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February 10, 2021 9:35 am Published by

➢ The Super Bowl streaker claims he bet $50,000 that there would be a streaker during the game . . . and ended up winning $374,000. It’s not clear if he’s telling the truth. (Here’s audio of the guy talking about it and he insists he really bet on himself.)

➢ A guy was at a store when he noticed a “weird dude” making a woman uncomfortable, so he rescued her by pretending to be her friend.  He posted the whole thing on TikTok. You can listen to it, here. 

➢ Back on January 27th, a 37-year-old fisherman in Thailand made the news worldwide after he found a very rare ORANGE pearl in an oyster. And then, this past Friday, he got an offer for almost $340,000 for the pearl.  And since he’d been living in poverty, it’s safe to say that was BEYOND life-changing. It was time to celebrate, so he invited all of his friends over for a big party . . . where he provided the METH. Some of his neighbours called the police to complain about the noise and also said they could smell drugs.  And when the cops came, they found three boxes full of meth, with his fingerprints all over them. He was arrested on drug charges.

➢ A video has gone viral of a Texas lawyer who accidentally turned on the cat filter during a Zoom call with a judge . . . and had no idea how to stop it.  Here’s what that sounded like.

➢ There’s a remake of “The Wizard of Oz” in the works.  But they’re calling it a “fresh take.”  Nicole Kassell of “Watchmen” fame is directing.  (Here’s the scene from “The Wizard of Oz” where the members of the Lollipop Guild welcome Dorothy to Munchkin Land.)

TODAY IS……………….

  • “Flannel Day”, a day for people to wear their best lumberjack-esque attire and enjoy a piece of clothing made to keep them warm during a long winter.
  • “Umbrella Day”, honoring the famous invention designed to protect against rain or sunlight. “Parasol” usually refers to an item designed to protect from the sun; “Umbrella” refers to one more suited to protect from rain.

2011 [10] The video for Rebecca Black’s song ‘Friday’ is uploaded to YouTube and quickly becomes a viral hit, amassing over 180 million views, and becoming the year’s most watched video

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

1998    “How Do I Live,” written by Diane Warren and performed by Trisha Yearwood in the movie Con Air, received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song.

Originally recorded by LeAnn Rimes in 1997, her version of “How Do I Live” spent 34 weeks on the UK singles chart, ending up as the 6th best selling UK single of 1998.

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FOUR RANDOM FACTS

  1. Cats sleep so much that by the time they turn nine years old, they’ve only been awake about three years.
  1. The exclamation point didn’t become a standard key on the keyboard until 1970.
  1. On the first season of “Sesame Street”, Oscar the Grouch was orange.  They changed him to green before the second season . . . by saying he had gone to a muddy swamp and turned green overnight.
  1. Nebraska is the only “triple landlocked” state . . . which means it doesn’t touch an ocean, the states bordering it don’t touch an ocean, and the states bordering THEM don’t touch an ocean.

 

GOOD NEWS

A 10-year-old kid in Rhode Island named Christian Stone spent Monday night cleaning snow off cars at his local hospital, just to be nice.

He wanted to do something to thank healthcare workers, and came up with the idea about a month ago.

So, he was just waiting for the next big snowstorm.  He and a friend of his mom cleaned about 80 cars in one night.

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BIRTHDAYS

[54] Laura Dern, actress (“Jurassic Park” movies, “Wild”, “The Fault in Our Stars”) COMING UP… “Jurassic World: Dominion″, 2022

[47] Elizabeth Banks, actress (“Pitch Perfect” films, “Hunger Games” films)

[30] Emma Roberts, actress

 

LAW AND DISORDER

A 37-year-old woman in Connecticut took her truck out to do donuts in a parking lot during the snowstorm on Monday . . . but she lost control and the truck fell into the icy harbor.  The fire department had to come to the rescue, and the woman was charged with reckless operation.  And a guy who was in the car with her barely made it out in time.

Meanwhile, a guy in Iowa was speeding earlier this week and missed a curve . . . hit a ditch . . . and his car went airborne.  He flew 125 feet and crashed through the roof of a house . . . and somehow, he survived.  Charges against him are pending.

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HOME WORK:


If your boss thinks that maybe you’re enjoying a little more free time these days because you’re working from home, tell him/her to think again.

New research shows that home-working employees are actually putting in more hours than they did when they were commuting to a workplace. The average working day is now 2.5 hours longer among employees studied in the UK, Australia, Canada and the US. NordVPN Teams, looked at the amount of data being sent via servers to calculate people’s working hours.

They found “no significant drop” of business VPN usage at lunch time, indicating that workers seem to be only stopping work briefly, if at all, at mid-day. And many appear to regularly continue to use their computers through until 8pm.

A separate research firm found that 55% of UK employees say they have been expected to work outside their regular hours while working from home.

 

The Six Morning Routines that Will Make You Happier, Healthier and More Productive

  1. Exercise and Energy— Recommended for: If you struggle with grogginess, youÕve had a hard time fitting exercise into your schedule and if you want to make fitness your top priority.
  1. Meditation and Stillness— Recommended for: If you want to be calm and less anxious in your day, if you’ve wanted to make meditation a priority but haven’t had time, as an alternative if you don’t like exercise in the morning.
  2. Get to Work!– Recommended for: If you have important goals and projects that take a lot of time. If you expect to be working a lot and you’re worried you won’t have time to do everything.
  1. Learning First— Recommended for: When you want to work on an important learning goal but never find time.
  1. Plan Your Day— Recommended for: If you have a hectic, busy schedule. If you want to focus your mind on work and productivity, but can’t start working right away.
  1. Make Your Bed— Recommended for: Creating a sense of order and dignity in your day. Giving you a foundation of meticulousness and conscientiousness to approach your later tasks.

 

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 10TH 

 

  1. FLA 2 – DET 1 EDM 3 – OTT 2             TBL 6 – NSH 1                   CHI 2 – DAL 1 OT

CGY 3 – WPG 2                         VGK 5 – ANA 4                 SJS 4 – LAK 3 SO

 

  1. The U.S. Grocery chain Kroger is testingA.I.-powered shopping carts that let you scan stuff as you shop and pay without having to wait in line.  The new “smart” carts were already being developed by a company called Caper, but the pandemic has made them even more appealing.  (Here’s one of the creators explaining how it works.)

 

  1. An employee at a Kroger grocery store in Georgia stole$980,000 in the span of just two weeks by processing a bunch of fake returns.  He used the money to buy all sorts of stuff, including a Chevy Camaro that he crashed.  He was just arrested for felony theft.

(Here’s a cop explaining the amount of money drew a lot of attention, so he had no chance of getting away with it.)

 

  1. Here’s comedian Billy Bonnell on energy drinks.

 

 

  • Carly Pearce – has shared the huge news that her music has been streamed a billion times. She wrote on Facebook: “To each and every one of you who have listened to, connected with and supported my music these years…thank you. My music has officially surpassed 1 BILLION streams worldwide which is crazy!!!! Love y’all so much

 

 

  • Luke Bryan — During a livestream performance last Thursday, he revealed that he will release a new version of his “Born Here Live Here Die Here”, which originally dropped in August. The expanded version, out April 9, will feature 6 new songs. He debuted 2 of them during the livestream: ‘Country Does’ and ‘Waves’. Bryan also played the Super Bowl afterparty event.

 

THOMAS RHETT’S MOM WAS HIS ‘BIGGEST’ TEQUILA TEST

Thomas Rhett and his cousin, Jeff Worn’s new tequila brand, Dos Primos, has been a family affair. In addition to the obvious partnership between Thomas and Jeff, Thomas tells us that his mom was among his taste testers and she is definitely a tough customer. [“My biggest test was on my mom. My mom is a devoted Bota Box wine drinker. That is her drink of choice. She does not mess around with tequila in the slightest and I said, ‘Mom, I realize that you don’t like tequila but your son did just put out a tequila brand so you’re gonna have to try it,’ and she tried it and she said, ‘Now, I could drink that,’ and I said, ‘Why,’ and she goes, ‘Cause it’s really, really smooth,’ and that was the word that I think me and Jeff were going for.”]

The name Dos Primos is Spanish for “Two Cousins.”

Dos Primos is a blanco tequila made from hand-harvested 100% Blue Agave.

 

 

LINDSAY ELL TO PERFORM LIVESTREAM OF ‘HEART THEORY’ FOR CHARITY

Lindsay Ell will be performing songs from her sophomore album, called heart theory, for the first time ever in a #LiveRedesigned concert experience on Friday, Feb. 12th via Fireplay. The show will be a charity event, with all net proceeds donated to Crew Nation and other beneficiary organizations soon to be announced. Lindsay’s band and onsite crew will be paid, but all companies involved will be donating their time and equipment, while artist, creatives and management will be donating their time and services.

Special guests performing with Lindsay are soon to be announced. Tickets, which will be based on a pay-what-you-can model, are on sale now and available at vye.live. The stream will remain live for 48 hours after the premiere event. Heart theory was released in 2020.

 

 

SINGING SOFTBALL TEAM

A softball team in Houston, Texas has been getting tons of hits on TikTok with their impromptu versions of popular songs.  They’re usually standing near the dugout, and still in uniform, when they do it.  A lot of them are country hits.

Their version of Brooks & Dunn’s “Neon Moon“ has gotten close to a million views.  Other good ones include Kane Brown’s “Heaven” . . . Old Dominion’s “One Man Band” . . . and

Chris Young’s “You”.  (The Boot)

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This post was written by Dave Palmer