Saturday 2/10/24
Sunday 2/11/24
Celebrate:
Chinese New Year
Global Movie Day
International Cribbage Day
International Snowmobile Ride Day
National Have a Brownie Day
National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
National Flannel Day
National Home Warranty Day
Plimsoll Day
Teddy Day
Umbrella Day
Sunday
Be Electrific Day
Get Out Your Guitar Day
Grandmother Achievement Day
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Man Day
National Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
National Incentors' Day
National Latte Day
National Make a Friend Day
National Peppermint Patty Day
National Pork Rind Appreciation Day
National Shut-in Visitation Day
Promise Day
Pro Sports Wives Day
Satisfied Staying Single Day
Super Chicken Wing Day
White Shirt Day
World Marriage Day
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Welcome to the Year of the Dragon!
You are a Dragon if you were born in 1952, 64, 76, 88, 2000, and 2012. this year is also a Wood Dragon, 1964 was as well.
Dragon is powerful, endlessly energetic and full of vitality, goal-oriented yet idealistic and romantic, and a visionary leader. They know exactly who they are and possess the keenest sense of self among the 12 zodiacs of Chinese astrology.
For Chinese New Year you should wear something new. Also to wear Red Underwear and clothing. Avoid white.
Many of our New Year Traditions come from this holiday, like don't sweep..you might sweep up the luck.
Don't break ceramics or glass, don't use scissors, knives or other sharp objects. Avoid fighting and crying.
Open windows
In the days preceding Chinese New Year's Day, let the bad luck out and the good luck in.
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New at the movies
Dune is back with bonus content. The new movie is out in a couple of weeks.
Peppa's Cinema Party with Peppa Pig. With the voices of Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom.
Lisa Frankenstein - A horror comedy starring Kathryn Newton as a teenage girl who reanimates a handsome Victorian-era corpse (Cole Sprouse) and starts to rebuild him to become the man of her dreams. Diablo Cody wrote it, and Robin Williams's daughter Zelda directs.
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A 2023 poll found our five favorite toppings are pepperoni, sausage, extra cheese, mushrooms, and chicken. And pineapple is now the sixth most popular topping in America.
Our least favorite topping by far is anchovies. Jalapeños are a distant second, and pineapple made that list too in third place. Eggplant and broccoli round out the top five.
73% of us eat pizza at least a few times a month. Only 3% said once a year at most . . . and 0% said never.
Our favorite things to dip it in are marinara, Garlic butter, and ranch. But 12% like hot sauce . . . 10% said barbecue sauce . . . another 10% dip it in KETCHUP . . . and 7% said pizza with mayonnaise is good.
In other food news
1.45 billion: Number of chicken wings that will be eaten. Also, 10 million pounds of ribs, 11.3 million pounds of potato chips, and 250 million pounds of avocados.
18.8 million: Number of people who will miss work the day after the game, resulting in $9.2 billion in lost productivity. (it’s called the Super Bowl flu.)
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Google Trends put out a list of the most-searched Super Bowl recipes, and "shrimp scampi" was #1, followed by chili . . . meatloaf . . . meatball . . . sliders . . . sloppy joes . . . goulash . . . pizza dough . . . Alfredo sauce . . . and cheesecake.
They also put out a list of the most-searched Super Bowl drinks, and they're cocktails.Â
A Manhattan was #1, followed by Shirley Temple . . . Sidecar . . . Sex on the Beach . . . Roy Rogers . . . Screwdriver . . . Grasshopper . . . Painkiller (which is thematic AND delicious) . . . Cosmopolitan . . . and a John Daly (yes the golfer and it's an alcoholic Arnold Palmer.)
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The "Madden NFL" video game made its annual Super Bowl prediction based on a simulation.Â
And they say the Chiefs will beat the 49ers 30 to 28 . . . and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be named MVP.
It's worth mentioning, "Madden" has been WRONG the last three years. So they'll either make it a fourth or break their streak.
No word if Taylor Swift was seen in the simulations.
The Super Bowl kicks off Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on CBS.
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Chocolate infused with BROCCOLI is now a thing that exists. A broccoli grower in the U.K. called Tenderstem partnered with a chocolate company for it.
They're calling them "Tender-Choc" . . . even though "Broc-Choc" was right there for the taking.
Each box has nine pieces of dark chocolate filled with a blend of cream and puréed broccoli. But sadly . . . or thankfully . . . you can't buy them.Â
They only made a limited number of boxes, and just people in the U.K. can enter to win them.Â
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Mark Knopfler from Dire Straits assembled a massive lineup of rock musicians for a new charity single. It includes Slash, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, Brian May, Sting, David Gilmour, Ron Wood, Joan Jett, Nile Rodgers, Sheryl Crow, Alex Lifeson, Ry Cooder, Peter Frampton, Rick Nielsen, Keith Urban, Joe Walsh, Tom Morello, and more.
The late Jeff Beck plays on it, too. And if that's not enough, Sting plays bass, Ringo Starr and his son Zack Starkey are on drums, and Roger Daltrey plays the harmonica.
It will benefit Britain's Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America.and be out on March 15th.
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