5/15/26 - Cruising with Celebrities (sort of), Cookies, and Books!
- bribriny
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Friday 5/15/26
Celebrate:
Bring Flowers to Someone Day
Endangered Species Day
International Conscientious Objectors Day
International Day of Families
International Virtual Assistants Day
NASCAR Day
National Bike to Work Day
National Chocolate Chip Day
National Defense Transportation Day
National Pizza Party
National Safety Dose Day
National Senior Fraud Awareness Day
Nylon Stocking Day
O. Henry Pun-off Day
Peace Officers Memorial Day
Shades Day
Straw Hat Day
Relive Your Past By Listening to the First Music You Ever Bought No Matter What it Was No Excuses Day
When I started buying on a regular basis, the two 45s I bought were “Le Freak” by Chic and “Bicycle Races/Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen.
What were yours?
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HBO Max has announced that its latest comedy series, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, will premiere on July 23.
The show is a spin-off of the popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory and stars Kevin Sussman reprising his role as comic book store owner Stuart Bloom.
The series follows him as he attempts to restore reality after accidentally causing a multiverse Armageddon by breaking a device created by Sheldon and Leonard.
The series also stars Lauren Lapkus as Stuart's girlfriend, Denise, Brian Posehn as his geologist friend, Bert, and John Ross Bowie as quantum physicist, Barry Kripke.
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It’s a threepeat! Conan O’Brien will return as host of the Oscars for a third consecutive year. Also back in their fourth straight year as executive producers are Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan. The 99th Academy Awards will air live on ABC and Hulu on March 14, 2027.
And now, a look at the nominees...oh wait....not yet.
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Cruising might not be top of mind at the moment, but you might want to think about a celebrity impersonators' cruise.
Frank Sinatra and his beautiful redheaded wife sat in a dark corner across from Jeff Bezos, who looked like he was waiting for him to say something. Both were checking out a bistro table trying to get a better look at Marilyn Monroe. Roy Orbison and Austin Powers stood nearby,
Other "celebs" Elvises of every era, a plausible Oprah, A Cher. Sharon Osbourne, Boy George, Fran Drescher, The Dude from The Big Lebowski, Jerry Garcia.
The majority looked more like second or third cousins to their doubles. Staring at them yielded a whole other feeling, stranger than the vague awe you might harbor for folks obviously cashing in on their Darwinian dues.
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The global cookies market accounted for a revenue of 39.8 billion USD in 2023.
In 2014, Argentina led the list with the highest consumption, with individuals averaging 12.44 kilograms annually.
Most Popular according to invitingrecipes.com
1. Chocolate Chip Cookies
2. Oreo Cookies
3. Sugar Cookies
4. Peanut Butter cookies
5. Snickerdoodles
6. Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
7. Double Chocolate Cookies
8. Girl Scout Cookies
9. Macadamia Nut Cookies
10. Shortbread Cookies
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Brooklyn Public Library is celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary the best way we know how: with a thoughtful, surprising, irresistible booklist. Organized by genre and category of interest, this all-ages list is a deep dive on the stories, voices and moments that shaped America.
Some of the popular books
The graphic novels Maus and Saga
Stephen King's Carrie
Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park
Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
J. D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye (i hated it)
Shel Silverstein's Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Wild Things Are
Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn
E.B. White's Charlotte's Web
Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games
Many of the classics you would expect!
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Harvard is celebrating the 150th anniversary of its humor magazine, The Lampoon, with a new exhibit. One of the highlights is a 1960s parody of James Bond called "Alligator"—it was so convincing that many fans at the time reportedly thought it was a real 007 novel.
Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Fleming described Bond as a "blunt instrument" wielded by a government department. In the books, he is frequently weary, suffers from "the shakes" after missions, and contemplates the morality of his profession.
Starting in 1953 with Casino Royale and followed by 11 more novels and 2 short story collections.
In the novels, the "00" prefix is explained as having been earned because the agent has had to kill in cold blood while carrying out an assignment.
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