A random thread of absolute randomness...

[kejedo]

Okies were mentioned in several movies. including Officer and a Gentleman, The theme song for that 1982 film is "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes.

 

 

[kejedo]

Some single songs, like Morning After, have won duplicate awards for different artists or producers. 

 

[kejedo]

Billie Eilish’s ‘Barbie’ Ballad has become the 10th Song to Win Both Oscar & Grammy

 

 

Edited Saturday at 08:11 PM by kejedo

[kejedo]

Gary Sinise became known as a Forest Gump actor. He has won a Tony Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Actor Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award. He has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2011 he started the Gary Sinese Foundation.

 

[kejedo]

Australian actors famous in the U.S. include Cate Blanchett, Nicoole Kidman Margot Robbie, Toni Collette, Elizabeth Debicki, and Robert Irwin. 

 

[Ostria]

On 5/27/2026 at 3:49 PM, kejedo said:

Beautiful pet. My dog is a faithful companion. I haven't had a cat since my allergies worsened. I  am grateful for the blessings of nature.

 

 During the new system u can become a crazy cat lady like me <3

[Tortuga]

3 minutes ago, Ostria said:

 During the new system u can become a crazy cat lady like me ❤️

You have crazy cats?

🤔

[Ostria]

On 5/27/2026 at 4:37 PM, hybridxer0 said:

ah, the inferior product, lol -- I would always hate when my parents got FA instead of KA. As an adult, I can appreciate my parents trying to find cost-effective ways to make sure we didn't "miss out", but at the time it felt like a betrayal getting Peter Pan peanut butter instead of JIF 😄 

 

Koolaid and Maruchan were the only name brand my mom got when i was growing up, but i think the difference between the knock offs were maybe a penny or two. I used to think the parents that got the knock offs as cheap. Nah i put those generic honey crackers in the Honey Maid box, and my kid had Crazy art crayons lol

3 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

You have crazy cats?

🤔

Dealing with me you tend to lose a few brain cells 🤣🤣🤣

[kejedo]

Jackie Robinson was not the first Major leaguer  of African descent he was the first to  have a season contract. Before 1885 at least three African-American men played in the major leagues: William Edward White, played one game for the Providence Grays in 1879; Moses Fleetwood Walker, played for the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association between May 1 and September 4, 1884; and his brother, Weldy Walker, played five games with the Toledo club between July 15 and August 6, 1884.

 

[pnutts]

We had a get together put on by one of our elders. It is a yearly family tradition. He belongs to a band of brothers whose fist letter of their names is name of the band that played.

They did a circle form of a line dance.

I asked him later if it was a spaghetti line dance ( he is of Italian descent ).

At first he was puzzled until I mention spaghetti westerns then he laughed and said Maybe.

[kejedo]

Nelson Mandela's first wife was our Spiritual Sister.

 

[kejedo]

On hot days, growing up around Boston, my grandparents mentioned the smell of molasses. They were alive in 1919 when the great molasses flood occurred. A large tank of over one million gallons of molasses exploded causing extreme damage and lasting memories. 

 

[kejedo]

The new England State of Vermont was an independent Republic for 15 years before becoming the Fourteenth of the United States, 1791.

 

[kejedo]

12 minutes ago, kejedo said:

The new England State of Vermont was an independent Republic for 15 years before becoming the Fourteenth of the United States, 1791.

 

It is among six US states that were once considered a separate nation or republic.

 

[kejedo]

2 minutes ago, kejedo said:

It is among six US states that were once considered a separate nation or republic.

 

Vermont has had a strong French influence from Quebec, Canada, but the French language is no longer strong there. Maine, where I lived for about 20 years, has the most French language in use.

 

[kejedo]

I intend to listen on Qapla's next zoom-chat to see if the New England accent is observable. I have read  that the Boston accent is dying off. Sigh! I don't think I express it much anymore, but my late husband held on to his  accent. I used to have to translate for him after he ordered at restaurants. 

Actors who tried to duplicate that nuance never sounded authentic, to me. Nobody ever spoke like the Kennedys did, imo.

 

[kejedo]

I read that the Kennedy family took elocution lessons to pronounce the way they do (or did.)

 

[kejedo]

        "souse" figuratively, is often used as slang to describe someone who is thoroughly "soaked" in alcohol. I used that word in the only rhyming piece of a book I wrote. Previously, I had that book's text available here, as an attachment on talk net. If I get the PDF from an older computer, I might attach it, again b/c I have been asked about it.  

                                     "Souse in the House"

          There's a souse that lives in our house; it's hard to know which one

             Sometimes it's our Dad, sometimes it's our Mum.

           Grandpa has a hangover; Grandma's fond of tippling.

            Growing up in our house could produce emotional crippling.

           Uncle is a pedophile, Auntie keeps denying

             Makes up lies and testifies 'gainst every kid he's eyeing.

            Childhood's a battlefield; the grownups are all keyed up'

               Young ones acting up beat, when all of us were beat up.

             A Matchstick Girl once lived there, although the shrapnel knicked her

                She made the choice and found the voice

                                           From victimized to Victor.