11/6/26 - Email Signatures, Sit a Spell to Remember, Stockpile, and Gen-Z T-Giving
Friday 11/6/26
Celebrate:
Basketball Day
Fountain Pen Day
Love Your Lawyer Day
Marooned Without a Compass Day
National Jersey Friday
National Nachos Day
National Saxophone Day - named for Belgian Adolphe Sax.
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This weekend in the theaters
Godzilla Minus Zero - This sequel action film continues the story.
The Cat in the Hat - Adventure film with voice talent of Bill Hader, Giancarlo Esposito, Tituss Burgess, America Ferrera, Matt Berry, Xochitl Gomez, Bowen Yang, Quinta Brunson, Paula Pell, and Tiago Martinez.
Drummer Boy - Action Musical? Set in the American Revolutionary War.
Ramayana - based on the ancient epic, enjoy this Indian film just in time for Diwali.
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A TikTok creator says “With purpose” is a great email sign-off. Others she says with personality are "My Best", "With Gratitude", "Onward", "With care", "Cheering you on", "Make it a good one", "In your corner", and "Warmly".
Most of the commenters disagree and shared how they’d like to sign off an email!
Stressfully
Here for the income, not the outcome.
Until the next dumpster fire.
With rage.
Live, laugh, toaster bath.
Never fast, always furious.
Tiredly yours.
Please hesitate to reach out.
With loathing and disdain
From the abyss
All panic, no disco
Looking forward to Friday
and the ever-popular "sent from my iPhone"
See her video and more comments here.
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Snoop Dogg is the latest rapper to bring his life story to Hollywood. The hip-hop legend broke the news that production was already in motion in April on a biopic simply titled Snoop while speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, and the Universal Pictures film is slated to hit theaters across the U.S. on Aug. 6, 2027.
Snoop will be played by Outer Banks star Jonathan Daviss
Dr. Dre will be Myles Bullock from BMF
Snoop's mom will be Lauren London
2Pac will be Camron Jones
Warren G will be played by Algee Smith, who was Ralph Tresvant in the BET New Edition Story.
Suge Knight will be Tre Hale from Platonic
D'Angelo and Angie Stone's son SwayvoTwain will be Notorious B.!.G.
2Pac's mother will be played by Wicked star Cynthia Erivo.
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You may have heard that the United States government issued a new advisory to stockpile 90 days’ worth of food and other supplies. Should we all be worried that something big is on the horizon?
The 90-day timeline comes from the Pentagon’s new push to make U.S. military bases self-sustaining without outside intervention in the case of a war.
Ready.gov advises residents to have a “several-day” supply of bottled water, nonperishable food, batteries, chargers and other items you would find in an emergency go bag.
What is bringing on these chats? Climate Change, Cyber attacks, and Hostile governments.
The big one on this list is Natural Disasters. You should have a few days of food and supplies in case of weather (yes..winter is coming)
Whether you prep for three days or 90, these are the things you should keep in your emergency preparedness kit:
Water: 1 gallon per person, per day
Nonperishable food: three days’ worth of food that never expires
First aid kit
Flashlight and extra batteries
Dust masks or respirators
Phone chargers and backup batteries
Weather radio
Manual can opener and basic tools
Personal sanitation: trash bags, twist ties and moist towelettes
Medication
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You’ve just listened to your doctor explain a treatment plan, heard a roomful of new names or sat through an important work presentation and you want to remember the details later. Turns out, sitting quietly and doing nothing for a few minutes afterward might help.
That’s the takeaway from a recent meta-analysis that explored the “wakeful rest effect” — the idea that a brief period of quiet rest immediately after learning something new helps you retain it. Researchers from the University of Notre Dame found that wakeful rest can benefit people across age groups, with larger effects for older adults and even those with anterograde amnesia, a condition that makes forming new memories difficult.
So listen carefully and take essential notes while getting the information. Then, 8-12 minutes after learning something, sit quietly to retain a better part of it!
Read the full story with more tips here.
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Gen Z is keeping the classics like turkey and pumpkin pie, but they're getting creative, according to Miriam Aniel Oved, a senior consumer trends analyst at food and beverage consumer intelligence site Tastewise. About 1 in 10 Gen Z Thanksgiving foods include something mashed, spicy, barbecued, mini, gluten-free or deviled, according to Tastewise data. Instead of bringing the traditional green bean casserole, it might be spicy or in a single serving for your relative with dietary restrictions.
"The turkey isn't going anywhere, but it's getting a makeover with a spice rub, a citrus-chili marinade or a chimichurri on the side. The pumpkin pie stays, maybe next to a tres leches or a mochi dessert," said Scherer.
So celebrate Friendsgiving and open your pallet to something new!
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Corning didn't win the Hallmark's Merriest Christmas Towns this year, that went to Carlinville, IL. (we are coming for you.....)
But we can be thankful that we made the finalists! And all the holiday magic will be happening soon in the Gaffer District!!!
Get Ready!
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The 2027 Met Gala has its new theme.
The Costume Institute has announced that its 2027 spring exhibition and gala theme will be "extraORDINARY: Fashion and the Poetics of the Everyday," and will examine "how designers rework familiar garments, everyday objects, and commonplace materials through craft, construction, material experimentation, and conceptual wit," according to the museum's website.
This is a change from what was announced in August after the person they were going to honor was seen unfit to honor.
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I wonder what fun size used to be for M&M's?
The ones I have are 14 M&Ms and 8 (and 2 are rather small) peanut M&Ms.
The internet tells me that in the early years there were 28, in the 60s there were 48 (the glory years)
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Celebrating the birth of James Naismith, the creator of Basketball!
He wrote the original 13 rules using peach baskets mounted to a balcony 10 feet high and a soccer ball.
The 10-Foot Rim: The rim height was set at 10 feet simply because that was the exact height of the running track railing where Naismith nailed the original peach baskets. The standard height has never changed.
The First Official Game was played on January 20, 1892, at the YMCA International Training School. The final score was 1–0. (They apparently were terrible)
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