Saturday 7/20/24
Sunday 7/21/24
Celebrate:
Saturday
International Chess Day
Moon Day - we first walked on the moon today in 1969.
Nap Day
National Fortune Cookie Day
National Lollipop Day
National Strawberry Rhubarb Wine Day
National Woodie Wagon Day
Space Exploration Day
Toss Away the "Could Haves" and "Should Haves" Day
Ugly Truck Contest Day
World Jump Day
Sunday
Invite an Alien to Live with You Day - celebrating Mork & Mindy on Robin Williams Birthday
Legal Drinking Age Day
National Be Someone Day
National Ice Cream Day
National Junk Food Day
National Lamington Day - butter or sponge cakes that are coated with or dipped in chocolate and then covered with fine desiccated coconut. Other coatings or toppings can also be used, like salted caramel, peanut butter, or strawberry. Lamingtons may have a layer of filling, like cream or jam, and are sometimes topped with whipped cream.
National Tug-Of-War Tournament Day
Take a Monkey to Lunch Day
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62 years ago - In 1962, a 50-year-old Frenchman named Jose Meiffret set a World Bicycle Speed Record in Freiburg, West Germany. He pedaled at a top speed of over 127 mph behind a Mercedes Benz pace car.
The current record is held by a British guy named Neil Campbell. Neil set his record of just over 174.3 mph in the UK in 2019.
I may have had the record at one point in my life. You see, there was this hill Orchard Terrace where I grew up in Sodus. I came down that hill pretty fast delivering papers. Never did wipe out in all the times I flew down it.
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A technological meltdown disrupted airlines, banks, hospitals and emergency services around the world on Friday.
Thousands of Microsoft users reported being suddenly knocked offline, and the culprit appeared to be cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, which had a routine software update malfunction.
When the botched update crashed computer systems, scores of airport travelers were stranded, hospital appointments were delayed and live news broadcasts were cut short.
CrowdStrike said it was not a cyberattack, but rather a software glitch. The company said the issue has been identified and that a fix was sent to customers.
Remember AT&T's outage earlierl this year was also a software update issue.
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There's going to be a screening of the 1987 cinematic masterpiece "Mannequin" last night in Philadelphia . . . which is where much of the movie was filmed.
And a special guest from the movie was in attendance. Can you guess who?
We know it wasn't Estelle Getty or Meshach Taylor as they are both gone.
Was it be Kim Cattrall? Andrew McCarthy? James Spader? The answer is: None of the above.
The special guest was Emmy . . . THE MANNEQUIN.
Emmy is an actual mannequin used in the movie. She has survived the decades and can now be found modeling clothing at a local shop called South Fellini. When she's not attending movie screenings, that is.
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People online are talking about the REAL LIFE "cheat codes" they've banked in their lifetime. Some of them are brilliant . . . some are intriguing . . . and some are random. Here are a few:
"Diarrhea is the best excuse to get out of anything. No one questions it, and no one expects you to go to a doctor for it."
"Don't enter the recipient(s) of an email until AFTER it's written and ready to send, so you don't accidentally send unedited or unfinished emails."
"People like talking about themselves more than they like hearing about you. So, if you interact with people for work, memorize one thing about them . . . maybe a kid's name, a sport they like, a hobby they do, their job, whatever.
"Ask them about it every once in a while. People are always surprised and appreciate your interest in them."
"Talk positive about people behind their backs."
"Have friends generationally older and younger than yourself."
"If you have something nice to say to someone, like you think they did something neat, or they have a cool shirt, or they made a good moral choice, it's generally good to say so and not wait for a better time, which may not come.
"If you have a criticism or something 'mean' to say, THEN try to wait. You may find you don't need to say it, or you may find a way to express it that will be more useful and digestible to the person, rather than just ticking them off."
"Make people laugh within a minute of meeting them. They will remember you and help you."
"If you want to change the subject in a conversation, discreetly (but noticeably) drop something. Make it look accidental. It will break the train of thought of the other person, and allow you to restart the conversation."
"Being polite increases your odds of getting what you want."
"To learn something, repeat it to yourself three times on the day you learn it, two more times the next day, once the day after that, and then you know it (most of the time)."
"Never commit a crime during the commission of another crime. For example: If you are transporting illicit substances, don't go speeding around in a car with a busted taillight and expired tags. Just remember this: 'One crime at a time.'"
See the Reddit thread here.
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