9/16/26- Emmy Recap, I Hate This, and Travel.
Wednesday 9/16/26
Celebrate:
Collect Rocks Day
International Day for Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Mayflower Day
Mexican Independence Day
National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day
National Guacamole Day
National School Backpack Awareness Day
National Tattoo Story Day
Stepfamily Day
Teenager Workout Day
Working Parents Day
World Play-Doh Day
Wrinkled Raincoat Day
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The Emmy Awards were held Monday Night. People.com has the complete list of winners.
The big winner was Widow's Bay, winning Outstanding Comedy Series, Lead Actor for Matthew Rhys, Supporting Actor Stephen Root, Supporting Actress Kate O'Flynn, Writing and Directing for a Comedy Series.
Jean Smart won Lead Actress for Hacks (last time)
Drama winner went to The Pitt and Noah Wyle, Rhea Seehorn won for Drama Actress,
Sally Field won for Remarkably Bright Creatures.
Reality went to The Traitors, and Variety went to Stephen Colbert.
Best bit was the SVU about whether Taylor Swift would show up or not.
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People Explain Which Thing They Tried Once And Instantly Realized It Wasn't For Them.
Gambling.
Selling
I don't like convincing people they need things, they can decide for themselves. Don't want a phone? That's cool with me."
Living With Roommates
I cannot stand it. I'm fine living with a partner, family, or by myself. But a stranger, no thank you."
Being A Manager
"Getting into management. No, thank you. Though I can say, I really set myself up by expecting adults to be able to act like adults."
Serving Tables
"Waitressing. I knew instantly I was objectively terrible at it. I quit the same day I started."
Sleeping Under Weight
"I was shocked at how much I hate weighted blankets. People say so many good things about them! I put it over me, boom, instant claustrophobia."
"I don't even have claustrophobia. Except with weighted blankets."
Jogging
"Jogging. I’m in good shape, so it wasn’t solely for health reasons. (he dog died, so no walks, just staying home) There was nothing relaxing or enjoyable about it at all, and I got home every night feeling like I was foolishly making taking a walk punishing rather than fun. About two weeks in, I stumbled and fell, scraping my hands up a little. I walked home, put my new shoes in a closet, and never jogged again."
Got a new dog a week later.
Snow Skiing
"Snow skiing. I fell, a lot. I hurt my a**. I couldn't figure out how to stand up without falling again. I fell again. I hurt my a** again. I was freezing."
But....
Taking Second Chances
"What grinds my gears is when I tried something once, I instantly knew it was not for me and later came back to it, and now it's the best thing."
"We all change over time. Rather than grind my gears it's always a pleasant surprise to me. I grew up an extremely picky eater, and as an adult have revisited many foods to find that I now enjoy them."
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Here we are dealing with AI and Designers and Computer Scientists have created new decoy fonts that humans can read but A.I. bots cannot.
It reminds me of that movie They Live. If you wear the special glasses you can see secret messages.
The camouflaging technique is an updated version of an optical illusion known as hybrid imaging, which was made famous in 2007 when researchers at MIT created a portrait in which both Marilyn Monroe and Albert Einstein were identifiable, depending on the distance of the viewer.
It offers human writers the chance to create cheeky juxtapositional messages, hiding the blurred “Happy Human,” for example, behind a crisp “Sorry Robot.”
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International travel and tourism is a trillion-dollar industry that continues to grow around the world. However, one region moved in the opposite direction in 2025.
Down..us! Surprise! I wonder how we can fix this???? (moving on)
North America earned $235 billion from international visitors in 2025, down 3.3% from 2024 and 17.8% from 2019.
It was the only region in the dataset to record a year-over-year decline. By comparison, every other region remained above its 2019 level.
Europe led with $835 billion, accounting for more than 40% of the total across the regions shown.
Asia Pacific ranked second at $573 billion and recorded 8.3% year-over-year growth. Despite that increase, spending was only 1% above its 2019 level.
The Caribbean generated $50 billion in international visitor spending, up 21.5% from 2019. That made it one of the strongest post-pandemic growth stories in the dataset.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - How much would it cost to buy everything on Amazon? The main Amazon website offers more than 600 million items. A reasonable estimated average price of an item on Amazon is about $49.62. So it would cost just under $30 billion to buy one of everything on Amazon.
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