Sunday, October 18, 2026

calvous \ KAL-vuhs \ , adjective;

• lacking all or most of the hair on the head; bald. 

Origin: Calvous is derived from the New Latin word calvus meaning “bald.”

cuddle call

• a phone call (or a text) to arrange an immediate cuddle date. Not a booty call but similar in the call for satisfaction nature of the behavior.

"Hey Baby. What's going on?"

"Hi. Cuddle Call?"

"See you in ten minutes"

  

 

History

• Great Basel Earthquake: Swiss city was destroyed, along with parts of France and Germany (1356)
• Edict of Nantes: law that had granted religious liberties to Protestants was revoked by Louis XIV and replaced with the Edict of Fontainebleau; many Protestants left France as a result (1685)
• Moby-Dick: Herman Melville's novel about Captain Ahab's quest was published; it was originally entitled The Whale (1851)
• Alaska: territory known as "Seward's Folly" was purchased by the US from Russia for approximately $7 million in gold bullion (1867)
• Persons Case: a Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruling in Edwards v. Canada determined that in Canada women could be defined as persons for political purposes (1929)

Birthdays

• Giovanni Canaletto 1697
• Salomon Andree 1854
• Henri Bergson 1859
• Lotte Lenya 1898
  
• Miriam Hopkins 1902
• James Brooks 1906
• Bobby Troup 1918
• Anita O'Day 1919
• Pierre Elliott Trudeau (Canada) 1919
• Melina Mercouri 1923
• Chuck Berry 1926
• George C. Scott 1927
• Keith Jackson 1928
• Violeta Barrios de Chamorro 1929
• Forrest Gregg (NFL) 1933
• Inger Stevens 1934
• Peter Boyle 1935
  
• Mike Ditka (NFL) 1939
• Lee Harvey Oswald 1939
• Willie Horton (MLB) 1942
• Russ Giguere (The Association) 1943
• Joe Morton 1947
• Laura Nyro 1947
• Paulette Williams 1948
• Gary Richrath (REO Speedwagon) 1949
• Wendy Wasserstein 1950
• Pam Dawber 1951
• Terry McMillan 1951
• Jerry Royster (MLB) 1952
• Keith Knudsen (The Doobie Brothers) 1952
  
• Martina Navratilova 1956
• Thomas Hearns 1958
• Jean-Claude Van Damme 1960
• Erin Moran 1961
• Wynton Marsalis 1961
• Vincent Spano 1962
• Tim Cross (Sponge) 1966
• Michael Stich 1968
• Nonchalant 1973
• Peter Svenson (The Cardigans) 1974
• Ne-Yo (Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr.) - Singer, rapper
• Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) 1981
• Frieda Selena Pinto 1984
• Tyler Posey 1991 - Actor

  

 

 

 

 

  

That time of year again!

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Can't argue with that

Saturday, October 17, 2026

troth \ trawth, trohth \ , noun;

1. one's word or promise, especially in engaging oneself to marry. 
2. faithfulness, fidelity, or loyalty: by my troth.
3. truth or verity: in troth.

Origin: Troth entered English in the 1100s from the Middle English trowthe, trouthe meaning "truth." It ultimately comes from the Old English trēowth.

The Spousal We

• The opposite of the royal we, meaning "you". Used by your significant other to get you to do something.

The Spousal We: "We should clean the bathroon today", or "we should get Johnny to practice his viola more".
 

October 17

• National girl hug a boy day, girls get to hug any boy they want :)

"Nation Girl Hug a Boy day is October 17!"

 

Trivia

What now extinct flightless bird weighed close to a half-ton and stood 10 feet tall?

• The elephant bird of Madagascar. A relative of the ostrich and emu, it’s believed to have been the largest bird ever. It disappeared soon after Madagascar was colonized in the 17th century. Scientists hope to bring the gigantic bird back through DNA extracted from eggshell fossils.
  

underboob

• cleavage visible from the part of the shirt that covers the bottom of the female breasts

If that is not a deliberate underboob, I don't know what is.

 

History

• Battle of Saratoga: key battle of the American Revolutionary War ended with a major British surrender (1777)
• Al Capone: mobster called Scarface who ruled much of Chicago was finally convicted — of income tax evasion; he served eight years of an 11-year sentence (1931)
• 1973 Oil Crisis: was sparked when OPEC cut oil supplies to nations that supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War

Birthdays 

• Jupiter Hammon 1711
• Charles Kraft 1880 - Founder of Kraft
• Spring Byington 1893
• Jean Arthur 1900
• Irene Ryan 1902
• Cozy (William) Cole 1909
• John Mosley 1914
• Jerry Siegel 1914
• Arthur Miller 1915
• Marsha Hunt 1917
• Rita Hayworth 1918
• Elie Abel 1920
• Montgomery Clift 1920
• Julie Adams 1926
• Beverly Garland 1926
• Tom Poston 1927
• Johnny Klippstein (MLB) 1927
• Jimmy Breslin 1930
• Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938
• James Seals (Seals and Crofts) 1940
• Earl Thomas Conley 1941
• Gary Puckett (The Union Gap) 1942
• Bob Seagren 1946
• Jim Tucker (The Turtles) 1946
• Michael McKean 1947
• George Wendt 1948
• Margot Kidder 1948
• Bill Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) 1949
  
• Howard Rollins 1950
• Sam Bottoms 1955
• Mae Jemison 1956
• Vincent Van Patten 1957
• Alan Jackson 1958
• Mike Judge 1962
• Norm MacDonald 1963
• Ziggy Marley 1968
• Chris Kirkpatrick ('N Sync) 1971
• Marshall "Eminem" Mathers 1972
• Rosa Azorra 1978 (t3h pr0n)
  
• Felicity Jones 1983
  
  
  

 

 

Pseudonyms:

Rosa Azorra
Clarissa | Christine | Chrystal | Cindy | Crystal | Laura | Linda P. | Louise | Rebecca | Susan
Suzanna | Storm A. | Victoria | Viktoria | Vikki