Thursday 11/9/23
Celebrate:
British Pudding Day
Carl Sagan Day
Go to an Art Museum Today Day
National Chaos Never Dies Day
National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day
National Greek Yogurt Day
National Scrapple Day
World Freedom Day
World Quality Day
World Usability Day
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Around one in five people have dimples, but that number might be going up: GIVING yourself dimples is the hot new trend on TikTok.
People are buying something called "dimple makers" that are supposed to create dimples in your cheeks. They've been selling out on Etsy.
They come in pairs. Each one is a loop of metal with a bead on each end. You slip them around the corners of your mouth. The beads pinch your cheeks from the outside and inside, and create little dents.
But do they actually work? YES. A plastic surgeon explained they work by compressing the fat in your cheeks and pushing it outward.
How long the effect lasts can vary, but it's temporary unless you keep doing it over and over again.
So are there any risks? Yes. If they're too tight or you wear them too long, it could restrict blood flow, kill the underlying fat, and create scar tissue. There's also an outside chance it could cause nerve damage in your face.
Most experts think they're relatively safe though, and come with fewer risks than having PERMANENT dimples put in. The term for that is a "dimpleplasty."
It might even be helpful if you've been thinking about getting a dimpleplasty. You could try out the look and see if you really want to do it.
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Police in Florida were looking for a 41-year-old man named Johnny Yates to arrest him for aggravated battery.
They got a tip that he was at a residence, so they went there, and saw a whiteboard, which had a message written in marker that said, "Johnny Yates does NOT live here!!" As convincing as that sounds, the police didn't leave.
A person was seen leaving the home, and the cops asked them if they knew where Johnny was. They said, "Yeah, he's inside with some other people."
The police yelled for Johnny to come out . . . and he didn't . . . so they tried SMOKING him out, before finally bringing in the K-9s. The dogs sniffed Johnny out, and he was found hiding "in a modified chest of drawers."
Johnny was arrested, along with the four other people at the house who did not cooperate with the authorities.
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Told you about the NKOTB summer tour with Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
Now, Hootie and the Blowfish will go out on tour this summer with Collective Soul and Edwin McCain. Looks like Syracuse is the closest stop for this one.
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Jimmy Kimmel announced "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive last night. And the winner is
Patrick Dempsey . . . a.k.a. Dr. McDreamy from "Grey's Anatomy".
He says, quote, "I'm glad it's happening at this point in my life. It's nice to have the recognition, and certainly, my ego takes a little bump, but it gives me the platform to use it for something positive."
Patrick says that he was "completely shocked" when he first found out, then he started laughing. And of course, he fully expects his kids to, quote, "make fun of me and pick on me and figure out every reason why I shouldn't be."
Patrick is 57 years old.
Also featured in this year's Sexiest Man Alive Issue: Pedro Pascal, Timothée Chalamet, Usher, Jamie Foxx, Lenny Kravitz, and Jason Kelce. The issue hits newsstands on Friday.
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Jack Nicholson hasn't done a movie since "How Do You Know" in 2010. Is he okay? Yes. In fact, it sounds like he's MORE than okay.
In a recent interview, Jack's good friend Lou Adler explained why he doesn't work anymore.
Quote, "A friend of mine wanted to put him in a movie. Jack said, ‘I don't want to do it. You know what I did today? I sat under a tree and I read a book.'
"He's doing whatever he really wants to do. He wants to be quiet. He wants to eat what he wants. He wants to live the life he wants."
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Bruce Dickinson from the band Iron Maiden has an interesting project on the way, he's starring in a horror movie about an ABBA tribute band.
It's called "Bjorn of the Dead", and it's about a bunch of tribute bands that get trapped in a nightclub at the start of the zombie apocalypse.
The movie was co-written by Bruce's son Austin, and it'll include cameos from, quote, "the world of rock and heavy metal." Production begins in 2024.
He also has a solo album our...if the world doesn't end.
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AVClub.com put together a list of the 25 best cover songs of all time.
Here are the Top 5:
1. "All Along the Watchtower" by Jimi Hendrix. Originally by Bob Dylan.
2. "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor. Originally by Prince.
3. "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen. Originally by Richard Berry.
4. "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding" by Elvis Costello and the Attractions. Originally by Nick Lowe and his band Brinsley Schwarz.
5. "Respect" by Aretha Franklin. Originally by Otis Redding.
Here's their full list.
https://www.avclub.com/greatest-cover-songs-ranked-1850995768/slides/26
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A woman named Tessa Coates claims she was so creeped out by a photo of herself at a bridal shop, trying on a wedding dress . . . that she almost vomited in the street.
In the photo, she's standing with her back to the camera, in front of two mirrors. The crazy thing is that the three versions of herself . . . the real Tessa, and the two reflections . . . each have her with her arms in DIFFERENT POSITIONS.
She joked that it could be a "glitch in the matrix."
An Apple Genius Bar employee explained that the iPhone isn't a camera, it's a computer, and the way it captures images is by taking a burst of shots . . . left to right . . . and then stitches them together, virtually instantaneously.
He said that a quick movement of her arms . . . combined with the mirrors . . . created a "one-in-a-million" illusion.
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Here's a technique to learn something you're reading about or studying and remember it.
If you really want it to stick in your brain, you need to create VIVID, SHOCKING mental pictures of it. So basically, use your imagination to surround the subject with things that are violent, gory, sexual, colorful, noisy, or wild.
Believe it or not, this idea comes from MEDIEVAL MONKS and how they studied. And it also kind of explains why art used to be so bloody.
One example: If you were trying to learn the zodiac signs in order, one 14th century scholar said you should picture a huge Aries white ram with gleaming golden horns . . . kicking a bright Taurus red bull in the testicles.
Then picture the bull bleeding in front of a woman screaming as she gives birth to Gemini twins. As the twins emerge, they're playing with an angry red Cancer crab that's pinching them and making them cry. And so on.
Again, this comes from monks.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - A Swiss Army knife is called a "MacGyver knife" in South Korea.
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