1/29/26 - Quoth Nevermore, Apps, Carscrolling, and
- bribriny
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Thursday 1/29/26
Celebrate:
Curmudgeons Day
Freethinkers Day
National Carnation Day
National Corn Chip Day
National Puzzle Day
Seeing Eye Dog Day - the first guide dog school was founded in 1929.
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The British Talk Show host Graham Norton is trending after admitting on his podcast that he has "signed so many NDAs" regarding Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's upcoming wedding. While he’s playing coy, rumors are flying that the date is set for June 13, 2026, in Rhode Island. He did confirm that he got an invite.
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In a YouGov poll, they asked, What are the top apps you couldn’t live without?
Banking apps emerge as the most indispensable mobile applications for Americans, with 20% ranking them as their top priority. Messaging apps follow closely, with 19% of respondents placing them at the top of their list.
Navigation and social media apps tied for third.
Then Shopping, Entertainment Streamers, Work including e-mail, Mobile Games, Food related ones like DoorDash and Instacart, then Fitness and Health apps.
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"One Battle After Another" leads with 14 British Academy Film Awards nominations, the most of any film this year; "Sinners" follows with 13, the highest for any film by a Black director in BAFTA history; the ceremony is set for Feb. 22
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Finally, an app you don't have to have. How many times have you been walking around and seen a dinosaur footprint and wonder what dinosaur it was? Well there's now an app for that!
Thanks AI
It's a free app called DinoTracker that allows users to upload the silhouette of a footprint, explore the seven other footprints most similar to it and manipulate the footprint to see how varying the eight features can affect which other footprints are deemed most similar.
I'll just download that (cause I have to have all the apps, and put it on screen..how many can I go?? Maybe I'll just leave it in the library and pull it up if I need it.)
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Today's buzzword is Carscrolling. Yes, those minutes that you spend after you've gotten home, but don't exit the car yet.
One person said “Scrolling in your car is the one place you don’t have to be present with anyone but yourself.”
Another says it's my mobile She Shed.
One piece of advice..don't doomscroll which will actually add to your stress.
I don't really do this, but I have sat in the car to finish a song, news, or podcast if there isn't much time left.
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Buzzfeed sked: What’s a tiny inconvenience that completely ruins your day?
Maybe not the day, but for a moment..sigh.
Accidentally biting my tongue when eating/talking… then biting it again in the same spot five mins later.
Dropping food/coffee/drinks when you’re looking forward to it. Always makes me sad.
I haaaaaate when my sock slides down in my shoe
that sudden jerk backwards when your sleeve or pocket gets caught on a door handle/knob as you walk by. (this happens to me at work with my apron.)
When your lotion gets that buildup and when you go to use the pump it squirts out everywhere but your hands
Waking up half an hour before my alarm. It’s not long enough to go back to sleep but it’s not close enough to make me want to get out of bed.
Stepping in water while wearing socks. I hate that feeling so much.
The weather
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The annual, somewhat morbid UK "DeathList" for 2026 has been released, ranking famous figures based on age and health. This year, legends like Dick Van Dyke (101) and Mel Brooks (100) are in the top spots, sparking a massive conversation about longevity and the "Centenarian Club."
Others making the list
Eva Marie Saint
Buzz Aldrin
Sonny Rollins, Jazz Musician
Alan Greenspan, Economist
Jesse Jackson
Tippi Hedren
Imelda Marcos
David Attenborough
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem The Raven was first published in the New York Evening Mirror.
While the poem made Poe a household name almost overnight, he was only paid about $9 to $15 for it (roughly $300–$500 today).
Despite its massive success, Poe remained impoverished for most of his life. He also originally considered using a parrot instead of a raven, but decided the raven was "more dignified."
Quoth the Parrot..POLLY WANNA CRACKER????
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