Wednesday 12/13/23
Celebrate:
Ice Cream Day
National Cocoa Day
National Cream Cheese Frosting Day
National Day of the Horse
National Popcorn String Day
National Violin Day
Pick a Pathologist Pal Day
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André Braugher, the dynamic actor known for his work on such shows as Homicide: Life on the Street and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, has died. He was 61.
Braugher starred as Det. Frank Pembleton on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street for all seven seasons of the show’s acclaimed 1993-98 run, even winning an Emmy for lead actor in 1998, then played another cop — this one for laughs — on the 2013-21 Fox-NBC sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine with his turn as Capt. Raymond Holt.
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Chedder News asked the question - Do you wear shoes inside the house? 70.8 % of the respondents said - No, Shoes off for all.
Reasons why it's good.
#1 reason is that you don't track in dirt and gross stuff including Toxins.
You walk through all sorts of things. So it keeps your house cleaner longer. Also, it makes rugs and carpets last longer.
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Where do you do most of your work? An office chair? Maybe your couch if you work from home? Well, here's another option . . .
A writer for Slate.com just did a big column on how we should all be sitting on the FLOOR instead. She claims it's done wonders for her body.
She's not the first to suggest it. She lifted it from a book called "Built to Move" that argues our bodies aren't really meant to be sitting in chairs all day. It's okay sometimes, just not always.
Sitting on the floor isn't as comfortable, but that's the point. It makes you shift positions a lot more, which can supposedly help your joints, lower inflammation, and even up your metabolism.
She says standing desks are good too, and floor-sitting is like the sequel to that advice. Ten years ago, experts were saying, "Everyone needs a standing desk." Now it's, "Everyone should work on the floor."
I guess the best Christmas gift this year is short desks. What about those "breakfast in bed" tables we always see on TV???
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Here's a rundown of the top Google searches in the U.S this year.
The top news topics we googled were: The war in Israel and Gaza . . . the Titanic submarine . . . Hurricane Hilary . . . Hurricane Idalia . . . and Hurricane Lee.
The next five were: The Maine shooting . . . the Nashville shooting . . . the Maui fire . . . the Idaho murder trial . . . and the Canada wildfires.
The top trends we searched were: The Roman Empire trend . . . the Moon phase trend . . . the AI yearbook trend . . . the Instagram notes number trend . . . and the Fruit Roll-Ups trend.
The top "How Often . . . " searches were: How often do you think about the Roman Empire? . . . How often is the World Baseball Classic? . . . How often is the blue moon? . . . How often is the World Cup? . . . and How often do trains derail?
The top recipes we searched were: Grimace shake . . . Lasagna soup . . . Chicken cobbler . . . Black cake . . . and Pumptini.(from Vanderpump Rules)
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A warehouse filled with donated Christmas toys got destroyed by a tornado near Nashville on Saturday. The roof and walls are basically gone. But somehow, most of the GIFTS survived it. The charity behind the toy drive called it a Christmas miracle.
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The "Arizona Daily Star" newspaper has been doing something fun for the holidays.
One page of each issue is free wrapping paper. They're doing it every day this week and also did it last week. Each day has a different design done by local artists in Tucson.
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A guy in Kansas named Michael Russell is channeling his inner Clark Griswold again, by decorating his home with over 100,000 Christmas lights. That's four times what Clark puts up in "Christmas Vacation".
Michael's been doing it for 15 years and says it takes three months to set it all up. People in his community call it "The Griswold House". He expects around 8,000 visitors this month.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Samoa and American Samoa are less than 80 miles apart . . . but since they're on opposite sides of the International Date Line, their time zones are 24 hours apart.
Reminds me of when I was a kid, one of my Grandmothers friend's road was the state line, and calling across the street was long distance.
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