant was supplying them with good information to make arrests. The accountant spared King's life during a previous killing spree. Why were they after him? Sure he dealt with some bad dudes, but he was a bean counter. I guess they wanted to add an edge to this. Not bad. I found it entertaining.     

  

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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leviathan \ li-VAHY-uh-thuhn \ , noun; 

1. anything of immense size and power, as a huge, oceangoing ship. 
2. ( often initial capital letter ) Bible . a sea monster. 
3. any huge marine animal, as the whale. 
4. ( initial capital letter, italics ) a philosophical work (1651) by Thomas Hobbes dealing with the political organization of society. 

Origin: Leviathan entered English in the late 1300s as a word for a giant sea monster. It finds its roots in the Hebrew liwyāthān .

 

Double-Chipping

• When a house guest reaches into a bag of chips and eats some. Then licks all over their hands, then reaches into the bag and eats some more chips, Double-Chipping.

Me and a buddy were eating Hot Cheetos but he kept "Double-Chipping"

History

• California: was annexed to the US after a Mexican garrison surrendered; Hawaii was annexed 52 years later (1846, 1898)
• sliced bread: first commercially produced loaf was sold in Chillicothe, Missouri (1928)
• Hoover Dam: work began on the Colorado River project, then known as Boulder Dam (1930)
• Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini: was canonized as the first American saint (1946)
• London bombings: explosions on a bus and in three Underground stations killed 52 (2005)

Birthdays

• Gustav Mahler 1860 - Composer
• Marc Chagall 1887
• Hanns Eisler 1898
• George Cukor 1899
• Satchel Paige 1906
• Robert Heinlein 1907 - author
• Gian Carlo Menotti 1911
• Pinetop Perkins 1913 - Musician
• Ruth Ford 1915
• William Kunstler 1919
• Ezzard Charles 1921
  
• Pierre Cardin 1922
• Mary Ford 1924
• Charlie Louvin 1927
• Doc Severinsen 1927 - Bandleader
• Vincent Edwards 1928
• David McCullough 1933 - Author
• Ringo Starr 1940 - Musician (Beatles)
• Warren Entner 1944 - Musician (The Grass Roots)
• Joe Spano 1946 - Actor
• Linda Williams 1947 - Country singer
• Shelley Duvall 1949 - Actress ("The Shining")
• David Hodo 1950 - Musician (The Village People)
• Cherry Boone 1954
• Jessica Hahn 1959
• Billy Campbell 1959 - Actor
• Mark White 1962 - Musician (Spin Doctors)
• Vonda Shepard 1963 - Singer, songwriter ("Ally McBeal")
• Ricky Kinchen 1966 - Musician (Mint Condition)
• Jim Gaffigan 1966 - Actor, comedian
• Jorja Fox 1968 - Actress ("C.S.I.")
• Cree Summer 1970
• Lisa Leslie 1972 - Basketball player
• Kirsten Vangsness 1972 - Actress ("Criminal Minds")
• Michelle Kwan 1980 - Figure skater

 

  

 

  

Look forward to STACEY

 

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MRS BAXOJAYZ

 

My fav shot of Mrs. Bax0jayz.

My hotty of everyday!

Stacey at the Grand Canyon, 2010.

Pic by your humble narrator

with either an Olympus, Nikon or Samsung.

 

 

 

 

Some of her other greatest shots...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

baxolicious

• The superlative of donovanesque.

As donovanesque as Tom Brady's ex-girlfriend is, she cannot hold a candle to the baxolicious Stacey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Barsexual

• A girl who kisses other girls in bars and clubs, usually for attention and the approval of men.

A BISEXUAL girl kisses girls at home when no ones looking.

A BARSEXUAL girl only kisses them in places that charge a cover.