Friday 5/3/24
Celebrate:
Garden Meditation Day
International Sauvignon Blanc Day
International Space Day
International Tuba Day
National Chocolate Custard Day
National Lumpy Rug Day
National Raspberry Popover Day
National Specially-abled Pets Day
National Textiles Day
National Two Different Colored Shoes Day
No Pants Day
Paranormal Day
Public Radio Day
School Lunch Hero Day
Sun Day
Wordsmith Day
World Press Freedom Day
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The Fall Guy - Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling star in this movie set in the stunt community. This working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life.
Based on the 80s TV show starring Lee Majors. (watch for a cameo in the movie.)
Tarot - Horror - When a group of friends recklessly violates the sacred rule of Tarot readings – never use someone else’s deck – they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards.
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It's World Password Day, when we're supposed to update our passwords and make sure they're secure.
The most common in the U.S. last year were: "123456" . . . "password" . . . "admin" . . . "1234" . . . and "unknown". So, none of those are secure.
A company called Hive Systems puts out a graphic each year that shows how long it would take hackers to crack your password depending on how long and complex it is.
Basic passwords that are just numbers can be cracked instantly now.
Even a nine-digit number would only take them six minutes. But things get a lot more secure as soon as you mix in upper and lowercase letters. And special symbols like exclamation points help a lot.
If you add all of those things along with numbers, a nine-character password would take at least 479 YEARS to crack.
Or if you really want to be safe, make it 18 characters and they'd have to keep at it for 19 QUINTILLION years. That's 19, followed by 18 zeroes.
Just have backup to use when you forget it (which you will every week) so you can make a new one to get into your program)
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May is National Salad Month.
A new poll asked people for the STRANGEST things they like to
in their salads, and people get REAL creative. The answers include: Banana, peanut butter, peppermint, popcorn, marshmallows, meatballs, beef jerky, and hotdogs.
Overall, the #1 salad topping is: Cheese, followed by tomatoes . . . bacon . . . croutons . . . and cucumbers. (where are the carrots?)
The most popular salad dressing is Ranch, followed by Italian and Caesar.
As for the actual GREENS, the most popular base is: Romaine, followed by iceberg lettuce . . . spinach . . . spring mix . . . and crunchy green lettuce.
And if you're just not feeling salads AT ALL, there's this: May is also National Hamburger Month.
(which leads to strange burger toppings tomorrow.)
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It's the 150th Run for the Roses Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Topping the early odds are two American horses born in Kentucky: Sierra Leone and Fierceness. Post time is 6:57 p.m.
2024 Kentucky Derby horses and odds
1. Dornoch 20-1
2 Sierra Leone 3-1
3 Mystik Dan 20-1
4 Catching Freedom 8-1
5 Catalytic 30-1
6 Just Steel 20-1
7 Honor Marie 20-1
8 Just a Touch 10-1
9 T O Password 30-1
10 Forever Young 10-1
11 Track Phantom 20-1
12 West Saratoga 50-1
13 Endlessly 30-1
14 Domestic Product 30-1
15 Grand Mo the First 50-1
16 Fierceness 5-2
17 Stronghold 20-1
18 Resilience 20-1
19 Society Man 50-1
20 Epic Ride 30-1
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A North Carolina man's sister told him she had a dream he found a bunch of gold. So he bought a lottery ticket and won $837,000.
Mega Millions tonight is $284 Million and Powerball tomorrow night is $203 Million.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Canada, New Zealand, and Australia have removed their 1-cent pieces from circulation. And maybe the U.S. should, too. A penny costs about three times its value to make.
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