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Provided by the compucert Wednesday, October 21, 2026
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
lorn \ lawrn \ , adjective;
- Archaic . lost, ruined, or undone.
- forsaken, desolate, bereft, or forlorn.
Origin: Lorn came to English when Middle English was spoken. It ultimately comes from the Old English verb -lēosan meaning "to lose."
Selfie
- A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort of social networking website. You can usually see the person's arm holding out the camera in which case you can clearly tell that this person does not have any friends to take pictures of them so they resort to Myspace to find internet friends and post pictures of themselves, taken by themselves. A selfie is usually accompanied by a kissy face or the individual looking in a direction that is not towards the camera.
myspace face facebook arm twitter picture Selfie
History
Birthdays
- Old Ironsides: the United States Navy frigate USS Constitution was launched in Boston Harbor (1797)
- Thomas Edison: invented a workable incandescent electric lamp in his Menlo Park lab (1879)
- Guggenheim: stunning Frank Lloyd Wright structure housing a museum of modern art opened on Museum Mile in New York (1959)
- Vietnam War: tens of thousands marched in Washington, DC, protesting America's involvement in the war (1967)
- 1975 World Series: Carlton Fisk hit a ball that bounced off a left field foul pole, giving him a home run and a Red Sox win over the Reds in 12 innings in the series' sixth game (1975)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772
- Alfred Nobel 1833
- Sir Georg Solti 1912
- Dizzy Gillespie 1917
- Bob Rosburg 1926
- Whitey Ford (MLB) 1928
- Ursula LeGuin 1929
- Georgia Brown 1933
- Manfred Mann 1940
- Francis Fitzgerald 1940
- Steve Cropper (Booker T & the MGs, Blues Brothers) 1941
- Elvin Bishop 1942
- Brian Picolo (NFL) 1943
- Ron Elliot (Beau Brummels) 1943
- Everett McGill 1945
- Lee Loughnane (Chicago) 1946
- Bill Russell (MLB) 1948
- Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel) 1949
- Charlotte Caffey (Go-Go's) 1953
- Eric Faulkner (Bay City Rollers) 1955
- Carrie Fisher 1956
- Julian Cope 1957
- Steve Lukather (Toto) 1957
- Che Colovita Lemon (Jimmie's Chicken Shack) 1970
- Jade Jagger 1971
- Jeremy Miller 1976
- Will Estes 1977
- Kim Kardashian 1980 - "Actress"
- Juliete Cabrera 1987
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Review Tuesday: Gods of the Deep (2023)
Gods of the Deep
2023
A deep-water expedition discovers something horrific.
My friend and I were watching something else on AMAZON, I can't remember what, and this came up right afterwards. It looked pretty good and it gets good marks from the Lovecraft fans so we came back to it.
For a fan of HPL, this movie starts off in an exciting way. There are tons of callbacks and references to the works of Lovecraft. The movie starts off really well. The story makes sense. A group of scientists discovers what looks like a giant gate at the deepest depths of the ocean that man was able to explore. A team is assembled and they go to investigate. Once they get there, a Lovecraftian horror commences!
The movie started off pretty well. It went well until Cthulhu shows up. The special effects were basic at best. That was fine. But after that scene, the movie kinda loses focus and drags. It went from fun to dull within the span of minutes. It became very disappointing very quickly.
Yeah, disappointing is a good way to put it.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
scaramouch \ SKAR-uh-mouch, -moosh \ , noun;
- ( lowercase ) a rascal or scamp.
- a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
Origin: Scaramouch entered English in the 1600s from the Italian scaramuccia literally meaning "skirmish." It is ultimately of Germanic orign.
designated texter
- a passenger who reads and replies to any and all text messages recieved on the drivers phone, thus alowing the driver to focus on the road and not hit anything or get pulled over for reckless driving.
Guy 2: "Yeah no problem bro"
Selfie
- A picture taken of yourself that is planned to be uploaded to Facebook, Myspace or any other sort of social networking website. You can usually see the person's arm holding out the camera in which case you can clearly tell that this person does not have any friends to take pictures of them so they resort to Myspace to find internet friends and post pictures of themselves, taken by themselves. A selfie is usually accompanied by a kissy face or the individual looking in a direction that is not towards the camera.
myspace face facebook arm twitter instagram snapchat picture Selfie
History
- Louisiana Purchase: acquisition that doubled the territory of the United States was ratified by the Senate (1803)
- "I shall return": General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his 1942 promise when he led an Allied army in freeing the Philippines from Japanese control in WWII (1944)
- HUAC: opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in the movie industry (1947)
- Saturday Night Massacre: during Watergate, President Richard Nixon got rid of his special prosecutor, Archibald Cox, as well as his AG Elliot Richardson, and deputy AG William Ruckelshaus (1973)
- Sydney Opera House: distinctive building on Sydney Harbour was opened by Queen Elizabeth II (1973)
- Sir Christopher Wren 1632
- Arthur Rimbaud 1854
- James Mann 1856
- John Dewey 1859
- Charles Ives 1874
- Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882
- Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905
- Arlene Francis 1908
- Will Rogers, Jr. 1912
- Granpa Jones (Louis Marshall) 1913
- Fayard Nicholas 1914
- Herschel Bernardi 1922
- Art Buchwald 1925
- Mickey Mantle (MLB) 1931
- William Christopher 1932
- Roosevelt Brown (NFL) 1932
- Michael Dunn 1934
- Jerry Orbach 1935
- Bobby Seale 1936
- Wanda Jackson 1937
- Juan "Manito" Marichal (MLB) 1937
- Jay Siegal (The Tokens) 1939
- Earl Hindman 1942
- Ric Lee (Ten Years After) 1945
- Isaac Curtis (NFL) 1950
- Al Greenwood (Foreigner) 1951
- Melanie Mayron 1952
- Dave Collins (MLB) 1952
- Tom Petty 1953
- Keith Hernandez (MLB) 1953
- Eric Scott 1958
- Viggo Mortensen 1958
- Mark King (Level 42) 1958
- David Ryan (The Lemonheads) 1964
- James G. Sonefeld (Hootie & the Blowfish) 1964
- Fred Coury 1966 - Musician (Cinderella)
- Dannii Minogue 1971
- Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus) 1971
Monday, October 19, 2026
Monday, October 19, 2026
pratfall \ PRAT-fawl \ , noun;
- a fall in which one lands on the buttocks, often regarded as comical or humiliating.
- a humiliating blunder or defeat.
Origin: Pratfall entered English in the 1930s. It combines prat and fall . The origin of prat is unknown. Fall comes from the Old English feallan.
haberdash
- A bunch of bullshit; unsupported bullshit; a notion stated a fact.
Aww, thats haberdash if he says he can jump across that huge river in one bound.
History
- Yorktown campaign: British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the land war of the American Revolution (1781)
- Black Monday: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 508 points — over 22% — setting a record for percentage decline that still stands (1987)
- Guildford Four: men wrongly convicted for a deadly IRA bombing were cleared after 15 years in jail (1989)
Birthdays
- Thomas Browne 1605
- Annie Peck 1850
- Charles Merrill 1885
- Robert Beatty 1909
- George Cates 1911
- Lawanda Page 1920
- Bern Bennett 1921
- George Nader 1921
- Jack Anderson 1922
- John le Carre 1931
- Robert Reed 1932
- Peter Max 1937
- Michael Gambon 1940
- Simon Ward 1941
- Peter Tosh 1944
- Divine 1945
- John Lithgow 1945
- Patricia Ireland 1945
- Jeannie C. Riley 1945
- Patrick Simmons (Doobie Brothers) 1948
- Lynn Dickey (NFL) 1949
- Charlie Chase 1952
- Nino DeFranco (The DeFranco Family) 1956
- Karl Wallinger (Waterboys, World Party) 1957
- Michael Myers 1957 - The Shape / serial killer
- Jennifer Holliday 1960
- Evander Holyfield 1962
- Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) 1965
- Jon Favreau 1966
- Trey Parker 1969
- Chris Kattan 1970
- Pras Michel (The Fugees) 1972
- Omar Gooding 1976
- Cyndi Thompson 1976
- Benjamin Salisbury 1980
- Rebecca Ferguson 1983 (DUNE)
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