4/28/25 - R&R Hall Inductees, Nicknames, and How Many Screens
- bribriny
- Apr 28
- 3 min read
Monday 4/28/25
Celebrate:
Biological Clock Day
Clean Comedy Day
Great Poetry Reading Day
International Pay It Forward Day
National Blueberry Pie Day
National Cubicle Day
National Kiss Your Mate Day
National Superhero Day
Workers' Memorial Day
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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The weekend Box Office:
1. Sinners $45 Million. Second week on top with a mere 6% Box Office decline.
2. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, the 20th Anniversary re-released $25.2 Million
3. The Accountant 2 $24.5 Million
4. A Minecraft Movie $22.7 biggest of the year so far.
5. Until Dawn opened with $8 million
The Summer Blockbuster Season starts this weekend.
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The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 inductees.
The newest entrants, announced during the live broadcast of the “Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Night” episode of “American Idol" on April 27, are:
Bad Company
Chubby Checker
Joe Cocker
Cyndi Lauper
Outkast
Soundgarden
The White Stripes
The ceremony will be November 8th.
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A writer for "The Wall Street Journal" claims nicknames are going extinct.
He has five kids, aged six to 18, and none of them have been given nicknames by their friends. He says none of their friends seem to have one either.
He claims ALL types of nicknames are in decline. Everything from "Junior" to calling your buddy from Dallas "Tex." And he thinks it's sad, because nicknames are almost always a positive thing, or a sign of affection.
he thinks silly ones among friends are less common because we're more worried about offending people.
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Have you ever added up how many screens are in your home? The total might be higher than you think . . .
A TikTok mom is going viral after counting up all the different gadgets with screens her family has. She and her husband have four kids, aged two, five, seven, and 10.
This includes Apple Watches, computers, iPhones, Video games with screens, and TVs.
She counted everything with a screen, so TVs all the way down to Apple Watches. And her grand total was . . . 24 screens in their home. 9 of them were TVs.
My house has 11 or 12 among 2 of us.
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Is your "spring cleaning" involving you going through clutter in your house, while thinking, "Why do I even have this?"
People on Reddit are talking about things that we are "100% brainwashed" into believing we need
An endless stream of clothes and accessories to follow every trend.
Expensive weddings. Also: Expensive funerals . . . especially pricey coffins.
Social media.
A 12-step skincare routine.
Overpriced make-up and personal hygiene products.
Super white teeth . . . to the point where it looks unnatural.
Plastic surgery.
A car. (Or a NEW car immediately after you've paid off the current one.)
Fabric softener. (come on..you need that)
The newest phone every year, no matter the price. This was probably the most common answer. Some people do it to have the latest tech and features, others do it for the status symbol . . . and some people noted that the manufacturers push it too, through "planned obsolescence."
A lot of things for babies, especially NEW things. Someone said, "Babies don't need things, parents THINK they need things." And someone else added, "A lot of things for dogs. I get it, you love your dog . . . but just like babies, they will survive without all the junk."
A replacement. "You can fix stuff. You don't always need ANOTHER one."
"To carry a water bottle around, and drink water all day long." (another that i think is ok)
"Gobs of toothpaste. You only need a pea-sized amount."
See the thread here.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The human body is continually renewing itself. Around 330 billion cells are replaced every day, which is about 1% of all our cells. Within 80 to 100 days, 30 trillion will have replenished . . . enough to generate a whole new person.
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Check out the web version of this briefing, along with The Anniversary Song of the Day and more content, on the web at https://bribriny.wixsite.com/brianbriefing
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