Wednesday 1/25/23
Celebrate:
A Room of One's Own Day
Burns Supper
Fluoride Day
Library Shelfie Day
National Irish Coffee Day
National Opposite Day
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The strange and sentimental film “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led among the films nominated for the 95th Academy Awards on Tuesday, scoring 11 nominations. “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “The Banshees of Inisherin” followed with nine nominations each.
Blockbusters “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” each landed nominations for best film, and there is plenty of star power among the nominees. Both Rihanna and Lady Gaga were nominated in the original song category.
Congratulations to Michelle Yeoh as she becomes the first Asian actress nominated for Best Actress since 1935.
Nice to see that most are available to see on your TV. Check out this list.
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The ketchup we slather onto hot dogs, burgers, and fries today once had a different purpose: Doctors believed it was best consumed as a health tonic. Ketchup has come a long way from its roots in China as far back as the third century BCE, when cooks fermented seafood to create a salty, amber-colored sauce that resembles modern fish sauce (an anchovy-based condiment that adds umami flavor to many Asian dishes).
By around the 16th century, British sailors had taken word of ketchup back to their home country, and British cooks tried to replicate it with their own versions made from walnuts and mushrooms. It’s not clear exactly when tomatoes came on the scene, though the first known tomato ketchup recipe appeared around 1812, published by Philadelphia horticulturist James Mease.
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The Food and Drug Administration has proposed rolling out future Covid-19 vaccines much like annual flu shots, with a new strain targeted each year and medically vulnerable people receiving an extra dose. It's an acknowledgment from the FDA that after three years and more than 1.1 million deaths in the U.S., the virus continues to mutate and spread.
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What a time to be alive. Tucker Carlson and other conservative pundits whipped up so much outrage over new backstories for the fictitious personas of M&M’S
that Mars Wrigley has shelved the "spokescandies" to welcome "a spokesperson America can agree on: the beloved Maya Rudolph."
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A while back I had a story about Korea and how they were all going to get a bit older since they had different ages depending on how they looked at it. Well -
People on TikTok are freaking out after realizing they've been calculating their birthday wrong. You might actually be OLDER than you think.
An influencer posted a five-second video about it last week that's racked up millions of views.
It basically boils down to this: When you turn a certain age, you're not actually starting that age, you're finishing it.
For example, if you just turned 39, it means you've finished your 39th year . . . and you're currently in year forty.
My dad did this all the time..you're starting your 40th year. (he also liked $2 bills so he was an instegator.)
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Panic! at the Disco, the emo-pop band that began in 2004, is ending its run after seven albums and nearly two decades.
Brendon Urie, the band's frontman and last remaining original member, made the announcement on Instagram Tuesday. The post said the band's upcoming European tour for the 2022 album Viva Las Vengeance will be its last.
In the post, he also announced that his wife is pregnant with their first child.
"I am going to bring this chapter of my life to an end and put my focus and energy on my family," Urie wrote.
No surprise since it's really been a solo project since 2013.
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You can improve your personal and professional relationships by using the trick called the 5-to-1 Ratio that's the key to keeping everyone happy and satisfied.
Basically, for every one negative interaction, you need five positive ones.
They don't have to be big interactions or gestures . . . even something like a smile or a joke is enough. You just need to make sure you have five good things happen for every one bad thing.
And this works for marriages . . . friendship . . . and professional situations. As long as the positive-to-negative ratio is 5-to-1, you'll be all good.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - There's a regulation in Connecticut that says a pickle has to be able to BOUNCE to be legally classified as a pickle.
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