Wednesday 5/22/24
Celebrate:
Bitcoin Pizza Day - celebrated mainly by the cryptocurrency community, takes place on the anniversary of the date that cryptocurrency was used to pay for goods for the first time.
Canadian Immigrants Day
International Being You Day
International Day for Biological Diversity
National Buy a Musical Instrument Day
National Craft Distillery Day
National Maritime Day
National Solitaire Day
National Vanilla Pudding Day
Sherlock Holmes Day
World Goth Day
World Paloma Day - tequila, lime juice, and a grapefruit-flavored soda
--
Everything is better by the pool—especially when you’re paid $100,000 for it!
Swimply, a neighborhood-based marketplace that lets you rent pools, hot tubs, sports courts, and more, is searching for its first-ever Chief Pools Officer. This lucky new CPO will be paid for traveling and reviewing pools in all 50 states from July through September. Talk about a perfect summer position. And with a generous paycheck: $50,000 base pay for efforts, travel, and other poolside essentials, plus up to another 50 grand in performance bonuses.
This swimmer will travel near and far to test out Swimply pools. From a breathtaking Las Vegas sunrise waterfall oasis to a luxe Grecian pool with a 180-degree valley view in L.A., the possibilities are bountiful. With features like water slides, grottos, jacuzzis, and more, this unforgettable job will feel like a vacation.
You have until June 15th to apply.
Swimply started on Shark Tank and has really changed the game for people who want to have pool hangouts with their friends but don’t have a house with a pool. And they don’t just have pools in their marketplace, users can also rent sports courts… pickleball, anyone?
--
This year's hottest new pool accessory may be . . . an underwater vending machine.
Remember Airheads candy? They've announced that they've created a "first-of-its-kind 'Underwater Vending Machine' that dispenses Airheads while submerged in a pool," and they're selling a "limited number" of them online.
In a hype video, this thing looks so absurd that it's hard to believe it's real.
Instead of feeding wet money into it, there's a screen that asks you to do pool tricks to get your candy fix . . . like flips, or pretending to be at a tea party. (what are we?? Dolphins?)
Of course, this wouldn't come cheap. They say the machines will cost $7,000, and come with a "lifetime supply of Airheads."
AND of course, you probably won't get exactly what's in the video and have no idea what the home version looks like.
So there's that.
Just leave them out in a bowl by the pool.
--
When I was a kid (in the stone age), we would sometimes (eating candy by the bucket full from the 1cent store) talk about what we would do when we grow up, and one of the options usually was "I'm going to be President!" It was really an almost 100% answer.
Today..seems no one wants that job.
A new poll asked more than 5,000 Americans: "Have you ever wanted to be the president of the United States?"
And 73% said NO.
15% of people said they have . . . but only as a CHILD. (and I'm sure they are older)
Only 8% have ever wanted to be president as an ADULT. And the best part is your politics don't matter. 8% of Republicans have wanted to be POTUS, 8% of Independents, and 10% of Democrats.
If there's a silver lining, it's that the generation that HAS wanted to be the president more than any others is: Gen Z. (late 1990s to early 2010s)
--
Last week we talked about the Grandma McFlurry that McDonalds would debut.
Butter Pecan, Butterscotch, Strawberry, and even Peppermint are among some of the most popular flavor guesses.
According to a Reddit commenter, it's Werthers caramel-flavored hard candies and a butterscotch syrup.
Another commenter says..no one aksed for this.
It's only available on the Mobile Food Truck in NYC though.
--
Elon Musk's brain implant startup Neuralink is accepting applications for a second human trial participant to test its device.
The first person to get it is able to control his computer cursor with his brain. He is a quadriplegic after an accident and says "I didn't have anything to wake up for in the morning, and this has changed that for me," Arbaugh told Good Morning America in an interview that aired on Friday. "I was just very happy that I would be a part of something that I believe is so monumental. This is the next step forward of helping people with paralysis."
The company says it is enrolling trial patients who have "limited or no ability to use both hands due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)."
It's in its early stages, but this could be a game changer for some people.
In other health news -
Scientists have just identified 618 proteins in blood, which are linked to 19 types of the disease, including bowel, prostate, and breast cancers.
This might make it possible to warn people of cancer more than seven years before it is diagnosed. It's early, but doctors hope this could be a "crucial first step" towards offering preventative therapies.
–
A new study by Forbes looked at the states with the worst drivers . . . the DANGEROUS ones that have driven recklessly while drunk, drowsy, or distracted, and have been involved in FATAL car accidents.
And that's happening more on the wide open roads of Middle America.
They crunched all the data, and New Mexico tops the list of states with the WORST drivers. Wyoming is second, followed by Texas . . . Oklahoma . . . Montana . . . Louisiana . . . Kentucky . . . Kansas . . . Mississippi . . . and Missouri.
Mississippi has the highest total number of fatal car accidents . . . Montana has the highest number of drunk drivers involved in fatal crashes . . . and New Mexico has the highest number of fatal car accidents involving a distracted drivers.
The state with the BEST drivers (or the least dangerous ones) is . . . Massachusetts. And six of the 10 best (which include New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Rhode Island) are in the Northeast.
I've heard that The Miracle Mile is really where the worst drivers are.
--
A study by Preply.com has produced a list of "the most confustin emojis of 2024." Here's a few, and what people THINK they mean.
Upside-Down Face. I use this all the time for sarcasm.
I honestly haven't seen most of these!!! And should the Sleepy one use Zzzz's instead of.....a snot bubble?
--
Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Sony owns 100% of the music publishing rights for the "Hokey Pokey". (that's not in the public domain yet?)
–
Comments