Turtle Thursday: Save the world

Thursday, May 14, 2026

unctuous \UNGK-choo-us\, adjective:

1. Of the nature or quality of an unguent or ointment; fatty; oily; greasy.
2. Having a smooth, greasy feel, as certain minerals.
3. Insincerely or excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech; marked by a false or smug earnestness or agreeableness.

Unctuous is from Medieval Latin unctuosus, from Latin unctus, "anointed, besmeared, greasy," past participle of unguere, "to anoint, to besmear."

 

cobra yawn

• The involuntary spraying of saliva while yawning. Much like the venom spray from a cobra. In most cases the yawner doesn't realized it has happened only finding the aftermath once the yawn is over.

I just cobra yawned all over my keyboard five minutes prior to writing this definition.

History

• Jamestown: America's first permanent English colony was established in Virginia (1607)
• Louis XIV: became king of France at age 4 (1643)

  
  
• smallpox: Edward Jenner administered the first vaccine against the highly contagious disease to an eight-year-old boy (1796)
• Lewis and Clark expedition: began its exploratory journey to the Pacific Ocean (1804)
• Olympic Games: were held in the US for the first time, in St. Louis, Missouri (1904)
• Israel: the Jewish state was proclaimed independent; Egypt, Transjordan (later Jordan), Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq declared war on it almost immediately (1948)
• Skylab: America's first space station was launched into orbit (1973)
• Seinfeld: the final episode aired, with 76 million viewers watching (1998)

 

Birthdays

• Thomas Gainsborough 1727 - Painter

  
• Billie Dove 1903 - Actress
• Skip Martin (Lloyd "Skip" Martin) 1916 - Musician
• Norman Luboff 1917 - Music arranger, publisher
• Richard Deacon 1921 - Actor
• Al Porcino 1925 - Trumpet player
• Patrice Munsel 1925 - Singer
• Gump Worsley (Lorne John "Gump" Worsley) 1929 - Hockey goaltender
• Laszlo Kovacs 1933 - Sprint canoer
• Bobby Darin 1936 - Singer, actor
• Dick Howser 1936 - Baseball player
• Charlie Gracie (Charles Anthony Graci) 1936 - Musician, singer
• Tony Perez (Atanasio Pérez Rigal) 1942 - Baseball player
• Jack Bruce 1943 - Musician (Cream)
• Derek Leckenby 1943 - Musician (Herman's Hermits)
• George Lucas 1944 - Film producer, screenwriter, director ("Star Wars" movie series)
• Troy Shondell 1944 - Singer
• Francesca Annis 1944 - Actress
• Gener Cornish 1945 - Musician (The Young Rascals)
• Meg Foster (Megan Foster) 1948 - Actress
• Season Hubley (Susan Hubley) 1951 - Actress
• Robert Zemeckis 1952 - Film director, producer, screenwriter
• David Byrne 1952 - Musician (Talking Heads)
• Tom Cochrane 1953 - Musician
• Tim Roth 1961 - Actor ("Resovoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction")
• Ian Astbury 1962 - Musician (The Cult)
• C.C. DeVille 1962 - Musician (Poison)
• Mike Inez 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
• Fabrice Morvan 1966 - Singer (Milli Vanilli)
• Cate Blanchett (Catherine Élise "Cate" Blanchett) 1969 - Actress, theatre director
• Danny Wood 1969 - Singer (New Kids on the Block)
• Freaky Tah 1971 - Musician (Lost Boyz)
• Sophia Coppola 1971 - Director
• Shanice (Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox) 1973 - Singer
• Natalie Appleton 1973 - Musician (All Saints)
• Roy Halladay 1977 - Baseball player
• Amber Tamblyn 1983 - Actress ("General Hospital")
• Frank Gore 1983 - Football player
• Mark Zuckerberg 1984 - Founder of Facebook
• Miranda Cosgrove 1993 - Actress ("iCarly," "Drake and Josh")

 

  

 

 

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Micheal Nicht! 2026

See the vid here:

http://www.flabber.nl/archief/022846.php

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

anagnorisis \ an-ag-NAWR-uh-sis, -NOHR- \ , noun; 

• (in ancient Greek tragedy) the critical moment of recognition or discovery, especially preceding peripeteia. 

Origin: Anagnorisis comes from the Greek word anagnōrí(zein) which meant "to know again." This concept is discussed in Aristotle's Poetics. 

Next level bullshit

• When the bullshit that comes out of a persons mouth reaches a point of absolute nonsense.

"Dude the shit that's coming out of your mouth isn't just bullshit. Its some next level bullshit. Like there is no point of going any further with this explanation dude. YOU'RE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Trivia
What was the first male name given to an Atlantic hurricane?  

• Bob, in 1979. That was the first year the World Meteorological Organization began alternating between male and female names in alphabetical order. For the previous 26 years, only female names had been used—starting with Alice.

History

• Mexican War: was declared by US president James Polk; the resulting land expansion was widely justified by manifest destiny (1846)

  
• "blood, toil, tears and sweat": Winston Churchill famously offered these elements in his first address as prime minister; Theodore Roosevelt was the first to use the phrase 43 years earlier (1940)
• Pope John Paul II: was shot in Rome by right-wing Turkish militant Mehmet Ali Agca; the pontiff survived the assassination attempt (1981)
  THE CROW: Brandon Lee's haunting final film opened in theaters (1994)
• $20 bill: the Andrew Jackson was revamped and colorized to thwart counterfeiters (2003)

Birthdays

• Henry William Stiegel 1729 - Glass maker, ironmaster
• Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist
• Arthur Sullivan 1842 - Operetta composer, worked with Sir William Gilbert
• Maxine Sullivan (Marietta Williams) 1911 - Singer
• Robert Middleton (Samuel Messer) 1911 - Actor ("Desperate Hours")
• Joe Louis (Barrow) 1914 - Boxer, "The Brown Bomber"
• Johnny Wright 1914 - Country singer
• "Red" Garland (William "Red" Garland) 1923 - Musician
• Beatrice Arthur 1926 - Actress ("The Golden Girls", "Maude")
• Clive Barnes 1927 - Writer, critic
• Herbert Ross 1927 - Director
• Johnny (John Junior) Roseboro 1933 - Baseball player
  Beverley Owen 1937  - Actress (Marilyn on The Munsters)
• Zohra Lampert 1937 - Actress ("Alan & Naomi")
• Harvey Keitel 1939 - Actor ("Pulp Fiction", "Thelma and Louise", "Taxi Driver")
• Senta Berger 1941 - Actress ("The Victors")
• Richie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela) 1941 - Singer
• Mary Wells 1943 - Singer

  
  
• "Magic" Dick Salwitz 1945 - Musician (J. Geils Band)
• Danny Klein 1946 - Musician (J. Geils Band)
• Mike Chernoff 1946 - Hockey player
• Tim Pigott-Smith 1946 - Actor (" The Jewel in the Crown")
• Overand (Peter) Watts 1947 - Musician (Mott the Hoople)
• Franklin Ajaye 1949 - Actor ("Fraternity Vacation", "Convoy")
• Stevie Wonder (Steveland Morris) 1950 - Musician
• Bobby Valentine 1950 - Baseball player, manager
• Paul Thompson 1951 - Musician (Roxy Music)
• Frances Barber 1957 - Actress ("A Zed & Two Noughts", "Home Sweet Home")
• Dennis Rodman 1961 - Basketball player, nickname: "The Worm", actor
• Julianne Phillips 1960 - Model, actress
• Tom Verica 1964 - Actor
• Stephen Colbert 1964 - libtard
• Lorraine McIntosh 1964 - Musician (Deacon Blue)
• Lari White 1965 - Country music singer
• Darius Rucker 1966 - Musician (Hootie and the Blowfish)
• Samantha Morton 1977 - Actress
• Hunter Parrish 1978 - Actor ("Weeds")
• Sunny Leone 1971 - t3h pr0n
• Robert Pattinson 1986 - Actor ("Twilight" series)

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

   

GIGER Anniversary 05/12/2026

Remembering the late great H.R. Giger

who passed away May 12, 2014.

 A true artistic genius.

Review Tuesday: Archive (2020)

  

 

ARCHIVE

2020 

Has a man gone too far with the AI that he's developing? 

Once again we have a movie that I never heard of that my BFF wanted to watch. It's Sci-Fi so why not? 

 

A man working for a tech company has a three year contract to develop his AI. However, he uses the time to use an archive of his wife to populate the AI in a robot he's building. The movie is about what challenges he faces while trying to get the project completed. 

 

This movie was pretty entertaining and nicely polished. Some good, solid, sci-fi! I felt the ending was a bit of a surprise even though my friend said she knew it. Oh well. See for yourself!   

 

  

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

frivol \ FRIV-uhl \ , verb;

1. to behave frivolously; trifle. 
2. to spend frivolously (usually followed by away): to frivol away one's time. 

Origin: Frivol is a back formation of the word frivolous which arose in the 1860s. Frivolous comes from the Latin word frīvolus meaning "worthless."

cowboyitis /ˈkouˌboi'īdəs/ Noun 

• An intentional lack of regard for danger or negative consequences to strategically help yourself. Using cowboyitis is a cunning tactic to provide self gain. 

Sales Work Environment: Client is avoiding purchase a product 

James (sales rep): Why is it you do not want to buy this product? 

Clay (customer): Cuz' man, this is expensive 

James (now irritated after working with this client for 30 mins): Look man, this is the best of the best and there is no other place you can get this product. You either purchase it today or walk away and feel unsatisfied every time you look at women.

Clay (shocked but not offended): Ok you have a point, I'm not going to wait to make this purchase anymore. Ring me up 

James completes the order and walks to Melissa, his sales manager. 

Melissa: Give me a high five James, Great Job. That was pure Cowboyitis! Did not know you had that quality.

History

• odometer: pioneer and inventor William Clayton first used his "roadometer," an early tool for measuring distance traveled (1847)
• Berlin blockade: the Soviets ended their nearly year-long blockade of the Western-held sectors of Berlin (1949)
• hurricanes: the US Dept. of Commerce announced that storms would no longer be named after women only (1978)
• 2008 Sichuan earthquake: killed nearly 70,000 Chinese and left millions homeless (2008)

Birthdays

• Edward Lear 1812 - Poet, illustrator
• Lord Grimthorpe (Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, Q.C.) 1816 - Lawyer, horologist, architect
• Florence Nightingale 1820 - Nurse, contributed to modern nursing procedures, author
• Dante Rossetti 1828 - Poet, artist, brother of poet Christian Rossetti
• Jules Massenet 1842 - French composer
• Gabriel Urbain Fauré 1845 - French composer, pianist
• Mildred McAfee 1900 - Captain Mildred McAfee (Horton), first director of U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service)
• Katharine Hepburn 1907 - Actress ("Morning Glory", "On Golden Pond [1981]", "The Rainmaker")
• Howard K. Smith 1914 - Journalist, TV anchorman
• Mary Kay Ash 1915 - U.S. businesswoman and the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, Inc., born Mary Kathlyn Wagner
• Joe Maphis 1921 - (Otis W.) Joe Maphis, country singer, entertainer, songwriter
• Bob Goldham 1922 - Hockey player
• John Simon 1925 - Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1940-1945
• Yogi Berra 1925 - Baseball player, manager
• Burt Bacharach 1929 - Composer
• Samuel Nujoma 1929 - President of Namibia
• Felipe (Felipe Rojas) Alou 1935 - Baseball player
• John Bucyk 1935 - Hockey player
• Tom Snyder 1936 - Journalist, television host
• Frank Stella 1936 - Abstract artist, sculptor, painter
• George Carlin 1937 - Comedian, actor
  
• Susan Hampshire 1938 - Actress ("Cry Terror", "David Copperfield")
• Millie Perkins 1938 - Actress ("Wall Street", "Ensign Pulver")
• Ronald L. Ziegler 1939 - Journalist, Press Secretary for U.S. President Richard M. Nixon
• Jayotis Washington 1941 - Musician (The Persuasions)
• Billy Swan 1942 - Singer, songwriter
• Ted (Theodore Rodger) Kubiak 1942 - Baseball player
• Ian Dury 1942 - Singer (Ian Dury and the Blockheads)
• David Walker 1943 - Musician (Gary Lewis & The Playboys)
• Linda Dano (Linda Rae Wildermuth) 1943 - Actress
• Ian McLagan 1946 - Musician
• Steve Winwood 1948 - Musician (Blind Faith, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group)
• Lindsay Crouse 1948 - Actress ("The Juror", "Slap Shot", "Traps")
• Billy Squier 1950 - Singer
  

  
• Pat (Patrick Leonard) Darcy 1950 - Baseball player
• Gabriel Byrne 1950 - Actor ("In Treatment")
• Bruce Boxleitner 1950 - Actor ("Scarecrow and Mrs. King", "The Babe")
• Kix Brooks 1955 - Musician (Brooks and Dunn)
• Lou Whitaker 1957 - Baseball player, nicknamed "Sweet Lou"
• Kim Greist 1958 - Actress ("Homeward Bound" movies, "Chicago Hope")
• Kevin Bass 1959 - Baseball player
• Ving Rhames 1961 - Actor
• Billy Duffy 1961 - Musician (The Cult)
• Emilio Estevez 1962 - Actor ("Breakfast Club", "The Mighty Ducks" movies, "Young Guns"), Martin Sheen's son, Charlie Sheen's brother
• Eddie Kilgallon 1965 - Musician (Ricochet)
• Stephen Baldwin 1966 - Actor ("Born on the Fourth of July"), brother of Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin and Daniel Baldwin
• Tony Hawk 1968 - Skateboarder
• Kim Fields 1969 - Actress ("The Facts of Life")
• Samantha Mathis 1970 - Actress
• Jamie Luner 1971 - Actress ("Melrose Place")
• Mackenzie Astin 1973 - Actor
• Melanie Chisholm (Melanie "Mel" Jayne Chisholm) 1976 - Singer (Spice Girls), known as "Sporty Spice"
• Jason Biggs 1978 - Actor ("American Pie" movies)
• Malin Akerman 1978 - Actress (The Watchmen)
• Samantha Mathis 1978 - Actress
• Emily VanCamp 1986 - Actress ("Brothers & Sisters")
• Malcolm David Kelley 1992 - Actor ("Lost")
• Sawyer Sweeten 1995 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")
• Sullivan Sweeten 1995 - Actor ("Everybody Loves Raymond")
  Sofia "Gloria Sol" Latyk 1995 - t3h pr0n