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I was a young man when Lynda Carter was starring as Wonder Woman and you can bet I watched every episode twice.
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I was a young man when Lynda Carter was starring as Wonder Woman and you can bet I watched every episode twice.
Add 78's, 45's, 33 1/3's, VHS tapes and music cassettes to the above, you'll have my house, along with magazine back issues.
The 48-year-old star gushed about some of the things she loves about living in Tennessee while speaking with Fox News Digital. “Tennessee is a total quality of life improvement. It’s gorgeous, I love the seasons,” McKellar told the outlet.
“I grew up in Southern California and I love LA, and I love California. But I have to say, the seasons are really something else. I love watching the leaves change colors, and I love it when it gets cold. And I love when it’s really hot, humid.”
She continued, “Maybe it’s some sort of honeymoon period. I’ve been there about a year now, but I love all the seasons.”
“I am just as busy in Tennessee as I was in Los Angeles because so much of everything that I do is virtual, online, preparing for projects,” McKellar said. “I shoot my movies mostly in Canada. But I like to say that my view out the window is a lot prettier. And when I have to drive some place, it’s just a gorgeous drive.”
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“I grew up in Southern California and I love LA, and I love California. But I have to say, the seasons are really something else. I love watching the leaves change colors, and I love it when it gets cold. And I love when it’s really hot, humid.”
She continued, “Maybe it’s some sort of honeymoon period. I’ve been there about a year now, but I love all the seasons.”
“I am just as busy in Tennessee as I was in Los Angeles because so much of everything that I do is virtual, online, preparing for projects,” McKellar said. “I shoot my movies mostly in Canada. But I like to say that my view out the window is a lot prettier. And when I have to drive some place, it’s just a gorgeous drive.”
‘The Wonder Years’ Star Danica McKellar Discusses ‘Quality Of Life Improvement’ After Moving To Red State
Actress Danica McKellar of “The Wonder Years” fame is just another celebrity who’s embracing life outside of Los Angeles. The 48-year-old star gushed about some of the things she loves about living in Tennessee while speaking with Fox News Digital. “Tennessee is a total quality of life...
This Halloween: What Does It Mean To Call Something 'Spooky'?
So, you're at your friend's elaborately decorated Halloween party. There are cobwebs hanging from the ceiling, bloody handprints on the wall, a frothing potion brewing on the stove. It's creepy! And scary! But is it ... spooky?
Sure, "spook" can refer to a ghost. It can refer to a spy. But as many of us know, it's also, sometimes, a racial slur for black people. One of our Ask Code Switch readers wrote in to ask about the etiquette of using words like spook and spooky.
During this, the season of murder mysteries and haunted hayrides, is it insensitive to say that you were spooked?
So here's the deal: Spook comes from the Dutch word for apparition, or specter. The noun was first used in English around the turn of the nineteenth century. Over the next few decades, it developed other forms, like spooky, spookish, and of course, the verb, to spook.
From there, it seems, the word lived a relatively innocuous life for many years, existing in the liminal space between surprise and mild fear.
It wasn't until World War II that spook started to refer to black people. The black Army pilots who trained at the Tuskegee Institute were referred to as the "Spookwaffe" — waffe being the German word for weapon, or gun. (Luftwaffe was the name of the German air force).
Once the word "spook" was linked to blackness, it wasn't long before it became a recognizable — if second-tier — slur.
Before You Use the Word 'Spooky' You Should Know Its Racist Origins
spooky | Etymology of spooky by etymonline
"frightening;" by 1889, "easily frightened," from spook (n. or v.) + -y (2). Related:… See origin and meaning of spooky.
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spooky (adj.)
1854, "frightening;" by 1889, "easily frightened," from spook (n. or v.) + -y (2). Related: Spookily; spookiness. Alternative spookish is by 1858 (American English) as "like a ghost."
Spooky action at a distance, a term used by Albert Einstein for what is now called "quantum entanglement," is by 1980, translating the original German spukhafte Fernwirkung.
also from 1854
spook (n.)
1801, "spectre, apparition, ghost," from Dutch spook, from Middle Dutch spooc, spoocke "a spook, a ghost," from a common Germanic source (German Spuk "ghost, apparition," Middle Low German spok "spook," Swedish spok "scarecrow," Norwegian spjok "ghost, specter," Danish spøg "joke"), a word of unknown origin.
OED finds "No certain cognates." According to Klein's sources, possible outside connections include Lettish spigana "dragon, witch," spiganis "will o' the wisp," Lithuanian spingu, spingėti "to shine," Old Prussian spanksti "spark." Century Dictionary writes "There is nothing to show any connection with Ir. puca, elf, sprite ...."
The meaning "undercover agent" is attested from 1942. The derogatory racial sense of "black person" is attested from 1945, perhaps from the notion of dark skin being difficult to see at night. Black pilots trained at Tuskegee Institute during World War II called themselves the Spookwaffe.
‘F*** You’: Sarah Silverman Slams Socialist Organization After It Blames Israel For Hamas Terrorist Attacks
The 52-year-old actress and comedian blasted the socialist organization on Tuesday in a post on Instagram to her 2 million followers, sharing a screenshot from the DSA National Political Committee that read, “DSA is steadfast in expressing our solidarity with Palestine,” and claimed that the attack was “a direct result of Israel’s apartheid regime — a regime that receives billions in funding from the United States. End the violence. End the Occupation. Free Palestine.”
WTF did she really expect from groups that constantly crap on Israel and wave the Flag of Palestine