Tuesday 12/14/21
Celebrate National Bouillabaisse, Alabama (22nd state in 1819), Monkey, Free Shipping and Roast Chestnuts Day.
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According to a new survey, the most popular place to hide Christmas gifts is in a bedroom closet and the first place kids look is in a bedroom closet.
The second most-popular hiding spot is a spare room, followed by a coat closet, under the bed, the trunk of the car, a spare drawer or cabinet, the basement,. the garage, and the attic.
Some tougher spots for them to investigate include: Another person's house, "outside," whatever that means, a shed, and a storage unit.
50% of people say they've had gifts they hid get found, while 50% claim they've been successful at hiding gifts, or maybe, they just haven't found out that their hiding spot has been breached.
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If someone said "Merry Christmas" to you today, would you say it back? Most likely. A new poll asked when it's acceptable to start saying it.
30% said not until mid-December, another 28% said only during the week of Christmas, and 7% said not until Christmas Day.
28% said it is acceptable now. That includes 21% who said it's okay starting on December 1st, 5% who said sometime in November, and 2% who think people should be allowed to say Merry Christmas 365 days a year.
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Nominations for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards, celebrating the best in television and film, were revealed on Monday.
The movies "The Power of the Dog" and "Belfast" led film nominees, earning seven nods each. The HBO drama "Succession" earned the most nominations for TV series with five, followed closely with Apple's "Ted Lasso" and "The Morning Show" with four nominations each.
Rapper Snoop Dogg announced the nominees.
Multiple media partners, including NBC that has previously aired the Golden Globes, have opted not to participate publicly with the ceremony this year because of diversity issues within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the group behind the event.
The show will be January 9th..we'll see if it's available to be watched.
Find the list of nominees here.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/13/entertainment/golden-globes-nominations/index.html
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57-year-old Andre Abrams was at his house in Gainesville, Florida last Tuesday. He and his neighbors have had multiple arguments about parking, and he was upset again.
So this time, he walked out of his home with a flamethrower, and started spraying it in the direction of their car while people were sitting in it.
The flamethrower he owns is called an XM-42 Lite, and it can shoot flames more than 20 feet.
Three kids were in the car when he did it. We don't know how old they are, luckily, no one was hurt.
The flames never actually hit the car, but witnesses said they got within about five feet of it.
Andre admitted to it, but claimed no one was in any danger. He said if he wanted to burn the car, he would have. He's facing three counts of aggravated assault.
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A store that sells trees in the U.K. commissioned a study that found more couples are putting Christmas trees in their bedroom to improve their sex life.
They claim one in six couples are doing it this year, because it provides a more romantic atmosphere. They say the pine smell is part of it. So real trees are better than fake ones.
A spokesperson for the company even offered up an explanation. He claims it, quote, "connects us with nature, and reminds us of our earliest ancestors who slept and made love" outdoors.
(sounds like a ploy to sell more trees)
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There are a few scenes in the new Beatles documentary where they clash and butt heads, but someone singled out the parts where they power through, stay creative, and help each other out.
Here are eight lessons in productivity and brainstorming you can take away from the movie.
1. The "yes and" rule. It's the first rule of improv. Instead of "no," say "yes" and try to add something. George fails at it when he gets too negative while they're trying to figure out the song, "Don't Let Me Down". So John and Paul stop him. They basically say don't shoot stuff down unless you've got something better.
2. Keep going, but know when it's time to stop. There's a scene where they keep trying to hammer out "Let It Be". But Paul realizes they're burnt out on it, and suggests they move on to something else for a while.
3. One conversation at a time. Maybe it's because of the editing, but there aren't a lot of scenes where they interrupt each other. They're mostly polite and let people finish.
4. Embrace happy accidents. They're working on George's song "All Things Must Pass" which he ended up releasing on his own, and John says the line, "A wind can blow those clouds away" would be better as a "mind" can blow them away.
It may have partly been because George's handwriting made it look like the word "mind." But he ultimately ran with it, and changed the lyric because he liked it better.
5. Don't pass judgement too quickly. There are lots of scenes where they just try stuff without expectations. They do it to see what happens, and wait until later to judge whether it's good or not. Then they make changes where they need to.
6. Don't be scared to look silly, or even stupid. They toss lots of ideas around, and a lot of them are bad. But some of them end up leading to good ideas.
7. Don't forget to eat. There are lots of scenes where they stop to have tea and toast. Sometimes a small break like that lets you shift your focus, so new ideas emerge.
8. If other people don't like an idea, let it go. The director of the original movie they were making in 1969 really wanted to do their last concert in a big outdoor venue in Tripoli. And he kept bringing it up, even after they rejected it.
They eventually performed on the roof of Apple Records, and the rest is history.
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Apple seeds contain cyanide.
Eating a few apple seeds is safe. However, eating or drinking large quantities of ground or crushed seeds could be fatal.
According to a 2015 review, the amygdalin content in 1 gram of apple seeds ranges from 1–4 milligrams (mg), depending on the variety of apple. However, the amount of cyanide derived from the seeds is much lower.
A lethal dose of hydrogen cyanide may be around 50–300 mg.
Apple seeds have the potential to release 0.6 mg of hydrogen cyanide per gram. This means that a person would have to eat 83–500 apple seeds to develop acute cyanide poisoning.
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