Sunday, September 13, 2026

Don't ever underestimate experience

A ship engine failed and no one could fix it, so they brought in a guy with 40 years experience.
 
He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
 
After looking things over, the guy reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.
 
He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine burst back into life.
 
The engine was fixed!
 
7 Days later the owners got his bill for $10,000.
 
"What?!" the owners said. "You hardly did anything. Send us an itemized bill."
 
The reply simply said:

  • Tapping with a hammer: $2
  • Knowing where to tap: $9,998

Sunday, September 13, 2026

lambent \ LAM-buhnt \ , adjective; 
  1. dealing lightly and gracefully with a subject; brilliantly playful: lambent wit . 
  2. running or moving lightly over a surface: lambent tongues of flame.
  3. softly bright or radiant: a lambent light . 
Origin: Lambent comes from the Latin term lambere meaning "to lick." It entered English in the mid-1600s.

no-motion 
  1. A promotion without a raise or bonus.
  2. During the recession of 2009, employers have embarked on a new trend of giving promotions to employees (e.g. by adding more responsibility to their current position or new job title) but not giving the employee any monetary compensation for it (e.g. no raise, no bonus).
My boss gave me a no-motion as I was promoted to VP but still receiving the same pay!
  
Holiday
  • National Grandparents Day
History 
  • Margaret Chase Smith: became the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress when she was elected US senator from Maine (1948)
  • Attica: the four-day revolt at New York's maximum security prison ended when state police and National Guardsmen stormed the facility; forty-two people died (1971)
  • Super Mario Bros.: best-selling video game of all time was first released, in Japan, by Nintendo (1985) 
    Law & Order: long-running TV police drama series first aired, on NBC (1990)
  • Oslo Accord: historic handshake between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat in Washington marks the signing of a secret peace agreement in Oslo (1993)
Birthdays
  • Walter Reed 1851
  • Milton S. Hershey 1857
  • John Pershing 1860
  • Sherwood Anderson 1876
  • J.B. Priestley 1894
  • Claudette Colbert 1905
  • Bill Monroe (The Bluegrass Band) 1911
  • Roald Dahl 1916
  • Dick Haymes 1916
  • Charles Brown 1922
  • Scott Brady 1924
  • Mel Torme 1925
  • Robert Indiana 1928
  • Eileen Fulton 1933
  • Barbara Bain 1934
  • Fred Silverman 1937
  • Judith Martin 1938
  • Richard Kiel 1939
  • David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat & Tears) 1941
  • Bela Karolyi 1942
  • Jacqueline Bisset 1944
  • Peter Cetera (Chicago) 1944
  • Nell Carter 1948
  • Don Was 1952
  • Randy Jones (The Village People) 1952
  • Joni Sledge (Sister Sledge) 1956
  • Jean Smart 1959
  • Bobby Cryner 1961
  • Dave Mustaine 1961 - Musician (Megadeth, Metallica)
  • Zak Starkey 1965

  • Michael Johnson 1965
  • Louis Mandylor 1966
  • Steve Perkins (Porno for Pyros) 1967
  • Bernie Williams (MLB) 1968
  • Goran Ivanisevic 1971
  • Aaron Benward (Blue Country) 1973
  • Scott Vickaryous 1975
  • Joe Don Rooney (Rascal Flats) 1975
  • Fiona Apple 1977
  • Ben Savage 1980
  • Mitch Holleman 1995
  

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Saturday, September 12, 2026

THE POTTY

From my email:

THE POTTY

A LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET. HIS MOTHER THINKS HE HAS BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG, SO SHE GOES IN TO SEE WHAT'S UP. THE LITTLE BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET READING A BOOK. BUT ABOUT EVERY 15 SECONDS OR SO, HE PUTS THE BOOK DOWN, GRIPS ONTO THE TOILET SEAT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HITS HIMSELF ON TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

HIS MOTHER SAYS: "BILLY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR A WHILE."

BILLY SAYS: "I'M FINE, MOMMY. I JUST HAVEN'T GONE POTTY' YET."

MOTHER SAYS: "OK, YOU CAN STAY HERE A FEW MORE MINUTES, BUT, BILLY, WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON THE HEAD?"

BILLY SAYS: "WORKS FOR KETCHUP."

Saturday, September 12, 2026

rimple \ RIM-puhl \ , verb; 
  • to wrinkle; crumple; crease. 
noun: 
  • a wrinkle. 
Origin: Rimple comes from the Old English hrimpan , which can be compared to the Old High German rumpfusla meaning "wrinkle; fold." The verb sense entered English in the mid-1400s.  

put the boot in 
  • (British) Kicking somebody when they're down.
Once it became obvious he would be fired, the entire office took the chance to put the boot in.

History
  • Henry Hudson: began exploring the Hudson River (1609)
  • Elizabeth Barrett: eloped with fellow poet Robert Browning (1846)
  • Jacqueline Bouvier: married John F. Kennedy in an enormous wedding (1953)
  • Bonanza: Ben Cartwright and his sons rode onto the screen in America's first TV series taped in color (1959)
  • Haile Selassie: Ethiopia's emperor was deposed in a military coup after a 58-year reign (1974); he died a year later, while under arrest
  • Steven Biko: black civil rights leader died in police custody in South Africa; international protests and a UN arms embargo ensued (1977)
Birthdays
  • Richard Gatlin 1818
  • H.L. Mencken 1880
  • Maurice Chevalier 1888
  • Ben Blue 1901
  • Margaret Hamilton 1902
  • Jesse Owens 1913
  • Tony Bettenhausen 1916
  • Irene Dailey 1920
  • Yma Sumac 1924
  • Ella Mae Morse 1924
  • Dickie Moore 1925
  • Freddie Jones 1927
  • Ian Holm 1931
  • George Jones 1931
  • Glenn Davis 1934
  • Linda Gray 1940
  • Tony Bellamy (The Tornados) 1940
  • Maria Muldaur 1943
  • Barry White 1944
  • Joe Pantoliano 1951
  • Neil Peart (Rush) 1952
  • Gerry Beckley (America) 1952
  • Peter Scolari 1954
  • Barry Andrews (King Crimson, XTC) 1956
  • Brian Robertson (Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy) 1956
  • Rachel Ward 1957
  • Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) 1965
  • Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) 1966
  • Darren E. Burrows 1966
  • Larry "Ler" LaLonde (Primus) 1968
  • Paul Walker 1973
  • Yao Ming (1980)
  • Emmy Rossum 1986
  • Nany Tovar (aka Karla "Spice" Lopez) 1986 model from Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela
  • Alexia Fast 1992
  • Sydney Sweeney 1997 actree, had good jeans 


  
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KARLA "SPICE" LOPEZ
 
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Friday, September 11, 2026

09/11/2026

I can't say I feel any different about this day of infamy than I did in the past, so I will quote myself, with a some edits:


I've been thinking for days about what I might write for the anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States carried out by Al Qaida. Would I mention, again, what I was doing when it happened? How I felt listening to the news? How it struck me? How I personally felt loss for all those lives lost? How I was devastated by the senseless violence of it all? How it still depresses me to see any image of the World trade Center?

These are all topics I've touched on over the years I've been writing this blog. I don't even think my tale is all too interesting nor extraordinary. But what I do know is that the pain is still real. The memory is still strong. We will NEVER forget. Osama Bin Laden asked for a war. We've brought it to him. Now he's paid the price for his brand of evil. Good riddance.

Almost twenty years have past since that day. The hole in the ground that used to be called Ground Zero is now, once again, being called the World Trade Center. The building that has been called The Freedom Building (1776 feet high!) was renamed WTC 1. Not sure how I feel about that one, but we're clearly moving forward. Forward does not mean we're forgetting. 9/11/2001 was this generation's Pearl Harbor. I'll never forget, but the SJW snowflakes will probably call that racist. What has this world come to?
 
After the events of 9/11 the motto in NYC was NEVER FORGET. It appears that we did because the local and state elected  politicians are a bunch of America haters, especially the Mayor of NYC who downplays the role Islam played regarding the events of that horrific day. NYC sold its soul for the promise of free shit.