Uh...

Worsening heart failure.

Just heard that phrase in the "fine print" bit of a drug commercial.

Wasn't aware that failure could get worse.  Kinda figured failure was an all or nothing kind of thing.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

Espargaro.

The name of a pair of Spanish motorcycle racing brothers, Aleix (MotoGP) and Pol (Moto2).  Hearing the announcer attempt to pronounce the name with his heavy southern accent is pretty hilarious.  He never manages the same one twice.  And never manages Ess-par-gar-oh.  Usually is off by a number of syllables.

Bonus Word(s) of the Day

slumgullion

n.,

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

doohickey

n.,

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

ninnyhammer

n.

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

Flibbertigibbet.

A Middle English word referring to a flighty or whimsical person, usually a young woman. In modern use, it is used as a slang term, especially in Yorkshire, for a gossipy or overly talkative person.

Good to know.

Thanks Dictionary.com

Cool Runnings

TV PG (L) 3 stars. '93. Jamaican bobsledders go to the 1988 Olympics. Starring: Leon, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, John Candy, Rawle D. Lewis, Raymond J. Barry. Director Jon Turteltaub.

And now for my timeliest review ever.

Actually, never seen this before, so I figured I'd give it a go.

Random cameo by Dr. Lee from Stargate.  This time playing the role of random Olympics registrar guy.  A little less bald than he is in later life.  Obviously.  Because it'd be weird if he were balder in this one.

And I'm pretty sure the West German guy was also on Stargate, but I'm drawing a blank on his character's name. I think it was the episode with Merrin, and the advanced Naquadah generator.

This Junior guy has an immensely square head.  The haircut/hairline isn't really doing him any favors.

Is it bad that I'm rooting for the Swiss team?

Also, one of the main characters is from that Alphas TV show on Syfy.  But that show is terrible.  So we won't be mentioning that...

Shark Week

TV14 (V,L) '12. Trapped on a madman's island, a group of people must survive a barrage of shark attacks. Starring: Patrick Bergin, Yancy Butler, Josh Allen, Erin Coker. From Unkown.

Syfy Saturday movie from 8/4.

I have never actually seen the Discovery Channel stuff that this is obviously steals its name from, but it is most certainly better than this piece of poo.

Produced by The Asylum.  So you know what that means...

They are marveling about the size of this shark.  Which they don't show for a while.  But then it turns out to be about 3 feet long.  Uh... OK...

It is movies like this that make me wonder why I subject myself to this particular brand of torture...

This movie needs to stop reusing the same footage over again.  Also, stop with the jump cuts.

In other news: worst minefield ever.

Today's Word(s) of the Day

Glandular