Review Tuesday: Incantation (Original title: Zhou) 2022

  

 

Incantation

(Original title: Zhou)

2022

A woman's life is plagued with misery after witnessing a private family ceremony.

When you are trying to find something to watch with friends the hardest part is making a selection. One night one of my friends declared, "I got it! I have the movie!" and suggested INCANTATION. Okay. Why not?

 

Li Ronin (Hsuanyen Tsai) and her two friends have a paranormal investigation channel on the internet. They try documenting a private family ceremony, and everything goes wrong after that.

 

This movie is kinda like a Taiwanese combination of Blair Witch and The Ring in that the main characters want to check something out due to curiosity and all end up dying, and people around them, in a grisly manner. In this scenario the family ceremony is an INCANTATION to spread out the curse that had been inflicted upon the family generations ago. The ceremony is meant to thin it out and spread it around so it's not as bad for the family. 

 

The concept sounds pretty harsh and scary, but the movie is in fact, long, drawn out, and boring. It's all found footage, so it's unstable with loads of filler. It's pretty exhausting as you wait some anything to happen, and when it does, it can be a bit gory, but hardly scary. A couple scenes build up suspense, then it goes nowhere. Totally unsatisfying.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Review Tuesday: Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

  

 

Repo!

The Genetic Opera

(2008)

A Gothic Musical about a an organ repo-man. 

My BFF wanted to watch a movie and suggested this. I had never heard of it before, so, why not?  

 

Nathan, the Repo-Man (played by Anthony Head of Buffy The Vampire Slayer fame) is tasked with repossessing replacement organs from people who aren't able to keep up their payments in a post-pandemic world. 

 

Does the story really make much sense? No. But it is a MUSICAL, so that gets pushed aside for the theatrics and song and dance. So you have great sets, and an amazing cast putting on a fun show with some extra Goth flavor. 

 

If you aren't familiar with this, but enjoy spooky films and musicals, this movie will be very satisfying. I know I enjoyed it very much!   

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

laden \ LEYD-n \ , adjective; 

• burdened; loaded down. 

verb: 

• to lade.

Origin: Laden has been in English since the late 1500s. It is related to the Old English hladan meaning "to load." 

Thumb me

• Encourage a friend to send you a SMS on their cell phone/mobile. The thumb being the key finger used in texting a message.

Mary thumb me the details once I finish this cell phone call.

History

• Canadian provinces: Canada welcomed two new provinces, Saskatchewan and Alberta (1905)
• WWII: Germany invaded Poland and the war began (1939)
• 1923 Great Kantō earthquake: a quake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale devastated Tokyo and Yokohama; tens of thousands died and millions were left homeless
• Muammar al-Qaddafi: took power in Libya after overthrowing King Idris I (1969)
• Titanic: the wreck of the luxury liner was found by American and French searchers on the North Atlantic ocean floor 73 years after she sank (1985)
• Beslan: Chechen terrorists took over a Russian school; hundreds were killed during the three-day standoff (2004)

Birthdays

• Lydia Sigourney 1791 - Author
• Engelbert Humperdinck 1854 - German composer, his name was borrowed by singer Arnold Dorsey
• Edgar Rice Burroughs 1875 - Writer (Tarzan of the Apes, A Princess of Mars)
• Richard Arlen (van Mattimore) 1898 - Actor ("Road to Nashville", "Island of the Lost Souls")
• Don Wilson 1900 - Announcer, Actor ("The Jack Benny Show")
• Johnny Mack Brown 1904 - Actor (Ghost Rider, Texas Kid)
• Walter Reuther 1907 - Labor union leader
• Arleen Whelan 1916 - Actress (Never Wave at a WAC)
• Richard Farnsworth 1920 - Actor (Lassie, The Grey Fox, Legend of the Lone Ranger)
• Yvonne De Carlo (Peggy Yvonne Middleton) 1922 - Actress (The Munsters, Salome, McLintock!)
• Vittorio Gassman 1922 - Actor (Sharkey's Machine, War and Peace)
• Rocky Marciano (Rocco Marchegiano) 1923 - Boxer, the only heavyweight champion to have won every fight in professional career
• George Maharis 1928 - Actor (Route 66, Return to Fantasy Island)
• Boxcar Willie (Lecil Martin) 1931 - Singer, songwriter, known as "The Singing Hobo"
• Ann Richards 1933 - Texas Governor
• Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins) 1933 - Singer, songwriter
• Seiji Ozawa 1935 - Orchestra leader (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra)
• Guy Rodgers 1935 - Basketball player
• Ron O'Neal 1937
• Al Geiberger 1937 - Golfer, recorded a score of 59 in a PGA Tour
  

  
• Lily Tomlin 1939 - Actress, comedian
• Rico Carty (Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo) 1939 - Baseball player
• Dave White 1940 - Singer, songwriter (Danny & The Juniors)
• Don Stroud 1943 - Actor (Dillinger and Capone, Amityville Horror, The Buddy Holly Story), son of Clarence Stroud
• Archie Bell 1944
• Leonard Slatkin 1944 - Orchestra director
• Barry Gibb 1946 - Singer, songwriter, musician (The Bee Gees)
• Greg Errico 1946 - Musician (Sly and The Family Stone)
• Dennis Partee 1946 - Football player
• Ed Podolak 1947 - Football player
• Garry (Lee) Maddox 1949 - Baseball player
• Bruce Foxton 1955 - Musician (100 Men, The Jam)
• Gloria Estefan (Gloria Maria Milagrosa Fajardo) 1957 - Singer (Miami Sound Machine)
• Boney James 1961
• Scott "Bam Bam" Bigelow 1961 - Wrestler, actor
• Spigg Nice (Lost Boyz) 1970
  Scott Speedman 1975 - (Underworld)
  Monika Vesela 1983 - t3h pr0n

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

  

  

Hotty of the Day!

One pic of

CINDY CRAWFORD
  

Monday, August 31, 2026

facsimile \ fak-SIM-uh-lee \ , noun; 

1. an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript. 
2. Also called fax. Telecommunications . a. a method or device for transmitting documents, drawings, photographs, or the like, by means of radio or telephone for exact reproduction elsewhere. b. an image transmitted by such a method. 
3. dropout. 

verb: 

1. to reproduce in facsimile; make a facsimile of. 

adjective: 

1. Also, fax. Telecommunications . a. (of an image) copied by means of facsimile: facsimile mail . b. (of a method or device) used to produce a facsimile: facsimile transmission .

Origin: Facsimile comes from the earlier phrase fac simile which literally meant "make the like." It is related to the word simile and entered English in the 1650s. 

magic underwear (mormon garments)

•  The most poorly kept secret from the mormon secret temple ceremonies (derived from masonic ceremonies) magic underwear (mormon garments) are a two piece set - like a T shirt and long shorts. This current design is the garment of choice for most mormons. Previous styles have had full length legs, collars, cuffs and some were one-piece (a 19th century onesie). Obviously designed by a man in a patriarchal society, Women are expected to wear a Bra over the top of their mormon t-shirt. There is nothing apparently special about the garments. they are almost always white, but the magic comes from masonic symbols embroidered onto them. The symbols represent a Masonic Square a masonic pair of drawing compasses and a masonic level. Despite protestations from mormons that the garments are not really 'magic', every mormon will have heard testimonies and stories from other cult members about how their garments have saved them from fire, cuts, animal bites and even gunshot wounds. for example Paul H Dunn - a mormon general authority (a high Mucky Muck) told how, in WW2, a hail of bullets ripped off all his clothes, but left his body and garments untouched..... Of course, Dunn's stories are no longer quoted by cult members since his stories about WW2 were exposed as complete lies in a national newspaper... 

Ann dried off after her shower and quickly donned her magic underwear (mormon garments), before putting her black lacy bra over the top.

 

History

• Malaya: became independent of the United Kingdom (1957); a few years later this federation of states became Malaysia
• Trinidad and Tobago: island nation of the southern Caribbean, birthplace of limbo, became independent of the United Kingdom (1962)
• Jack the Ripper: first victim was found with her throat cut in London's East End (1888)
• Princess Diana: was killed in a car crash along with her companion, Dodi Fayed, and her driver as they attempted to evade paparazzi (1997)
• Baghdad bridge stampede: 1,000 pilgrims were killed when panic over a supposed suicide bomber caused a crush of people on the Al-Aaimmah bridge over the Tigris River (2005)

Birthdays

• Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) 0012
• Maria Montessori 1870
• Wilhelmina (Netherlands) 1880
• Frederic March 1897
• Arthur Godfrey 1903
• William Saroyan 1908
• Sir Benrard Lovell 1914
• Daniel Schorr 1916
• Alan Jay Lerner 1918
• Richard Basehart 1919
• G.D. Spradlin 1920
• Buddy Hackett 1924
• James Coburn 1928
• Frank Robinson 1935
• Eldridge Cleaver 1935
• Warren Berlinger 1937
• Jerry Allison (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) 1939
• Jack Thompson 1940
• Roger Dean 1944 - Artist
• Itzhak Perlman 1945
• Van Morrison (Them) 1945
• Richard Gere 1949
• Rudolph Schenker (Scorpions) 1952
• Anthony Thistlewaite (The Waterboys) 1955
• Gina Shock (The Go-Go's) 1957
• Glenn Tillbrook (Squeeze) 1957
• Edwin Moses 1958
• Chris Whitley 1960
• Tony DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) 1960
• Larry Waddell (Mint Condition) 1963
• Jeff Russo (Tonic) 1969
• Debbie Gibson 1970
• Tamara (Trina & Tamara) 1977
• Yara Martinez (Ms Lint from The Tick) 1979

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

A blast from the past: 2003

Megan Fox

From 2003.

Pre-Ink and bolt-ons.

Sunday, August 30, 2026

balmy \ BAH-mee \ , adjective; 

1. mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather . 
2. having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves . 
3. producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub . 
4. Informal . crazy; foolish; eccentric.

Origin: Balmy is the adjectival form of balm , which originally referred to an aromatic resin and came to mean anything that heals. Balmy entered English in the late 1400s. 

dat ass (_(_) 

• A positive vernacular expression used when one sees the buttocks of another, ((usually in a pic posted on an internet board)) Expressing delight and a possible suggestion of sexual interest.

 Oh lawd.. dat ass

 

 

 

 

  

History

• Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)
• Second Battle of Bull Run: in the US Civil War, the Confederates achieved a victory over Union forces (1862)
• hotline: a direct link between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war (1963)
• Thurgood Marshall: was confirmed as the first black US Supreme Court justice (1967)
• The Late Show with David Letterman: late-night talk show premiered on CBS (1993)

Birthdays

• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797
• Emily Bronte 1818
• Maria Montessori 1870
• Dr. Claire Straith 1891
• Huey P. Long 1893
• Raymond Massey 1896
• Roy Wilkins 1901
• Shirley Booth 1907
• Fred MacMurray 1908
• John Gunther 1901
• Joan Blondell 1912
• Julie Bishop 1914
• Ted Williams 1918
• Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) 1919
• Regina Resnik 1922
• Robert H. Rines 1922
• Geoffrey Beene 1927
• Bill Daily 1928
• John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) 1935
• Elizabeth Ashley 1939
• Ben Jones 1941
• John McNally (The Searchers) 1941
• Robert Crumb 1943
• Jean-Claude Killy 1943
• Peggy Lipton 1947
• Jon Paul Kolb 1947
• Mick Moody (Whitesnake) 1950
• Timothy Bottoms 1951
• David Paymer 1954
• Michael Chiklis 1963
• Michael Michele 1966
• Sherrie Austin 1971
• Cameron Diaz 1972
• Lisa Ling 1973
• Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) 1980