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.  

Friday, September 11, 2026

9/11

interrobang \ in-TER-uh-bang \ , noun; 

• a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Also, interabang . 

Origin: Interrobang is an Americanism from the mid-1960s. It is a blend of interrogation point , another term for a question mark, and bang , printers' slang for an exclamation point. 

half-your-age-plus-seven

• The rule to define the youngest that a romantic interest can be before the relationship is indecent.

26-year-old Barbara waited patiently until Jack turned 20, fulfilling the half-your-age-plus-seven rule, before pursuing him romantically.

History

• Battle of Lake Champlain American troops score a decisive victory over the British in the War of 1812 (1814)
• Boulder Dam: was dedicated by FDR (1936); it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1947
• World Wide Fund for Nature: conservation and environmental group was formed, in Switzerland (1961)
• coup: General Augusto Pinochet's forces topple the Chilean government of democratically-elected Salvador Allende; Pinochet retained power for nearly 17 years (1973)
• Scottish Parliament: a referendum of the Scottish electorate approved a separate parliament, breaking from England after 290 years of union (1997)
• Al Qaida: attacks at the Twin Towers of  the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked planes. Thousands died that day. Led to the invasion of Afghanistan by US and allied forces. (2001)
  Libya: Terror attack on the American consulate in Benghazi left four American dead. Initially President Obama blamed the attack on a crude video, but later recanted. (2012) 

Birthdays

• James Thomson 1700
• O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) 1862
• James Jeans
• D.H. Lawrence 1885
• Jimmie Davis 1899
• Anne Seymour 1909
• Bear Bryant 1913
• Jessica Mitford 1917
• Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines) 1917
• Betsy Drake 1923
• Tom Landry 1924
• Alfred Slote 1926
• Lee Richardson 1926
• Earl Holliman 1928
• Arvo Part 1935
• Gherman Titov 1935
• Brian DePalma 1940
• Lola Falana 1943
• Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) 1943
• Phil May (The Pretty Things) 1944
• Leo Kottke 1945
• Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams) 1946
• Amy Madigan 1951
• Tommy Shaw (Styx) 1952
• Reed Birney 1954
• John Moss (Culture Club) 1957
• Mick Talbot (The Style Council) 1958


• Kristy McNichol 1962
• Virginia Madsen 1963
• Roxanne Dawson 1964
• Moby 1965
• Harry Connick, Jr. 1967
• Bart Van Der Zeeluw (K's Choice) 1968
• Laura Wright 1970
• Mr. Black 1977
• Jonny Buckland 1977 - Musician (Coldplay)
• Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges) 1977 - Rapper, actor
• Tiffany Shepis 1979 - scream queen

  

 

  

Turtle Thursday: When Silent Bob Attacks!

A pic of Silent Bob the Diamond Back Terrapin about to let loose an attack of epic proportions on Tokyo...

Or maybe on some dried shrimp I tossed into his tank.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

gloaming \ GLOH-ming \ , noun; 

• twilight; dusk. 

Origin: Gloaming is derivative of the Old English word meaning "twilight," glōm . It came into usage around 1000.  

Silent Rave 

• "Rave" or form of wild dancing party where all of the members listen to music through headphones on separate portable music players. The players are all synchronized so everyone is hearing the same thing, but no outsiders hear anything, hence the "silent" portion of the name.

The police didn't bust the silent rave down the street because nobody complained about the noise.

History

• "We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)

  
• Elias Howe: American inventor received a patent for the sewing machine (1846)
• Gunsmoke: debuted; Law and Order recently tied it as TV's longest-running prime-time drama series (1955)
• guillotine: was used for the last time as a tool of execution in France on Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torturing and murdering his ex-girlfriend (1977)
  I want to believe: The X-Files premiered on television (1993)
• Switzerland: the famously neutral country joined the UN, becoming its 190th member (2002)

Birthdays

• Romeyn de Hooghe 1645
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli 1751
• Isaac Funk 1839
• William M. Harnett 1848
• Arthur H. Compton 1892
• Robert Wise 1914
• Edmond O'Brien 1915
• Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929
• Roger Maris 1934
• Charles Kuralt 1934
• Tommy Overstreet 1937
  
• Greg Mullavey 1939
• Artie Tripp (Mothers Of Invention) 1939
• Roy Ayers 1940
• Buck Buchanan 1940
• Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) 1942
• Tom Ligon 1945
• Jose Feliciano 1945
• James Hines 1947
• Bob Lanier 1948
• Judy Geeson 1948
• Charlie Waters 1948
• Margaret Trudeau 1948
• Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) 1949
• Don Powel (Slade) 1950
• Joe Perry (Aerosmith) 1950
• Alder Taylor 1951
• Peter Tolson 1951
• Amy Irving 1953
• Pat Mastelotto (Mr. Mister) 1955
• Rosie Flores 1956
• Jonnie Fingers (Boomtown Rats) 1956
• Kate Burton 1957
• Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespeare's Sister) 1957
• Colin Firth 1960
• David Lowery (Cracker) 1960
• Randy Johnson 1963
• Carol Decker (T'Pau) 1963
• Joe Nieuwendyk 1966
• Miles Zuniga (Fastball) 1966
• Robin Goodridge (Bush) 1966
• Guy Ritchie 1968
• Big Daddy Kane 1968
• Ryan Phillippe 1974
• Gustavo Kuerten 1976

  

 

  

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Just Chillin' [2012]

Cuz why not?

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

*09*09*

shtick \ shtik \ , noun;

1. Slang . one's special interest, talent, etc. 
2. Slang . (especially in comic acting) a routine or piece of business inserted to gain a laugh or draw attention to oneself.

Origin: Shtick comes from the Yiddish shtik meaning "pranks." It entered English in the 1950s.

fappening 

• an event that occurs when someone on the internet releases a large amount of fappable or nude/semi-nude pictures of famous people.

"When those girls hit up the topless beaches in Spain, a great fappening will consume the internet." 

 

 

 

 

Trivia
What major U.S. land acquisition won ratification by the U.S. Senate by just one vote?

• The 1867 purchase of Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.

History

• Mary, Queen of Scots: was crowned at the age of nine months (1543)
• United States: received its new name from the Second Continental Congress; it had previously been known as the Thirteen Colonies (1776)
• California: became the 31st state (1850)
• Elvis Presley: "Elvis the Pelvis" made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show; he was shown only from the waist up (1956)
• Attica Prison riot: erupted in western New York State; it lasted 4 days (1971)
  FRINGE premiered (2008)

 

Birthdays

• Frank Chance 1877
• Colonel Harland Sanders 1890
• MacKenzie John 1922
• Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder 1923
• Jane Greer 1924
• Cliff Robertson 1925
• Elvis Jones 1927
• Sylvia Miles 1932
• Topol 1935
• Otis Redding 1941
• Inez Foxx 1942
• Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient) 1942
• Dee Dee Sharp 1945
• Billy Preston 1946
• Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly) 1946
• Freddy Weller 1947
• Joe Thiesman 1949
• Tom Wopat 1951
• Michael Keaton 1951
• Angela Cartwright 1952
• Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) 1952
• Hugh Grant 1960
• Kristy McNichol 1962
• Adam Sandler 1966
• David Bennent 1966
• Paul Durham (Black Lab) 1968
• Scott DeFreitas 1969
• Dray (Das EFX) 1970
• Henry Thomas 1971
• Michelle Williams 1980

  

 

  

 

 

  

Review Tuesday: Chopping Mall (1986)

 

  

Chopping Mall

1986 

A group of youngsters are locked in a mall when the new robot security system goes berserk. 

Do you remember the great 80s horror movies? They were bad, in a good way that made them fun. That's what my BFF was looking for. 

 

For security purposes a mall goes on full lock-down nightly and additionally deploys robots to patrol the shared spaces. Of course on the very first night of the robot patrol, their control center gets an overload from a lightening bolt which fries their safety directive. Of course, a bunch of young mall employees decide to have a sex party at the furniture store that same night. It's up to the kids to avoid the sentries and survive the night. 

 

This movie is approximately what you would expect. There are some good looking women who show their boobs. The dudes are douche-bags. The robots aren't scary. The story is predictable. The writing is cheesy. Not really worth watching unless you're looking for that sort of thing.  

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

disambiguate \ dis-am-BIG-yoo-eyt \ , verb; 

• to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence "She lectured on the famous passenger ship," you'll have to write either "lectured on board" or "lectured about."

Origin: Disambiguate entered English in the 1960s as the negative verbal equivalent to ambiguous . Interestingly, there is no verb form of ambiguous in English. 
 
grown man, verb;

• to dress formally. Originating from the Bay Area.

"You ain't gettin' into the club with a white tee or a jersey, you got to get yer grown man on. Kangols, button ups, a cuff and a crease an' that shit."

History

• St. Augustine: the oldest permanent European settlement in the US was founded (1565)
• Galveston Hurricane: made landfall; it was the deadliest natural disaster to strike the US to date (1900)
  

  
• Miss America: the annual pageant was first held in Atlantic City; 16-year-old Margaret Gorman of Washington DC was the first to be crowned (1921)
• Siege of Leningrad: nearly 2.5-year blockade of the city by the Germans in WWII began (1941)
• Star Trek: TV series recounting the adventures of the starship Enterprise premiered (1966)
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: opened in Washington, DC, with the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass (1971)
• Watergate: US president Gerald Ford granted his predecessor, Richard Nixon, a full pardon for "crimes he committed or may have committed" (1974)

Birthdays

• Richard the Lionhearted (England) 1157
• Antonin Dvorak 1841
• Jimmie Rodgers 1897
• Claude Pepper 1900
  
• Hillary Brooke 1914
• Sid Caesar 1922
• Peter Sellers 1925
• Harlan Howard 1927
• Patsy Cline 1932
• Willie Tyler 1940
• Alan Feinstein 1941
• Christopher Connelly 1941
• 
  Dante Drowty (Dante and The Evergreens) 1941
• Brian Cole (The Association) 1942
• Ron McKernan (Grateful Dead) 1945
• Ben Orr (Benjamin Orzechowski) (The Cars) 1947
• Ann Beattie 1947
• Will Lee 1952
• Heather Thomas 1957
• Michael Lardie (Great White) 1958
• David Steele (English Beat, Fine Young Cannibals) 1960
• 
  Marc Gordon (Levert) 1964
• Brooke Burke 1971
• David Arquette 1971
• Larenz Tate 1975
• P!nk (Alecia Beth Moore Hart) 1979 - Singer
• Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1981
     
  
   
  
  
  
  

A funny story. During the 80s I had several Heather Thomas posters in my bedroom. I had a friend who insisted that he had the issue of Playboy in which she was nude. I asked to see it a couple times but he never produced it. Now with t3h interw3b I have found NO EVIDENCE that she ever did such a spread. Moral of the story? Never lie. You never know when the truth might come out.

          

   

These are some of my fav pics of her.