Review Tuesday: Bohemian Rhapsody 2018

  

 

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018 

The story of Freddy Mercury and the band Queen.

If you listen to rock music at all you have to like Queen. They were a very ve4rsatile band, playing all sorts of styles and types of music. The members were excellent in their roles. While I don't think I have any Queen records, I would never turn a Queen song off on the radio. With that established, when my BFF asked if I would be interested in watching BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY with her, I had to say sure!

 

I won't bother discussing the plot. It's a docudrama about the band QUEEN from the perspective of Freddie Mercury. That is the way it had to be because the flamboyant front-man is the member who captures the imagination of the fans. It starts from the beginning with Freddie joining up with the band and their journey up to Live Aid. The ups and downs.

 

It's extremely well made. Rami Malek nailed the role as Freddie. It's warm, it's sad, it inspires you, and it's pleasing. I enjoyed this movie. Two plus hours of this docudrama moved very quickly and time well-spent.   

 

   

  

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

meliorism \ MEEL-yuh-riz-uhm, MEE-lee-uh- \ , noun; 

• the doctrine that the world tends to become better or may be made better by human effort. 

Origin: Meliorism entered English in the late 1800s. It comes from the Latin word melior meaning "better."

 

Conversational Blue Balls 

• When someone brings up a topic when talking but immediately drops it and refuses to switch back to the dropped topic.

Conversational Blue Balls is when:

"Goodness, did you hear about what happened?" 
"What happened?" 
"Anyways, I'm gonna go." 
"Wait, what happened?" 
"Oh, don't worry about it."

 

Sexting

• The unauthorized, non-maritime use of sextants in our schools.

"My friend Katy said we were going to drive up to Mile Rise, because some older boys wanted to determine its exact position relative to the moon. I didn't want to tell my mom what we were doing, because she doesn't approve of sexting, so I told her I was staying over at Katy's house."

  

 

History

• Sedition Act: Congress passed a law prohibiting publishing false, scandalous or malicious writing against the US government (1798)
• the Matterhorn: the Swiss-Italian Alp was first scaled, by British mountaineer Edward Whymper (1865) 
• Billy the Kid: the 21-year-old outlaw was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico (1881)
• Sacco and Vanzetti: the two infamous anarchists were convicted of murder and sentenced to death (1921)
• Mariner 4: spacecraft performed the first flyby of another planet and sent back the first pictures of the surface of Mars (1965)
• large denominations of US currency: were officially discontinued by the Federal Reserve System, leaving the $100 bill as the largest unit of circulating currency (1969)

Birthdays

• Andrea del Sarto 1486
• Emmeline Pankhurst 1858
• Florence Bascom 1862
• William Leefe Robinson 1895
• Ken Murray 1903
• Irving Stone 1903
• Gloria Stuart 1910
• William Hanna 1910
• Terry-Thomas 1911
• Woody Guthrie 1912
• Gerald Rudolph Ford (U.S.) 1913 

  
• Douglas Edwards 1917
• Ingmar Bergman 1918
• Arthur Laurents 1918 - Playwright ("West Side Story," "Gypsy")
• Frances Lear 1923
• Dale Robertson 1923
• Harry Dean Stanton 1926 - Actor
• John Chancellor 1927
• Nancy Olson 1928
• Polly Bergen 1930 - Actress, singer
• Del Reeves 1932
• Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier 1932 - Football player
• Karel Gott 1939
  Sid Haig 1939 - Actor
  
• Spencer Davis 1941
• Vincent Pastore 1946 - Actor ("The Sopranos")
• Chris Cross 1952
• Jerry Houser 1952
• Eric Laneuville 1952
• Jane Lynch 1960 - Actress ("Glee")
• Jackie Earle Haley 1961
• Darrelle Revis 1961 - Actor
• Matthew Fox 1966 - Actor ("Lost", "Party of Five")
• Tonya Donelly 1966 - Musician (Belly)
• Missy Gold 1970 - Actress
• Tameka Cottle 1975 - (Xscape)
• Taboo (Jaime Luis Gomez) 1975 - Rapper/singer (Black Eyed Peas)
• Scott Porter 1979 - Actor ("Friday Night Lights")

 

 

  

  

 

  

Look forward to EVA!

Eva De Dominici

 

She was born Eva Carolina Quattrocci

 

hottie of the day

cred to ou

Monday, July 13, 2026

indelible \ in-DEL-uh-buhl \ , adjective;

1. that cannot be eliminated, forgotten, changed, or the like: the indelible memories of war; the indelible influence of a great teacher. 
2. making marks that cannot be erased, removed, or the like: indelible ink . 

Origin: Indelible can be traced to the Latin indēlēbilis meaning "indestructible." It entered English in the mid-1500s.  

air jerk

• Making a 'jerking off' motion with one's hand to express disgust, disinterest or disbelief, while simultaneously rolling one's eyes. Similar to concept of playing air guitar.

I think she's pissed. She just gave me an air jerk and walked away.

 

History

• Jean Paul Marat: physician and radical French revolutionary was stabbed in his bath by noblewoman Charlotte Corday; she was swiftly guillotined (1793)
• Hollywood Sign: the iconic landmark was officially dedicated (1923); until 1949 it read "HOLLYWOODLAND"
• World Cup: the first world soccer competition began in Uruguay (1930)
• Live Aid: benefit concert took place in London and Philadelphia, raising £150 million for famine relief; Phil Collins performed at both venues, traveling by Concorde (1985)
• presidential disability clause: President Ronald Reagan transferred power for 7 hours to his vice president, George Bush, before undergoing surgery for cancer; it was the first time the clause was invoked (1985)

Birthdays

• Edward J. Flanagan 1886 - Founder of Boys Town in Nebraska.
• Dave Garroway 1913
• Sam Hanks 1914
• Ruben Gomez 1927
• Bob Crane 1928
• Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. 1928
• Frank Ramsey 1931
• David Storey 1933
• Wole Soyinka 1934
• Jack Kemp 1935
• Charles Coody 1937
• Patrick Stewart 1940
• Robert Forster 1941
• Harrison Ford 1942
• Roger McGuinn (Byrds) 1942
• Stephen Bladd (J. Geils Band) 1942
• Erno Rubik 1944
• Lynn Loring 1944
• Cheech Marin 1946
• Didi Conn 1951
• Louise Mandrell 1955
• Cameron Crowe 1957
• Lawrence Donegan 1961
• Victoria Shaw 1962
• Michael Jace 1965
• Neil Thrasher (Thrasher Shiver) 1965
• Gerald Levert 1966
• Deborah Cox 1973

  

Tan Lines

Gisele Bundchen

Sunday, July 12, 2026

ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:

1. Incapable of being expressed in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable.
2. Not to be uttered; taboo.

Ineffable is from Latin ineffabilis, from in-, "not" + effabilis, "utterable," from effari, "to utter," from ex-, "out" + fari, "to speak."

ineffable \in-EF-uh-buhl\, adjective:

1. Incapable of being fucked; unspeakably ugly; unutterably gross; indescribably vile.
2. Not to be fucked; taboo.

Did you see that hag? She's ineffable even if I used your dick!

History 

• Henry VIII: married his sixth (and final) wife, Catherine Parr; she outlived him by a year (1543)
• Medal of Honor: the top US military decoration was authorized by Congress (1862)
• the Rolling Stones: performed their first concert, at London's Marquee Club (1962)
• Geraldine Ferraro: became the first woman nominated for US vice president on a major-party ticket; she was chosen by Democratic candidate Walter Mondale (1984)

Birthdays

• Gaius Julius Caesar 100 BC
• Josiah Wedgewood 1730
  

  
• Henry David Thoreau 1817
• Sir William Osler 1849
• George Eastman 1854
• Oscar Hammerstein II 1895
• R. Buckminster Fuller 1895
• Milton Berle 1908 - Actor
• 'Curly' Joe DeRita 1909
• Andrew Wyeth 1917
• Richard Scarry 1919 - Children's author and illustrator
• Conte Candoli 1927
• Otis Davis 1932
• Monte Hellman 1932
• Van Cliburn 1934 - Pianist
• Bill Cosby 1937 - Actor, comedian
• Christine McVie 1943 - Singer, musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• Denise Nicholas 1944
• Butch Hancock 1945
• Jay Thomas 1948 - Actor
• Walter Egan 1948 - Singer
• Richard Simmons 1948 - Fitness guru
• John Wetton 1949 - Musician (Asia, King Crimson)
• Gilles Meloche 1950
• Eric Carr 1950 - Musician (KISS)
• Cheryl Ladd 1951 - Actress ("Charlie's Angels")
• Jamey Sheridan 1951
• Liz Mitchell 1952
• Sandi Patti 1956
• Mel Harris 1957 - Actress
• Buddy Foster 1957
• Ray Gillen 1960
• Dan Murphy 1962 - Musician (Soul Asylum)
• Robin Wilson 1965 - Musician (Gin Blossoms)
• Tanya Donnelly 1966 - Musician (Belly)
• John Petrucci 1967 - Musician (Dream Theater)
• Lisa Nicole Carson 1969 - Actress ("Ally McBeal")
• Kristi Yamaguchi 1971 - Figure skater
• Magoo 1973
• Traci Spencer 1976
• Anna Friel 1976 - Actress ("Pushing Daisies")
• Topher Grace 1978 - Actor ("That 70's Show")
• Michelle Rodriguez (Mayte Michelle Rodriguez) 1978 - Actress ("S.W.A.T.," "Avatar," "Lost")
• Erik Per Sullivan 1991 - Actor ("Malcom in the Middle")

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Tan Line season has returned!

 

 

 

   

 

 

Saturday, July 11, 2026

boondoggle \ BOON-dog-uhl, -daw-guhl \ , verb; 

1. to do work of little or no practical value merely to keep or look busy. 
2. to deceive or attempt to deceive: to boondoggle investors into a low-interest scheme . 

noun: 

1. a product of simple manual skill, as a plaited leather cord for the neck or a knife sheath, made typically by a camper or a scout. 
2. work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. 
3. a project funded by the federal government out of political favoritism that is of no real value to the community or the nation. 

Origin: Boondoggle is an Americanism that dates to the 1930s. The term's origin is obscure, but it was popularized during the New Deal as a pejorative word for government projects for the unemployed.

callipygian (kal-uh-PIJ-ee-en). adj.

• Having a beautfully proportioned buttocks.

Yo! Yo! Keyra Agustina is a callipygian! DAT ASS!DAT ASS!

march of dimes 

• A procession or gathering of attractive females. They are all "tens" making them dimes.

Guy at mall: "Damn, look at those women, it's a regular march of dimes."

History

• Alexander Hamilton: the former secretary of the treasury was fatally wounded in a pistol duel with former vice-president Aaron Burr; Hamilton died the next day (1804)
• Niagara Movement: W.E.B. Du Bois and other African-Americans united to call for an end to racial discrimination (1905)
• Skylab: after six years in space, the space station reentered Earth's atmosphere (1979)
• Mumbai train bombings: seven blasts set off in pressure cookers took more than 200 lives (2006)

Birthdays

• Thomas Bowdler 1754
  

  
• John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767
• John Wanamaker 1838
• E.B. White 1899
• Harry Von Zell 1906
• Yul Brynner 1915
• Gene Evans 1924
• Brett Somers 1927
• Theodore Harold Maiman 1927
• Paul Harney 1929
• Tab Hunter 1931
• Giorgio Armani 1934
• Bobby Rice 1944
• Beverly Todd 1946
• Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) 1947 - Musician
• Bonnie Pointer (Pointer Sisters) 1951 - Singer
• Stephen Lang 1952
• Leon Spinks 1953
• Mindy Sterling 1953
• Sela Ward 1956
• Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) 1957 - Musician
• Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) 1957 - Musician
• Mark Lester 1958
• Suzanne Vega 1959 - Musician
• Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) 1960 - Musician
• Lisa Rinna 1963
• Debbie Dunning 1966
• Michael Rosenbaum 1972
• Lil' Kim 1975