11/14/25 - Bye Penny, Dangerous Celebrities, and Reverse Stuff

Friday 11/14/25

Celebrate:

International Girls Day

Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day

National American Teddy Bear Day

National Family PJ Day

National Pickle Day

National Seat Belt Day

National Spicy Guacamole Day

Operating Room Nurse Day

Spirit of National Speakers Association Day

World Diabetes Day

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The movie trailers are coming fast and furious. (not that one)

The Devil Wears Prada 2 features the reunion of Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

Toy Story 5

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Marty Supreme is the new Timothee Chalamet film coming at Christmas

Michael - the teaser about the Michael Jackson movie

This weekend at the Box Office

The Running Man - Josh Brolin stars in this remake directed by Edgar Wright.

Now You See Me: Now You Don't - Breaking in a new generation of magicians. Starring Morgan Freeman, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Rosamund Pike, Isla Fisher, Justice Smith, Ariana Greenblatt, and Dominic Sessa.

Keeper - Horror movie from Osgood Perkins

And in anticipation of Next Weekend's Wicked: For Good, it's the re-release of Wicked. (Do you need the trailer? Yes, yes you do.

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Bye-bye Penny. Well eventually.

Pennies cost about 4cents to make. Producing 4.5 billion pennies in Fiscal Year 2023 cost taxpayers more than $179 million.

Wednesday was the last day that pennies were minted.

Even though the U.S. Mint has stopped making pennies, they won’t go away anytime soon. That’s because there are about 250 billion pennies in circulation, according to the American Banking Association.

Nickels might be next; each nickel costs more than 13 cents to produce, the U.S. Mint says.

So, rounding up, or go cashless.

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Forget basic vanilla and chocolate; food trends are moving toward complex and savory pairings in sweets and drinks. The trend of "sweet and spicy" (Swicy) has evolved into the "Sophisticated Swicy."

Hot honey became so mainstream that industry watchers are already predicting hot maple as the next evolution. Plus we are seeing things like smoky, charred maple, Calabrian chili peppers in premium chocolate, and exotic flavors like lemongrass and yuzu moving from dinner menus into ice creams, baked goods, and fancy non-alcoholic beverages.

Pistachio has exploded beyond all reasonable predictions, largely driven by the viral Dubai pistachio chocolate bar. What started as social media novelty has become a legitimate premium flavor driving product development across categories.

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Are you searching for your favorite entertainment figure on the internet? Be careful!!! McAfee is out with their Most Dangerous Celebrity list!

Exposing how cybercriminals use famous names and their likenesses to trick people into falling for scams. This year, Taylor Swift ranks #1 as the most impersonated and exploited celebrity, while Pokimane leads the influencer list – demonstrating how scammers target both global icons and online creators to push fake endorsements, giveaways, and AI-driven deepfakes.

They clone voices, faces, and even social posts to sell fake products, push bogus giveaways, and run too-good-to-be-true investment or crypto plays that look convincing.

2. Scarlett Johansson

3.Jenna Ortega

4. Sydney Sweeney

5.Tom Cruise

6. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

7. Sabrina Carpenter

8. Lebron James

9. Kim Kardashian

10. Zendaya

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Why have Halloween end in October? The TikTok trend now is Reverse Trick-or-Treating.

Users film themselves handing out candy door-to-door in November, giving “late Halloween” energy. 

One video I saw, a dressed up person goes to someones door and throws candy on their porch.

Or, another idea...It's the night of Halloween. Betty is watching scary movies and eating her favorite candy. The doorbell rings. Are Trick-Or-Treaters still out? Betty walks down the hall and opens her door to see another door standing directly in front of hers. Nobody else is around. It says, "Please Knock." Seems friendly enough. She knocks. The door opens, and behind are five grandmotherly and grandfatherly types with their own bowl of Halloween Candy. "Oh I love your costume," one says. "Oh look, dear, she's an adult for Halloween." "Here dear, take some candy, why don't ya?" They give Betty a handful of candy.

https://www.instructables.com/Reverse-Trick-Or-Treating/

Now, there are Reverse Advent Calendars, where you put a donation in a box every day to help someone else!

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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The first pennies, which the U.S. Mint began making after its establishment in 1792, featured an image of a woman representing liberty. In 1909, in honor of President Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday, Lincoln became the first president to be featured on U.S. coins.

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Bonus Useless Fact of the Day - Herman Melville's epic novel Moby-Dick was first published in the United States on November 14, 1851. It was an initial failure and did not sell many copies during Melville's lifetime.

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