Thursday 5/30/24
Celebrate:
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Day
National Creativity Day
National Mint Julep Day
Water a Flower Day
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It seems like everyone who has ever made music is on tour this summer. But who's the oldest??
Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Mike Love of the Beach Boys are all 83.
Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys is 81.
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are 80 . . . although Mick is several months OLDER. Mickey Hart from Dead & Company, Steve Miller, and Roger Daltrey are also 80.
Chicago's Robert Lamm is 79. So are Rod Stewart and former Yes singer Jon Anderson.
There are a bunch of 78-year-olds still on the road, like Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover . . . John Fogerty. . . Neil Young . . . and Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Daryl Hall and Yes guitarist Steve Howe are 77. And Ron Wood will be 77 this weekend.
It's a big year for 76-year-olds, like Sammy Hagar, Carlos Santana, Bob Weir, ELO's Jeff Lynne, Donald Fagen from Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Steve Winwood, and John Oates. And Stevie Nicks just turned 76 a few days ago.
Robert Plant is 75 . . . and so are Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice, Tom Johnston and Patrick Simmons of the Doobie Brothers, Rick Nielsen from Cheap Trick, and Billy Joel.
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Many people are resolving to spend money only on necessary purchases, or what is popularly known as engaging in a no-buy challenge. The self-imposed rules of the challenge are simple: participants pledge to stop buying non-essential items, be they unneeded shoes, additional beauty products or other impulse buys for a set amount of time, usually 12 months.
budgeting and mindful spending has become a popular trend on social media.
For some, it's to actually stop buying things you don't really need to help pay down your credit card debt.
Also, many use Social Meida, like TikTok to stay accountable to family and followers.
Others are doing it for the environment, and money for the future.
One kept track of everything she was buying and found that she was spending four figures on just carbonated drinks.
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People rolled down Cooper’s Hill in Gloucestershire during the annual cheese rolling competition. Participants chase an 8lb wheel of Double Gloucester cheese down a steep hillside.
The annual event on bank holiday Monday draws contestants and spectators from across the globe. The races are believed to have been held at Cooper’s Hill, near Brockworth in southwest England, since the 1820s.
The recent wet weather had made the racetrack soft, slippery and very muddy for the competitors who were cheered on by thousands of spectators, and it was reported that there were no serious injuries.
Abby Lampe from North Carolina defended her 2022 title for the women's race.
Tom Kopke of Germany won the men's race.
And yes, a local Josh Shepherd won another race.
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The 2023 to 2024 TV season is in the books.
Here are the Top 10 most-watched series and their average viewership:
1. "Sunday Night Football" (NBC): 19.4 million
2. "Monday Night Football" (ABC): 11.98 million
3. "Thursday Night Football" (Prime Video): 11.97 million
4. "Tracker" (CBS): 10.8 million
5. "NCIS" (CBS): 9.7 million
6. "Young Sheldon" (CBS): 9.1 million
7. "FBI" (CBS): 8.96 million
8. "Chicago Fire" (NBC): 8.8 million
9. "Blue Bloods" (CBS): 8.4 million
10. "60 Minutes" (CBS): 8.3 million
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A new poll of 2,000 Americans found a third of us think everyday chores like doing the dishes count as "EXERCISE" now.
98% of people say you don't need to go to the gym to get a good workout, and 54% us NEVER see the inside of a gym. But the average person still claims to "exercise" four times a week.
People were asked to name the top everyday tasks that count as exercise. Here are the Top 10. They start getting pretty iffy in the second half.
1. Walking around your neighborhood. 74% say all the walking you do in a day counts as exercise.
2. Taking the stairs instead of an elevator, 60%.
3. Doing yard work, 59%.
4. Cleaning, 59%.
5. Taking your dog for a walk, 56%.
6. Bringing groceries in from the car, 42%.
7. Gardening, 40%.
8. Taking out the trash, 36%.
9. Stretching after getting out of bed, 35%.
10. Doing dishes or a load of laundry. 33% think it counts as exercise.
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The Scripps Spelling Bee finals are tonight. So Google looked at the top words ordinary Americans struggle with.
They posted a map of the top-trending "How to spell" search in all 50 states. Here are the most EMBARRASSING ones: 11 states can't spell these words that are all six letters or less . . .
1. California can't spell the word "pretty."
2. New Mexico can't spell "quiet."
3. North Dakota's dirty secret is they can't spell "secret."
4. Kansas struggles with "chaos."
5. Oklahoma doesn't know how to spell "animal."
6. Michigan can't spell "cousin."
7. Ohio can't spell "equal."
8. Tennessee can't spell "field."
9. Maine can't spell "heard" with an "A". Like, "I heard you". A "herd of cattle" doesn't have the "A".
10. Wisconsin can't spell "ally."
11. Virginia can't spell the word "said."
A few more highlights: Nevada needs to consult the internet to spell the word "internet" . . . Louisiana can't decide how to spell "decision" . . . Kentucky definitely can't spell "definitely" . . . Indiana is jealous if you can spell "jealous" . . .
. . . Mississippi is nervous they can't spell "nervous" . . . New Hampshire is tortured by the word "tortured" . . . a ton of people in Wyoming need to spell "corduroy" for some reason . . .
. . . and three states can't spell the names of other states: Utah can't spell "Mississippi" . . . Nebraska can't spell "California" . . . and even though they're neighbors, Maryland can't spell "Pennsylvania."
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A high school senior in Boston won a $10,000 scholarship last week, beating out five other finalists. But then the anonymous donor behind it decided they deserved to win too, and put up another 50 grand. So they all got $10,000 each.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Purple Skittles aren't grape in other countries. In England and Australia, they're black currant.
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