7/25/25 - It's Fantastic, Buzzwords, and Corn Sweat
- bribriny
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Friday 7/25/25
Celebrate:
Health and Happiness with Hypnosis Day
International Red Shoe Day
National Carousel Day
National Get Gnarly Day
National Hire a Veteran Day
National Hot Fudge Sundae Day
National Talk in an Elevator Day
National Wine and Cheese Day
System Administrator Appreciation Day
Thread the Needle Day
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Big New Movie this weekend.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Back to the 60s with the origin story of these Marvel Superheroes. Starring John Malkovich, Ralph Ineson, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Walter Hauser, Julia Garner, Joseph Quinn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Sarah Niles.
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WWE (back in the day WWF) hall of famer Hulk Hogan has died from a reported cardiac arrest at 71.
Chuck Mangione, a prolific composer and musician who released 30 albums over his career, died July 22, a statement from his family confirmed. He was 84.
Rochester native who played the flugelhorn and trumpet who received two Grammys.
The first for Mangione's quartet with saxophonist Gerry Niewood "Bellavia" from 1977 in the category Best Instrumental Composition, and Mangione composed the soundtrack for the film The Children of Sanchez starring Anthony Quinn. This album won him his second Grammy, in the category Best Pop Instrumental Performance in 1979.
His 1977 single "Feels So Good," off an album of the same name, reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
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It's high summer in the Midwest and the corn is "sweating."
The process, which despite its nickname does not involve any actual sweating in our sense of the word, is officially known as evapotranspiration, which is how plants, including corn, release water vapor into the atmosphere.
Commonly called "corn sweat," water evaporating from plants enters the atmosphere, combines with other water molecules and humidifies the air. In the Plains and Midwest regions, where there are millions of acres of corn and soybean crops, this can worsen stifling heat by driving up the humidity levels, making hot summer days all the more miserable.
During the growing season, an acre of corn "sweats off" about 3,000 to 4,000 gallons of water a day.
In Iowa, corn pumps out "a staggering 49 to 56 billion gallons of water into the atmosphere each day"(enough to fill 73,000 Olympic-size swimming pools) throughout the state, the National Weather Service said. That can add 5 to 10 degrees to the dew point, a measure of the humidity in the air, on a hot summer day.
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Have you ever been listening to someone, and they utter something that immediately makes you question if they have ANY IDEA what they're talking about?
People on social media are sharing the "buzzwords" that immediately set off their "B.S. alarm" . . . and here are some examples:
Calibrate. "I work at a school district. Every year there's a new [B.S.] buzzword. This year it's 'calibrate.' That word comes out in a meeting or agenda, and you know the nonsense is about to get deep."
Family . . . in reference to the work environment.
Team Player . . . at work. "Anytime I hear it, I know that I'm about to do the majority of the work for zero credit and little reward."
"Integrated with A.I."
Unprecedented. "Makes me miss precedented times."
Alpha or Beta . . . in terms of people.
"I will try to keep this brief." Or, "Quick question . . ." (which it never is)
Natural. It's linked to healthiness, but a lot of bad stuff is "natural."
Bespoke or Artisanal.
Gaslighting. The word everyone was trying to use, usually using it wrong.
"Growth mindset."
Thought leader . . . especially when it's a self-proclaimed title.
Leveraged.
Synergy.
Woke. (I consider you a complete idiot)
Influencer.
Aesthetic.
Holistic
"Work-life balance."
Seamless . . . when discussing processes, changes, et cetera. "It is NOT going to be seamless, Todd. It’s never seamless."
See the thread here.
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A new poll asked, "Which country has the most overrated food culture? Not saying the food is bad, just maybe a bit too hyped."
30% of people said France.
21% said America.
15% said the U.K.
14% said Italy, and another 14% said Japan.
And 7% said Mexico.
Those were the only options . . . so they didn't ask about Thai food, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Spanish, German, or Ethiopian.
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Getting the whole family to sit down for a meal is a massive chore, because everyone is on a different schedule . . . everyone wants to be eating something different . . . and no one wants to be there.
In a survey, 61% of parents with young kids say mealtimes are one of the only times they're able to fully engage with their children without distraction. And 87% believe small moments at the table can have a long-term, positive impacts.
But even if they're able to get everyone together, 41% of parents say there isn't as much talking as they'd like.
The main hurdles that get in the way of family mealtimes are: Cleaning up afterward . . . dealing with picky eating and complaints . . . getting kids to sit still and eat . . . managing different schedules and routines . . .
Trying to cook while managing chaos . . . keeping screens away without a meltdown . . . and getting anyone to talk beyond, "fine" and "I don't know."
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Play-Doh was originally created in the 1930s as wallpaper cleaner. ( I know you can smell this fact)
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