Wednesday 8/7/24
Celebrate:
Beach Party Day
Mom's Equal Pay Day
National Lighthouse Day
National Sea Serpent Day
Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day
Professional Speakers Day
Purple Heart Day
Raspberries 'n Cream Day
--
The Cookie Croissant or Le Crookie is a big thing in France for the Olympics (better than croiookie ...which sounds very Star Wars)
Flakey golden and buttery croissants stuffed with chocolate chip cookie dough and topped with more dough, baked until chewy and fudgy.
–
Try organizing your home in 15-minute chunks. Make it a habit and your house will feel more organized in a few weeks.
Don't overdo it. Keep each project small and really try to commit to the time limit. Here are a few things that should take 15 minutes or less to declutter . . .
A junk drawer . . . your pantry . . . your vanity or personal care area . . . your medicine cabinet . . . the spot where you toss your mail or your keys . . . your desk . . . your fridge . . . and a closet, or even just one section of it.
--
Because we don't have any other problems in our lives -
Is this a legitimate gripe, or are some people just WAY too into their own birthday? TikTok is debating whether it's okay to order sizzling fajitas at someone else's birthday dinner.
Some people say the pageantry of it all makes it a scene-stealing dish, and puts the focus on you instead of them. Others say that's dumb, order what you want.
--
Are you stressed out and a massage would relax you?
How about a robot-powered massage?
Eric from Aescape (escape) says, “We've built this beautiful experience that is a massage table with a pair of robot arms and some sensors that can scan you, figure out your body and help you to get a really great massage."
Eric says it’s okay, though, that his firm is not trying to compete with real-life masseurs.
“We think that there is a new category that we get to open up, which is providing great recovery to people who want to direct it themselves and who in many cases, don't want to be in a room unclothed with another person,” he said.
It's about a $20 billion year services category, and there are over 30,000 open job positions for massage therapists right now.
Chedder News has the video.
--
"The American Friendship Project" looked at how many friends the average American has in 2024, and how it compares to 50 years ago.
And even though we're all overworked and constantly online now, not that much has changed.
The average American has four to five people they consider to be true friends. That's pretty much in line with every year since 1970. Only 2% said they have NO friends, which is also about the same.
One thing we do wish we had more of though is additional TIME with those friends. Most people said they're good with the number of friends they have. But 42% aren't as close with their friends as they'd like to be.
--
Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Around 40% of people have never had a nosebleed.
–
Comments