Wednesday 2/1/23
Happy February!
Celebrate:
Car Insurance Day
Change Your Password Day
Decorating With Candy Day
G.I. Joe Day
Hula in the Coola Day - do it outside no matter the weather
National Baked Alaska Day
National Dark Chocolate Day
National Freedom Day
National Get Up Day
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
National Serpent Day
National Signing Day
Robinson Crusoe Day
Spunky Old Broads Day
World Read Aloud Day
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Congratulations New York City!!! It broke a 50 Year Record. Snowless. The latest NYC has ever gotten a first measurable snowfall in a season was January 29, 1973.
Despite this seemingly snowless season, New York City’s snowiest month is February, according to the Weather Channel, meaning the Big Apple may see a snowstorm in the coming weeks.
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The Spice Girls are rumored to be gearing up for a reunion, and this time around, all five members reportedly are coming back.
The pop stars might perform at King Charles III's coronation, which is slated for May. During the three-day extravaganza the group could be together again for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics closing ceremony.
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Are you here for another Shrek movie? If Eddie Murphy had it his way, he would reprise his role as Donkey in a heartbeat. In an interview with Deadline, he said, "I would do a Donkey movie.
I would do another Shrek in two seconds." He noted that the decision would ultimately be up to Dreamworks Animation but Deadline also noted that Antonio Banderas, who plays Puss in the Shrekverse, hinted that there could be a fifth green ogre movie during a conversation at the Red Sea Film Festival.
you can check him out in his latest movie You People with Jonah Hill, David Duchovney Nia Long, and Julia Louis-Dryfus, streaming now on Netflix.
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Don't miss the 50th Anniversary special on Schoolhouse Rock tonight on ABC.
The series of Saturday morning cartoon shorts, which debuted 50 years ago this month, started with more modest aims: A parent, frustrated that his boys knew the lines to rock songs but couldn’t multiply, asked a co-worker at his advertising agency if he could help by setting multiplication tables to music.
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The San Antonio Zoo is once again offering its Valentine's Day Special.
For $10, the zoo will name a cockroach after your not-so-special someone and feed it to an animal – a cold, but direct message that you’re no longer interested.
Those not into bugs can choose a vegetable for $5 or a rodent for $25 instead.
All donors will receive a digital Valentine’s Day Card showing their support for the zoo. They can also opt to send their ex-boo a digital Valentine’s Day Card informing them that a cockroach, rodent, or veggie was named after them and fed to an animal.
Those with an especially stubborn ex can pay for a $150 upgrade, which includes a personalized video message to the recipient showing their cockroach, rodent or vegetable being devoured by an animal.
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A company in Japan has created WEARABLE beanbag chairs . . . and they're ridiculous.
The clearest way to explain them is that you'll look like Grimace, the purple McDonald's character. They go on over your head . . . like a sweater . . . but they're basically like wearing a "fat suit." (I think you look like a fig)
The idea is that whenever you're tired . . . which you WILL be if you're carrying around all this extra weight . . . you can just plop down anywhere and you'll be in a beanbag chair.
They come in four different colors . . . moss green, natural beige, mocha, and charcoal gray . . . and three different sizes. The child size is about $60 . . . the medium is $80 . . . and the large is about $120. That one weighs 11 pounds.
For now, they're mostly only being sold in Japan . . . but something tells me there'd be a market for this silliness in the U.S.
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People have been sharing their favorite "poverty meals." That's stuff from when they were younger . . . or a poor college student . . . that they're tossing back into the rotation to save a little cash. Here are some highlights:
1. Instant noodles . . . including Knorr pasta
2. Maruchan Ramen
3. Kraft boxed mac and cheese . . . maybe with sliced hot dogs mixed in
4. Grilled cheese and tomato soup
5. Lentil rice casserole . . . "Dried lentils, rice, salt, water, and seasoning in a casserole dish, bake for 90 minutes or so. Costs pennies." (Recipe)
6. Egg drop soup. "A bouillon base, green onion, any veggie you have, and beaten eggs poured in."
7. Pasta with white cottage cheese and caramelized onion . . . topped with butter and salt.
8. Condiment sandwiches: Mayo on toast . . . or mustard on toast . . . or ketchup on white bread.
9. Cereal or oatmeal
10. Cheese quesadilla. "Total cost to make one would be about 40 cents."
11. Hamburger Helper.
12. Totino's Pizza Rolls.
13. Red beans and rice . . . or for a bit more flair, chili on rice.
14. Lasagna
15. "Glop" . . . "Cream of mushroom soup, sliced green onion, cooked rice, and Lawry's garlic salt. Sometimes shredded chicken added in." They say their mom called it "Glop" because of how it plops onto the plate in a spoon-shaped lump. Others shared a similar mushroom soup dish, only with tuna.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Pixar animated 20,622 balloons to carry the house in the movie "Up" . . . even the ones on the inside of the giant bunch that you can't see.
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