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Today we celebrate JRR Tolkien Day! "Yes" It's the author of The Lord Of The Rings trilogies Birthday!
And you’re encouraged to toast him in celebration. You may remember from the story that Frodo toasts his Uncle Bilbo on Bilbo’s birthday every year. Now, over sixty years after the trilogy’s original publication, The Tolkien Society asks fans to honor Tolkien’s birth, which itself was January 3, 1892. Come up with a few words of adulation on your own, or use the official Society phrase: “The Professor!” If you want to celebrate J.R.R. Tolkien Day with a few extra meals in addition to the toast, in true hobbit fashion, Frodo would certainly approve!
So today ask yourself what would Frodo do???
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| Julie Andrews & Dick Van Dyke Mary Poppins |
It's the first Friday of 2026 and there is one word that best describes it, I bet you can guess what that word is...
It's supercalifragilisticexpialidociousEven though the sound of it is something quite atrociousIf you say it loud enough you'll always sound precociousSupercalifragilisticexpialidociousUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-IUm-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
You tell em' Mary Poppins!
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"Can't stop, comin' in hot"
Michael Shinafelt
"So raise your glass if you are wrong
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| Michael Shinafelt |
2025 was a rough year and were still standing. 2026 will more than likely prove equally as challenging.
Remember the chutzpah that got you through last year? Well you'll need more of that this year to be certain.
Be Fearless Minions!
Happy New Year!
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Heading into 2026 what John Waters says echoes my sentiments 100%.
"Yes" these are the things I find shocking as well. Not to mention the not funny actions and other things that go hand in hand with them.
There's got to be a morning after, or something.
WERD!
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| Wanted Noise |
Pacific Beach punk mainstays Wanted Noise are kicking off 2026 early with their explosive new single “Burn The Time Away,” out January 6. The track marks the first taste of the band’s upcoming studio album Easy Listening and adds a deeper emotional punch to their signature skate-punk, surf-punk, SoCal-bred sound.
Formed in 2014, Wanted Noise have carved out their own lane within Southern California’s alternative music scene, blending high-energy punk with the genre-blurring influences that first defined them. The band has performed everywhere from Baja, Mexico up the U.S. West Coast to Vancouver, Canada, and across to Arizona and Colorado—sharing stages with The Ataris, Punk Rock Karaoke, and appearing at the 2025 Punk Rock Rodeo headlined by Guttermouth. In recent years they launched their own DIY touring concept, “Hit the Slopes, Hit the Stage,” a punk-rock snowboarding tour that pushes their dream of combining music, surf trips, and mountain weekends into a full-time reality.
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The band first earned critical attention with their 2017 release Plate Lunch. In a 2020 San Diego Reader feature, journalist Dryw Keltz described Wanted Noise as “a throwback to the free-for-all attitude that bands such as The Minutemen personified,” noting that while their songs sit comfortably under the punk umbrella, “the influences at play are what set them apart.” Guitarist/vocalist Suri Sherman likened the record’s multi-genre personality to “a plate lunch where you’ve got your beans, meat, and veggies… a little sampler of everything.”
After releasing their skate-punk driven album Next Generation in 2022, Wanted Noise are now gearing up for Easy Listening, their most fully realized project to date.
Facebook: facebook.com/wantednoiseca
Instagram: instagram.com/wantednoiseca
Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0ky0RnLH6ovRHbeKp71uuY
Bandcamp: wantednoise.bandcamp.com
Let's make a habit of catching ideas. They are the things that dreams are made of...
Why not fall in love?
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| Michael Shinafelt & Friend |
One of my favorites songs of 2025 is Pussy Palace by Lily Allen. I love Lily Allen, she's so direct and raw lyrically.
So me and my Pussy are here to pay homage to this killer song...2026 is just around the corner. Are you ready for it???
Sharon Stone
“The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.”
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Frank-N-Furter
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
"How d'you do, I
See you've met myFaithful handymanHe's just a little brought down becauseWhen you knockedHe thought you were the candy man"- Sweet Transvestite, The Rocky Horror Picture Show
"Naughty"
Michael Shinafelt
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
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| Jive Talkin' |
While this scene from Airplane! (1980) probably wouldn't fly today (pun intended) it is a comedy classic. Do in no small part that Barbara Billingsley who played "Jive Lady" is one of the whitest women ever!
In case you aren't in the loop Ms. Billingsley played June Cleaver, the whitest Mom ever on Leave It To Beaver for six seasons. The show ran from October 4, 1967 - June 20, 1963. Google it Minions.
Everyone needs a laugh, especially these days. Hit the scene after the jump for some Jive Talkin'!
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| Keke Palmer |
Hello Monday before Christmas, most people like myself are like WTF?! Where did the time go I can't believe it's here already! "Yes" this Thursday is the big "C" as I'm sure you are aware.
Ms. Keke Palmer as the Bride Of Frankenstein is here to represent my Current Mood.
The expression on her face says it all.
What's that you say? Her look can be interpreted as disbelief, stress or fear, etc. That is correct Minions, it can be all those so I guess you'll have to assign your own take on it. Because I'll never spill which point of view is mine.
This leaves it open for you to project your own thoughts and feelings.
Get the look! 3 more days until Christmas is here!
Keke on IG -
There's No Way I'm Turning Back
Michael Shinafelt
"Feels so good being bad (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
There's no way I'm turning back (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)Now the pain is for pleasure'Cause nothing can measure (oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
Cleopatra Entertainment is excited to announce the Jan 20th release of House Sitter on digital video, from Reaper Films.
I didn't watch the Me, Me, Me, Me fest the other night. Because I respect myself too much to subject myself to that kind of tomfoolery.
For those of you who have any interest in such utter nonsense here we have Ralphie from A Christmas Story with his Trump gibberish decoder ring.
As you may recall in the classic movie it is actually a Little Orphan Annie decoder ring. You're welcome.
Sign O' The Times...
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| Today I Turn 60...Happy Birthday To Me! Michael Shinafelt |
I turn 60 today, it's not anything like I thought it would be. It's better!
Of course I talk to myself. I need expert advice, that's all
You're so weird, don't change
Yesterday I had a Pre-Birthday celebration lunch with my friend Julie at The Cheesecake Factory in Beverly Hills, the more you know
Don't forget getting a tree and decorating it is witchcraft, not to mention all sorts of fun!
What's my favorite Period film? "Carrie" think about it, but not too much
Stop pretending you're not magical, right here, right now
I got a really cool Wicked T-Shirt in the mail from my friend Karen for my Birthday yesterday. It has embroidered Flying Monkeys on it! And aren't you happy? I know I am!!!
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Woman Crush of the Week - Amanda Seyfried I love her for standing her ground and refusing to apologize for calling Charlie Kirk hateful
Speaking of Amanda seeing The Housemaid with her and Sydney Sweeney tomorrow, can't wait!
Gomez Addams was the best television Dad. He had nothing but love and support for his whole family. Fight me.
No one is too old for fairy tales. Trust me at 60 I can honestly state this.
I was today years old when I realized it's called DisnyLAnd because it's in LA and it's called DisneywORld because it's in Orlando
Today I am hitting the historic Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, CA for a Birthday lunch. I've never been and I'm going to get my photo taken with the Big Boy.
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Dawn Davenport Is Angry
"My parents better get me them cha-cha heels I asked for, that's all I can say..." ~ Dawn Davenport in John Waters Female Trouble
John Waters Female Trouble is a Christmas movie, fight me! After all Dawn Davenport (Divine) asked for cha-cha heels for Christmas and gets angry enough to throw a tantrum when she doesn't get them by stomping on all the other gifts and throwing her mother into their family Christmas Tree (now that's entertainment!) What is more heart warming than that? I ask you? Yeah, I know you don't have an answer.
Thus let us Hump Day & Chill and bask in the glory of the season with Dawn Davenport and her Christmas Spirit!
IYKYK
"Please, Dawn! Not on Christmas!" - Mrs. Davenport (Betty Woods)
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