Friday 9/15/23
Celebrate:
Butterscotch Cinnamon Pie Day
Google.com Day
Greenpeace Day
International Dot Day
Make a Hat Day
National Caregivers Day
National Cheese Toast Day
National Concussion Awareness Day
National Creme de Menthe Day
National Double Cheeseburger Day
National Felt Hat Day
Naitonal Linguine Day
National Online Learning Day
National Pow/Mia Recognition Day
National Thank You Day
National Tradesmen Day
World Afro Day
Someday - Today is the day to tackle the tasks that you said you would do Someday.
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New at the movies this weekend
A Haunting in Venice - The latest Agatha Christie movie from Kenneth Branagh back again as Poirot.
The Retirement Plan - Nicholas Cage in this Action/Comedy along with Ernie Hudson, Ron Perlman, and Ashley Greene.
It's Batman Day Saturday with all of the Christopher Nolan movies playing starting at noon. (check your local availability) Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Dark Knight Rises.
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The National Toy Hall of Fame revealed the 12 finalists for its 2023 class.
The finalists this year are:
Baseball cards
Battleship
Bingo
Bop-It
Cabbage Patch Kids
Choose Your Own Adventure game-books
Connect 4
Mattel's Ken
The Little Tykes Cozy Coupe (the classic red car with the yellow roof)
Nerf toys
Slime
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The winners will be voted on by toy industry experts . . . plus public voting at MuseumOfPlay.org throughout the next week. Three of the 12 toys will wind up getting inducted and announced on November 9th.
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Dancing with the Stars is back on ABC this fall, and the cast has been announced.
Season 32 will have among its cast,
Buffy and How I Met Your Mother's Alyson Hannigan
Singer Jason Mraz
Actress Mira Sorvino
Britney's Sister Jamie Lynn Spears
Brady Barry Williams
Model Actor Tyson Beckford
Actress Xochitl Gomez
Bachelorette Charity Lawson
Footballer Adrian Peterson
Real Housewives Mauricio Umansky
Alfonso Ribeiro and Julianne Hough will return as hosts, with Derek Hough, Carrie Ann Inaba, and Bruno Tonioli to serve as judges returning September 26th at 8pm.
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Hundreds of Milwaukee drinkers took up a bar on its offer of a free tab if the New York Jets — the new home of former Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers — lost their season opener on Monday Night Football. When Rodgers was injured just four plays into the game, patrons started ordering more, thinking a night of free booze was on the house — but then the Jets won in overtime. The duly paid tabs gave Jack's American Pub one of its biggest nights of the year.
By the way, Aaron is out for the season.
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Do you like shows about true crime? 'Lifers', 'Mafia Queens' and 'The Killer Nurse'.
MagellanTV recently announced its 4th Annual True Crime Watch Dream Job offering one lucky true-crime fan $2,400 to binge-watch certain shows.
The catch? The person has to watch it 24 hours straight.
Quote - "They can handle the most menacing serial killer, the goriest details, and don’t flinch at the chilling paranormal - they love it so much that they’re willing to stream it nonstop."
In addition to watching true crime, job requirements include documenting the true crime 'all-nighter' on social media.
You have till 10am Friday to apply with MagellanTV.
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The most popular decongestant in the U.S. — the active ingredient in over-the-counter versions of Sudafed, Allega and Dayquil — does not work, said FDA advisers. If the FDA accepts their recommendations to pull phenylephrine-based decongestants from shelves, we'll still be able to buy the original, pseudoephedrine-based versions of Sudafed et al — but at the pharmacy counter, where they were moved in 2006 to prevent the drug from being used to make meth.
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WalletHub compared the 50 states on 30 key metrics — from share of adult depression to the average number of work hours — to find out which states in the US people are happiest.
The happiest state overall is Utah, where people enjoy both the best work environment and community in the country.
Hawaii takes the second spot, ranking highest in the US for emotional and physical well-being.
In third place is Maryland, with scoring fourth-highest for work environment and fifth-highest for community.
New York ranks 16th
Pennsylvania ranks 25
At the bottom are West Virginia, Louisiana, and Tennessee.
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a car is stolen every 32 seconds in the US — but some types of vehicles are targeted more often by thieves than others.
The most commonly stolen vehicle in the US is the full-size Chevrolet pickup, with 49,903 total thefts reported in 2022. More than half of all Chevy pickup thefts took place in California and Texas.
GMC Full Size Pickups are next followed by Ford Full Size Pickups.
Honda CRV, Civic, and Accord all make the top 10.
Toyota Camary
Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima all joined the top 10 list this year — and a viral TikTok challenge might have something to do with it.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Medium-rare hamburgers are illegal in Canada. Restaurants have to cook their meat to 160 degrees Fahrenheit or more. And to make a burger medium-rare, you can't go over 145.
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