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Wednesday, November 11, 2026
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
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cryptesthesia \ krip-tuhs-THEE-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh \ , noun;
- Psychology . allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
Origin: Coined in the 1920s, cryptesthesia is a combination of crypt(o)- , meaning "hidden," and esthesia referring to "capacity for sensation or feeling."
bumper sticker activism
- To tell the world what they should be doing and what you think by plastering your car with bumper stickers to that effect.
Jim: That "Keep Tahoe Blue" sticker is really making me wonder how to keep Tahoe blue.
Mike: Yeah, Berkeley is full of bumper sticker activism. Too bad the sticker's on a Ford Expedition, since keeping Tahoe blue involves reducing emissions.
Trivia
Why is Veterans Day always celebrated on November 11th?- The holiday, established in 1938 to honor World War I veterans, was originally called Armistice Day to mark the November 11, 1918, signing of the armistice with Germany that ended the war. In 1954 the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans Day to honor U.S. veterans of all wars.
- Veteran's Day
Holiday
Veterans Day: an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I; major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. The United States previously observed Armistice Day. The U.S. holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day; Veterans Day celebrates the service of all U.S. military veterans, while Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who gave their lives and those who perished while in service.
History
- Mayflower Compact: was signed by the 41 free male Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower, setting up the basis of the Plymouth colony government (1620)
- The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: freak temperature highs and lows were recorded across the US, many in the same cities (1911)
- Armistice Day: WWI fighting came to an end when the Allies and Germany signed a peace treaty (1918)
- Tomb of the Unknowns: the first unknown soldier in this tomb was interred in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery (1921); a nameless soldier who died on the Somme during WWI was entombed in the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior — his tomb now reads ""An Unknown New Zealand Warrior/ He Toa Matangaro No Aotearoa" (2004)
- U.S. Route 66: "the Main Street of America," stretching from Chicago to California, was established (1926)
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky 1821
- Thomas Aldrich 1870
- Ernest Ansermet 1883
- George Patton 1885
- Pat O'Brien 1899
- Alger Hiss 1904
- Robert Ryan 1909
- Stubby Kaye 1918
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 1922
- Jonathan Winters 1925
- Mose Allison 1927
- Lavern Baker 1929
- Bibi (Birgitta) Andersson 1935
- Narvel Felts 1938
- Denise Alexander 1945
- Chris Dreja (Yardbirds) 1945
Vince Martell (Vanilla Fudge) 1945- Jesse Colin Young (The Youngbloods) 1944
- Pat Daugherty (Black Oak Arkansas) 1947
- Jim Peterik (Survivor) 1950
- Fuzzy Zoeller 1951
- Paul Cowsill (The Cowsills) 1952
- Marshall Crenshaw 1953
- Andy Partridge (XTC) 1953
- Dave Alvin 1955
- Ian Marsh (Human League) 1956
- Stanley Tucci 1960
- Demi Moore 1962
- Mic Michaeli (Europe) 1962
- Philip McKeon 1964
- Calista Flockhart 1964
- Scott Mercado (Candlebox) 1964
- Wyatt Pauley (Linear) 1968
- Ronnie Devoe (New Edition; Bell Biv Devoe) 1968
- Peta Wilson 1970
- Leonardo DiCaprio 1974
- Rachel Sterling (aka Angel Veil) 1979
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Review Tuesday: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist
by William Peter Blatty
When a girl exhibits strange symptoms, extreme measures are required.
The Exorcist is one of the most famous horror films of all time. Somehow I managed to NOT see it in its entirety until only recently. THEN I realized that the movie was based on a BOOK. My BFF highly recommended that I should read it. You know me, I had to!
Sometimes there are great departures from the original novel to what you see on the screen. But this isn't a very thick or heavy book. What I feel like is that what you saw on screen is contained within the pages. However, I feel there is a lot more color in the book about Father Karas' introspection and his feelings about losing his way. Also, I feel like Lt Kinderman has a far larger role in the book. Even MacNeil's help, Karl and Willi had much more substantial roles in the book than they did in the movie. I suppose these were all things done to streamline a movie that ended up running over two hours and didn't really really do anything for the plot.
After having read the book, I would definitely say that the novel was a more thorough and enjoyable horror experience than the film. Getting into the exposition and thoughts of all the characters is very rewarding. I would definitely say that it is worth your time to read this book especially if your love classic horror and and wondered about if there was more going on in this story beyond what you saw on the screen.
TWENTY TWO Years Of BAXOJAYZ!!!!!!
Jeez. Twenty two years, Twenty two fucking years!?!? That's four different presidents!
But I digress. Who had any idea I'd be doing this for over 20 years? I sure didn't...
22 years ago today the first post on BAXOJAYZ-CENTRICITY went live. Time flies when you're having fun. Here it is:
I started up a blog to replace my old AOL Hometown. It was too difficult maintaining an old fashioned website and Blogger was the way to go. Plus, I was highly influenced by Steve Bunche to take this route. He used to be funny. Now he's a grumpy old man.
Since then I have created several other blogs for various purposes and this blog has seen a couple redesigns along the way.
In 18 years this blog has made me many friends, enemies, created an outlet for ideas, and made me a little money. At this point I have over 725,000 hits clocked in, and that's just from the point the counter went up, maybe a couple years after I started. I have had up to TENS of THOUSANDS of hits in a single day. I have a good number of regulars. I only have 31 admitting to watch this blog.
Back in 2009 I wrote this:
Today marks five years since my first blog post!Believe it of not a lot of thought went into creating all this. I give credit for starting the blog to two guys Steve Bunche of The Vault of Buncheness and my friend CWModels who was always sending me links to that blog. I thought it was amazing. At the time I was posting like mad on several online message-boards. There weren't enough forums to pound out all my thoughts. Then I realized that rather than slowing myself down and / or limiting the content of my posts I could pound out my thoughts on a blog. I wanted to create a site that revolved around me, all that matters to me.
I wanted to create a Bob-centric website. But what to call it? I decided on my alter-ego that I've been using for everything online: Baxojayz. The blog would revolve about what matters to me, thus no name would be more fitting than BAXOJAYZ-CENTRICITY. There you go, birth of a blog.
Baxojayz was a name I invented in high school. I had some letters written down and joined them together with as few vowels as possible and it spelled out BAXOJAYZ, pronounced bak-so-jais. It was well before the rapper Jay-Z came to light. Since then I used it as my stage name, Darryl Baxojayz, and my online name.
From the start the idea was that I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences with anyone out there who is interested in hearing them. The theme would be work, life, music, entertainment, gorgeous ladies, cars, and anything else that I felt like slapping up.
What really changed my blog was my coverage of Static-X. I loved the band and wanted to post as much info as I could for for other fans. I was contacted by a public relations firm called Total Assault about my efforts and wanted to know if I'd be interested in formal press releases from Static-X as well as other cool bands. Free content? Breaking news? How could I say no? Since then I have been getting all sorts of music news from them, and a couple other agencies. Most recently I've been dealing a lot with Ariel right here in NYC. They deal with a lot of smaller acts in the NY music scene. To me, that's a lot of fun spreading the word about tomorrow's stars!
Over the years I've had some interesting things go on around this blog. I was hit with a cease and desist order for saying damaging things about a professional referral service. Funny, if the TRUTH is so hurtful, you guys should be looking within your own business, not bloggers, for your headaches. I've made lots of friends and even got to meet some other bloggers. I've been trolled by the same on-again off-again friend who sees fit to spam this awesome blog periodically to get his kicks.
Click HERE to see my post that generated over 10,000 hits in ONE day! I think it went on to be the post the generated close to quarter of my lifetime hits.
And that's that. I was planning a big unveiling today, but it didn't work out. Not enough time. Hopefully soon. I'm not posting anything else today unless I personally wrote it. Thanks for stopping by!
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE
I have no plans to end this at any time. I'll just keep plugging away. The content will vary depending on my mood, but there will always be something. Likely lots of hot chicks, reviews, and music. Who doesn't love that? It's not likely that I will get any redesigns done with the way social media and wikis have taken over the net.
That's it for now. Hope you enjoyed it so far. If not? Fuck off. I have. Thanks!
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