Sunday, November 8, 2026

demesne \ dih-MEYN, -MEEN \ , noun; 

1. possession of land as one's own: land held in demesne . 
2. an estate or part of an estate occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner. 
3. land belonging to and adjoining a manor house; estate. 
4. the dominion or territory of a sovereign or state; domain. 
5. a district; region. 

Origin: Demesne is derived from the Middle English word demeine . It is related to the more common word domain , which also comes from the Latin word dominicus meaning "of a master." 

Flesh Forks

• Your bare fingers

Person A: "Dude, I don't have any forks."

Person B: "Just use your flesh forks."

History

• Louvre: the former royal French palace opened as a museum; it is now the most-visited art museum in the world (1793)
• x-rays: were discovered by William Röntgen; he was awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics for this achievement (1895)
• Three Gorges Dam: the Yangtze, China's largest river, was diverted in a massive ongoing construction project (1997)

Birthdays

• Bram Stoker 1847
  
• Margaret Mitchell 1900
• Norman Lloyd 1914
• June Havoc 1916
• Gene Saks 1921
• Dr. Christian Barnard 1922
• Jack S. Kilby 1923
• Joe Flynn 1924
• Patti Page 1927
• Chris Connor 1927
• Morley Safer 1931
• Esther Rolle 1933
• Alain Delon 1935
• Bonnie Bramlett (Delanry & Bonnie) 1944
• Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard) 1946
• Minne Riperton 1948
• Bonnie Raitt 1949
• Mary Hart 1951
• Christie Hefner 1952
• Alfre Woodard 1953
  
• Rickie Lee Jones 1954
• Porl Thompson (Cure) 1958
• Leif Garrett 1961
• Parker Posey 1968 .
• Courtney Thorne-Smith 1968
• Roxana Zal 1969
• Jimmy Chaney (Jimmie's Chicken Shack) 1969
• Diana King 1970
• Tara Reid 1975
• Azura Skye 1980

  

 

 

  

Wedesday, October 28, 2026

quotha \ KWOH-thuh \ , interjection; 

• Archaic . indeed! (used ironically or contemptuously in quoting another). 

Origin: Quotha entered English in the early 1500s from quoth a meaning "quoth he." Quoth , an archaic verb meaning "said," has been used since Middle English was spoken. 

Parallel Parkinson's

• An inability to parallel park. Sufferers of this disease may try five and six times to guide their vehicle into an open space before finally giving up, and leaving the automobile 2-3 feet from the curb at an awkward angle.

Her Parallel Parkinson's always seemed to flare up when she found a space in front of a restaurant with a big window full of on-lookers.

History

• Harvard College: Harvard University's oldest school was founded (1636)
• Statue of Liberty: the iconic monument — a gift from France — was dedicated by President Grover Cleveland (1886)
• Prohibition: US Congress passed the Volstead Act, overriding president Woodrow Wilson's veto; manufacture, sale or transport of alcoholic beverages were banned (1919)
• Benito Mussolini: the Fascist leader took control of Italy's government (1922)
• Nostra Ætate: the Second Vatican Council under Pope Paul VI absolved the Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus (1965)
• Prospero: the first and only satellite launched from a British rocket went into low Earth orbit (1971)

 

Birthdays

• Desiderius Erasmus 1467
• Georges Escoffier 1846
• Elsa Lanchester 1902
  
• Edith Head 1907
• Jonas Salk 1914
• Bowie Kuhn 1926
• Cleo Laine 1927
• Dody Goodman 1929
• Joan Plowright 1929
• Bruce Morton 1930
• Suzy Parker 1933
• Jim Beatty 1934
• Charlie Daniels 1936
• Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff 1937
• Jane Alexander 1939
• Curtis Lee 1941
• Hank Marvin (Shadows) 1941
  
• Dennis Franz 1944
• Wayne Fontana 1945
• Telma Hopkins 1948
• Rick Reynolds (Black Oak Arkansas) 1948
• Bruce Jenner 1949
• Annie Potts 1952
• Bill H. Gates 1955
• Stephen Morris (New Order) 1957
• Ron Hemby (The Buffalo Club) 1958
• William Reid (The Jesus & Mary Jane) 1958
• Neville Henry (Blow Monkeys) 1959
• Daphne Zuniga 1962
• Lauren Holly 1963
• Eros Ramazzotti 1963
• Paul Wylie 1964
• Jami Gertz 1965
• Andy Richter 1966
• Julia Roberts 1967
• Caitlin Cary 1968
• Ben Harper 1969
• Jeremy Davies 1969
• Roger P. 1972 - the Bax0-brother
• Brad Paisley 1972
• Terrell Davis 1972
• Joaquin Phoenix 1974

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

Some bad jokes

Q: What did Cinderella say when she got to the ball?

A: Cough, gag, choke, etc.

Q: If your wife keeps coming out of the kitchen to nag at you, what have you done wrong?
A: Made her chain too long.

Q: A woman of 35 thinks of having children. What does a man of 35 think of?
A: Dating children.

 
Q: Why did God invent alcohol?
A: So fat women can get laid too.

 
Q: Why don't blind people skydive?
A: It scares the shit out of the dog.

Q: How do you get a nun pregnant?
A: You fuck her.

Q: What do you call a woman who has lost 97.5% of her intelligence?
A: Divorced.

Friday, October 23, 2026

geep \ geep \ , noun; 

• the hybrid offspring of a goat and a sheep.

Origin: Geep is a portmanteau from the 1970s that combines the words goat and sheep.

Stoptional

• When the braking of a car is left to one's choice due to an unnecessary stop sign.

Passenger: Did you just blow through that stop sign?
Driver: Oh, no worries. It was stoptional.

October 23

• National Oral Sex day. Guys and Gals shriek with excitement as October 23 rounds the corner.

“Hey babe, October 23 is today! You know what that means.... 

History

• Brutus: committed suicide after losing to Mark Anthony and Octavian in the Second Battle of Philippi, a war fought to avenge the assassination of Julius Caesar (42 BCE)
• War of Jenkins' Ear: British PM Robert Walpole reluctantly declared war on Spain after a ship's captain brought in his ear, pickled, and told the House of Commons it had been severed by the Spanish coast guard (1739)
• suffragists: some 25,000 women marched in NYC, demanding the right to vote (1915)
• Hungarian Revolution: spontaneous protest began, marking the first anti-Soviet revolt; many thousands were killed or fled; the Hungarian Republic was declared exactly 33 years later (1956)
• iPod: digital music player was launched by Apple (2001)
• Moscow Theater Crisis: Chechen terrorists took 700 hostages; many died during a Russian raid the next day (2002)

Birthdays

• Nicolas Appert 1752
  
• Gertrude Ederle 1906
• 'Bruiser' (Frank) Kinard 1914
• James Daly 1918
• Ewel Blackwell 1922
• Ned Rorem 1923
• Johnny Carson 1925
• Sonny Criss 1927
• Boozoo Chavis 1930
• Diana Dors 1931
• Jim Bunning 1931
• Juan "Chi-Chi" Rodriguez 1935
• Charlie Foxx 1939
  
• Pelé 1940
• Eleanor (Ellie) Greenwich 1940
• Michael Crichton 1942
• Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) 1943
• Greg Ridley (Spooky Tooth) 1947
• Michael Rupert 1951
• Pauline Black (Selecter) 1953
• Dwight Yoakam 1956
• Sam Raimi 1959
• "Weird Al" Yankovic 1959
• Doug Flutie 1962
• Mike Tomczak (NFL) 1962
• Roberto Agustin Trujillo 1964 - Musician (Metallica)

• Al Leiter 1965
• David Thomas (Take 6) 1966
• Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) 1966
• Junior Bryant (Ricochet) 1968
• Jimmy Wayne 1972
• Keith Van Horn 1975
• Ryan Reynolds 1976
• Masiela Lusha 1985
• Jessica Stroup 1986
• Belle Delphine 1999 (cosplayer)

  

 

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

rejectamenta \ ri-jek-tuh-MEN-tuh \ , noun; 

• things or matter rejected as useless or worthless. 

Origin: Rejectamenta is derived from a New Latin construction meaning "things thrown back." It entered English in the 1800s. 

slackitude

• The act of, or state of being a slacker. Describes the attitude typically associated with being a slacker. Most appropriately applies to one with no responsibilities, one that gets by pretending to be hard at work, or the co-worker that is found hanging out near the coffee machine for most of the day.

I just can't tolerate that guy's slackitude! If I were his manager, I'd sack him, no doubt.

 

October 22

• National Hug and hold hands day with yo BF or GF

Boy: it's October 22
Girl: ok
Boy: give me your hand
*holds hand*
Girl: Aww
*blushes*
*and give her a hug*

 

History

• the Great Disappointment: adherents of Millerism found that Jesus had not returned; most left the movement, while the rest figured out that it was the beginning of investigative judgment in heaven (1844)
• the Met: NYC's famous opera house opened with a performance of Charles Gounod's Faust (1883)
• Toastmasters International: public speaking educational organization was founded in Santa Ana, California (1924)
• Cuban Missile Crisis: JFK imposed an air and naval blockade on Cuba after learning of Soviet missile bases there (1962)
• Chandrayaan-1: India launched its first unmanned lunar probe (2008)

Birthdays

• Franz Liszt 1811
• Sarah Bernhardt 1844
• Giovanni Martinelli 1885
  
• Curly Howard 1903
• George Beadle 1903
• Constance Bennett 1905
• Jimmie Foxx (MLB) 1907
• Boots Mallory 1913
• Harry Walker (MLB) 1916
• Joan Fontaine 1917
• Doris Lessing 1919
• Mitzi Green 1920
• Timothy Leary 1920
• Slater Martin (NBA) 1925
• Robert Rauschenberg 1925
  
  
• Dory Previn 1930
• Derek Jacobi 1938
• Christopher Lloyd 1938
• Tony Roberts 1939
• Ray Jones (Billy J. Kramer & The Dakotas) 1939
• Stanley Mazor 1941
• Annette Funicello 1942
• Catherine Deneuve 1943
• Bobby Fuller (Bobby Fuller Four) 1943
• Leslie West (Mountain) 1945
• Eddie Brigati (The [Young] Rascals) 1945
• Butch Goring (NHL) 1949
• Stiv Bators (Dead Boys) 1949
• Jeff Goldblum 1952
• Patti Davis 1953
• Jamie Quirk (MLB) 1954
• Todd Graff 1959
• Cris Kirkwood (Meat Puppets) 1960
• John Wesley Harding 1965
• Valeria Golino 1966
• Shaggy 1968
• Shelby Lynne 1968
• Tracey Lee 1970
• Saffron Burrows 1972
• Ichiro Suzuki 1973
• Michael Fishman 1980
• Zachary Hanson (Hanson) 1985
• Jonathan Lipnicki 1990