A blast from the past: 2003

Megan Fox

From 2003.

Pre-Ink and bolt-ons.

Sunday, August 30, 2026

balmy \ BAH-mee \ , adjective; 

1. mild and refreshing; soft; soothing: balmy weather . 
2. having the qualities of balm; aromatic; fragrant: balmy leaves . 
3. producing balm: balmy plants; a balmy shrub . 
4. Informal . crazy; foolish; eccentric.

Origin: Balmy is the adjectival form of balm , which originally referred to an aromatic resin and came to mean anything that heals. Balmy entered English in the late 1400s. 

dat ass (_(_) 

• A positive vernacular expression used when one sees the buttocks of another, ((usually in a pic posted on an internet board)) Expressing delight and a possible suggestion of sexual interest.

 Oh lawd.. dat ass

 

 

 

 

  

History

• Melbourne: Australian city named for British prime minister Lord Melbourne was founded (1835)
• Second Battle of Bull Run: in the US Civil War, the Confederates achieved a victory over Union forces (1862)
• hotline: a direct link between the Kremlin and the White House went into operation to reduce the chances of an accidental war (1963)
• Thurgood Marshall: was confirmed as the first black US Supreme Court justice (1967)
• The Late Show with David Letterman: late-night talk show premiered on CBS (1993)

Birthdays

• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 1797
• Emily Bronte 1818
• Maria Montessori 1870
• Dr. Claire Straith 1891
• Huey P. Long 1893
• Raymond Massey 1896
• Roy Wilkins 1901
• Shirley Booth 1907
• Fred MacMurray 1908
• John Gunther 1901
• Joan Blondell 1912
• Julie Bishop 1914
• Ted Williams 1918
• Kitty Wells (Muriel Deason) 1919
• Regina Resnik 1922
• Robert H. Rines 1922
• Geoffrey Beene 1927
• Bill Daily 1928
• John Phillips (Mamas and the Papas) 1935
• Elizabeth Ashley 1939
• Ben Jones 1941
• John McNally (The Searchers) 1941
• Robert Crumb 1943
• Jean-Claude Killy 1943
• Peggy Lipton 1947
• Jon Paul Kolb 1947
• Mick Moody (Whitesnake) 1950
• Timothy Bottoms 1951
• David Paymer 1954
• Michael Chiklis 1963
• Michael Michele 1966
• Sherrie Austin 1971
• Cameron Diaz 1972
• Lisa Ling 1973
• Aaron Barrett (Reel Big Fish) 1980

 

  

 

  

Chevy?

Chevrolet ***

cracked
heads
engine
valves
rattle
oil
leaks
every
time

Saturday, August 29, 2026

tautology \ taw-TOL-uh-jee \ , noun; 

1. needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in "widow woman." 
2. an instance of such repetition. 
3. Logic . a. a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as "A or not A." b. an instance of such a form, as "This candidate will win or will not win." 

Origin: Tautology comes from the Greek tautología , and is formed with tauto- meaning "same" and -logy meaning "writing" or "discourses."

I'm picking the corn out your shit

1. Understanding what another person is saying,
2. Hearing the main points of a conversation, lecture or instructions and filtering out the rest.

Many uses for this phrase,
1. "Get to the Point Man, I'm having to pick the corn out your shit here"
2. "I'm picking the corn out your shit, I smell what your steppin' in, I'm picking up what you're putting down, I've been there before, it'll be alright"

History

• Atahualpa: last sovereign Incan emperor was garroted by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizzaro, who thus defeated the Incan Empire and conquered Peru (1533)
• Royal George: some 900 drowned when the ship sank at port; the event was immortalized in William Cowper's "On the Loss of the Royal George" (1782)

  
• Shay's Rebellion: uprising began in Massachusetts, led by Revolutionary War captain Daniel Shays; farmers were protesting crushing debt and taxes (1786)
• Treaty of Nanking: marked the end of the First Opium War and the ceding of Hong Kong Island to Britain (1842)
• The Beatles: gave their last paid concert, at San Francisco's Candlestick Park, now Monster Park (1966)
• Hurricane Katrina: the costliest natural disaster in US history made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, devastating cities, most notably New Orleans (2005)

Birthdays

• John Locke 1632
• Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809
• Preston Sturges 1898
• Barry Sullivan 1912
  
• Ingrid Bergman 1915
• George Montgomery 1916
• Isabel Sanford 1917
• Charles White 1920
• Charlie "Bird" Parker 1920
• Wendell Scott 1921
• Sir Richard Attenborough 1923
• Dinah Washington 1924
• Dick O'Neill 1928
• John McCain 1936 (RINO)
• Elliott Gould 1938
• William Friedkin 1939
• Ellen Geer 1941
• Robin Leach 1941
• Sterling Morrison (The Velvet Underground) 1942
• Deborah Van Valkenburgh 1952
• Mark Morris 1956
• Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) 1956
• Michael Joseph Jackson 1958
• Rebecca DeMornay1962
• Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) 1963
• Me'Shell NdegeOcello 1969
• Carl Martin (Shai) 1970
• Carla Gugino 1971
• A+ 1982
• Lea Michele 1986

  

 

 

 

 

  

Rock out with... Serial Killers?!?!

Front 242

Serial Killers Don't Kill Their Girlfriend

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcB09K2-eP4

Here, under your bed I wait for you

'Cause I know, I know you want me to

Skeleton in your closet was never so true

You're so very pretty when you're turning blue

When I hear the sound of your voice

You leave me no choice

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

I'm feeling lucky tonight

I know your mother thinks I'm society's parasite

Well you can leave your mother home

You know how much I like to be alone

And when I hear the sound of her voice

She leaves me no choice

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Here, under your dress I wait for you

'Cause I know, I know you want me to

When I hear the sound of her voice

She leaves me no choice

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Be myself, wanna be myself

Why can't you go, let me be myself

WTF Friday: A TON of fun!

Friday, August 28, 2026

Polaris \ poh-LAIR-is, -LAR-, puh- \ , noun; 

1. Astronomy . the polestar or North Star, a star of the second magnitude situated close to the north pole of the heavens, in the constellation Ursa Minor: the outermost star in the handle of the Little Dipper. 
2. a two-stage U.S. ballistic missile, usually fired from a submerged submarine. 

Origin: Polaris is a shortening of the Medieval Latin stella polāris meaning "polar star." The name of the ballistic missile entered English in the 1950s. 

mis-wave

• To return a wave to someone you think is waving at you, but is actually waving to the person behind you. Usually results in embarrassment and introversion.

Damn...I thought that girl was waving at me 
HHAHAHAHA MIS-WAVE!!!!!!

Trivia

What is an onychophagist?

• A person who bites his or her nails.

History

• Scientific American: pop-science magazine began publication (1845)
• Peace Palace: the home of the International Court of Justice and other institutions was inaugurated in the Hague (1913)
• filibuster: the longest solo one — 24 hours, 18 minutes — began on this day by DEMOCRAT Sen. Strom Thurmond in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957 (1957)
• "Please Mr. Postman": song by the Marvelettes was released; it became the first Motown No. 1 (1961)
• "I have a dream": Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his famous civil rights speech at the Lincoln Memorial (1963)

Birthdays

• Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe 1749
• Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 - She was also the first American-born saint beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
• Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy 1828

  
• Charles Boyer 1899
• Sam Levene 1905
• Nancy Kulp 1921
• Peggy Ryan 1924
• Billy Grammer 1925
• Donald O'Connor 1925
• Roxie Roker 1929
• Ben Gazzara 1930
• Andy Bathgate 1932

  
  
• Elizabeth Seal 1933
• Clem Cattini (Tornados) 1939
• Richard Sanders 1940
• William S. Cohen 1940
• David Soul 1943
• Alice Playten 1947
• Daniel Seraphine (Chicago) 1948
• Hugh Cornwell (Stranglers) 1949
• Wayne Osmond (The Osmonds) 1951
• Daniel Stern 1957
• Rich Rossovich 1957
• 
  Scott Hamilton 1958
  Brian Thompson 1959 (actor) 
• Emma Samms 1961
• Shania Twain 1965 
  Jack Black 1969
• Jason Priestley 1969
• Janet Evans 1971
• Max Collins (Eve 6) 1978
• Carly Pope 1980 - Actress
• LeAnn Rimes 1982
• Michael Galeota 1984
  Armie Hammer 1986 (The Lone Ranger)