Thursday 10/24/24
Celebrate:
40-Hour Work Week Day
Black Thursday - commemorates the day in 1929 when the stock market tanked throwing us into the great depression.
Food Day
National Bologna Day
National Crazy Day
National Good & Plenty Day
Take Back Your Time Day
United National Day
Wear Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Day
World Polio Day
World Tripe Day - the edible lining of the stomach of farm animals, such as cows, pigs, sheep, and goats. (I'll pass, thank you)
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Collider has a list of the 10 worst romantic movies of all time.
1. "Gigli", 2003 This is why Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez didn't work out.
2. "From Justin to Kelly", 2003
3. "The Hottie & the Nottie", 2008
4. "In the Mix", 2005
5. "Swept Away", 2002
6. "Mr. Wrong", 1996
7. "Accidental Love", 2014
8. "LOL", 2012
9. "Fifty Shades of Grey", 2015
10. "Aloha", 2015
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In "Everything Everywhere All at Once", Ke Huy Quan had to mostly sit back and watch Michelle Yeoh do all the ass-kicking. But in the upcoming action-comedy "Love Hurts", he's the one doing the kicking.
You've seen this movie a hundred times before: Quan plays a mild-mannered realtor with a dark secret: He used to be a deadly assassin.
He tried to go into hiding and leave that life, but the bad guys won't let him. Of course, they end up regretting that.
Quan says, quote, "I never thought that I would one day be the lead actor in a major studio picture. So it is an incredible feeling."
"Love Hurts" also stars Ariana DeBose, NFL legend Marshawn Lynch, and Quan's "Goonies" co-star Sean Astin. It hits theaters February 7th.
(pretty good for short round from Indiana Jones 43 years ago, and Goonies from '85.)
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A new Halloween poll found around one in four adults will throw on a costume this year. 22% dressed up last year, and 27% are planning to this time around.
It didn't look at the specific costumes people are planning, but did look at TYPES of costumes. Here they are . . .
1. A fictional person or character. 44% said their costume fits that category.
2. An animal or creature, 19%.
3. A concept, 16%.
4. A living person, 14%.
5. A historical figure, 13%.
6. An object, 11%.
Another 11% said none of the above.
39% would describe their costume as "creative." 30% said "simple," and 30% also said "funny."
Only 23% are planning a "scary" costume this year. 13% said "sexy."
If you're doing a couple's costume, you're not alone. Our partner or spouse is the #1 person we coordinate costumes with. Our kids are next, followed by friends and family.
11% of people who've already bought their costume say they're coordinating with a coworker this year.
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American Airlines is testing a new system that will flag when people attempt to board BEFORE their group has been called. There will be an audible alert when they scan their boarding pass, and the agent will tell the passenger to "please step aside."
They say the purpose is to "ensure customers receive the benefits of priority boarding" and "help improve the boarding experience by providing greater visibility into boarding progress."
But also, it's to SHAME line-jumpers. Interesting fact: Airline employees often refer to those people as, quote, "gate lice."
So far, American Airlines said they have been pleased with the test.
And travelers seem to like it. One person on social media said, "I saw this in action yesterday. It was great. I saw about five people get punted out of line for trying to board before their group was called. About time."
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In a new survey, only 11% of Americans say they don't have "regrets" . . . and we're more likely to regret the things we didn't do (55%) than the things we have done (32%).
And we hang onto them. One in three Boomers have a regret that spans three decades, and it still crosses their minds an average of three times per month.
The average Millennial (28-43 year olds) says their biggest regret happened 11 years ago.
On the plus side, 64% of people believe that their decision-making has gotten better as they've gotten older.
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A reporter in Detroit interviewed a 94-year-old woman named Donna Maddox after she got to ride around the Michigan International Speedway in a souped-up Ferrari. She rode shotgun and hit a top speed of 155 miles an hour.
She says she's always loved fast cars, so it was a huge thrill. She also let slip that she once hit 115 in her own car . . . with her kids in the back.
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Being ranked #1 at anything for 10 years is pretty impressive. Well, almost anything . . .
Congratulations, Chicago, you've been America's most rat-infested city for a full decade, and as long as Orkin's annual ranking of the rattiest cities in America started.
Orkin says Chicago can thank its large transit system and "abundance of alleys" for the unwavering rat issue.
Bravo to Los Angeles and New York as well. They've both now been in the top three for seven years in a row.
Next are San Francisco, D.C., Denver, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, and Cleveland.
Chicago might be #1, but New York state actually has the most cities in the Top 50. Albany, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse all made the list.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Hawaiian pizza with ham and pineapple wasn't invented in Hawaii. It was invented by a guy named Sam Panopoulos in Ontario, Canada in 1962.
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