11/7/25 - Lock-In, Americans Are Weird, and Your Spot
- bribriny
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Friday 11/7/25
Somebody’s Birthday. Presents accepted!
Celebrate:
Fountain Pen Day
Hug a Bear Day
International Merlot Day
Little League Girls Day
Love Your Lawyer Day
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
National Jersey Friday
National Retinol Day
Notary Public Day
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We've heard of condiment combinations, Mayochup, Kranch, and there's even Mayomust.
Now there's Butternaise!
An artful blend of Tillamook Extra Creamy Unsalted Butter, newly released KEWPIE Organic Mayonnaise and zesty spices and is an integral ingredient in how Tillamook Executive Chef of Culinary Development Josh Archibald creates the Tillamook gold standard grilled cheese.
I guess this will quell the fight between the lovers of butter or mayo on the outside of a toasted cheese.
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Fall used to be about comfort foods, cider, and tailgate parties. This year, it’s about slowing down and getting serious. The “Great Lock-In” is the latest wellness trend taking over social media, pushing people to pull back, reset, and get their lives in order before winter hits.
It’s the season for small course corrections. According to Fox News Digital, California psychotherapist Laurie Singer says it begins with realistic goals. “The act of achieving a goal, no matter how small, propels us forward,” she said. Her advice is to make a weekly list of five to ten simple actions, like taking a 15-minute walk, eating breakfast, or writing down one positive thing about your day. Those quick wins create the spark to keep going.
She also warns against self-blame, reminding people that “life happens” and progress is still progress. Don’t beat yourself up, just start over the next day.
Read more from Vice.com here.
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Reddit asked "What's the strangest thing about America that Americans don't even realize is weird?"
"How all of the currency notes look the same. Ours (in Australia) are all different bright colors and are all easily distinguishable from each other at a glance."
"The toilet doors have huge gaps beneath them. Seems like a built-in viewing panel."
"Walking into a mall and seeing a reminder to 'leave your guns in the car.'" (wait..is that at our mall?)
"Bag Boys/Girls at the Supermarket"
"Just impossibly large portions of food. Often enough to make into three separate meals."
"So many ads for drugs. So many."
"Medical procedures, drugs, and therapies being advertised on TV, like ‘Ask your doctor about x.’ Nah, I’m pretty sure my doctor knows what they’re about without my input."
"High fructose corn syrup in all the things."
"Free water and ice."
How we measure stuff. "The imperial system. It's useless and makes no sense."
"You are all sooooo loud!"
"Fixed showerheads. Every hotel I've stayed in has had it. In Ireland, we have handheld showerheads. To be quite honest, not sure how you are to clean yourself with it fixed, as it is."
"My family says having to specify they want 'hot' tea."
"The toilets are full of water and weirdly shaped."
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Oprah dropped her annual Favorite Things holiday gift guide.
There's a $2,000 espresso machine, and a $700 indoor pizza oven.
Plus there's a $60 pair of anti-fog reading glasses for the shower.
(it says later, rinse, repeat...who needs this?)
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Are you a Sheldon Cooper and have "your spot?"
A new report says that the average person has two different places at home that they consider "My Spot."
These are spots like: A place on the couch . . . a seat where they keep all their chargers and headphones . . . a chair next to a window they've spruced up with a house plant . . . a spot in the garage where they can keep an eye on the street . . . or a hammock in the backyard where it's quiet.
On average, people have had their spots for four years . . . although 17% of people say they first staked their claim more than a decade ago. And younger adults like Gen Z and Millennials generally have more . . . three or four spots.
52% say they'd even consider their favorite spot to be "sacred" or reserved for a specific purpose. And 54% would take offense to someone else taking their spot.
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Fox has a new celebrity game show in the works called "Nation's Dumbest". It comes with a twist: The losers are the winners.
Celebrities will compete to get kicked off as quickly as possible so they aren't crowned the nation's dumbest. Fox says the show, quote, "flips the genre on its head because for the first time, the goal isn't to win, it's to get eliminated."
The show's contestants will include a mix of all types of "celebrity" like influencers, comedians, and even politicians. They will be put to the test with both physical and mental challenges about things everyone should already know.
It's actually already a popular Scandinavian series, so this will be the U.S. version.
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How does this happen?? We tell you about strong passwords (ok, i know how it happens, none of us have strong passwords) BUT
At the time of the brazen heist of $102 million in jewels from the Louvre last month, the password to the world-famous museum's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre," according to a museum employee with knowledge of the system.
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Miss Piggy is finally getting her moment in the spotlight. Everyone's favorite "Muppet" diva will be getting her own SOLO movie.
It's still in the early stages at Disney, but Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are producing it. They'll probably star in it too because Jennifer says, quote, "We have to . . . It's [effed] up [that we haven't done a movie together]."
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The term "cyberspace" was coined in 1982 by writer William Gibson. He featured it in his 1984 sci-fi novel "Neuromancer".
He later said, "'Cyberspace' sounded like it meant something, or it might mean something . . . but as I stared at it in red Sharpie on a yellow legal pad, my whole delight was that I knew that it meant absolutely nothing."
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