Tuesday 8/9/22
Celebrate:
Book Lovers Day
International Coworking Day
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
National Hand Holding Day
National Polka Day
National Rice Pudding Day
National Veep Day - 1974, Richard Nixon resigned from the Presidency, and Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as President. This was the first time that a Vice President became President because of a resignation.
the day celebrates the succession plan for the President. How far in order of succession can you get? Who's next after the Vice President?
Speaker of the House
Speaker of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Then the Secretary of:
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Labor
Health and Human Services
Housing and Urban Development
Transportation
Energy
Education
Veterans Affairs
Homeland Security
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Olivia Newton-John, the top female pop vocalist of the 1970s who starred in movies including “Grease” and “Xanadu,” died Monday. She was 73.
10 Top Tens
5 #1’s
2 #1 Albums
The Song of the Decade (80s)
4 Grammys
Movies - Grease, Xanadu. Two of a Kind, Sordid Lives
Also, we lost Actor Roger E. Mosley, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "TC" Calvin on the 1980s hit show "Magnum, P.I.." He died Sunday, his daughter announced. He was 83.
and
David McCullough has died. He was a historian and public intellectual whose biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams won Pulitzer Prizes, and whose best-selling stories of American accomplishment were complemented by his work as a public television host and narrator for popular movies and documentaries, including Ken Burns' The Civil War. He was 89
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One of television's longest-running soap operas will no longer have a home on broadcast TV.
NBC has announced "Days of Our Lives" will stream exclusively on Peacock starting September 12, marking the end of a broadcast run that has spanned more than 14,000 episodes and began when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
New episodes of "Days of Our Lives" will be posted daily on Peacock, the streaming service that is already home to the show's library and spin-off "Days of Our Lives: Beyond Salem."
During its decades-long run, "Days of Our Lives" amassed 58 Emmy Awards and was NBC's longest-running show.
Who's left in the soap opera world on Network TV?? "General Hospital" on ABC and "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless" on CBS. Could a move to Paramount+ for the later be in the cards soon????
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When you're in a crisis, it's VERY easy to panic. There's so much to consider. So you need to prioritize the right things so you can survive and make it out of there.
That's when you should use something called the RULE OF THREES.
Basically, it breaks down different life-threatening situations into threes so you know what to focus on first.
1. You can only survive around three minutes without air or if you have massive bleeding. So focus on those first.
2. You can live around three hours without shelter in a cold, wet, and windy setting.
3. You can live around three days without water.
4. You can live around three weeks without food.
So after you've taken care of THOSE priorities, you can focus on things like burning a big fire to try to get someone's attention.
Or if you have a phone, texting over and over rather than calling, since texting takes less of a signal.
BUT!!!!!!!
The “Rule of Threes” is so far off from reality, why does it persist you ask? The answer is simple. It provides a clear “generic” outline for logistical considerations in the set up and execution of life support systems. To sum it all up, the rules of threes survival depends on many other factors so don’t just rely on a fraction of the facts.
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If you only met a person once, how likely are you to remember their name the NEXT time you bump into them? A new poll found most of us struggle with it.
58% of us say there's a good chance we wouldn't remember. That's how many said they struggle at least half the time. Only 7% always remember names.
Men are a little worse at it than women. 55% of women and 61% of men have trouble with names. Most of us have an easier time with faces though.
Only around 1 in 4 people said there's a good chance they wouldn't even recognize the person. And 28% said they NEVER forget a face.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The "jay" in "jaywalking" is a 1920s slang term for idiot. So jaywalking means idiot walking.
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