Solo wasn't so bad...

 

Saturday, January 23, 2022

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veritable \VER-ih-tuh-bul\, adjective:

• Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine. 

Veritable derives from Latin veritas, "truth," from verus, "true." 
 
hyphenated 

• A woman who is married.

She friended me on Facebook. She's hot, but unfortunately, she is hyphenated.

History

• Shaanxi Earthquake: deadliest earthquake in recorded history shook central and eastern China, killing more than 800,000 (1556)
  

  
• Election Day: date for national elections was set by US Congress as the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (1845)
• Elizabeth Blackwell: became the first female physician in the US, graduating first in her class from Geneva Medical College (1849)
• Roots: the mini-series based on Alex Haley's epic novel began on ABC (1977)
• Daniel Pearl: reporter for The Wall Street Journal was kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan; he was killed less than a month later (2002)

Birthdays

• John Hancock 1737
• Edouard Manet 1832
• Joseph Nathan Kane 1899
• Randolph Scott 1903
• Dan Duryea 1907
• David Duncan 1916
• Ernie Kovacs 1919
• Ray Abrams 1920
• Marty Paich 1925
• Jeanne Moreau 1928
• Ken Errair (The Four Freshmen) 1928
• Chita Rivera 1933
• Lou Antonio 1934
• Eugene Church 1938
• Johnny Russel 1940
• Gil Gerard 1943
• Rutger Hauer 1944
• Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) 1944
• Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) 1948
• Richard Dean Anderson (MacGuyver) 1950
• Bill Cunningham (The Box Tops) 1950
• Danny Federici (E Street Band) 1950
• Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) 1953
• Princess Caroline of Monaco 1957
• Anita Baker 1958
• Earl Falconer (UB40) 1959
• Gail O'Grady 1963
• Mariska Hargitay 1964
• Marc Nelson 1971
• Tiffany-Amber Thiessen 1974
  Tito Ortiz (MMA) 1975

 

 

 

 

 

SPAM of the day

Got this email, seems legit!

From: Marine Corps. [t.duhon(at)wallercounty.us]

SUBJ: HEY!!

Hi,

I am a USMC on a special redeployment. I am looking for a good looking and intelligent person for a relationship. Or a person who can accept to take custody of an amount being proceed of a raid we carried out here. If you are interested mail me back with your picture. All communication must be through an end-to-end encrypted means. It is important that you must have WhatsApp for easy communication. And I assure you that your privacy will be protected too.

I got your email contact through an opt-in consumer directory.
I expect your response.
A Sgt. USA
Marine Corps.

 

Saturday, January 22, 2022

prevaricate \prih-VAIR-uh-kayt\, intransitive verb:

• To depart from or evade the truth; to speak with equivocation.

Origin: Prevaricate derives from the past participle of Latin praevaricari, "to pass in front of, or over, by straddling; to walk crookedly; to collude," from prae, "before, in front of" + varicare, "to straddle," from varicus, "straddling," from varus, "bent."

finna get crunk

• Finna get crunk is when someone asks you if are ready to turn up/party or get lit.

Person 1: "You guys finna get crunk?! 

Person 2: " hell yea finna get crunk! ✌🏽️"

 

History

• Bloody Sunday: czarist troops massacred unarmed demonstrators in St. Petersburg, marking the beginning of the unsuccessful Russian Revolution of 1905 (1905)
• Our Town: Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play premiered in Princeton, NJ (1938)
• The Crucible: Arthur Miller play that used the Salem witch trials as a stand-in for McCarthyism premiered on Broadway; after a rocky start, it became a classic (1953)
• Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in: began tickling American funny bones; notable cast members included Goldie Hawn, Lily Tomlin and Tiny Tim (1968)
• Roe v. Wade: the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy; the legal precedent still holds today (1973)

Birthdays

• Sir Francis Bacon 1561
  

  
• André Ampère 1775
• Lord (George) Byron 1788
• August Strindberg 1849
• Beatrice Webb 1858
• David (D.W.) Griffith 1875
• Frederick Vinson 1890
• Ann Sothern 1909
• J.J. (James) Johnson 1924
• Galina Zybina 1931
• Piper Laurie 1932
• Bill Bixby 1934
• Sam Cooke 1935
• Seymour Cassel 1937
• Joseph Wambaugh 1936
• Jeff Smith 1939
• J.C. Tremblay 1939
• John Hurt 1940
• Teddy Gentry (Alabama) 1952
• Steve Perry (Journey) 1953
• Chris Lemmon 1954
• Mike Bossy 1957
• Linda Blair 1959
• Michael Hutchence (INXS) 1960
• Diane Lane 1965
• DJ Jazzy Jeff 1965
• Regina Nicks (Regina Regina) 1965
• Olivia d'Abo 1967
• Marc Gay (Shai) 1969
• Balthazar Getty 1975
• Christopher Kennedy Masterson 1980
• Kelton Kessee (IMX) 1981
• Bererley Mitchell 1981
• Ben Moody 1981 (former guitaruist of Evanescence)

 

 

 

Rock out with JUDE

Kidneythieves

Jude (Be Somebody)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft3Cn3AuIWE

Jude’s her name, she wears a sign

Says “in the morning’s not the way u feel like u did the night you cried”

So I say, “sleep it off babe!”

She know’s what she’s talking about above all the clouds

and the reasons for what she says

She says “Hello, Hello, is anybody Home?”

Hello, Hello (or did you sell your soul?)

Hello, Hello–I thought you wanted to be somebody, then be somebody

Jude sees

The clothes you made

All the stitches and you bitchin’ about the things that didn’t go your way

So I say, “take em off babe!”

Why r u holding on to the pain? So you can fuck it all up again?

She says “Hello, Hello, is anybody Home?”

Hello, Hello (or did you sell your soul?)

Hello, Hello–I thought you wanted to be somebody, then be somebody

What’s the trip that you be on? I thought you wanted to be somebody (hello, hello?)

And before you know it, it’s all gone–I thought you wanted to be somebody (hello, hello?)

Why u holding’ on to the pain?

She says “Hello, Hello, is anybody Home?”

Hello, Hello (or did you sell your soul?)

Pick it up and go (is anybody home?)

Quit your bitch and moan (or did you sell your soul?)

It’s all you’ve done

I thought you wanted to be somebody, then be somebody

WTF Dad!

Friday: January 21, 2022

bibelot \BEE-buh-loh\, noun:

• A small decorative object without practical utility; a trinket.

Origin: Bibelot is from French, from Old French beubelot, beubelet, "a small jewel, a trinket," from a reduplication of bel, "beautiful," from Latin bellus, "pretty, handsome." It is related to bauble.

 

muffin top

• When a woman wears a pair of tight jeans that makes her flab spill out over the waistband, just like the top of a muffin sits over the edge of the paper case.

Jeez, check out the Muffin Top on that chick! *shudder*

History

• 1911 - The first Monte Carlo car rally was held. Seven days later it was won by Henri Rougier.
• 1954 - The Nautilus was launched in Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered submarine. U.S. First Lady Mamie Eisenhower broke the traditional bottle of champagne across the bow.
• 1954 - The gas turbine automobile was introduced in New York City.
  
• Nautilus: first nuclear submarine was launched on the Thames River in Connecticut by FLOTUS Mamie Eisenhower (1954)
• 1970 - The Boeing 747 made its first commercial flight from New York to London for Pan American. 
• Concordes: jet planes took off simultaneously from London's Heathrow Airport and Orly in Paris in the first commercial supersonic flights (1976)
• 1997 - Newt Gingrich was fined as the U.S. House of Representatives voted for first time in history to discipline its leader for ethical misconduct.
• 1998 - A former White House intern said on tape that she had an affair with U.S. President Clinton. 
• Eyak language: southcentral Alaskan language went extinct when its last native speaker died (2008)

Birthdays

• Stonewall Jackson 1824
• J. Carrol Naish 1897
• Christian Dior 1905
• Billy Maxted 1917
• Jinx Falkenberg 1919
• Paul Scofield 1922
• Telly Savalas 1924
• Benny Hill 1925
• Steve Reeves 1926
• Audrey Dalton 1934
• Ann Wedgeworth 1935
• Snooks Eaglin 1936
• Wolfman Jack 1939
• Jack Nicklaus 1940
• Richie Havens 1941
• Placido Domingo 1941
• Mac Davis 1942
• Edwin Starr 1942
• Jill Eikenberry 1947
• Billy Ocean 1950
• Robby Benson 1956
• Geena Davis 1957
• Hakeem Olajuwon 1963
• Jam Master Jay (Run-DMC) 1965
• Charlotte Ross 1968
• Karina Lombard 1969
• Ken Leung 1970 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Lost")
• Levirt (B-Rock and the Bizz) 1970
• Emma Lee Bunton (Spice Girls) 1976
• Nokio (Dru Hill) 1979
• Izabella Miko 1981

Turtle Thursday: Ninja

I'm scared.

January 20, 2022: National Penguin Awareness Day

Photo taken in CT by t3h Bax0jayz with an Olympus D-560 Dig Cam.

They may all look the same to you, but to penguins, no two are alike. The flightless birds recognize each other mostly by sound. When penguins mate — either for life or at least until the chicks are grown — they sing to learn each other's voices. Once an egg is laid, the male usually keeps it warm, while the mother goes to find food. After a few weeks, the two switch places. When the chick hatches, it immediately begins to call, so the parents will know its voice, too. Today is National Penguin Awareness Day in the US.

Quote: "They have wings but they cannot fly. They are birds that think they are fish." — Morgan Freeman, narrating March of the Penguins