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OPEN POST: The Sunday Roast featuring the indispensable Cardboard Box

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  Getty   Happy Sunday, y'all! I awoke to the news that Vancouver has evicted crooked little techbro mayor Ken Sim, and my old friend Sean Orr has received more votes than any council member in history! Both very well-deserved. Nothing like starting your day with good news.  In other news, my life is currently nothing but boxes and bags and donations and empty closets and drawers. So for today's Sunday Roast we are featuring the unglamorous but indispensable cardboard box! Where would we be without them? As with so many useful items, it's an American invention, and a comparatively recent one at that, making its first appearance in 1871.  You can read up on the entire history at this unexpectedly fascinating packaging website .

Birthday Hors

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Curtis Stigers – American singer - 61 Sophie Thatcher - American actress and musician - 26 Barry Keoghan – Irish actor - 34 Tyler Posey – American actor and musician - 35 Toby Regbo – English actor - 35 Brittney Griner – American professional basketball player - 36 Carly Schroeder – American actress - 36 Zac Efron – American actor – 39 Andrew Garcia – American singer-songwriter - 41 Freida Pinto – Indian actress - 42 Esperanza Spalding – American bassist, singer-songwriter and composer - 42 Lindsay Vonn – American former alpine ski racer - 42 Josh Gracin – American singer - 46 Ne-Yo – American singer-songwriter - 47 Mike Tindall – English former professional rugby player and member of The Firm - 48 Baby Bash – American rapper - 51 Joy Bryant – American actress, businesswoman and model - 52 Vincent Spano – American actor, film director and producer - 64 Wynton Marsalis – American trumpeter, composer and music instructor - 65 Jean-Claude Van Damme – Belgian martial artist,...

OPEN POST: Prince in the Fall!

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  Please enjoy this autumnal photo of Prince, taken by Herb Ritts in 1991.

Birthday Hors

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Montgomery Clift - American actor - (1920-1966) Jacob Artist - American actor, singer and dancer - 34 Max Irons - English and Irish actor - 41 Daniel Booko - American actor and model - 43 Felicity Jones - British actress - 43 Cameron Esposito - American actress and comedian - 45 Holly Holm - American mixed martial artist - 45 Angel Parker - American actress - 46 Kimi Räikkönen - Finnish race car driver - 47 Matthew Macfadyen - English actor - 52 Eminem - American rapper, songwriter and record producer - 54 Sharon Leal - American actress and singer - 54 Chris Kirkpatrick - American singer - songwriter - 55 Nancy Sullivan - American actress and comedian - 57 Wyclef Jean - Haitian rapper and musician - 57 Ziggy Marley - Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician - 58 René Dif of Aqua - Danish musician, singer-songwriter, DJ and actor - 59 Mark Gatiss - English actor and comedian - 60 Mike Judge - American actor, animator, filmmaker and musician - 64 Rob Marshall - American directo...

OPEN POST: Pleasures of the Sea

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Pleasures of the Sea, c. 1960-1970 Richard E. Howard

Birthday Hors

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Bob Weir - American musician, songwriter, member of the Grateful Dead - (1947-2026) Naomi Osaka - Japanese professional tennis player - 29 Jedward - Irish singing and television presenting duo - 35 Caterina Scorsone - Canadian-American actress - 45 Jeremy Jackson - American actor and singer - 46 Jasmine Masters - American drag queen, internet celebrity, stand-up comedian - 49 John Mayer - American singer- songwriter and guitarist - 49 Kellie Martin - American actress - 51 Terri J. Vaughn - American actress, director and producer - 57 Wendy Wilson - American singer, tv personality, member of the Wilson Phillips - 57 Davina McCall - English tv presenter - 59 Flea - Australian-American musician and actor - 64 Durga McBroom - American singer - 64 Kim Wayans - American actress - 65 Gary Kemp - English songwriter and musician, member of Spandau Ballet - 67 Tim Robbins - American actor, director and producer - 68 Tony Carey - American singer-songwriter, musician and composer - 73 David Zuc...

September's Shitbag of the Month is....

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  Mr. Impartial, Ed Sheeran! With 42% of your votes, the ginger singer took the Shitbag crown for September. Closely behind is Clavicular with 38%, followed by Rick Ross (11%), Sydney Sweeney (5%) and Sunny Hostin (4%). Thank you for your votes and comments! See you next month! Image source: Apple TV/Getty

OPEN POST: Caption This Relaxed Boris Karloff

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 You know what to do.  Do it in the comments section. Universal   From "The Bride of Frankenstein", taking a break between takes on the operating table.    

Birthday Hors

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Tanya Roberts - American actress - (1955-2021) Bailee Madison - American and Canadian actress, singer-songwriter - 27 Vincent Martella - American actor - 34 Anthony Joshua - British professional boxer - 37 Paul Walter Hauser - American actor and professional wrestler - 40 Jessie Ware - English singer-songwriter - 42 Keyshia Cole - American singer-songwriter - 45 Roxane Gay - American writer and professor - 52 Paul Logan - American actor, model, martial artist - 53 Ginuwine - American singer-songwriter - 56 Paige Davis - American tv personality and actress - 57 Kimberly Schlapman - American actress - 57 Dominic West - English actor, director and musician - 57 Vanessa Marcil - American actress - 58 Eric Benet - American singer-songwriter and muician - 60 Sarah Ferguson - British member of The Firm - 67 Emeril Lagasse - American celebrity chef, restaurateur, tv personality, author - 67 Todd Solondz - American filmmaker and playwright - 67 Mira Nair - Indian-American filmmaker - 69...

OPEN POST: When Life Gives Ya Lemons...

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...they say you gotta make lemonade . Well, I don't have any lemons, and I'm all out of taco shells. Sometimes you have to improvise--in this case, by using nacho cheese corn chips to make some truly splendiferous nachos!  What does any of this have to do with that poor, misused '63 Mercury up top? Heck if I know, but hop in and get over here, these nachos are delicious and while we're eating, you can tell us all about  your day--after all, it's Open Post, darlings! Photo Credits: AK

Birthday Hors

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Harry Anderson - American actor, comedian and musician - (1952-2018) Rowan Blanchard - American actress - 25 Lourdes Leon - American singer and actress - 30 MacKenzie Mauzy - American actress - 38 Christine Quinn - American actress - 38 Max Thieriot - American actor - 38 Pia Toscano - American singer - 38 Jay Pharoah - American comedian and actor - 39 Skyler Shaye - American actress - 40 Ben Whishaw - English actor - 46 Stacy Keibler - American retired professional wrestler - 47 Usher - American singer-songwriter and dancer - 48 Natalie Maines - American musician - 52 Jon Seda - American actor - 56 Steve Coogan - British comedian, actor and screenwriter - 61 Karyn White - American singer - 61 Lori Petty - American actress and director - 63 Isaac Mizrahi - American fashion designer and actor - 65 Thomas Dolby - English musician and record producer - 68 Greg Evigan - American actor - 73 Joey Travolta - American actor - 76 Justin Hayward - English musician - 80 Cliff Richard - Bri...

OPEN POST: Jessica Lange Had to Drive Herself Home!

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Celebs: they're just like us! They have to drive themselves home after a long day of work! Jessica Lange recently sat on a panel at PaleyFest and shared that she and her fellow actors had to drive themselves home from the set during earlier seasons of FX's American Horror Story . "We would drive ourselves home at like 4 or 5 in the morning, park on some street in the French Quarter, and find our way home," Lange said. She was presumably talking about season 3 of the show, where Lange played a witch alongside Sarah Paulson, who was also on the panel. Paulson laughed when Lange shared he grievance, and Lange went on to say that FX was "too fucking cheap" to provide the stars with cars or drivers at the time. What do you think, Peckers? Is Lange being a little whiney, or do you see her point? On one hand, lord knows FX could have afforded a driver for the stars and it could easily have been budgeted for. On the other, many normies work 12-hour shifts in hospita...

Birthday Hors

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Yves Montand - Italian-French actor and singer - (1921-1991) Noah Crawford - American actor and singer - 32 Lumidee - American singer-songwriter - 42 Courtney Lopez - American actress - 44 Ian Thorpe - Australian retired swimmer - 44 Kele Okereke - English singer-songwriter and musician - 45 Ashanti - American singer-songwriter and actress - 46 Paul Pierce - American former professional basketball player - 49 Kiele Sanchez - American actress - 49 Billy Bush - American radio and tv host - 55 Sacha Baron Cohen - English actor - 55 Serena Altschul - American broadcast journalist - 56 Paul Potts - English tenor - 56 Rhett Akins - American singer-songwriter - 57 Nancy Kerrigan - American former figure skater - 57 Tisha Campbell - American actress and singer - 58 Kate Walsh - American actress - 59 Matt Walsh - American comedian and actor - 62 Jerry Rice - American former professional football player - 64 Doc Rivers - American basketball coach - 65 Joey Belladonna - American singer, ...

OPEN POST: Manor Music Monday With Danger Girl Film-Noir Music!

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Greetings, music sloots, and welcome to another edition of Music Manor Monday, today served with hair-raising peril and moody, heart-stopping music. By the way, have you noticed how DJ Li'l Scratch only appears in black-and-white? Sorry, there's no work around for this, no matter how colorful the setting you may find him in. As a hard-boiled creature of night and shadow, he will always look as if he's just stepped out of a film-noir crime-drama. Hissss!   I've always had a special place in my chilled heart for film-noir (and for  John Garfield , the ultimate dumb-luck hunk). And yet it's not just the skewed camera angles, concealing shadows, tempting femme fatales or nefarious storylines that have pulled me in. The music adds to the fun, and most of it makes for great listening (even out of context). Take Elmer Bernstein's landmark, daddy-o jazz score for 1955's "Man With The Golden Arm, " which is both rhythmic and menacing, a stunning innovation...

PECKERWOOD'S WEEKLY LUNOCRACY POST! For the Week of 10/12/2026!

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