Saturday 1/20/24
Sunday 1/21/24
Celebrate:
Camcorder Day
International Day of Acceptance
National Buttercrunch Day
National Cheese Lovers Day
National Coffee Break Day
National Disc Jockey Day
National Use Your Gift Card Day
Penguin Awareness Day
Take a Walk Outdoors Day
Sunday
International Playdate Day
National Granola Bar Day
National Hugging Day
National Hyaluronic Acid Day
National New England Clam Chowder Day
One-Liners Day
Own Your Own Home Day
Squirrel Appreciation Day
World Religion Day
World Snow Day
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It's so cold in Chicago, people are freezing their pants off. Well ok, not literally, but they are getting them wet and at -11 they freeze quickly and then they leave them stuck in the snow or in the street.
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Congratulations to the inductees to the Song Writers Hall of Fame.
REM
Donald Fagen & Walter Becker - Steely Dan
Timbaland
Tom Pitchford - writer of After All for Peter Cetera and Cher, All The Man That I Need for Whitney, and he also wrote the screenplay for Footloose and collaborated on the soundtrack.
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It used to be that each year on Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday, January 19th, a bescarfed man in a wide-brim hat would leave three roses and a half-drunk bottle of cognac on the poet’s grave in Baltimore. After a few recent no-shows, the tradition of the “Poe Toaster” was declared nevermore.
Both the origin story and identity of the “Poe Toaster” remain something of a mystery, but over the course of the last several decades, Poe groupies would gather after midnight and stand outside the grounds of Westminster Cemetery.
There have been notes through the years, one saying the tradition had passed down to a new generation. But nothing this year, and it's been on again off again singe 2010. But it might be completely dead now. (kind of like poe..nevermore)
Wonder if someone will pick up the tradition next year...probably a bunch of people will and it will be a mess of roses and half drunk bottles of cognac.
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Could the area you live in experience a "damaging earthquake" in the next 100 years? The U.S. Geological Survey released a map that shows what your chances are. They say 75% of the country is at risk.
37 U.S. states have experienced earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 during the last 200 years.
You'll be happy to know that our area is a very low chance.
No surprise, West Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii are big chances.
Odd higher chance at the intersections of Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
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Stumbled, by chance yesterday the launch of the next group of astronauts to the space station. It was kind of cool to see the rocket booster make it's return to the earth and land like a butterfly.
There will be more live TV at NASA.gov or Axiomspace.com.
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Tippi Hedren was 94 yesterday. from the movie "The Birds". Melanie Griffith's mother.
I just evoked her name when I came home the other day and there were billions of crows in the trees in my back yard. (ok not billions..but there were a lot!!!)
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Andrew McCarthy, you know from "Pretty in Pink" and "St. Elmo's Fire", made a documentary called "Brats" about the cultural phenomenon of the Brat Pack in the 1980s.
He says, quote, "The Brat Pack has cast a long shadow over my life and career. After all these years, I was curious to see how it had affected my fellow Brat Pack members. What I found was surprising and liberating."
Andrew interviewed other pack members like Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, and Jon Cryer. He also sat down with the "New York Magazine" writer who coined the term "Brat Pack" in a 1985 cover story.
A release date hasn't been announced yet, but it's expected to premiere on Hulu later this year.
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Sports fans are the most superstitious..players won't change socks if they are on a winning streak, won't shave, do the same thing before games...and Bills fans are no different.
The Bills are on a six-game winning streak. It started on December 10th, when they beat Kansas City.
Now, the Bills are getting a new stadium. Construction has already begun. But at the moment, it's basically just a huge PIT. And supposedly, before that game, a fan fell INTO THAT PIT.
Since Buffalo won the game, the Bills Mafia took that as a sign. And now, before EVERY game, at least one of them sacrifices him- or herself by jumping into the pit. And hey, so far, so good.
One guy who did a TikTok about the ritual pointed out a Tweet where a supposed source at a local emergency room claims that they've treated someone who jumped into the pit before each of the last six games.
This source claims that the local media ISN'T reporting these injuries. Probably to keep more people from doing it.
It's back to a game with the Kansas City Chiefs again this weekend..Sunday night. Go Bills.
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