Happy Berfday FR!!!

Today my little Blue Ford turns TWENTY years old. The car is clocking in at around 174,000 miles and still runs like a champ.

HAPPY BERFDAY,

LITTLE BLUE CAR!!!

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

leitmotif \LYT-moh-teef\, noun:

1. In music drama, a marked melodic phrase or short passage which always accompanies the reappearance of a certain person, situation, abstract idea, or allusion in the course of the play; a sort of musical label.

2. A dominant and recurring theme.

Leitmotif (also spelled leitmotiv) is from German Leitmotiv, "leading motif," from leiten, "to lead" (from Old High German leitan) + Motiv, "motif," from the French. It is especially associated with the operas of German composer Richard Wagner.

 

Google harder

• A phrase used in response to someone whining about not being able to find something on Google. An expert googler would then show some resemblance of pity and assist by immediately googling for the desired information successfully.

Dude, I don't know what it means to kill two frogs with one dart, and I can't freakin find the definition on google!

Google harder you idiot...

History

• Copyright Act of 1790: was signed into law by US president George Washington; it initially covered only books, maps and charts
• Ford Motor Company: produced the last "Tin Lizzie" and began producing the Model A (1927)
• South Africa: became an independent republic (1961)
• Ancash earthquake: killed more than 47,000 in Peru (1970)
• Deep Throat: Watergate whistleblower's identity was revealed after 30 years of secrecy; he was W. Mark Felt, a former associate director of the FBI (2005)

Birthdays

• Alexander Cruden 1701
• Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist
• Fred Allen 1894
• Norman Vincent Peale 1898
• Don Ameche 1908
• Edward Bennett Williams 1920
• Denholm Elliot 1922
• Ellsworth Kelly 1923
• Prince Rainier III 1923
• Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Dirty Harry")
• Shirley Verrett 1933
• Jim Hutton 1934
• Ronald Laird 1935
• Keir Dullea 1936
• Johnny Paycheck 1938
• Peter Yarrow 1938 - Musician (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• Augie Meyers 1940 - Musician (Texas Tornados)
• Terry Waite 1939
• Joe Namath 1943 - Football player
• Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey") 
• John Bonham 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Stanley Dancer 1949
• Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon")
• Gregory Harrison 1950 - Actor
• Colm Meaney 1953
• Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
• Kyle Secor 1960
• Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian
• Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress ("Back to the Future" movies)
• Corey Hart 1962 - Singer
• Wendy Smith 1963 - Musician (Prefab Sprout)
• Darryl McDaniels (DMC) 1964 - Rapper
• Kid Frost 1964 - Rapper
• Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress
• Charlie Schlatter 1966
• Kenny Lofton 1967 - Baseball player
• Christian McBride 1972 - Musician
• Colin Farrell 1976 - Actor
• Jake Peavy 1981 - Baseball player
• Curtis Williams Jr. 1987 

  

 

 

 

Saturday, June 4, 2022

Manichean \man-i-KEE-uhn\, adjective:

1. Pertaining to a strongly dualistic worldview.

2. Of or pertaining to the Manicheans or their doctrines.

noun:

1. An adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark.

Manichean describes the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.

 

beer tears

• when, after a few drinks, one will proceed to become an unhappy drunk, and begin to cry and shed tears about anything remotely bothering them. ex: crying about ex-boyfriend, inability to microwave easymac, spilling a drink on one's shirt

"After I had three natty lights, I started regretting my last drunk hook-up and started crying. My friends had to comfort me because of my beer tears!"

Trivia 

The first job of which U.S. president was at a Baskin-Robbins shop, where he scooped ice cream during high-school summer vacation?

• Barack Obama, in the mid-1970s in Honolulu, Hawaii.
  

History

• quadricycle: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive (1896)
• Pulitzer Prizes: were first awarded, for biography, history and journalism (1917)
• Battle of Midway: began overnight; the Allies' victory marked the turning point of the naval war in the Pacific (1942)
• Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen's hit album was released; it became one of the best-selling albums of all time (1984)
• Tiananmen Square massacre: crowds of pro-democracy demonstrators were killed by Chinese troops (1989)

Birthdays

• George III (England) 1738
• Carl Gustaf Mannerheim 1867

  
• Rosalind Russell 1908
• Charles Collingwood 1917
• Robert Merrill 1919
• Russell Train 1920
• Bobby Wanzer 1921
• Gene Barry 1922
• Dennis Weaver 1924
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer 1928
• Morgana King 1930
• John Drew Barrymore 1932
• Bruce Dern 1936 - Actor
• Freddy Fender 1937
• Robert Fulghum 1937
• Roger Ball 1944 - Musician (Average White Band)
• Michelle Phillips (Holly Michelle Gilliam) 1944 - Singer (The Mamas and the Papas), actress ("The Last Movie", "Knot's Landing")
• Anthony Braxton 1945
• Gordon Waller 1945 - Musician (Peter and Gordon)
• Bettina Gregory 1946
• Danny Brown 1951 - Musician (The Fixx)
• Parker Stevenson 1952 - Actor
• Keith David 1954
• Eddie Velez 1958
• Julie Gholson 1958
• El DeBarge 1961 - Singer (DeBarge)
• Julie White 1961 - Actress
• Andrea Jaegar 1965
• Scott Wolf 1968 - Actor ("Party of Five")
• Horatio Sanz 1969 - Comedian ("Saturday Night Live")
• Noah Wyle 1971 - Actor ("ER")
• Darin Erstad 1974
• Stefan Lessard 1974 - Musician (The Dave Matthews Band)
• Russell Brand 1975 - Actor, hack-comedian, socialist
• Angelina Jolie 1975 - Actress
• Bar Refaeli 1975 - Model
  Josh McDermott 1978 - The Walking Dead
   
  
  
  

       

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, October 01, 2016

*10*01*

satori \suh-TOHR-ee\, noun:

• In Zen Buddhism, the state of sudden indescribable intuitive enlightenment.

Satori is a term from Zen Buddhism that derives from the Japanese word meaning "to awaken."

 

godshopped

• The manipulation of scientific data to provide evidence for intelligence design.

Did you watch that beautiful episode about intelligent design? 
Yeah, as usual, the producers totally godshopped all the complex images of nature and left out rational explanations provided by evolution.

History

• Treaty of San Ildefonso: secret pact in which Spain ceded Louisiana to France was signed (1800)
• Yosemite National Park: central California preserve called "the greatest marvel of the continent" was established (1890)
• Henry Ford introduced the first mass-produced automobile on the market. The 2-seater Model T cost $825. By 1927, when the Model T was phased out, production had become so streamlined that dealers were able to reduce the price to $300. While Ford did not invent the assembly line, he made it so much more efficient that it revolutionized the industry. In the very early days, it took 12 hours to produce an automobile. By 1913, when Ford opened his new, more efficient Model T factory, it took only 93 minutes; by the time the last Model Ts rolled off the line in 1927, a car was produced every 24 seconds. (1908)
• Walt Disney World: world's largest resort opened its doors southwest of Orlando (1971)

Birthdays

• James Lawrence 1781
• William Boeing 1881
• Vladimir Horowitz 1903
• Everette Sloane 1909
• Walter Matthau 1920
• James Whitmore 1921
• William Rehnquist 1924
• Jimmy Carter (U.S.) 1924 worst US President until Obama
• Max Morath 1926
• Roger Williams 1926
• Tom Bosley 1927
• Laurence Harvey 1928
• George Peppard 1928
• Richard Harris 1930
• Philippe Noiret 1930
• Frank Gardner 1932
• Albert Collins 1932
• Julie Andrews 1935
• Stella Stevens 1936
• Edward Vilella 1936
• Herb Fame (Peaches & Herb) 1943
• Jerry Martini (Sly and the Family Stone) 1943
• Scott McKenzie 1944
• Rod Carew 1945
• Donny Hathaway 1945
• Stephen Collins 1947
• Randy Quaid 1950
  
• Howard Hewett 1957
• Youssou N'Dour 1959
• Richard Barone 1960
• Kelly Willis 1968
• Jay Underwood 1968
• Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) 1968
• Zach Galifianakis 1969
• Jurnee Smollett 1986
  

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

threnody \THREN-uh-dee\, noun:

• A poem, speech, or song of lamentation, esp. for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

The source of threnody is the Greek thrēnōidía, where thrēnōs is "lamentation" and ōid is "song." (Also the root of ode.)

 

Football Minute

• When someone asks for a minute to do something, even though they know it will take much longer than 60 seconds.

Wife: I need to run into this store. It'll only take a minute

Husband mumbles: More like a football minute.

History

• Copyright Act of 1790: was signed into law by US president George Washington; it initially covered only books, maps and charts
• Ford Motor Company: produced the last "Tin Lizzie" and began producing the Model A (1927)
• South Africa: became an independent republic (1961)
• Ancash earthquake: killed more than 47,000 in Peru (1970)
• Deep Throat: Watergate whistleblower's identity was revealed after 30 years of secrecy; he was W. Mark Felt, a former associate director of the FBI (2005)

Birthdays

• Alexander Cruden 1701
• Walt Whitman 1819 - Poet, essayist, journalist, humanist
• Fred Allen 1894
• Norman Vincent Peale 1898
• Don Ameche 1908
• Edward Bennett Williams 1920
• Denholm Elliot 1922
• Ellsworth Kelly 1923
• Prince Rainier III 1923
• Clint Eastwood 1930 - Actor ("Dirty Harry")
• Shirley Verrett 1933
• Jim Hutton 1934
• Ronald Laird 1935
• Keir Dullea 1936
• Johnny Paycheck 1938
• Peter Yarrow 1938 - Musician (Peter, Paul and Mary)
• Augie Meyers 1940 - Musician (Texas Tornados)
• Terry Waite 1939
• Joe Namath 1943 - Football player
• Sharon Gless 1943 - Actress ("Cagney and Lacey") 
• John Bonham 1948 - Musician (Led Zeppelin)
• Stanley Dancer 1949
• Tom Berenger 1950 - Actor ("The Big Chill," "Platoon")
• Gregory Harrison 1950 - Actor
• Colm Meaney 1953
• Roma Maffia 1958 - Actress ("Nip/Tuck")
• Kyle Secor 1960
• Chris Elliot 1960 - Comedian
• Lea Thompson 1961 - Actress ("Back to the Future" movies)
• Corey Hart 1962 - Singer
• Wendy Smith 1963 - Musician (Prefab Sprout)
• Darryl McDaniels (DMC) 1964 - Rapper
• Kid Frost 1964 - Rapper
• Brooke Shields 1965 - Actress
• Charlie Schlatter 1966
• Kenny Lofton 1967 - Baseball player
• Christian McBride 1972 - Musician
• Colin Farrell 1976 - Actor
• Jake Peavy 1981 - Baseball player
• Curtis Williams Jr. 1987