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Monday, February 23, 2026

maw \maw\, noun:

1. the symbolic or theoretical center of a voracious hunger or appetite of any kind: the ravenous maw of Death.
2. the mouth, throat, or gullet of an animal, especially a carnivorous mammal.
3. a cavernous opening that resembles the open jaws of an animal: the gaping maw of hell.

Maw comes to us from the Old English maga meaning "stomach." Its figurative use first appeared in the late 1300s.

Love and Tolerate

• A phrase used in the brony community, a reminder that the show teaches us to be nice to everyone, even internet trolls. Commonly seen in pony images with the caption "I'm gonna love and tolerate the shit out of you."

Troll: My Little Pony is for gayfags lol

Brony: You're making it hard to love and tolerate you, bro.

 

History

• Cato Street Conspiracy: a plot to assassinate the British cabinet and prime minister was uncovered; the conspirators were later executed (1820)
• Tootsie Roll: the chewy chocolate candy was introduced by Leo Hirshfield (1896)
• Guantánamo Bay: Cuba leased the area to the US to use as a naval base in perpetuity; it now serves as an internment camp for suspected Islamic militants (1903)
• Rotary Club: the not-for-profit service organization held its first meeting, in Beverly Hills, led by Paul P. Harris and three friends; it now has 1 million-plus members in about 200 countries (1905)
• Iwo Jima: Marines raised the US flag over the Japanese island after severe fighting during WWII; a Pulitzer-winning photograph was taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal (1945)

Birthdays

• Samuel Pepys 1633 - English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, known for his diary of events and quotes
• George Frederic Handel 1685 - Composer
• Mayer Amschel Rothschild 1734
• Emma Willard 1787 - Educator, writer of textbooks
• Istvan Ferenczi 1792
• George Watts 1817
• W.E.B. DuBois 1868
• Agnes M. Royden 1876
• Norman Lindsay 1879
• Victor Fleming 1883
• William Shirer 1904 - Jornalist, author ("The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich", "Ghandi: A Memoir")
• Walter Ernest Allen 1911
• Elston Howard 1929 - Baseball player
• Lee Calhoun 1933 - Hurdler, won the 110-meter hurdles twice in Olympics
• Diana Varsi 1938 - Actress ("Peyton Place")
• Sylvia Chase 1938 - Newscaster ("ABC News", "20/20")
• Peter Fonda 1940 - Director, actor ("Easy Rider"), Jane Fonda's brother, Henry Fonda's son, Bridget Fonda's dad
• Bobby (Wayne) Mitchell 1943 - Golfer
• Fred Biletnikoff 1943 - Football player
• Johnny Winter (John Dawson III) 1944 - Musician
• Mike Maxfield 1944 - Musician (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas)
• Allan Boesak 1945
• Rusty Young 1946 - Musician (Poco)
• Ken (Kenneth George) Boswell 1946 - Baseball player
• Terry "Tex" Comer 1949
• Larry Demps 1949 - Musician (Dramatics)
• Steve Priest 1950 - Musician (The Sweet)
• Jim Youngblood 1950 - Football player
• Eddie Dibbs 1951 - Tennis player
• Ed ‘Too Tall’ Jones 1951 - Football player
• Patricia Richardson 1951 - Actess ("Home Improvement")
• Ray Oldham 1951 - Football player
• Brad Whitford 1952 - Musician (Aerosmith)
• Lorne Henning 1952 - Hockey player
• Howard Jones 1955 - Singer
• David Sylvian 1958 - Musician (Japan)
• Ria Brieffies 1958 - Musician (Dolly Dots)
• Michael Wilton 1962 - Musician (Queensryche)

  
• Robert Collins 1963 - Musician
• Bobby (Roberto Martin Antonio) Bonilla 1963 - Baseball player
• John Norum 1964
• Helen Sukova 1965
• Kristin Davis 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City")
• Pam Blundell 1967
• Marc Price 1968
• Jeff Beres 1971 - Musician (Sister Hazel)
• Lasse Johansson 1973 - Musician (The Cardigans)
• Emily Blunt 1983 - Actress
• Dakota Fanning 1994 - Actress

  

 

  

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For the hell of it.

Sunday, February 22, 2026

02*22

schuss \shoos\, verb: 

1. Skiing. to execute a schuss. 

noun: 

1. a straight downhill run at high speed. 

Schuss comes to us from German word of the same spelling meaning "shot." It entered English in the 1930s. 

stealth abs 

• When your ripped six pack is covered by a thick layer of fat. 

This isn't a beer belly, it's my stealth abs. I just needed to avoid attracting too many ladies with my well defined stomach.

Trivia
Where in the U.S. is the only statue of George Washington for which America’s first president actually posed?

• In Richmond, Virginia, in the state capitol. The life-size marble statue was carved by noted French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon after he took detailed measurements of Washington’s body, and made a life mask of his face and a plaster bust of his head. The statue was installed in the capitol rotunda in 1796.

Who owned the largest commercial whiskey distillery in 18th-century America?

• George Washington. At its peak in 1799, the five-still distillery produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey. Located three miles from Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, it was reconstructed and opened for guided tours in 2007.

Holiday

• George Washington's Birthday (USA 2/22)

History

• Transcontinental Treaty: Spain ceded Florida to the US (1819)
• Woolworth's store: general-store clerk Frank Woolworth opened his first five-and-dime, in Utica, NY (1879)
• Daytona 500: NASCAR's most important race was first held in Daytona Beach, Florida; Lee Petty came in first, driving at 135.52 mph (213.22 kmph) (1959)
• 1978 - Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen were arrested in New York and charged with drug possession.
• Miracle on Ice: the US beat the Soviet Union at ice hockey in a major upset at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (1980)
• 1989 - Milli Vanilli won a Grammy for Best New Artist. It was admitted later that they were not the vocalists on the album.
• 1993 - Radiohead's first album, "Pablo Honey", was released.
• Securitas depot robbery: a group of men pulled off Britain's biggest crime in terms of cash stolen — £53 million (2006)

Birthdays

• George Washington (U.S.) 1732 - First President of the United States.
• Johann Nikolaus Forkel 1749
• Rembrandt Peale 1778
• Frederic-Francois Chopin 1810
• James Russell Lowell 1819
• Robert Baden-Powell 1857
• Edna St. Vincent Millay 1892
• Luis Bunuel 1900
• Robert Young 1907
• Sheldon Leonard 1907
• John Mills 1908
• Robert Wadlow 1918
• Bud Yorkin 1926
• Paul Dooley 1928
• Edward M. Kennedy 1932 - got away with murder
• Ernie K-Doe 1936
• Bobby Hendricks 1938
  
• Jonathan Demme 1944
• Oliver (Swofford) 1945
  

  
• John Ashton 1948
• Ellen Greene 1950
• Julie Walters 1950
• Julius Erving II 1950
• Miou-Miou (Sylvette Hery) 1950
• Amy Alcott 1956
• Kyle MacLachlan 1959
• Steve Irwin 1962 - The Crocodile Hunter
• Jeri Ryan 1968
• Jose Solano 1971
• Lea Salonga 1971
• Michael Chang 1972
• Scott "Flip" Phillips (Thomas Scott "Flip" Phillips) 1973 - Drummer (Creed)
• Drew Barrymore 1975 - Actress