Friday 6/7/24
Celebrate:
Hug an Atheist Day
June Bug Day
National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
National Doughnut Day
National Gun Violence Awareness Day
Trial Technology Day
VCR Day
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New at the Movies
Bad Boys: Ride or Die - The Bad Boys, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back with Tiffany Haddish, Vanessa Hudgens, Ioan Gruffudd, and Joe Pantoliano.
The Watchers - your latest horror film with Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Alistair Brammer, Olwen Fouéré, and Siobhan Hewlett.
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"Happy 'the pool counts as a bath' season to all who participate!" wrote Colorado mom of two Neely Gracey.
One mom wasn't having it, "Noooo wayyy man. Pool day means it is DEFINITELY a tubby 🛀 night for my kiddos. So gross, chemicals, sunscreen, sweat, pee, salt, etc. 🤢😬"
Proponents of the pool bath perhaps raised their hands more slowly. "Heck yes," wrote one mom.
"Every parent knows the epic battles that ensue from trying to get your kids into the bath and then trying to get them out of the bath," she explains for the non-parents who have thoughts on her post. "It's two separate battles every single time. I just wanted to give parents permission to have fun with their kids this summer.”
So, how often should we actually be bathing?
Dr. Mary Stevenson, dermatological surgeon and associate professor of dermatology at NYU Langone Health, told TODAY.com in a previous interview that “you should be showering, bathing or cleansing yourself every two to three days.”
The biggest problem from not showering enough isn't the germs, but the smell. So if your kid stinks, you may have counted the pool as a bath one too many times.
For me...always a shower after the pool!!! Period!
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Do you return your shopping cart?
One mom raised eyebrows after posting a now-viral TikTok video sharing her opinion about why she chose not to return her shopping cart at a grocery store.
"I'm not getting my groceries into my car, getting my children into the car and then leaving them in the car to go return the cart, so if you're gonna give me a dirty look, f--- off," Dobson says in the video.
"I wanted to make the video to empower people to say, trust your instinct, it's okay if you don't feel safe to not return your shopping cart," she said.
"There are so many private messages of women saying, 'I believe you, I trust you, I do the same thing, but I'm not going to leave a public message because I don't want the retaliation,'" Dobson said.
I do hear her point (and it's sad that we have to think about that) but here's an idea..park near a cart return!
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Lupita Nyong'o had to go through intense cat therapy to prep for her role in the upcoming "A Quiet Place: Day One". (???) She had to get over her FEAR of cats, since she had to work with one in the movie.
Well, it worked because it turned her into a cat lady.
Lupita was starting to get depressed while going through a breakup last October, so she decided to get her own cat.
She fostered an orange tabby named Yoyo, and after two days, she knew she needed to keep him. Lupita says Yoyo pulled her out of her super low point and mended her "severely broken" heart.
Quote, "I guess the best [antidote] for when you feel poorly taken care of is to take care of something. And I took care of Yoyo and he pried my heart open."
You can see Lupita in "A Quiet Place: Day One" when it hits theaters on the 27th.
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Adam Levine is returning to "The Voice". He'll be a coach on Season 27 next spring.
Adam will be joining Kelsea Ballerini, John Legend, and Michael Bublé.
He left in 2019 after coaching on the show's first 16 seasons, saying it was his time to move on.
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Last month, Apple Music released a list of the 100 best albums of all time. They gave the top spot to Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill".
Well, not everyone agreed with the order Apple put those albums in. Over on Ranker.com, people voted to RE-ORDER them. And Lauryn got bumped all the way to #62. Here's the rankings: (Ranker ratings may be differnt than when I checked)
1. "Abbey Road", The Beatles (#3 Apple)
2. "Dark Side of the Moon", Pink Floyd (#28)
3. "Led Zeppelin 2", Led Zeppelin (#27)
4. "Rumours", Fleetwood Mac (#11)
5. "Thriller", Michael Jackson (#2)
6. "Purple Rain", Prince (#4)
7. "What's Going On", Marvin Gaye (#17)
8. "Nevermind", Nirvana (#9)
9. "Hotel California", Eagles (#99)
10. "London Calling", The Clash (#35)
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You know, there are GOOD reasons for bands to be late taking the stage. But is VIDEO GAME ADDICTION one of them? Because that happens to Imagine Dragons.
Dan Reynolds says, quote, "We've been late onstage because we're playing 'League of Legends'."
The guys are REALLY into gaming. In fact, 10 years ago they got to play with Nintendo composer Koji Kondo, and Dan says, quote, "I geeked out harder on that than when we played in front of Paul McCartney."
He adds, quote, "Look, I'm really tall, 6-foot-4, never played sports, always did music and drama, so people probably think I'm not a gamer, but it's my bread and butter. It's our world."
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You've asked this, or been asked at some point: Know any good mechanics? Someone polled 2,000 Americans, and the overwhelming answer is NOPE.
They asked about all kinds of occupations, where if you find someone good, you stick with them. Only 19% of us have a good mechanic we'd highly recommend. Just 16% said the same about their veterinarian, and 13% about their therapist.
The poll found we'll spend an average of 15 minutes looking at online reviews before we settle on someone. We tend to look at good reviews more than bad, but both matter. And if someone has less than three stars, we don't even bother.
Once we do find someone we trust, we stick with them. If they moved to a new location, the average person would drive an extra 29 miles out of their way to still be a customer.
Last stat: It takes a total of seven visits before you can consider yourself a "regular" customer.
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The meme going around - I'm this old with pictures of a Cassette, VHS tape, and a hard plastic floppy disc.
Which is actually a bit too old for me. When I joined the Columbia Record Club as a kid (8 for a penny!!!!) My choices were Vinyl, 8-track, and Reel-to-Reel. (yikes)
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A team at M.I.T. came up with a new A.I. chatbot called "Future You" that lets you ask an older and wiser version of YOURSELF for advice.
It learns about you by asking a series of questions about your life, your friends and family, the past experiences that have shaped who you are, and what your hopes are for the future.
They also age your profile pic, so it looks like you're talking to an older version of you. The one they used with students who tried it was 60. Then it gives you advice by drawing from "plausible synthetic memories."
Here's an example they gave: A college student who's planning to be a teacher asked it to think back on the most rewarding moment in her career.
Her future self said she's retired now, but it was when she helped a kid turn their grades around. Quote, "It was so gratifying to see the student's face light up with pride and accomplishment."
One of the researchers who built it says he's talked to his future self a lot. And the most profound advice he's gotten was to spend more time with his parents, because they won't be around forever.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Kryptonite was invented by the people behind the Superman radio show in 1943, so Superman could just groan in pain for a few episodes . . . and the voice actor who played him could finally take a vacation. Or so the story goes.
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