Friday, July 3, 2026

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Turtle Thursday: Sixteen Years

It's been tsixteen years since Dante died.

This was the last pic we took of her.

Thursday, July 2, 2026

rident \ RAHYD-nt \ , adjective; 

• laughing; smiling; cheerful. 

Origin: Rident came to English in the early 1600s from the Latin rīdēre meaning "to laugh."

 

running latte 

• showing up late to work because you stopped for coffee along the way.

I told them I got stuck in traffic, but really I was running latte.

History

• Amistad: 53 African slaves rebelled and took control of their transport ship, La Amistad (1839)
• James A. Garfield: US president was shot by Charles J. Guiteau; he died on September 19 (1881)
• Wal-Mart: retail giant opened its first store, in Rogers, Arkansas (1962)
• Civil Rights Act: legislation that offered strong protection of minorities' rights was signed by US President Lyndon B. Johnson, who used over 75 pens (1964)
• Susan B. Anthony dollar: the 1st US coin to honor a woman was introduced (1979)
• artificial heart: first self-contained model was received by Robert Tools; he lived with it for 151 days (2001)
• Spirit of Freedom: Steve Fossett completed the first solo trip around the world in a balloon (2002)

 

by Omar Dogan 

Birthdays

• Hermann Hesse 1877
• Jean Rene Lacoste 1905
• Thurgood Marshall 1908
• Ken Curtis 1916
• Robert Sarnoff 1918
• Dan Rowan 1922
• Marvin Rainwater 1925
• Medgar Evers 1926
• Brock Peters 1927
  

  
• Imelda Marcos 1929
• Ahmad Jamal 1930
• Dave Thomas 1932 - Founder for Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
• Tom Springfield 1936
• Richard Petty 1937
• Polly Holliday 1937
• Paul Williams (The Primes, The Temptations) 1939
• Mike Abene 1942
• Ron Silver 1946
• Saul Rubinek 1948
• Roy Bittan (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) 1949
• Joe Puerta (Bruce Hornsby & The Range) 1951
• Johnny Colla (Soundhole, Huey Lewis & The News) 1952
• Pete Briquette (The Boomtown Rats) 1954
• Jerry Hall 1956
• Jimmy McNichol 1961
• Dave Parsons 1965 - Musician (Bush)
  Amy Weber 1970 - Model
• Yancy Butler 1970
• Rebecca Mader 1979 - Actress ("All My Children", "Lost", "Justice")
• Vanessa Lee Chester 1984
• Ashley Tisdale 1985 - Singer, actress ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody")
• Lindsay Lohan 1986
  Margot Robbie 1990 - Actress 
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
       

  

 

 

 

 

  

    

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

Hasselhoff Wednesday: Cool

You can never hope to be this cool

  

 

  

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

nettle \ NET-l \ , verb; 

1. to irritate, annoy, or provoke. 
2. to sting as a nettle does. 

noun: 

1. any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family. 
2. any of various allied or similar plants.

Origin: Nettle may share a base with the word net , a connection that can be traced to the use of the fiber of the nettle plant for weaving. 

pluto booty

• When a girl has a butt that is so small, that some consider it nonexistent.

Boy: Damn, that girl's back goes straight down to her thighs. That's a Pluto booty if I've ever seen one!

History

• Battle of San Juan Hill: future president Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a charge up Kettle Hill during the Spanish-American War (1898)
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: was signed by the US, UK, USSR and others to halt spread of nuclear arms (1968)
• Walkman: portable audio player was introduced by Sony (1979)
• Hong Kong: reverted to Chinese rule after 156 years of British rule (1997)

Birthdays

• Gottfried Von Leibniz 1649
• George Sand 1804 - Author Amandine Aurore Lucile Dudevant
• Cecil Rhodes 1854
• Louis Bleriot 1872 - Aviator, first to fly an airplane across the English Channel
• Susan Glapell 1882
• James M. Cain 1892
• Thomas Andrew Dorsey 1899 - Musician, "Father of Gospel Music", pianist, composed more than 1,000 gospel songs
• Charles Laughton 1899 - Actor ("Captain Kidd")
• Myron Cohen 1902 - Comedian, actor ("When Nature Calls")
• William Wyler 1902 - Director
• Estee Lauder 1908 - Cosmetics company founder
• Willie Dixon 1915 - Musician (Big Three Trio)
• Olivia DeHavilland 1916 - Actress ("The Heiress", "Gone with the Wind")
• Farley Granger (Farley Earle II) 1925 - Actor ("The Purple Heart")
• Bobby Day (Byrd) 1930 - Singer ("Rockin' Robin')
• Leslie Caron 1931 - Actress ("Lili", "Gigi", "An American in Paris")
• Jamie Farr 1934 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Jean Marsh 1934 - Actress ("Frenzy")
• Claude Berri 1934 - Actor, director
• Sydney Pollack 1934 - Director
• David Prowse 1935 - Actor
• James Cotton 1935 - Blues musician
• Wally Amos, Jr. 1936 - Entrepreneur, created Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies
• Delaney Bramlett 1939 - Musician, singer (Delaney & Bonnie)
• Frank Parker 1939 - Singer (Ciccio)
• Twyla Tharp 1941 - Dancer, choreographer
• Rod Gilbert 1941 - Hockey player
• Karen Black (Ziegler) 1942 - Actress ("The Great Gatsby")
• Geneviève Bujold 1942 - Actress ("Coma")
• Deborah Harry 1945 - Singer (Blondie)
• Harold McLinton 1947 - Football player
• David Earnest Duke 1950 - Former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,
• Trevor Eve 1951 - Actor
• Daryl Anderson 1951 - Actor ("Lou Grant")
• Fred Schneider 1951 - Musician (B-52's, Shake Society)
• Dan Aykroyd 1952 - Comedian, actor ("Driving Miss Daisy", "Saturday Night Live", "Ghostbusters", "The Blues Brothers")
• Pat Donovan 1953 - Football player
• Keith Whitley 1954 - Singer
• Alan Ruck 1956 - Actor
• Lorna Patterson 1956 - Actress ("Airplane!", "Private Benjamin")
• Lisa Blount 1957 - Actress
• Carl (Frederick Carlton) Lewis 1961 - Olympic Gold Medalist
• Michelle Wright 1961 - Country singer
• Princess Diana (Spencer) 1961 - Princess of Wales
• Andre Brougher 1962 - Actor
• Roddy Bottum 1963 - Musician (Faith No More)
• Pamela Denise Anderson 1967 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Mark Pirro 1970 - Musician (Tripping Daisy)
• Henry Simmons 1970 - Actor ("NYPD Blue")
• Claire Forlani 1972 - Actress ("J.F.K.: Reckless Youth", "The Rock")
• Liv Tyler 1977 - Model , Acress ("Armagedon", "Lord of the Rings")
• Andrew Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Stephen Cavarno 1992 - Actor ("Party of Five")