Hasselhoff Wednesday: Not a tumor.

This would've been brilliant casting.

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

vittate \ VIT-eyt \ , adjective; 

1. striped longitudinally. 
2. provided with or having a vitta or vittae. 

Origin: Vittate is derived from the Latin word vittātus which meant approximately "fillet-like." It entered English in the early 1800s.

carbon cockprint

• The amount of CO2 and greenhouse gases released by a man in search of sexual gratification

"You're going all the way to Manchester to shag that bird? Your carbon cockprint will be massive!"

 

Holidays

• Earth Day (International)

History 

• Pedro Alvares Cabral: landed on the coast of Brazil, claiming the land for Portugal (1500)
• Henry VIII: much-married king of England ascended to the throne (1509)
• "In God We Trust": US Congress mandated that all minted coins bear this inscription (1864)
• Oklahoma Land Rush: began officially at noon with thousands of homesteaders staking their claims (1889)
• Earth Day: first observed (1970)

Birthdays

• Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451
• Henry Fielding 1707 - Author ("The History of Tom Jones")
• Immanuel Kant 1724 - Philosopher
• Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924)
• Nicola Sacco 1891 - Convicted of robbery and executed along with Bartolomeo Vanzetti after a controversial trial in Massachusetts.
• Vladimir Nabokov 1899 - Russian novelist
• J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
• Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres")
• Yehudi Menuhin 1916 - Violinist, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at age ten
• Robert Wadlow Alton 1918 - At the time of his death on July 15, 1940 he was the tallest man in the world according to Guinness World Records. He was 8 ft 11.1 in.
• Mickey (James Barton) Vernon 1918 - Baseball
• Hal March (Mendelson) 1920 - Television emcee ("The $64,000 Question"), actor ("The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show")
• Candid Camero 1921 - Musician
  
• Charles Mingus 1922 - Musician
• Richard Diebenkorn 1922 - Musician, singer, bandleader, composer
• Aaron Spelling 1923 - Exectuive producer ("Fantasy Island", "Beverly Hills 90210")
• Bettie Page 1923 - invented sexy
  

  
• George Cole 1925 - Actor ("Minder", "Flash Harry")
• Charlotte Rae 1926 - Actress ("Facts of Life")
• Estelle Harris 1932 - Actess ("Seinfeld")
• Mark Damon (Alan Harris) 1933 - Actor ("The Fall of the House of Usher")
• Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor
• Jack Nitzsche 1937 - Arranger, producer, songwriter
• Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men")
• Deane Beman 1938 - Golfer
• Jason Miller 1939 - Actor ("Toy Soldiers", "The Exorcist" series)
• Mel Carter 1943 - Singer, actor
• Cleve Francis 1945 - Country singer
• John Waters 1946 - Director
• Larry Groce 1948 - Singer, songwriter
• Spencer Haywood 1949 - Basketball player
• Peter Frampton 1950 - Musician (Humble Pie)
• Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Squeeze, Mike & the Mechanics)
• Tom Lysiak 1953 - Hockey player
• Joseph Bottoms 1954 - Actor ("Surfacing", "Inner Sanctum")
• Ryan Stiles 1959 - Actor ("Whose Line is It Anyway")
• Byron Allen 1961 - Comedian, television host, actor ("Real People")
• Chris Makepiece 1964 - Actor ("My Bodyguard", "Captive Hearts")
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan 1966 - Actor ("Negan")
• Sheryl Lee 1967 - Actress ("Twin Peaks")
• Sherri Shepherd 1967 - Talk show host, actress
• Heath Wright 1967 - Musician (Ricochet)
• Ingo Rademacher 1971 - Actor ("General Hospital")
• Eric Mabius 1971 - Actor ("Ugly Betty")
• Anna Falchi 1972 - actress, hottie (below)
• Daniel Johns 1979 - Musician (Silverchair)
  Michelle Ryan 1984 (bottom)
  
• Amber Heard 1986 - Actress (right)
  
  
   

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  

 

 

 

  

Review Tuesday: EXCALIBUR (1981)

 

EXCALIBUR

1981

Merlin assists Arthur to unite the Britons while evil builds. 

This is a movie I have had friends rave about in recent years. I haven't seen it in decades, and even then, it was edited for television. So I wanted to experience it properly as an adult. For a change, I talked my BFF into seeing this one. 

 

This is the classic tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table except largely told from the perspective of Merlin the Magician. While this film definitely has that 80s film on a budget feel, the script, cast, and direction made it wonderful. 

 

This film starts from the beginning of eh legend. Uther Pendragon (Gabriel Byrne) was in possession of the mystical sword Excalibur, but when he became a petty ruler Merlin and the sword turn away from him. So, in his final act, Uther drives the sword into a stone declaring the one who draws the sword will become the king of England. Time jumps years in advance and a young Arthur inadvertently pulls the sword from the stone, therein starting the myth. 

 

The rest of the story is how Arthur (Nigel Terry) goes on to become a wise and just ruler of England. However, there are forces at work to unseat him. 

 

 I adored this movie, and finally seeing it in its entirety was a delight! Like I said, great script, great cast. This is one of those times that something actually lived up to the hype. Highly recommend if you are a fan of the Arthurian legends.   

   

 

 

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

apotheosis

1. Exaltation to divine rank or stature; deification.
2. Elevation to a preeminent or transcendent position; glorification: Down here I'm the apotheosis of cool (Sewer Urchin from the animated series The Tick).
3. An exalted or glorified example: Their leader was the apotheosis of courage.

straight money

• Someone/something that can ALWAYS be counted on for whatever...wherever...whenever.

If Joe said he's take care of it...then consider it taken care of. The dude is straight money.

History

• Tiradentes: Brazilian hero nicknamed the "tooth puller" was executed in Rio de Janeiro for conspiring against Portuguese rule (1792)

  
• The Red Baron: German ace aviator Baron Manfred von Richthofen was shot down for the second time — this time, fatally (1918)
• Brasilia: became the capital of Brazil, instead of Rio de Janeiro (1960)
• Tiananmen Square: anti-communist protest grew to 100,000 in Beijing; troops suppressed it six weeks later, killing thousands (1989).

Birthdays

• Friedrich Froebel 1782 - Teacher, author, toy maker, invented kindergarten in 1837
• Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre", "The Professor")
• John Muir 1838 - Conservationist, influential in the creation of the U.S. National Parks System and U.S. foreset conservation, the Muir Woods National Monument in California is named after him
• Oskar Herwig 1849
• Joe McCarthy 1887 - Baseball manager
• Anthony Quinn 1915 - Actor ("Viva Zapata! [1952]", "The Guns of Navarone")
• Don Cornell (Louis Varlaro) 1924 - Singer
• Clara Ward 1924 - Singer (Clara Ward Gospel Troupe)
• Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom
• Silvana Mangano 1930
• Carl Belew 1931 - Country singer
• Elaine May 1932 - Actress, comedienne
• Charles Grodin 1935 - Actor ("Clifford", "Beethoven I", "Beethoven II")
• Reg Fleming 1935 - Hockey player
• Iggy Pop (James Newell Osterburg) 1947 - Singer, songwriter (Psychedelic Stooges)
• John Weider 1947 - Musician (Family)
• Al Bumbry (Alonza Benjamin Bumbrey) 1947 - Baseball player
• Paul Davis 1948
• Patti LuPone 1949 - Actress ("Evita", "Driving Miss Daisy")
• Tony Danza 1951 - Actor ("Who’s the Boss", "Taxi", "Angels in the Outfield")
• Paul Carrack 1951 - Musician (Mike and the Mechanics, Noise to Go, Ace)
• Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson) 1958 - Actress ("Groundhog Day", "St. Elmo’s Fire", "Four Weddings and a Funeral")
• Robert Smith 1959 - Musician (The Cure)
• Michael Timmins 1959 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
• John Cameron Mitchell 1963 - Actor, director ("Hedwig and the Angry Inch")
• Michael Franti 1968 - Musician (Spearhead)
• Nicole Sullivan 1969 - Actress, comedian ("MadTV", "King of Queens")
• James McAvoy 1979 - Actor
• Tony Romo 1980 - Football player
• Cadillac Williams 1982 - Football player

  

  
  

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

  

Look forward to Ashley!

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