Friday 11/8/24
Celebrate:
Abet and Aid Punsters Day
Cook Something Bold Day
Intersex Day of Sollouidarity
National Ample Time Day
National Cappuccino Day
National Dunce Day
National Harvey Wallbanger Day
National Parents as Teachers Day
National STEAM Day - Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math
World Pianist Day
World Town Planning Day
X-Ray Day
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New at the Boxoffice
Heretic - Horror movie with Hugh Grant, Topher Grace, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East.
Two new Christmas movies (too early)
Christmas Eve in Miller's Point - A comedy with Michael Cera, Maria Dizzia, Gregg Turkington, Elsie Fisher, Francesca Scorsese, Ben Shenkman, Sawyer Spielberg, and Matilda Fleming.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - based on the beloved book starring Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Lauren Graham, and Molly Belle Wright.
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Here's how you might be able to earn your co-workers respect.
The author of a book called "The Mentally Strong Leader" says that whether you're the boss or an entry-level employee, there are three categories of things you need to do to gain people's respect at work: Give, resist, and exude.
1. Give. Be generous with your time and knowledge. Praise other people's efforts. Take time to offer good feedback and give other people your respect.
2. Resist. Resist the temptation to gossip about coworkers. Don't get roped into being negative and resist taking credit for stuff, even when it's deserved. Be modest instead, and talk about how it was a group effort. They'll still know you deserve the credit, but they'll respect you for resisting.
3. Exude. Exude professionalism, which includes not being late to stuff. Be open, honest, and transparent. Exude confidence. Collaborate. Be accountable for your own mistakes and be authentic. When people know they're getting the real you, they respect you for it.
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Yesterday was National Nacho Day!
Someone polled people and found 80% of us enjoy nachos. Only 5% don't like them. The other 15% are "neutral."
An 80% approval rating is good enough to make nachos our FAVORITE Mexican food. But the rankings might be sullied by this: It looks like they didn't include "TACOS" as an option for some reason. Here are the Top Five . . .
1. Nachos, 80% like them.
2. Burritos, 79%.
3. Quesadillas, 77%.
4. Fajitas, 75%.
5. Salsa, 75%.
Nachos also made the Top Five most popular dishes of ALL types: 85% like chocolate chip cookies . . . then lasagna, 82% . . . bacon and eggs, 80% . . . nachos, 80% . . . and spaghetti and meatballs, 80%.
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Does 60 degrees in fall somehow feel colder to you than the same temperature in spring? Someone asked weather experts, what's up with that? Here are four reasons 60 might feel like t-shirt weather in April, but sweater weather in November . . .
1. The humidity level. It tends to be higher in spring. When the humidity level is high, it tends to feel warmer.
2. The ground is colder. The air temperature might be 60, but how cold the ground is matters too. If you're talking about a 60-degree day on May 7th vs. November 7th, the temperature of the ground is a lot colder in November.
3. The wind. Fall tends to be windier. So it might be 60 degrees, but not when you factor in the wind chill.
4. You're used to the previous season. Our bodies take time to acclimate. So, 60 degrees can feel balmy if it was 30 degrees a few weeks ago. But it can feel pretty chilly if you're coming off a recent warm spell.
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Louis Vuitton is now selling designer DOGHOUSES for 60 grand.
The whole thing is covered in the tan-and-brown Louis Vuitton pattern they use on their purses. Its technically a kennel, so an indoor doghouse. If you left it outside, you'd ruin the "cowhide-leather trim" and "monogram coated canvas."
It also comes with gold-toned hardware, a removable door, and a "hidden hatch on the bottom for easy cleaning."
It's part of the fashion brand's new pet line that also includes a $2,200 dog bowl . . . a $2,300 pet flask to carry their water around in . . . and a $470 poop bag holder.
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Everyone has missed a deadline on something . . . and sometimes it's because we're working hard on it . . . and we think it's worth it if a little extra time makes it better. Well, that may NOT be the case.
Researchers at the University of Toronto found that if you submit a piece of work late, people will think that it's LOWER IN QUALITY than if you were to submit the exact same work on time or early.
So in other words, not only do you take a hit for being late . . . but the extra effort is immediately canceled out by the late work seeming WORSE than anything that was in by the deadline.
The reason is simple: It makes you look less competent.
They did a series of experiments where they showed people in management positions the same examples of work, including advertising flyers, art, business proposals, product pitches, and photography . . . and asked them to rate it.
They also noted if the work was submitted early . . . on-time . . . or late. And managers consistently rated the late work as WORSE in quality compared to the SAME work, which was labeled early or on-time.
There were a few more interesting details:
1. It didn't matter if the work was early. That work scored the same as the stuff that was submitted AT the deadline.
2. It didn't matter how late the work was . . . late was late . . . it didn't matter if it was one day late or one week late.
3. However, the reason behind the missed deadline mattered. If there were forces beyond an employee's control, such as jury duty, evaluators didn't end up with as negative a view.
4. Researchers also found the negative effects weren't as severe if they described the deadline or the work as "not particularly important."
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - There's a German word specifically for the weight you gain from overeating when you're depressed. The word is "kummerspeck" . . . and it literally translates to "GRIEF BACON."
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