Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
bosky \BOS-kee\, adjective:
1. covered with bushes, shrubs, and small trees; woody.
2. shady.
Bosky comes from the Middle English word bosk which referred to a bush.
Bale Out
- When someone's stress level explodes to an epic proportion and a 5-minute f-bomb-laden tirade is unleashed on the unlucky soul who was in the wrong place at the wrong time -- much like Christian Bale on the T4 set.
Pam was trying to study for her midterms in the library but the kid across the table kept tapping his pencil to his ipod making her Bale out and get suspended from the library for a week.
History
- Confederate States of America: a new union broke away from the United States; it was formed by southern slave states (1861)
- Yalta Conference: the "Big Three" — Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin — met in the Crimea (1945)
- Yugoslavia: was formally replaced by Serbia and Montenegro; the two declared independence three years later (2003)
- Facebook: social networking site that redefined "friend" was founded by Mark Zuckerberg (2004)
Birthdays
- Fernand Léger 1881
- Jacques Prévert 1900
- Charles Lindbergh 1902
- MacKinlay Kantor 1904
- Eddie Foy Jr. 1905
- James Craig 1912
- Byron Nelson 1912
- Rosa Parks 1913
- Dick Seaman 1913
- William Talman 1915
- Ida Lupino 1918
- Norman Wisdom 1918
- Betty Friedan 1921
- William Phipps 1922
- Conrad Bain 1923
- Gary Conway 1936
- George A. Romero 1940
- John Steel (The Animals) 1941
- Cheryl Miller 1943
- Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) 1944
- David Brenner 1945
- Dan Quayle 1947
- Alice Cooper 1948
- Michael Beck 1949
- Pamela Franklin 1950
- Lisa Eichhorn 1952
- Lawrence Taylor 1959
- Pamela Ferdin 1960
- Henry Bogdan (Helmet) 1961
- Clint Black 1962
- Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) 1966
- Gabrielle Anwar 1970 (Burn Notice)
- David Garza 1971
- Michael Goorjian 1971
- Natalie Imbruglia 1975
- Rick Burch (Jimmy Eat World) 1975
- Cam'ron 1976
Tuesday, February 03, 2026
Review Tuesday: Slingshot (2024)
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Slingshot
2024
The crew of a space-flight to Saturn's moon, Titan, experiences a multitude of challenges.
This was another random movie selection by my BFF. It's labeled as a space / sci-fi / mystery / thriller so it sounds like it has all the makings for something fun.
John (Casey Affleck) is part of the crew of a spaceflight to an exploratory mission to Saturn's moon, Titan. It's handled in separate phases, so the crew hybernates for months to conserve resources.
Immediately into the trip the crew is showing ill-effects from the sleep meds. Paranoia. Hallucinations. Delusions. It's all they can do to try to keep it together.
Okay, this was actually pretty good. You wonder and have suspicions about what's going on, but your are never really sure. Never. Even after the ending you question what you thought and what occurred. Yep, this one messes with your mind for sure. I'd call it worth watching.
Labels:
Cinema,
Mysteries,
Reviews,
Science Fiction
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
litigious \li-TIJ-uhs\, adjective:
- inclined to dispute or disagree; argumentative.
- of or pertaining to litigation.
- excessively or readily inclined to litigate: a litigious person.
Litigious is derived from the Latin word lītigi meaning "a quarrel."
superbowl
- 30 second clips of men running in between commercials.
Person 1: Who do you think will win the Superbowl?
Person 2: What's that? Oh, those men running in between the commercials?
History
- 16th amendment: was ratified, authorizing income tax on a federal level in the US (1913)
- the day the music died: a plane crash killed rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "the Big Bopper" (1959)
- Luna 9: Soviet spacecraft became the first to soft-land on the moon (1966)
Birthdays
- Horace Greeley 1811
- Sidney Lanier 1842
- Gertrude Stein 1874
- Alvar Aalto 1898
- James A. Michener 1907
- Simon Weil 1909
- Joey Bishop 1918
- Bibi Osterwald 1920
- John Fiedler 1925
- Art Arfons 1926
- Shelley Berman 1926
- Peggy Ann Garner 1932
- Jeremy Kemp (Edmund Walker) 1935
- Victor Buono 1938
- Emile Griffith 1938
- Fran Tarkenton 1940
- Angelo D'Aleo (Dion and The Belmonts) 1940
- Blythe Danner 1943
- Dennis Edwards 1943
- Eric Haydock (The Hollies) 1943
- Bridget Handley 1944
- Melanie (Safka) 1947
- Dave Davies (The Kinks) 1947
- Morgan Fairchild 1950
- Lee Renaldo (Sonic Youth) 1956
- Thomas Calabro 1959
- Lol Tolhurst (Cure, Presence) 1959
- Keith Gordon 1961
- Michele Greene 1962
- Matraca Berg 1964
- Maura Tierney 1965
- Nick Hawkins (Big Audio) 1965
Isla Lang Fisher 1976
Monday, February 02, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
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Labels:
Animals,
Babes,
Birthdays,
Cinema,
Fappening,
History,
Holidays,
Music,
Rock,
Science Fiction,
Television,
Trivia,
Word of the day
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