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Turtle Thursday - New Years Eve with Silent Bob!

Have a Happy New Year!

Thursday, December 31, 2015

irenic \ahy-REN-ik, ahy-REE-nik\ adjective

• tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory. 

Origin: Irenic derives from the Greek eirḗnē meaning "peace." It entered English in the mid-1800s.

 
telecountdown

• Counting down towards the new years together over the phone (cell) when physically not able to be together due to distance or circumstances.

" Janny, let's telecountdown together tonight"

new year's eve

• The one night of the year when getting drunk and making a fool of yourself is not optional, but in fact mandatory.

Sara displayed her exemplary discretion by making out with a mere 15 guys at the frat party on new year's eve.

 
Holiday

• New Year's Eve

History

• light bulb: was first demonstrated by inventor Thomas Edison, in Menlo Park, New Jersey (1879)
• Times Square: Waterford crystal ball dropped for the first time in celebration of New Year's Eve (1907)
• farthing: British coin in use since 13th century ceased to be legal tender (1960)
• Panama Canal: waterway that connects the Caribbean with the Pacific was handed over to Panama by the US in accordance with the Torrijos-Carter Treaties (1999)

Birthdays

• Henri Matisse 1869
• George Marshall 1880
• Simon Wiesenthal 1908
• Jonah (Robert) Jones 1908
• Rex Allen ("The Arizona Cowboy") 1924
• Ross Barbour (The Four Freshmen) 1928
• Odetta 1930
• Anthony Hopkins 1937
• Rosalind Cash 1938
• Sarah Miles 1941
• Tim Considine 1941
• Andy Summers (Police) 1942
• John Denver 1943
• Ben Kingsley 1943
• Pete Quaife (The Kinks) 1943
• Barbara Carrera 1945
• Diane von Furstenberg 1945
• Tim Matheson 1947
• Burton Cummings (The Guess Who) 1947
• Donna Summer 1948
• Tom Hamilton (Aerosmith) 1951 
• James Remar 1953
• Bebe Neuwirth 1958
• Joe Dallesandro 1958
• Val Kilmer 1959
• Paul Westerberg 1959
• Scott "NOT" Ian (Anthrax) 1963
• Gong Li 1965 
• Joe McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) 1972

Hasselhoff Wednesday - Winter

Wednesday, December 30, 2015

presage \PRES-ij; pri-SEYJ\, noun:

1. An indication or warning of a future event; an omen.
2. A feeling or intuition of what the future holds.
3. Prophetic significance.
4. [Archaic] A prediction; a prognostication.

transitive verb:

1. To indicate or warn of beforehand; to foreshadow.
2. To have a presentiment of.
3. To predict; to foretell.

intransitive verb:

1. To make or utter a prediction.

Presage is derived from Latin praesagium, "presentiment," from praesagus "having a presentiment," from prae-, "before" + sagus, "prophetic."

Amazonukkah

• When Christmas really lasts 8 days because the presents take longer to deliver from Amazon.com than anticipated by the purchaser. This is often caused by the reckless use of Super Saver Shipping on items which were bought on Christmas Eve. As a result, the presents are received in small amounts each day over an 8 day period, similar to Hanukkah.

Kid 1: Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?

Kid 2: I dunno, we're celebrating Amazonukkah this year. My parents are real procrastinators. FML

Holiday

• Bacon Day
  

History

• Gadsden Purchase: was signed, acquiring the land of southern New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico (1853)
• The Pirates of Penzance: Gilbert and Sullivan operetta was first staged (1879)
• USSR: was established when Russia joined Byelorussia, Ukraine and the Transcaucasian Federation (1922)
• Arroyo Seco Parkway: aka the Pasadena Freeway, connecting Los Angeles with Pasadena, opened (1940)
• Saddam Hussein: the Iraqi dictator was executed by hanging for war crimes in the Dujail massacre (2006)

Birthdays

• André Messager 1853
  
• Rudyard Kipling 1865
• Simon Guggenheim 1867
• Stephen Leacock 1869
• Hideki Tojo 1884
• Vincent Lopez 1895
• Bert Parks 1914
• Marie Wilson 1915
• Jo Van Fleet 1922
• Bo Diddley 1928
• Barbara Nichols 1929
• Jack Lord 1930
  
• Skeeter Davis 1931
• Russ Tamblyn 1934
• Fred Lorenzen 1934
• Sandy Koufax (MLB) 1935
• John Hartford 1937
• Noel Paul Stookey 1937
• Paul Stookey (Peter, Paul and Mary) 1937
• Joseph Bologna 1938
• Del Shannon 1939
• Fred Ward 1942
• Michael Nesmith (Monkees) 1942
• Davy Jones (Monkees) 1945

• Roger Glover (Rainbow) 1945
• Patti Smith 1946
• Jeff Lynne (E.L.O., Traveling Wilburys) 1947
• Suzy Bogguss 1956
• Sheryl Lee Ralph 1956
• Patricia Kalember 1956
• Matt Lauer 1957
• Tracey Ullman 1959
• Ben Johnson 1961
• Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) 1969
• Tiger Woods 1975
• Meredith Monroe 1976
• Tyrese 1978
• Eliza Dushku 1980
• Kristin Kreuk 1982

Review Tuesday: THE HATEFUL EIGHT

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

A bounty hunter finds himself surrounded by suspicious individuals while en route to bringing a prisoner in to hang. 

It's not often that I get to view a movie before it hits theaters for the masses, so when I do I make sure to take advantage of the situation.  

Filmed in 70mm, Quentin Tarantino has given us his eighth film. Eighth film? Hateful Eight? get it? He was looking to make a movie like the old Westerns when a character is introduced but you have no idea if they're good or bad until the end. Then multiplied it by EIGHT. 

To me, this movie rolled more smoothly than what I consider a typical Tarantino flick. The introduction of characters and their development, or lack thereof, went very well. There was plenty of action and sharp language to keep the masses titillated. However, coming in at over two hours, I felt this movie was a bit bloated with egotism and indulgence. Probably the movie could've been slimmed down and made more aerodynamic with leaving out certain side stories. Then the ending struck me a plain sadistic porn. 

No doubt the Tarantino fans will call this a conquest of the Western Genre by their favorite director, but I'll call it okay. It seemed too disturbing and the way it's gratuitously drenched in blood struck me like something a sixth grader going through his horror movie phase would put on a screen. 

I wouldn't be surprised if this movie draws some people into the theaters, but it's not going to take down Star Wars. Or, at least, it shouldn't. Then again, maybe that's why they cowardly pushed back the opening a week, out of fear of being utterly destroyed? 

More on IMDB

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

cajole \kuh-JOHL\, transitive verb:

• To persuade with flattery, repeated appeals, or soothing words; to coax.

Cajole derives from Early Modern French cajoler, originally, "to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter," from Old French gaiole, jaiole, "a cage," from Medieval Latin caveola, "a small cage," from Latin cavea, "an enclosure, a den for animals, a bird cage," from cavus, "hollow." It is related to cave, cage and jail (British gaol).

 

YouTube Loop

• When you go to watch a quick 30 second video on YouTube and regain consciousness hours later having jumped from interesting video to interesting video. Similar to a wikipedian loop or 'WikiComa'

Clarence: "Dude, you totally missed the funeral yesterday!!"

T-dawg: "Yeah I know; somebody emailed me a funny clip and I got stuck in a YouTube loop..."

History

• Thomas Becket: the Archbishop of Canturbury was killed by four knights in his cathedral; he later became a saint (1170)
• Texas: Lone Star State became the 28th American state (1845)
• YMCA: the first such men's club in the US was founded, based on the London model that was started in the previous decade by George Williams (1851)
• Wounded Knee Massacre: last major confrontation between the Sioux and the US Army ended with hundreds of Indians killed (1890)
• Tian Tan Buddha: 110-ft.-(34 m.)-tall bronze Buddha statue in Hong Kong was completed (1993)
• Guatemala: peace treaty ended 36 years of civil strife (1996) 

Birthdays

• Marquise de Pompadour 1721
• Charles Goodyear 1800
• Andrew Johnson (U.S.) 1808
• William Gladstone 1809
• Pablo Casals 1876
• Viveca Lindfors 1920
• William Gaddis 1922
• Rose Lee Maphis 1922
• Dina Merrill 1928
• Inga Swenson 1932
• Tom Jarriel 1934
• Ed Flanders 1934
• Ray Nitschke 1936
• Jon Voight 1938
• Mary Tyler Moore 1938
• Ed Bruce 1940
• Ray Thomas (Moody Blues) 1942
• Marianne Faithfull 1946
  
• Ted Danson 1947
• Cozy Powell 1947
• Jon Polito 1950
• Gelsey Kirkland 1952
• Yvonne Elliman (Jesus Christ Superstar) 1953
• Ed Autry 1954
• Neil Geraldo 1955
• Paula Poundstone 1960
• Mark Day (Happy Mondays) 1961
• Jim Reid (The Jesus and Mary Chain) 1961
• Jason Gouuld 1966
• Mystro Clark 1966
• Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) 1970
• Jude Law 1972
• Shawn Hatosy 1975
• Jessica Andrews 1983

Look forward to the final Monday of 2015!

Adrianna Lima

 

   

 

Hottie of the day! 

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Final Weekend Box Office for 2015

Now Playing (Box Office) 

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens $153.5M 
2. Daddy's Home $38.8M 
3.  Joy $17.5M 
4. Sisters $13.9M 
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip $12.7M

Not very surprising that the STAR WARS juggernaut continues to dominate over everything else. It seems to be breaking records daily including the fastest to earn $1 billion in ticket sales. I don't see this changing much even with the new Tarrantino movie The Hateful Eight coming out this week, which I will review tomorrow... 

Monday, December 28, 2015

surreptitious \suhr-uhp-TISH-uhs; suh-rep-\, adjective:

1. Done, made, or gotten by stealth.
2. Acting with or marked by stealth.

Surreptitious comes from Latin surrepticius, "stolen, secret, surreptitious," from surripere, "to take away secretly; to steal," from sub-, "under" + rapere, "to seize, to snatch."

postsantum depression

• The incredible letdown some folks experience when they realize Christmas is over (typical Monday after Christmas office discussion)

Holy hell, why is Michelle ragging it with me?
It's not just you, she's got a bad case of postsantum depression.

History

• Westminster Abbey: London church where kings have been crowned since 1066 was consecrated (1065)
• Iowa: the Hawkeye State became America's 29th state (1846)
• chewing gum: patent was issued to William Finley Semple of Ohio (1869)
• Cyrano de Bergerac: Edmond Rostand's heroic comedy premiered in Paris (1897)
• The Pledge of Allegiance: US oath of loyalty was officially recognized by Congress (1945)
• Elizabeth Jordan Carr: the first American in vitro fertilization baby was born in Norfolk, Virginia (1981)

Birthdays

• Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President
• Arthur Stanley Eddington 1882
• John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer
• Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) 1905 - Actor (The RCA Victor Show, Hollywood Squares), grandfather of actress Roseanna Arquette
• Earl "Fatha" Hines 1905 - Musician, songwriter, bandleader
• Lew Ayres 1908 - Actor (Of Mice and Men, Advice and Consent)
• Billy Williams 1910
• Sam Levinson 1911 - Humorist
• Lou Jacobi 1913 - Actor (Arthur, The Diary of Anne Frank)
• Roebuck "Pop" Staples (Staples Singers) 1915
• Stan Lee 1922 - Artist, writer, creator of Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk)
  

  
• Johnny Otis 1924
• Hildegarde Kneff 1925 - Actress (The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Svengali)
• Martin Milner 1927 - Actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo)
• Dorsey Burnette 1932 - Singer
• Maggie Smith 1934 - Actress (Lettice & Lovage)
• Bruce Yarnell 1935 - Actor (The Outlaws)
• Charles Neville 1938 - Musician (The Neville Brothers)
• Bobby Comstock 1943 - Singer
• Hubert "Hubie" Green 1946 - Golfer
• Edgar Winter 1946 - Musician (Edgar Winter’s White Trash)
• Dick Diamonde (Dingeman Van Der Sluys) 1947 - Musician (The Easybeats)
• Aurelio (Ituarte) Rodriguez 1947 - Baseball player
• Alex Chilton 1950 - Musician (Big Star, Box Tops)
  

  
• Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane)
• Nigel Kennedy 1956
• Joe Diffie 1958 - Musician
• Mike McGuire 1958 - Musician (Shenandoah)
• Chad McQueen 1960
• Marty Roe 1960 - Musician (Diamond Rio)
• Anita Doth 1971 - Singer (2 unlimited)
  Noomi Rapace 1979 
• Sienna Miller 1981
• Mackenzie Rosman 1989  

Well HELLO there!

Sunday, December 27, 2015

valediction \val-i-DIK-shuh n\ noun 

1. an act of bidding farewell or taking leave. 
2. an utterance, oration, or the like, given in bidding farewell or taking leave; valedictory.

Origin: Valediction can be traced to the Latin terms vale meaning "farewell" and dīcere, "to say." It entered English in the early 1600s.

ugly sleep 

• Acquired during the deepest stages of a much-needed restful night; when you're so sleep, you sleep through alarms, often with mouth ajar, face planted against the sheets. 

I tried to wake you up in time for the bus but you were in a deep ugly sleep. I couldn't bring myself to interrupt

History

• anesthesia: was first used for childbirth (1845)
• Peter Pan: play by J.M. Barrie debuted in London (1904)
• Carry Nation: hatchet-wielding temperance activist smashed her first saloon (1900)
• Radio City Music Hall: world's largest indoor theater staged its first show (1932)
• World Bank: was formed to fund postwar reconstruction in Europe; later, the focus turned to developing third-world countries (1945)
• Afghanistan: was seized by Soviet forces; president Hafizullah Amin, was overthrown, executed and replaced with Soviet-supported Babrak Karmal (1979)
• Free Aceh Movement: Indonesia's Aceh rebels formally disbanded their military wing, ending a 30-year armed struggle for independence, in accordance with a peace deal that came out of the 2004 tsunami (2005)

Birthdays

• Johannes Kepler 1571
• George Cayley 1773
• Louis Pasteur 1822
• Sydney Greenstreet 1879
• Marlene Dietrich 1901
• Anna Russell 1911
• William H. Masters 1915
• Oscar Levant 1916
• Scotty Moore 1931
• Walter Norris 1931
• Lee Salk 1926
• Inga Swenson 1932
• Dave Marr 1933
• Bernard Lanvin 1935
• John Amos 1941
• Leslie Maguire (Gerry and The Pacemakers) 1941
• Pete Quaife (Kinks) 1943
• Cokie Roberts 1943
• Tracy Nelson 1944
• Mickey Redmond 1947
• Mick Jones (Foreigner) 1947
• Gerard Depardieu 1948
• Terry Bozzio (Missing Persons) 1950
• Karla Bonoff 1952
  
• Tovah Feldshuh 1952
• David Knopfler (Dire Straits) 1952
• Arthur Kent 1953
• John Watts (Fischer-Z) 1954
• Maryam D'Abo 1960
• Youth (Killing Joke) 1961
• Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) 1962
• Eva La Rue 1966
• Joan Marie "Chyna" Laurer 1969
• Matt Slocum (Six Pence None The Richer) 1972
• Wilson Cruz 1973
• Olu 1973
• Emilie de Ravin - Actress ("Roswell", "Lost")

 

 

With the hubbub around Christmas and Star Wars aside

The BLONDE said,

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with that expensive double-pane energy efficient kind, and today, I got a call from the contractor who installed them. He was complaining that the work had been completed a whole year ago and I still hadn't paid for them. Helloooo,............just because I'm blonde doesn't mean that I am automatically stupid. So, I told him just what his fast talking sales guy had told me last year, that in ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves! Hellooooo? It's been a year! I told him. There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I finally just hung up. He never called back. I bet he felt like an idiot.