Wednesday 7/26/23
Celebrate:
Aunt and Uncles Day
Holistic Therapy Day
National All or Nothing Day
National Bagelfest Day
National Coffee Milkshake Day
One Voice Day
World Tofu Day
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We finally have an update from Jamie Foxx himself. If you remember he was hospitalized in April and he says, "I went through something that I thought I would never ever go through. I know a lot of people were waiting to hear the updates but to be honest with you, I just didn't want you to see me like that."
The rumor mill is still rolling about his health and whether or not he was actually back on his feet. And to push it further, his most recent project has premiered on Netflix. They Cloned Tyrone, it's getting great reviews, and has sparked another far-fetched theory about his return and whether or not he is actually a clone.
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Ryan Reynolds is bringing back Alf, the alien character from the classic sitcom as part of his production company's Maximum Effort Channel. This Saturday, episodes of the original "Alf" series will air on the channel, and they'll be "surrounded by sponsored content for Mint Mobile, Fubo, Hims, MNTN, and Ring featuring ALF himself."
aul Fusco returned to reprise the role. "At Maximum Effort, we love taking risks and blurring the lines between shows and sponsorship because we believe both can be equally entertaining," Reynolds said.
Wait..what channel is this. Do we need another cable channel?
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Here's another office trend that wasn't possible a few years ago: Working nine-to-five in one solid chunk is less common than it used to be.
Instead, people are working until late-afternoon . . . skipping out early . . . taking an extended break . . . and logging back in before bed to finish up.
The term for it is a "triple-peak day," because there are three different times when productivity spikes now. There used to be two peaks . . . 11:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. Now there's a third one around 10:00 P.M.
Basically, people are using their "flex hours" to leave work early and beat traffic, or go pick up their kids. Then they're logging back in at home before bed to finish a project, or deal with leftover emails.
Management doesn't love it, because it delays everything. If they send someone an email at 3:30, they might not hear back for seven hours. And if they schedule a meeting for 4:00, half the staff is already gone.
There's concern it could also blur the lines even more between work hours and "me time." But it might be impossible to put the genie back in the bottle.
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The legendary Quaker Oats cereal Cap'n Crunch is now 60 years old.
Finally, the mascot Cap'n Horatio Magellan Crunch finally has also earned an actual captain's uniform.
If you didn't know, Cap'n Crunch's uniform has always been wrong the gold stripes on his sleeve are below his rank.
An American naval captain wears four gold bars on his sleeves, but Cap'n Crunch has always had fewer, initially wearing only one bar (ensign), then two bars (lieutenant), and three bars (commander).
For the 60th anniversary, they've finally fixed that. There's an updated image on social media, with the caption, "The internet has spoken, and we listened. Introducing: My new look and my 4th stripe era!"
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Buzzfeed has a new thread about things that feel strangely illegal, but are just normal everyday things.
1. "Walking through a store and leaving without buying anything. I always imagine I'm about to be tackled on the way out."
2. "Walking into a restaurant, changing your mind, and walking back out."
3. "Owning a flamethrower." (Which actually are illegal in two states . . . they're banned in Maryland and require a permit in California.)
4. "Passing a police car on the highway, even if you're going the speed limit." And another person said, "Being around a cop in general."
5. "Breaking up banana bunches at the grocery store to get the exact number of bananas you want."
6. "Holding eye contact with a stranger."
7. "Making a cup of coffee inside . . . putting it in a ceramic mug . . . and walking around outside drinking from it. It's not a travel mug, there's no lid. It FELT illegal for some reason."
8. "Telling your barber that you don't like the haircut."
9. "Pulling out a notepad and taking notes about various aspects of a store, or merchandise. That usually attracts a staff person who asks if I need assistance."
10. "Putting my phone in my pocket when I'm at the store . . . or opening my backpack in the store to drink from my own water bottle."
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Rochester, New York was nicknamed the "Flour City" in the 1800s . . . as in F-L-O-U-R. And also the "Flower City" . . . as in F-L-O-W-E-R . . . because it had a mill industry, and because of its flower seed trading industry.
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