Tuesday, June 16, 2026

wanderlust \ WON-der-luhst \ , noun; 

• a strong, innate desire to rove or travel about. 

Origin: Wanderlust is a German loanword that translates literally to "wander desire." It entered English in the early 1900s. 

Friends with possibilities

• Starting out as friends with someone, but have the possibility or potential for a relationship on the next level.

"Are y'all dating yet?" 

"No we're just friends with possibilities for now. "

History

• Battle of Stoke: marked the tail end of the Wars of the Roses (1487)

  
• House Divided speech: Abraham Lincoln, as a senatorial candidate, warned that the Union must become either all-slave or all-free (1858)
• Bloomsday: James Joyce's Ulysses follows Leopold Bloom through this one day of his life (1904)
• New Deal: FDR opened his recovery program, signing bank, rail and industry bills and initiating farm aid (1933)
• Valentina Tereshkova: Soviet cosmonaut became the first woman in space aboard Vostok 6 (1963)

Birthdays

• Stan Laurel 1890
• Helen Traubel 1899
• Jack Albertson 1910
• Hank Lusetti 1916
• Katherine Graham 1917
• John Howard Griffin 1920
• Erich Segal 1937
• Joyce Carol Oates 1938 - Author
• Corin Redgrave 1939
• Billy 'Crash' Craddock 1939 - Country singer
• Lamont Dozier 1941 - Songwriter
• Eddie Levert 1942 - Musician (The O'Jays)
• Joan Van Ark 1943 - Actress ("Knot's Landing")
• Ian Matthews 1945 - Musician (Fairport Convention)
• Derek Sanderson 1946
• James Smith 1950 - Musician (The Stylistics)
• Roberto Duran 1951 - Boxer
• Gino Vannelli 1952 - Singer
• Laurie Metcalf 1955 - Actress ("Roseanne")

  
• Jenny Smimizu 1967
• Phil Mickelson 1970 - Golf player
• Tupac Shakur 1971 - Rapper
• Eddie Cibrian 1973
• Frederick Koehler 1975
• China Shavers 1977
• Kerry Wood 1977 - Baseball player
• Missy Peregrym 1982 - Actress
• Olivia Hack 1983

  

  

 

   

Look forward to OLGA!

Olga Kurylenko

Hotty of the day!

From InStyle Magazine

 

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Monday, June 15, 2026

caprine \ KAP-rahyn, -rin \ , adjective; 

• of or pertaining to goats. 

Origin: Caprine is derived from the Latin word for "goat," caper . It entered English in the early 1600s.

daddy badge

• Vomit or snot from a baby found around the upper chest or shoulders of their father which shows the world that they are a parent.

Nice shirt Pete, was the daddy badge an optional extra?

 

Master Sexting

• to add your own phone number to your address book in your cell phone under the name of a different person and then sending dirty texts to yourself in an attempt to impress your friends.

Jason is so lame. Those texts weren't from a girl named Jasmine, he was master sexting!

 

History

• King John: signed and sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede (1215)
• Charles Goodyear: received a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber (1844)
• John Lennon: first met Paul McCartney when Lennon's rock group, The Quarrymen, performed at a church dinner; Lennon was 15, McCartney was 13 (1956)
• Dan Quayle: famous "potatoe" misspelling incident occurred (1992)
• 2002 MN: asteroid had a near miss as it flew by Earth (2002)

Birthdays

• Edward the Black 1330
• Erik H. Erickson 1902
• David Rose 1910
• Erroll Garner 1921
• Mario Cuomo 1932
• Waylon Jennings 1937
• Harry Nilson 1941
• Janet Lennon 1946 - Singer (The Lennon Sisters)
• Jim Varney 1949
• Simon Callow 1949
• Russell Hitchcock 1949 - Musician (Air Supply)
• Steve Walsh 1951 - Musician (Kansas)
• Terri Gibbs 1954
• Jim Belushi 1954
• Julie Hagerty 1955
• Brett Butler 1957 - Baseball player
• Wade Boggs 1958
• Helen Hunt 1963
• Scott Rockenfield 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Courteney Cox 1964 - Actress ("Friends")
• Michael Britt 1966 - Musician (Lonestar)
• Jimmy McD 1968
• Ice Cube 1969 - Rapper
• Leah Remini 1970
• T-Bone Willy 1972 - Musician (Save Farris)
• Neil Patrick Harris 1973
• Elizabeth Reasor 1975 - Actress ("The Family Stone", "Twilight")
• Billy Martin 1981 - Musician (Good Charlotte)

  

  

 

  

  

 

  

Look forward to FLAG DAY! [06/14/26]

FLAG DAY 2026!!!

Makes you proud!

 

 

 

Sunday, June 14, 2026

flit \ flit \ , verb; 

1. to move lightly and swiftly; fly, dart, or skim along: bees flitting from flower to flower . 
2. to flutter, as a bird. 
3. to pass quickly, as time: hours flitting by . 
4. Chiefly Scot. and North England . a. to depart or die. b. to change one's residence. 

Origin: Flit entered English around 1200, and can be traced to the Old Norse flytja meaning "to carry, convey."

dr. feelgood

• Personification given to mainly booze, and sometimes referring to other drugs. Generally used to refer to drugs when a person is feeling down and a person is saying it's what they need and/or use to feel better.

Guy 1: That sucks about your girlfriend leaving you for another guy after all your time together

Guy 2: Yeah, I'm gonna have a few appointments with Dr. Feelgood, even one tonight.

Holiday

• Flag Day (US)

History

• Munich: Benedictine monks founded the Bavarian city on the banks of the Isar River (1158)
• US Army: was founded to fight the British (1775)
• Bear Flag Revolt: the California Republic was declared by Sonoma settlers while California was still ruled by Mexico (1846)
• UNIVAC I: the first commercial computer was dedicated at the US Census Bureau (1951)
• Pledge of Allegiance: President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" (1954)
• Falkland Islands: military dispute ended as Argentine forces surrendered to the British (1982)

Birthdays

• Harriet Beecher Stowe 1811
• Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax 1848
• Burl Ives 1909
• Dorothy McGuire 1916
• Sam Wanamaker 1919
• Gene Barry 1921
• Pierre Salinger 1925
• Don Newcombe 1926 - Baseball player
• Cy Coleman 1928
• Che Guevarra 1928 - racist socialist
• Marla Gibbs 1931 - Actress, producer
• Jerzy Kosinski 1933
• Jack Bannon 1940
• Muff Winwood 1943 - Musician (Spencer Davis Group)
• Rod Argent 1945 - Musician (The Zombies, Argent)
• Donald Trump 1946 - POTUS
• Barry Melton 1947 - Musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
• Alan White 1949 - Musician (Yes)
• Eddie Mekka 1952 - Actor ("Laverne and Shirley")
• Will Patton 1954 - Actor
• Eric Heiden 1958 - Olympic gold-medal speed skater
• Boy George (George O'Dowd) 1961 - Singer (Culture Club)
• Chris DeGarmo 1963 - Musician (Queensryche)
• Yasmine Bleeth 1968 - Actress ("Baywatch")
• Steffi Graf 1969 - Tennis player
• Traylor Howard 1971 - Actress ("Monk," "Two Guys and a Girl")
• Diablo Cody 1978 - Screenwriter ("Juno")
• Kevin McHale 1988 - Actor ("Glee") 

  

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