11/12/26 - Billionaires, Dogs, and Songwriters
Thursday 11/12/2026
Celebrate:
Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
Fancy Rat & Mouse Day
Guinness World Records Day
Happy Hour Day
National French Dip Day
National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day
World Pneumonia Day
World Quality Day
World Usability Day
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Paul McCartney is a billionaire!
Forbes magazine declared his fortune has surpassed $1.4 billion, making him the third richest musician in the world.
Only Jay-Z and Taylor Swift, whose net worths are $2.8 billion and $2 billion, respectively, are above him.
Forbes goes all out with a real-time billionaires list on their website.
They are nowhere near the top of the list. Jay-Z is billionaire #1483, Taylor is #2052, and Paul is #2785.
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Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced its slate of nominees to be voted upon for induction at its 2027 Induction & Awards Gala in New York City.
Pete Bellotte - Hot Stuff I Feel Love Love To Love You Baby Heaven Knows Push It To The Limit
George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam p/k/a Boy Meets Girl - How Will I Know I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) Waiting For A Star To Fall I Know You By Heart Bring Down the Moon
Kandi Burruss - No Scrubs Bills, Bills, Bills It Makes Me Ill There You Go Don't Think I'm Not
Andreas Carlsson - I Want It That Way Bye Bye Bye It's Gonna Be Me That's The Way It Is I'm Alive
Mikkel Eriksen and Tor Hermansen p/k/a Stargate - Irreplaceable Diamonds Firework So Sick Take A Bow
Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman p/k/a Stock Aitken Waterman - Never Gonna Give You Up I Should Be So Lucky Together Forever This Time I Know It's For Real Especially For You
Performing songwriters include America, Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, Boy George, Vince Gill, Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo, P!nk, Sia, Jack White, and ZZ Top.
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The new list for America's most popular dog breeds is out.
Once again, the French Bulldog is #1. This is the fourth year
For 31 years, the Labrador Retriever was America’s most popular dog breed. It's now #2.
3 Golden Retriever
4 German Shepherd Dog
5 Dachshund - back in the top 5 for the first time since 2003.
6 Poodle
7 Beagle
8 Rottweiler
9 German Shorthaired Pointer
10 Bulldog
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Variety has confirmed that Warner Bros. is rebooting the classic 1998 rom-com “You’ve Got Mail,” with Jason Orley attached to direct.
Nora Ephron’s original starred Tom Hanks as major bookstore capitalist Joe Fox, who threatens to put Meg Ryan‘s Kathleen Kelly, an independent children’s bookstore owner, out of business with his new location.
Orley joins “You Got Mail” after recently wrapping post-production on “Close Personal Friends,” an Amazon comedy film starring Brie Larson, Jack Quaid, Lilly Collins and Henry Golding. He made his feature directorial debut with “Big Time Adolescence” in 2019. He followed that with 2022’s “I Want You Back.”
Actually, the story has been around the, shall we say, corner for a long time?
“You’ve Got Mail” was inspired by the 1937 play “Perfumeire” by Miklós László, which was previously adapted into the 1940 comedy classic “The Shop Around the Corner” with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. (see what I did there?)
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Some 22 million Americans signed scrolls for a time capsule marking the nation's 200th birthday. Today, nobody knows where they are.
It was around our 200th anniversary in 1976 that there was a Bicentennial Wagon Train travelling the country. 22 million people (a tenth of the population at the time) signed approximately 917,000 scrolls, a stack of paper as high as a 20-story building.
To be buried in Pennsylvania and opened in 2076.
Where are they now? No one knows!
Roughly 9 in 10 time capsules go missing - lost, stolen, or simply forgotten.
We like the heady buzz of seeing our trivial existence through the exotic lens of the future; we crave the intoxicating but ultimately imaginary thrill of designing our own legacy.
Countless time capsules have been and will be lovingly lowered into the ground. Most of them will never be seen again. And yet, we remain compelled to bury artifacts of our existence, evidence of our lives, unembarrassed by our desire to be remembered fondly—or simply remembered at all.
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Coachella 2027 will take place over two weekends in April 2027
The annual music and arts festival is held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley of the Colorado Desert. It was co-founded by Paul Tollett and Rick Van Santen in 1999, and is organized by Goldenvoice, a subsidiary of AEG Presents since 2001.
The origins of the festival trace back to a 1993 concert that Pearl Jam performed at the Empire Polo Club while boycotting venues controlled by Ticketmaster.
The 2027 lineup has been announced, and Madonna will make her return for a full set, not just a guest spot with Sabrina Carpenter.
SZA, Tame Impala, and Dua Lipa are headliners.
Other notable acts include Phoebe Bridgers, Don Toliver, Robyn, Giorgio Moroder, ADÉLA, Steve Lacy, Zara Larsson, Weezer, JISOO, Diljit Dosanjh, Peggy Gou, DOM DOLLA, Kygo, Tiësto, and Måneskin.
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Sleep medicine specialists published a study demonstrating that taking a gentle 10-minute walk outside after eating dinner lowers evening blood sugar spikes and helps regulate melatonin production, leading to deeper, uninterrupted sleep cycles.
Great, now you tell us when we are headed into early dark and cold.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The SS United States, once the world's fastest ocean liner, was scheduled to be sunk yesterday off Florida's Gulf Coast, creating the world's largest artificial reef.
The 990-foot ship—roughly five city blocks long—will settle 180 feet underwater, about 22 nautical miles off Destin, where it could attract marine life and shelter fish. Entering service in 1952, the vessel set a trans-Atlantic speed record on its maiden voyage, crossing the Atlantic in three days, 10 hours, and 40 minutes—a record that still stands for passenger liners. Designed by William Francis Gibbs with partial US military funding, the ship could be quickly converted to carry 14,000 troops, and its four 18-foot bronze propellers remained classified until the 1970s. Famous passengers included four US presidents, Marilyn Monroe, and Walt Disney. Retired in 1969, the vessel was purchased by Florida county officials for $1M in 2024.
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