THE POTTY

From my email:

THE POTTY

A LITTLE THREE YEAR OLD BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET. HIS MOTHER THINKS HE HAS BEEN IN THERE TOO LONG, SO SHE GOES IN TO SEE WHAT'S UP. THE LITTLE BOY IS SITTING ON THE TOILET READING A BOOK. BUT ABOUT EVERY 15 SECONDS OR SO, HE PUTS THE BOOK DOWN, GRIPS ONTO THE TOILET SEAT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND HITS HIMSELF ON TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH HIS RIGHT HAND.

HIS MOTHER SAYS: "BILLY, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE FOR A WHILE."

BILLY SAYS: "I'M FINE, MOMMY. I JUST HAVEN'T GONE POTTY' YET."

MOTHER SAYS: "OK, YOU CAN STAY HERE A FEW MORE MINUTES, BUT, BILLY, WHY ARE YOU HITTING YOURSELF ON THE HEAD?"

BILLY SAYS: "WORKS FOR KETCHUP."

Saturday, September 12, 2026

rimple \ RIM-puhl \ , verb; 

• to wrinkle; crumple; crease. 

noun: 

• a wrinkle. 

Origin: Rimple comes from the Old English hrimpan , which can be compared to the Old High German rumpfusla meaning "wrinkle; fold." The verb sense entered English in the mid-1400s.  

put the boot in 

• (British) Kicking somebody when they're down.

Once it became obvious he would be fired, the entire office took the chance to put the boot in.

History

• Henry Hudson: began exploring the Hudson River (1609)
• Elizabeth Barrett: eloped with fellow poet Robert Browning (1846)
• Jacqueline Bouvier: married John F. Kennedy in an enormous wedding (1953)
• Bonanza: Ben Cartwright and his sons rode onto the screen in America's first TV series taped in color (1959)
• Haile Selassie: Ethiopia's emperor was deposed in a military coup after a 58-year reign (1974); he died a year later, while under arrest
• Steven Biko: black civil rights leader died in police custody in South Africa; international protests and a UN arms embargo ensued (1977)

Birthdays

• Richard Gatlin 1818
• H.L. Mencken 1880
• Maurice Chevalier 1888
• Ben Blue 1901
• Margaret Hamilton 1902
• Jesse Owens 1913
• Tony Bettenhausen 1916
  
• Irene Dailey 1920
• Yma Sumac 1924
• Ella Mae Morse 1924
• Dickie Moore 1925
• Freddie Jones 1927
• Ian Holm 1931
• George Jones 1931
• Glenn Davis 1934
• Linda Gray 1940
• Tony Bellamy (The Tornados) 1940
• Maria Muldaur 1943
• Barry White 1944
• Joe Pantoliano 1951
• Neil Peart (Rush) 1952
• Gerry Beckley (America) 1952
• Peter Scolari 1954
• Barry Andrews (King Crimson, XTC) 1956
• Brian Robertson (Wild Horses, Thin Lizzy) 1956
• Rachel Ward 1957
• Norwood Fisher (Fishbone) 1965
• Ben Folds (Ben Folds Five) 1966
  
• Darren E. Burrows 1966
• Larry "Ler" LaLonde (Primus) 1968
• Paul Walker 1973
• Yao Ming (1980)
• Emmy Rossum 1986
• Nany Tovar (aka Karla "Spice" Lopez) 1986 model from Maracaibo Zulia, Venezuela
• Alexia Fast 1992
• Sydney Sweeney 1997 actree, had good jeans 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

KARLA "SPICE" LOPEZ

 

 

 

         

     

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09/11/2026

I can't say I feel any different about this day of infamy than I did in the past, so I will quote myself, with a some edits:

I've been thinking for days about what I might write for the anniversary of the terror attacks on the United States carried out by Al Qaida. Would I mention, again, what I was doing when it happened? How I felt listening to the news? How it struck me? How I personally felt loss for all those lives lost? How I was devastated by the senseless violence of it all? How it still depresses me to see any image of the World trade Center?

These are all topics I've touched on over the years I've been writing this blog. I don't even think my tale is all too interesting nor extraordinary. But what I do know is that the pain is still real. The memory is still strong. We will NEVER forget. Osama Bin Laden asked for a war. We've brought it to him. Now he's paid the price for his brand of evil. Good riddance.

Almost twenty years have past since that day. The hole in the ground that used to be called Ground Zero is now, once again, being called the World Trade Center. The building that has been called The Freedom Building (1776 feet high!) was renamed WTC 1. Not sure how I feel about that one, but we're clearly moving forward. Forward does not mean we're forgetting. 9/11/2001 was this generation's Pearl Harbor. I'll never forget, but the SJW snowflakes will probably call that racist. What has this world come to?

 

After the events of 9/11 the motto in NYC was NEVER FORGET. It appears that we did because the local and state elected  politicians are a bunch of America haters, especially the Mayor of NYC who downplays the role Islam played regarding the events of that horrific day. NYC sold its soul for the promise of free shit.  

Friday, September 11, 2026

9/11

interrobang \ in-TER-uh-bang \ , noun; 

• a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. Also, interabang . 

Origin: Interrobang is an Americanism from the mid-1960s. It is a blend of interrogation point , another term for a question mark, and bang , printers' slang for an exclamation point. 

half-your-age-plus-seven

• The rule to define the youngest that a romantic interest can be before the relationship is indecent.

26-year-old Barbara waited patiently until Jack turned 20, fulfilling the half-your-age-plus-seven rule, before pursuing him romantically.

History

• Battle of Lake Champlain American troops score a decisive victory over the British in the War of 1812 (1814)
• Boulder Dam: was dedicated by FDR (1936); it was renamed Hoover Dam in 1947
• World Wide Fund for Nature: conservation and environmental group was formed, in Switzerland (1961)
• coup: General Augusto Pinochet's forces topple the Chilean government of democratically-elected Salvador Allende; Pinochet retained power for nearly 17 years (1973)
• Scottish Parliament: a referendum of the Scottish electorate approved a separate parliament, breaking from England after 290 years of union (1997)
• Al Qaida: attacks at the Twin Towers of  the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with hijacked planes. Thousands died that day. Led to the invasion of Afghanistan by US and allied forces. (2001)
  Libya: Terror attack on the American consulate in Benghazi left four American dead. Initially President Obama blamed the attack on a crude video, but later recanted. (2012) 

Birthdays

• James Thomson 1700
• O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) 1862
• James Jeans
• D.H. Lawrence 1885
• Jimmie Davis 1899
• Anne Seymour 1909
• Bear Bryant 1913
• Jessica Mitford 1917
• Ferdinand Marcos (Philippines) 1917
• Betsy Drake 1923
• Tom Landry 1924
• Alfred Slote 1926
• Lee Richardson 1926
• Earl Holliman 1928
• Arvo Part 1935
• Gherman Titov 1935
• Brian DePalma 1940
• Lola Falana 1943
• Mickey Hart (Grateful Dead) 1943
• Phil May (The Pretty Things) 1944
• Leo Kottke 1945
• Dennis Tufano (The Buckinghams) 1946
• Amy Madigan 1951
• Tommy Shaw (Styx) 1952
• Reed Birney 1954
• John Moss (Culture Club) 1957
• Mick Talbot (The Style Council) 1958


• Kristy McNichol 1962
• Virginia Madsen 1963
• Roxanne Dawson 1964
• Moby 1965
• Harry Connick, Jr. 1967
• Bart Van Der Zeeluw (K's Choice) 1968
• Laura Wright 1970
• Mr. Black 1977
• Jonny Buckland 1977 - Musician (Coldplay)
• Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges) 1977 - Rapper, actor
• Tiffany Shepis 1979 - scream queen

  

 

  

Turtle Thursday: When Silent Bob Attacks!

A pic of Silent Bob the Diamond Back Terrapin about to let loose an attack of epic proportions on Tokyo...

Or maybe on some dried shrimp I tossed into his tank.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

gloaming \ GLOH-ming \ , noun; 

• twilight; dusk. 

Origin: Gloaming is derivative of the Old English word meaning "twilight," glōm . It came into usage around 1000.  

Silent Rave 

• "Rave" or form of wild dancing party where all of the members listen to music through headphones on separate portable music players. The players are all synchronized so everyone is hearing the same thing, but no outsiders hear anything, hence the "silent" portion of the name.

The police didn't bust the silent rave down the street because nobody complained about the noise.

History

• "We have met the enemy, and they are ours": message sent by Oliver Hazard Perry during the War of 1812 announcing US victory in the Battle of Lake Erie (1813)

  
• Elias Howe: American inventor received a patent for the sewing machine (1846)
• Gunsmoke: debuted; Law and Order recently tied it as TV's longest-running prime-time drama series (1955)
• guillotine: was used for the last time as a tool of execution in France on Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torturing and murdering his ex-girlfriend (1977)
  I want to believe: The X-Files premiered on television (1993)
• Switzerland: the famously neutral country joined the UN, becoming its 190th member (2002)

Birthdays

• Romeyn de Hooghe 1645
• Bartolomeo Campagnoli 1751
• Isaac Funk 1839
• William M. Harnett 1848
• Arthur H. Compton 1892
• Robert Wise 1914
• Edmond O'Brien 1915
• Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929
• Roger Maris 1934
• Charles Kuralt 1934
• Tommy Overstreet 1937
  
• Greg Mullavey 1939
• Artie Tripp (Mothers Of Invention) 1939
• Roy Ayers 1940
• Buck Buchanan 1940
• Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) 1942
• Tom Ligon 1945
• Jose Feliciano 1945
• James Hines 1947
• Bob Lanier 1948
• Judy Geeson 1948
• Charlie Waters 1948
• Margaret Trudeau 1948
• Barriemore Barlow (Jethro Tull) 1949
• Don Powel (Slade) 1950
• Joe Perry (Aerosmith) 1950
• Alder Taylor 1951
• Peter Tolson 1951
• Amy Irving 1953
• Pat Mastelotto (Mr. Mister) 1955
• Rosie Flores 1956
• Jonnie Fingers (Boomtown Rats) 1956
• Kate Burton 1957
• Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespeare's Sister) 1957
• Colin Firth 1960
• David Lowery (Cracker) 1960
• Randy Johnson 1963
• Carol Decker (T'Pau) 1963
• Joe Nieuwendyk 1966
• Miles Zuniga (Fastball) 1966
• Robin Goodridge (Bush) 1966
• Guy Ritchie 1968
• Big Daddy Kane 1968
• Ryan Phillippe 1974
• Gustavo Kuerten 1976