Review Tuesday: Shelby Oaks (2024)

  

 

Shelby Oaks

2024

The sister of a missing vlogger never gives up looking for her. 

Without a word, suggestion, nor clue my BFF put this film on for movie night.

 

At first this movie feels like the countless found-footage films out there. That's the first fifteen to twenty minutes of exposition. After that is turns into a pretty solid paranormal mystery with a bunch of twists and turns and a very surprising ending. It's pretty well made. Nicely polished. Okay special effects. Worth watching!  

 

  

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

meta \ MET-uh \ , adjective; 

1. pertaining to or noting a story, conversation, character, etc., that consciously references or comments upon its own subject or features, often in the form of parody: A movie about making movie is just so meta—especially when the actors criticize the acting . 
2. pertaining to or noting an abstract, high-level analysis or commentary, especially one that consciously references something of its own type. 

noun: 

1. a consciously and playfully self-referential story, conversation, etc.: That dialogue was an example meta at its best . 
2. an abstract, high-level analysis or commentary: writing a meta to explain the character’s motivation . 

verb: 

1. to analyze or comment on something in a meta way: I spend more time metaing about the show than actually watching it. 

Origin: Meta can be traced to the Greek preposition of the same spelling meaning "with," "after," "between." It entered English in the late 1800s in the context of chemistry.

Sarah Palin Effect 

• The principal that expertise on a certain subject can be gained through geographical proximity to it

Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is a proclaimed expert on foreign affairs with Russia due to Alaska`s proximity to Russia and can thus be called the "Sarah Palin Effect"

History 

• Liberty Bell: was rung to call Philadelphia citizens to the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
  
• The Wall Street Journal: began publication (1889)
• Ziegfield Follies: producer Florenz Ziegfield staged his first "follies" on the roof of New York City's New York Theater (1907)
• Roswell UFO Incident: A report appears in newspaper Roswell Daily Record announcing "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell Region." (1947)
• Oklahoma!: the Broadway musical's soundtrack became the first album to go gold (indicating one million sales), as certified by the Recording Industry Association of America (1958)
• The Soviet Union charged Gary Powers with espionage. He was shot down in a U-2 spy plane (1960)
• Vietnam War: U.S. troops begin withdrawing from Vietnam. (1969)
• The Solar Impulse completed the first 24-hour flight by a solar powered plane. (2010)

Birthdays

• Jean La Fontaine 1621
• Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838
  

  
• John D. Rockefeller 1839
• Louis Jordan 1908
• Billy Eckstine 1914
• Faye Emerson 1917
• Pamela Brown 1918
• Craig Stevens 1918
• Harrison Dillard 1923
• Shirley Ann Grau 1929
• Roone Arledge 1931
• Jerry Vale 1932
• Marty Feldman 1933
• Steve Lawrence 1935
• Barbara Loden 1937
• Faye Wattleton 1943
• Jeffrey Tambor 1944
• Johnny Jai Johnson (Allman Brothers Band) 1944
• Cynthia Gregory 1946
• Kim Darby 1948
• Raffi Cavoukian 1948
• Wolfgang Puck 1949
• Anjelica Huston 1951
• Margaret Stowe 1952
• Marianne Williamson 1952
• Kevin Bacon 1958
• Toby Keith 1961
• Graham Jones 1961 - Musician (Haircut 100)
  

  
• Andy Fletcher 1961 - Musician (Depeche Mode)
• Rob Burnett 1962
• Joan Osborne 1962
• Corey Parker 1965
• Billy Crudup 1968
• Beck 1970
• Drew Womack 1970 - Musician (Sons of the Desert)
• Kathleen Robertson 1973
  Mindy Vega 1974 (t3h pr0n)
• Tavis Werts 1977 - Musician (Reel Big Fish)
  

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

vane \ veyn \ , noun;

1. a person who is readily changeable or fickle.
2. weather vane.
3. a blade, plate, sail, etc., in the wheel of a windmill, to be moved by the air.
4. any of a number of blades or plates attached radially to a rotating drum or cylinder, as in a turbine or pump, that move or are moved by a fluid, as steam, water, hot gases, or air.
5. Aerospace . a. any fixed or movable plane surface on the outside of a rocket providing directional control while the rocket is within the atmosphere. b. a similar plane surface located in the exhaust jet of a reaction engine, providing directional control while the engine is firing.
6. Ornithology . the web of a feather.
7. Navigation, Surveying . either of two fixed projections for sighting an alidade or the like.
8. Archery . feather. 

Origin: Vane is a variant of the word fane , meaning "flag; banner." It entered English in the mid-1400s.

 

interesting

• (adj) Something which arouses no interest at all. Used to politely avoid admitting this, which indirectly expresses your indifference.

Yes, your bottle cap collection is interesting.

History

• dancing mania: first major outbreak of this phenomenon — wild, uncontrollable dancing, accompanied by hallucinations, to the point of exhaustion — occurred in Aachen, Germany (1374)
• John Cabot: explorer became the first European to sight the continent of North America (1497)
• Henry VIII: crowned king of England (1509)
• flying saucer: Kenneth Arnold described UFOs he had seen near Mt. Rainier, Washington, as "saucers skipping across the water" (1947); the Roswell Report closed the case on other alleged sightings of UFOs near Roswell, New Mexico (1997)
• Berlin blockade: Soviet Union prevented delivery of supplies to Berlin; Allied forces began the Berlin airlift in response (1948)
• FTC: required that a message be placed on all cigarette packages to warn consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health (1964)

Birthdays

• E.I. Du Pont 1771
• Ambrose Bierce 1842
• Jack Dempsey 1895
• Irving Kaufman 1910
• Norman Cousins 1912
• John Ciardi 1916
• Al Molinaro 1919
• Manny Albam 1922
• Billy Casper 1931
• Peter Hamill 1935
• Michele Lee 1942
• Mick Fleetwood (Fleetwood Mac) 1942
• Georg Stanford Brown 1943
• Arthur Brown 1944
• Jeff Beck (Yardbirds) 1944
• John ‘Charlie’ Whitney (Family) 1944
• Colin Blunstone 1945
• Ellison S. Onizuka 1946
  Patrick Moraz (musician: Yes, Moody Blues) 1948
• John Illsley (Dire Straits) 1949
• Nancy Allen 1950
• Derrick Simpson (Black Uhuru) 1950
• Astro (UB40) 1957
• Andrew McCluskey (OMD) 1959
• Curt Smith (Tears For Fears) 1961
• Danielle Spencer 1965
• Sherry Stringfield 1967
• Jeff Cease (The Black Crowes) 1967
• Glenn Medeiros 1970
• Minka Kelly 1980
  Erin Moriarty 1994 (Starlight from The Boys)
  

  

  

  

  

 

  

 

 

 

  

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

glib \ glib \ , adjective; 

1. readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers . 
2. easy or unconstrained, as actions or manners. 
3. Archaic . agile; spry. 

Origin: Glib is a shortening of a now-obsolete word glibbery , which meant "slippery."

cucuy

• "El cucuy" is about the equivelant to the boogie man, but is much scarier. Contrary to what people believe its not just the MEXICAN boogieman, many different Spanish speaking countries tell stories about the Cucuy. Some say that the Cucuy lives in the closet.

"Te va a comer el Cucuy"

"The Cucuy is gonna eat you"

History

• Joan of Arc: led her army into Orléans in victory over the English (1429)
• Dachau: concentration camp was liberated by US soldiers (1945)
• Naomi Uemura: became the first person to reach the North Pole alone; he traveled by sled dog (1978)
• Los Angeles race riots: began after the acquittal of police officers accused of beating Rodney King (1992)
• space walk: astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev stepped out together on first joint US-Russian walk in space (1997)
• Rent: Rock musical opened on Broadway; the Manhattan-set retelling of La bohème went on to win several Tonys, a Pulitzer and many other awards (1996)

Birthdays

• Alexander II (Alexander the Liberator) 1745 - Czar of the Russian Empire from 1855 to 1881
• William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher,
• Sir Thomas Beecham 1879 - British conductor
• Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy) 1899 - Composer, pianist, big band leader
• Hirohito (Emperor Showa) 1901 - 124th Japanese emperor, emperor from 1926 to 1989
• Tom Ewell 1909 - Actor ("The Girl Can't Help It," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Baretta")
• Richard Carlson 1912 - Actor, director, screenwriter
• Donald Mills 1915 - Musician (The Mills Brothers)
• Celeste Holm 1919 - Actress
• Danny Davis 1925 - Musician (The Nashville Brass)
• Carl Gardner 1928 - Musician (The Coasters)
• Lonnie Donegan 1931 - Musician
• Rod McKuen 1933 - Poet
• Keith Baxter 1933 - Actor
• Otis Rush 1934 - Musician
• Luis Aparicio 1934 - Baseball player
• Lane Smith 1936 - Actor ("Red Dawn," "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman")
• April Stevens 1936 - Singer
• Zubin Mehta 1936 - Conductor
• Duane Allen 1943 - Singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• Richard Kline 1944 - Actor ("Three's Company")
• Tammi Terrell 1945 - Singer
• Tommy James 1947 - Musician (The Shondells)
• Francis Rossi 1949 - Musician (Status Quo)
• Dale Earnhardt 1951 - Father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.
• Kate Mulgrew 1955 - Actress ("Star Trek: Voyager")
• Jerry Seinfeld 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Seinfeld")
• Daniel Day-Lewis 1957 - Actor
• Michelle Pfeiffer 1957 - Actress

  
• Eve Plumb 1958 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
• Mark Kendall 1958 - Musician (Great White)
• Stephanie Bentley 1963 - Country musician
• Carnie Wilson 1968 - Singer (Wilson Phillips)
• Michael Timmins 1969 - Musician (Cowboy Junkies)
• Master P (Percy Miller) 1970 - Rapper
• Uma Thurman 1970 - Actress ("Pulp Fiction")
• Andre Agassi 1970 - Tennis player
• James Bonamy 1972 - Country Musician
• Mike Hogan 1973 - Musician (Cranberries)
  Zuzka Light 1982 (Susanna Spears)
  
• Tommie Harris 1983 - Football player
• Zane Carney 1985 - Actor 
  Katherine Langford 1996 - actress
  

 

 

    

  

 

 

  

 

  

Sunday, April 5, 2026

noetic \ noh-ET-ik \ , adjective; 

1. of or pertaining to the mind. 
2. originating in or apprehended by the reason.

Origin: From the Greek noētikós meaning "intelligent," noetic has been used by English speakers since the mid-1600s.

April Fools Paranoia

• When someone is so obsessed by April Fools, they don't trust anyone and don't believe in anything on that day, or even the days before or thereafter.

-Hey man, wanna go see a movie tomorrow? 

-Haha, I see what you did there, you almost had me! 

-Dude, stop with this April Fools paranoia, I'm serious!

  

Holiday

• Easter: Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament

History

• Pocahontas: Algonquian princess married English colonist John Rolfe, a tobacco planter (1614)
• veto: was used by a US president for 1st time — by George Washington; it was another half century before Congress first overrode a presidential veto (1792)
• manual alphabet: Anne Sullivan breaks through to Helen Keller when she spells "water" into her hand (1887)
• Akashi Kaikyō Bridge: Japanese "Pearl Bridge" opened; it links Kobe to Awaji Island and, at 1,991 meters or 6,532 feet, is the world's longest suspension bridge (1998)

Birthdays 

• Thomas Hobbes 1588
• Elihu Yale 1649
• Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash)
• Robert Smalls 1839
• Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery)
• Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]")
• Melvyn Douglas (Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg) 1901 - Actor ("Ghost Story", "Being There")
• Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?")
• Jagjivan Ram 1908 - Political leader in India
• Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
• Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis)
• Robert Q. Lewis 1921 - Comedian, TV quiz show panelist ("What's My Line", "To Tell the Truth")
• Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie")
• Stan Levey 1925 - Drummer (in band with Charlie Parker), composer
• Roger Corman 1926 - Director
• Tony Williams 1928 - Singer (Platters)
• Nigel Hawthorne 1929 - Actor ("Richard III", "Demolition")
• Cowboy Jack Clement 1931
• Billy Bland 1932 - Singer
• Frank Gorshin 1934 - Impressionist, actor ("Batman", "The Great Imposter")
  

  
• Stanley Turrentine 1934 - Saxophone player
• Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Ronnie White - Singer (The Miracles)
• Tommy Cash 1940 - Songwriter, country singer, brother of Johnny Cash
• David LaFlamme 1941
• Michael Moriarty 1941 - Actor ("Windmills of the Gods")
• Peter Greenaway 1942 - Director, writer
• Allan Clark 1942 - Singer (The Hollies)
• Maxwell Gail 1943 - Actor ("Barney Miller")
• Crispin St. Peters 1944
• Dave Holland 1944 - Musician (Judas Priest)
• Doug Favell 1945 - Hockey player
• Jane Asher 1946 - Actress
• Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut
• Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA)
• Marv Bateman 1950 - Football player
• Rennie (Renaldo Antonio Porte) Stennett 1951 - Baseball player
• Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
• Mitch Pileggi 1952 - actor, The X-Files
• Peter Greenway 1952
• Peter Case 1954 - Musician (Plimsouls)
• Stan Ridgeway 1954 - Musician (Wall of Voodoo)
• Mike McCready 1966 - Musician (Pearl Jam)
• Troy Gentry 1967 - Country singer
• Paula Cole 1968 - Singer
• Krista Allen 1971 - hottie
• Pharrel Williams 1973 - Rapper

  

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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