Tuesday 9/19/23
Celebrate:
Get Ready Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day
Meow Like a Pirate Day
National Butterscotch Pudding Day
National IT Professionals Day
National Voter Registration Day
National Woman Road Warrior Day
Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day
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The director of a high school marching band got arrested in Alabama Thursday night after refusing to make his band stop playing.
His name is Johnny Mims. He's been the band director at a high school near Birmingham since 2018.
His school's football team won a game 27-zip on Thursday. And according to reports, bands for both schools continued to play "long after" the game was over.
Police asked the directors for both bands to stop so everyone could go home. The other school's band said fine. But Johnny told his kids NOT to stop.
Police eventually decided to arrest him, and he resisted. They say he refused to put his hands behind his back, then shoved a cop. So they had to TASE him.
He's facing charges for disorderly conduct, harassment, and resisting arrest. The school's superintendent put out a statement, but said they're not commenting until they've finished "gathering all the facts."
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"Entertainment Weekly" put together a list of the 50 Best Teen Movies of All Time . . . and they went back pretty much to the BEGINNING of teen movies.
Here are 20 highlights, in chronological order:
"Rebel Without a Cause" (1955)
"American Graffiti" (1973)
"Cooley High" (1975)
"Grease" (1978)
"Rock 'N Roll High School" (1979)
"Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982)
"The Outsiders" (1983)
"Footloose" (1984)
"Back to the Future" (1985)
"The Breakfast Club" (1985)
"Pretty in Pink" (1986)
"Say Anything" (1989)
"Heathers" (1989)
"House Party" (1990)
"Dazed and Confused" (1993)
"Bring It On" (2000)
"School of Rock" (2003)
"Mean Girls" (2004)
"Superbad" (2007)
"Ladybird" (2017)
See their full list here.
https://ew.com/movies/best-teen-movies-of-all-time/
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - The founder of Kodak, George Eastman, hated that months had different numbers of days so he made the company operate on a 13-month calendar, with 28 days in each, and two left over. He called the 13th month "Sol."
It sounds crazy, but the company used the 13-month calendar from 1928 to 1989.
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