Tuesday 6/27/23
Celebrate:
Happy Birthday to You Day
Decide to Be Married Day
National Bingo Day
National Ice Cream Cake Day
National Indian Pudding Day
National Orange Blossom Day
Sunglasses Day
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There's a company called GymBird that's looking to hire a "Chief Step Officer," who will be paid $10,000 to take 10,000 steps in one day. It's mostly a marketing stunt, not an actual ongoing position.
It's simple: You apply online . . . and if you're chosen, you'll spend a month "training" to walk 10,000 steps in one day. Once a week, you'll have to share a few social media posts, including a video blog about the experience.
But a lot of people try to get 10,000 steps a day. Some can hit it EASILY. Others end up closer to 1,000 . . . and claim that all their steps aren't being counted because "I don't carry my phone around all day."
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Ed Sheeran made sure his fans didn't miss out on an opening act on Saturday in Maryland when his opener, Khalid, got in a car accident.
Ed surprised fans with a 30-minute acoustic set of songs from his latest album, "Subtract". He said, quote, "[Khalid] is recovering, and we wish him the best . . . Usually when I start playing, it's pitch-black and now I get to see everyone . . .
"It's awesome. This is pretty fun. I kind of feel like when you're the main act, there's a bunch of pressure because people have paid to see you but I feel like when you're the opening act you're like, 'Let's have fun. Let's play songs.'"
Khalid will hopefully be back for their next show on Saturday in Boston.
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Ever since that OceanGate submersible imploded during its tourist visit to the Titanic wreckage, people have been streaming Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On".
That was, of course, the theme song to James Cameron's "Titanic".
Meanwhile, Netflix is being dragged because it's bringing "Titanic" back this coming Saturday.
It's not clear if the decision had anything to do with OceanGate. "Titanic" is just one of almost 100 titles being added on July 1st. But the announcement was just made last week, so the timing is unfortunate, if not suspect.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Kermit the Frog is left-handed. Jim Henson was left-handed . . . he wore Kermit on his right hand and used his left to manipulate his hands.
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