Review Tuesday: Bring Her Back (2025)

  

 

Bring Her Back

2025 

A couple of recently orphaned "children" are placed in a very suspicious foster home. 

My BFF told me that her service had been repeatedly suggesting that she might like to watch this movie BRING HER BACK, based on the scenes that it showed, she wanted to give it a shot, so I agreed. 

 

This movie starts off with a young blind girl (maybe 12?) named Piper (Sora Wong) and her protective older step-brother Andy (Billy Barratt). It's established that they have a close connection and Andy keeps a close eye on her. Their father dies while in the shower. They have to go into the faster care system for three months until Andy is old enough to petition for guardianship over his sister. 

 

They are placed under the foster care of Laura (Sally Hawkins) who was considered one of the top counselors in the county. She comes off as strange and prying, and the other child she's fostering is creepy, so the home isn't exactly ideal. 

 

The rest of the film is a tangle of various plot-lines that seem to trip over each other in an attempt to get to the conclusion. 

 

Honestly, I felt that the writers had an argument over how they wanted this movie to go and compromised by jamming both in. There is clearly a supernatural angle, and a psychological angle. Either one might have been fine and might have yielded a cohesive story, but a seemingly clever woman doing a bunch of things the hard way seemed pretty stupid. There are some disturbing scenes that seemed like they were there for shock value. Laura racks up an impressive body-count by the end, but it seemed like it was for nothing. Tie that into the ending and it made the movie feel like a waste of time.   

 

  

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

philately \ fi-LAT-l-ee \ , noun;

1. the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment. 
2. the study of postage stamps, revenue stamps, stamped envelopes, postmarks, postal cards, covers, and similar material relating to postal or fiscal history.

Origin: Philately entered English in the 1860s and comes from the Greek roots phil- meaning "love," and atéleia meaning "freedom from charges." This second element refers to the recipient's freedom from delivery charges thanks to the stamp affixed to the letter.

Spank bank

1. A memorable collection of mental images that one wishes to retain for master debational purposes.
2. Porn collection

"yo, 2 o'clock, see that thong?"

"yeah, that's going in the spank bank"

  

Trivia

What does an exobiologist study?

• Extraterrestrial life.

 

History

• World Health Organization: was established by the United Nations (1948)
• domino theory: US President Dwight Eisenhower first articulated the idea that if one country fell to Communism, the surrounding ones would as well (1954)
• Rwandan genocide: 100-day massacre began; more than a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed by Hutu extremists (1994)
• Mars Odyssey: robotic satellite took off; it continues to orbit the red planet (2001)

Birthdays

• William Woodsworth 1770 - Poet
• William King 1786 - 13th U.S. Vice President
• W.K. Kellogg 1860 - Industrialist in food manufacturing, most known for founding of the Kellogg Company
• Jersey Joe Walcott 1872 - Boxer
• John (Joseph) ‘Mugsy’ McGraw 1873 - Baseball player, baseball commissioner, baseball manager
• Irene Castle 1893 - Ballroom dancer
• Walter Winchell 1897 - Vaudeville performer, journalist, radio commentator
• Percy Faith 1908 - Orchestra leader, composer
• Billie Holiday 1915 - Jazz singer
• R. G. Armstrong 1917 - Actor
  
• Ralph Flanagan 1919 - Pianist, arranger
• Ravi Shankar 1920 - Musician, sitarist, was George Harrison's sitar teacher
• Mongo (Ramon) Santamaria 1922 - Bandleader, composer, musician
• James Garner (James Scott Bumgarner) 1928 - Actor ("Rockford Files", "Maverick")
• Daniel Ellsberg 1931 - Author, known for releasing the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
• Cal Smith 1932 - Country singer
• Wayne Rogers 1933 - Actor ("M*A*S*H")
• Ian Richardson 1934 - Actor
• Bobby Bare 1935 - Country singer, actor
• Hodding Carter 1935 - Commentator
  
• Gail Cogdill 1937 - Football player
• Charlie Thomas 1937 - Singer (The Drifters)
• Freddie Hubbard 1938 - Jazz musician
• Spencer Dryden 1938 - Musician (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship)
• David Frost 1939 - TV host ("That Was the Week that Was")
• Francis Ford Coppola 1939 - Director
• Mick Abrahams 1943 - Musician (Blodwyn Pig, Jethro Tull)
• Patricia Bennett 1947 - Singer (The Chiffons)
• Carol Douglas 1948 - Singer
• John Oates 1949 - Songwriter, singer (Hall and Oates)
• Janis Ian 1950 - Singer, songwriter (Fink)
• John Dittrich 1951 - Musician (Restless Heart, The Buffalo Club)
• Bruce Gary 1952 - Musician (The Knack)
• Jackie Chan 1954 - Actor ("Rush Hour", "Rush Hour 2")
• Tony Dorsett 1954 - Football player
• James "Buster" Douglas 1960 - Boxer
• Russell Crowe 1964 - Actor ("A Beautiful Mind," "Gladiator")
• Mark Kibble 1964 - Singer (Take 6)
• Bill Bellamy 1965 - Actor
• Dave "Yorkie" Palmer 1965 - Musician (Space)
• Ronde Barber 1975 - Football player
• Tiki Barber 1975 - Football player

  

  

Happy ROBERT Day!

National Robert Day – April 6, 2026. 

National Robert Day falls on April 6 and is celebrated worldwide to honor the Roberts.

Monday, April 6, 2026

guile \ gahyl \ , noun;  

• insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.

Origin: Though the origins of guile are unknown, it is thought to have come to Middle English from a Germanic source, by way of Old French.

fucker's remorse

• when after having sex with a person one starts to feel shame, disgust, or regret regarding the sex act and wishes they hadn't committed it

Upon waking up next to a donkey, still hung over, Jim starts to remember last night's events and has a serious case of fucker's remorse.

History

• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York (1830)

  
• Olympics: the first modern games opened in Athens (1896)
• North Pole: Robert Peary and his assistant, Matthew Henson, along with four Inuit men, became the first visitors to the site; their claim has been disputed (1909)
• WWI: US declared war on Germany and entered the Great War (1917)
• Twinkie: golden sponge cake snack food with creamy filling was invented (1930)
• Teflon: nonstick coating was accidentally invented by Roy J. Plunkett (1938)

Birthdays

• Raphael Sanit 1483 - Artist
• Rose Schneiderman 1882 - U.S. women’s rights activist
• Walter Huston (Houghston) 1884 - Actor (Treasure of the Sierra Madre [1948])
• Lowell Thomas 1892 - Broadcaster, journalist
• "Pappy" Wade Ray 1913 - Country musician, entertainer ("Grand Ol' Opry")
• Herb Thomas 1923 - NASCAR auto racer
• Mimi Benzell 1924 - Opera singer
• Dorothy Donegan 1924 - Jazz pianist
• Gerry Mulligan 1927 - Jazz musician, composer
• Joi Lansing (Joyce Wassmansdoff) 1928 - Actress ("Easter Parade", "Singin’ in the Rain")
• André (Ludwig) Previn 1929 - Pianist, composer of film scores ("Gigi", "Porgy and Bess"), conductor
• Ivan Dixon 1931 - Actor ("Hogan's Heroes"), director, producer
• Merle Haggard 1937 - Country musician, songwriter
• Billy Dee (December) Williams 1937 - Actor ("The Return of the Jedi")
• Roy Thinnes 1938 - Actor ("The Invaders", "Outer Limits")
• Philip Austin 1941 - Comedian and writer
• Barry Levinson 1942 - Director, producer
• Marty (Martin William) Pattin 1943 - Baseball pitcher
• John Stax 1944 - Musician (The Pretty Things)
• John Huarte 1944 - Football player
• John Ratzenberger 1947 - Actor ("Empire Strikes Back"' "Cheers")
• Bert (Rik Aalbert) Blyleven 1951 - Baseball pitcher
• Marilu Henner 1952 - Actress ("Taxi", "Evening Shade", "Cannonball Run 2")
• Janet Lynn (Nowicki) 1953 - Figure skater, Olympic bronze medalist
• Michael Rooker 1955 - Actor (TWD)
• Warren Haynes 1960 - Musician (Gov't Mule, The Allman Brothers)
• Stan Cullimore 1962 - Musician, songwriter (The Housemartins)
• Frank Black 1965 - Singer, musician (The Pixies)
• Vince Flynn 1966 - Author
• Paul Rudd 1969 - Actor ("Friends")
• Ari Meyers 1970 - Actress ("Author! Author!", "Kate & Allie")
• Jason Hervey 1972 - Actor ("The Wonder Years", "Back to the Future")
• Markku Lappalainen 1973 - Musician (Hoobastank)
• Zach Braff 1975 - Actor ("Scrubs")
• Candace Cameron Bure 1976 - Actress ("Full House")
• Bret Harrison 1982 - Actor ("Grounded for Life")

  

 

  

I think the Easter Bunny has had ENOUGH [2026]

 

Sunday, April 5, 2026

noetic \ noh-ET-ik \ , adjective; 

1. of or pertaining to the mind. 
2. originating in or apprehended by the reason.

Origin: From the Greek noētikós meaning "intelligent," noetic has been used by English speakers since the mid-1600s.

April Fools Paranoia

• When someone is so obsessed by April Fools, they don't trust anyone and don't believe in anything on that day, or even the days before or thereafter.

-Hey man, wanna go see a movie tomorrow? 

-Haha, I see what you did there, you almost had me! 

-Dude, stop with this April Fools paranoia, I'm serious!

  

Holiday

• Easter: Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament

History

• Pocahontas: Algonquian princess married English colonist John Rolfe, a tobacco planter (1614)
• veto: was used by a US president for 1st time — by George Washington; it was another half century before Congress first overrode a presidential veto (1792)
• manual alphabet: Anne Sullivan breaks through to Helen Keller when she spells "water" into her hand (1887)
• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge: Japanese "Pearl Bridge" opened; it links Kobe to Awaji Island and, at 1,991 meters or 6,532 feet, is the world's longest suspension bridge (1998)

Birthdays 

• Thomas Hobbes 1588
• Elihu Yale 1649
• Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash)
• Robert Smalls 1839
• Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery)
• Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]")
• Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) 1901 - Actor ("Ghost Story", "Being There")
• Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?")
• Jagjivan Ram 1908 - Political leader in India
• Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
• Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis)
• Robert Q. Lewis 1921 - Comedian, TV quiz show panelist ("What's My Line", "To Tell the Truth")
• Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie")
• Stan Levey 1925 - Drummer (in band with Charlie Parker), composer
• Roger Corman 1926 - Director
• Tony Williams 1928 - Singer (Platters)
• Nigel Hawthorne 1929 - Actor ("Richard III", "Demolition")
• Cowboy Jack Clement 1931
• Billy Bland 1932 - Singer
• Frank Gorshin 1934 - Impressionist, actor ("Batman", "The Great Imposter")
  

  
• Stanley Turrentine 1934 - Saxophone player
• Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Ronnie White - Singer (The Miracles)
• Tommy Cash 1940 - Songwriter, country singer, brother of Johnny Cash
• David LaFlamme 1941
• Michael Moriarty 1941 - Actor ("Windmills of the Gods")
• Peter Greenaway 1942 - Director, writer
• Allan Clark 1942 - Singer (The Hollies)
• Maxwell Gail 1943 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
• Crispin St. Peters 1944
• Dave Holland 1944 - Musician (Judas Priest)
• Doug Favell 1945 - Hockey player
• Jane Asher 1946 - Actress
• Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut
• Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA)
• Marv Bateman 1950 - Football player
• Rennie (Renaldo Antonio Porte) Stennett 1951 - Baseball player
• Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
• Mitch Pileggi 1952 - actor, The X-Files
• Peter Greenway 1952
• Peter Case 1954 - Musician (Plimsouls)
• Stan Ridgeway 1954 - Musician (Wall of Voodoo)
• Mike McCready 1966 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
• Troy Gentry 1967 - Country singer
• Paula Cole 1968 - Singer
• Krista Allen 1971 - hottie
• Pharrel Williams 1973 - Rapper

  

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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The Baroness

Cuz why not?

Saturday, April 4, 2020

*4*4*

totem \ TOH-tuhm \ , noun; 

1. a natural object or an animate being, as an animal or bird, assumed as the emblem of a clan, family, or group. 
2. an object or natural phenomenon with which a family or sib considers itself closely related. 
3. a representation of such an object serving as the distinctive mark of the clan or group. 
4. anything serving as a distinctive, often venerated, emblem or symbol.

Origin: This Americanism came to English in the mid-1700s from Ojibwa. 

 

Williams

• Money. Derives from the word "bills" used to describe paper currency.

Just picked up some fresh williams from the bank.

 

Dude I can't go to a strip club tonight, I'm running low on williams.

 

My wallet is bursting with some serious williams.

History

• William Henry Harrison: went on record as the US president with the shortest tenure, dying one month after inauguration (1841)
• NATO: was established with the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty by 12 Western nations (1949)
• The Beatles: held all of the top 5 places on the Billboard Hot 100 (1964)
• Martin Luther King, Jr.: was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was supporting striking sanitation workers (1968)
• World Trade Center: a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held to mark the opening of the Twin Towers (1973)
• Microsoft: software behemoth was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico (1975)

Birthdays

• Dorothea Dix 1802
• Linus Yale 1821 - Inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock)
• Isoroku Yamamoto 1884
• Arthur Murray (Moses Teichman) 1895 - Dancer
• John Cameron Swayze 1906 - Newsman
• Frances Langford (Frances Newbern) 1914 - Radio singer, actress ("Born to Dance", "Yankee Doodle Dandy")
• Muddy Waters (McKinley Morganfield) 1913 - Blues singer, guitarist ("Closet to You", "Honey Bee")
• Elizabeth W. Wilson 1921 - Actress (TV: "The Addams Family", Movie: "The Graduate")
• Elmer Bernstein 1922 - Composer of film scores
• William Manchester 1922
• Gil (Gilbert Raymond) Hodges 1924 - Baseball player
• Maya Angelou 1928 - Author, poet
• Clive Davis 1932 - Record company executive
• Anthony Perkins 1932 - Actor (Movies: "Psycho" series)
• Norro Wilson 1938 - Singer, composer, producer
• Michael Parks 1938
• Angelo Giamatti 1938
• JoAnne Carner 1939 - Golfer
• Hugh Masekela 1939 - Musician, band leader
• Ernie Terrell 1939 - Boxer
• Major Lance 1941
• Jim (James Louis) Fregosi 1942 - Baseball player
• Kris Jensen 1942 - Singer
• Kitty Kelley 1942 - Author
• Mike (Michael Peter) Epstein 1943 - baseball player
• Craig T. Nelson 1944 - Actor (Movies: "Poltergeist")
• Walter Charles 1945 - Actor

  
• Caroline McWilliams 1945 - Actress
• Ray (Raymond Earl) Fosse 1947 - Baseball catcher
• Ed White 1947 - Football player
• Barry Oakley 1948 - Musician, bass player (Allman Brothers)
• Christine Lahti 1950 - Actress
• Steve Gatlin 1951 - Singer (The Gatlin Brothers)
• Dave Hill 1952 - Musician, guitar player (Slade)
• Jerry Shirley 1952 - Musician (Humble Pie)
• Peter Haycock 1952 - Musician (Climax Blues Band)
• David E. Kelley 1956 - Writer, producer ("Ally McBeal", "The Practice")
• Graeme Kelling 1957 - Musician (Deacon Blue)
• Phil Morris 1959 - Actor
• Lorraine Toussaint 1960 - Actress ("Crossing Jordan," "Any Day Now")
• Ava Fabian 1962 - Playmate 08/1986, model, actress
• Craig Adams 1962 - Musician (The Cult)
• David Gavurin 1963 - Musician (Sundays)
• Robert Downey, Jr. 1965 - Actor (Iron Man)
• Frank Black 1965 - Musician (Pixies)
• Nancy McKeon 1966 - Actress (TV: "The Facts of Life")

  
• Mike Starr (Michael Christopher Starr) 1966 - Musician (Alice in Chains)
• Barry Pepper 1970 - Actor
• Clay Davidson 1971 - Country Singer
• Jill Scott 1972 - Singer
• Magnus Sveningsson 1972 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Kelly Price 1973 - Singer
• David Blaine 1973 - Magician
• Andre Dalyrimple 1974 - Singer (Soul for Real)
• Scott Rolen 1975 - Baseball player
• Natasha Lyonne 1979 - Actress
• Heath Ledger 1979 - Actor