{"id":1062,"date":"2018-09-14T05:17:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T09:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2019-02-11T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T15:36:34","slug":"on-todays-show-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/2018\/09\/on-todays-show-7\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>LIFESTYLE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The biggest gold nugget in history &#8212; weighing 198 pounds and is estimated to be worth $2.6 million was found in a mine in Australia. The stone is estimated to contain about 143 pounds of gold. The second-biggest piece weighed 132 pounds and was valued at about $1.95 million. Early estimates from RNC Minerals have put the total take of coarse gold from the cut at more than 562 pounds, or more than $10.4 million worth. Airleg driller\u00a0<strong>Henry Dole\u00a0<\/strong>has been credited with uncovering the nugget at the 45-year-old Beta Hunt gold mine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s National Toy Hall of Fame finalists are American Girl Dolls, chalk, &#8220;Chutes and Ladders,&#8221; the Magic 8-Ball, He-Man action figures, pinball, the sled, Tic-Tac-Toe, Tickle Me Elmo, Electric Football, Uno, and the Fisher-Price Corn Popper.\u00a0 Three of them will be inducted in November. The three toys that make it in will be announced on November 8th.\u00a0 Last year&#8217;s inductees were &#8220;Clue&#8221;, the Wiffle Ball, and the paper airplane.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday is National Guacamole Day.\u00a0 And according to a new survey, 48% of people say they LOVE guacamole, and another 25% say they like it.\u00a0 Less than 8% say they hate it.<\/p>\n<p>6% of people eat it daily . . . and 38% will always pay up when they&#8217;re at Chipotle or another place where &#8220;guac is extra.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Predator\u201d (R-Rated, Action\/Horror):\u00a0 When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe\u2019s most lethal hunters\u2019 return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled science teacher can prevent the end of the human race.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cA Simple Favour\u201d (R-Rated, Mystery\/Suspense):\u00a0 Stephanie is a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily\u2019s sudden disappearance from their small town. (Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWhite Boy Rick\u201d (R-Rated, Drama):\u00a0 The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an undercover informant for the FBI during the 1980s and was ultimately arrested for drug-trafficking and sentenced to life in prison. (Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLizzie\u201d (R-Rated, Drama): \u00a0A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family. (Kristen Stewart, Chlo\u00eb Sevigny)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cream-Filled Donut Day\u201d. The most popular cream-filled donuts are chocolate cream and vanilla cream.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1955,\u00a0<strong>LITTLE RICHARD\u00a0<\/strong>recorded\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Tutti Frutti&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The lyric &#8220;Tutti frutti, aw rootie&#8221; was originally &#8220;Tutti frutti,\u00a0<strong>GOOD BOOTY<\/strong>&#8220;, which was considered waaaay too scandalous.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1985,\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;The Golden Girls&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, debuted on NBC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEPTEMBER 14<sup>th<\/sup>, 1996 <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Mindy McCready went to #1 with \u201cGuys Do it All The Time&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LaShonda Carter is a teacher in Chicago.\u00a0 About two weeks ago, she couldn&#8217;t sleep and started scrolling through Facebook.\u00a0 And she ended up talking to a former student from a few years back named Larresha Plummer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Larresha is 18 now, and just had a baby last month.\u00a0 And she started talking about a job fair she wanted to go to the next morning.\u00a0 But she didn&#8217;t have a car, or a babysitter.\u00a0 Her only option was to take her newborn baby with her on a bus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So LaShonda rearranged her whole day, and drove her there the next morning.\u00a0 Then she sat in the car and watched the baby while Larresha went in to look for job leads.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LaShonda did a Facebook livestream from the car where she talked about how it takes &#8220;a village,&#8221; and called on OTHER people to reach out in their community.\u00a0\u00a0On Facebook she asked for donations to help the family.\u00a0 She\u00a0raised\u00a0more than $1,800.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And if you need proof this kind of thing makes a difference, Larresha DID end up landing a job.\u00a0 And she&#8217;s also planning to attend college this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Lincoln\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<strong>45<\/strong>.\u00a0 Rick Grimes, the star of\u00a0<em>&#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kimberly Williams-Paisley\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<strong>47<\/strong>.\u00a0 Peggy Kenter on\u00a0<em>&#8220;Nashville&#8221;<\/em>, and she&#8217;s married to country superstar Brad Paisley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Neill\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<strong>71<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>&#8220;Jurassic Park&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0superstar.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>You&#8217;ll Personally Use 4,239 Rolls of Toilet Paper in Your Life<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are a bunch of random things, and how many times you&#8217;ll do them if you live long enough to make it to your 80&#8217;s . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You&#8217;ll blink about 513 million times . . . sneeze 70,000 times . . . laugh out loud 290,000 times . . . sweat out 74,000 gallons of water . . . and spend over 27 years of your life sleeping.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>You&#8217;ll take 218 million steps, and walk 113,000 miles.\u00a0 That&#8217;s like walking around the entire planet four-and-a-half times.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>You&#8217;ll spend two-and-a-half years cooking, and over three-and-a-half years eating.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll eat about 35 tons of food, which is like seven elephants.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Your fingernails will grow a total of nine-and-a-half feet.\u00a0 And you&#8217;ll grow six-and-a-half feet of NOSE hair.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>You&#8217;ll personally use 4,239 rolls of toilet paper.\u00a0 That&#8217;s about 50 a year.\u00a0 And you&#8217;ll spend one-and-a-half years of your life in the bathroom.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>How the World<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u2019<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>s Oldest Married Couple Stays Together<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world\u2019s oldest living married couple revealed the secret to their 80-year marriage \u2014 her patience. \u201cIt\u2019s thanks to my patience,\u201d said 100-year-old wife Miyako Matsumoto of Japan.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Guinness World Records named Miyako and her husband, Masao Matsumoto, 108, the oldest living spouses by aggregate age. \u201cI am so grateful that it brings me tears,\u201d Miyako said as she and her husband posed with a framed certificate at the nursing home where they live.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Matsumotos were both born in the Japanese city of Oita and introduced through an acquaintance. They were legally wed in 1937, though they never had a big wedding celebration, as Japan headed into war and the groom was sent overseas as a soldier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But they had a big family when he returned \u2013 raising five daughters who now range in age from 77 to 66. They also have 13 grandchildren, and their 25th great-grandchild was born last month.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019ve entered the last chapter of their life,\u201d said their daughter, Hiromi. \u201cIt was an honor [for them] to receive this award. I would love them to continue living a peaceful life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For their 80th anniversary, staff at the couple\u2019s nursing home threw them a big party \u2013 in place of the wedding they never had \u2014 with Miyako donning a regal red dress for a photo shoot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They still have a couple of years to go to beat the record for oldest married couple ever by aggregate age.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That honor still belongs to Norwegians Karl and Gurdren Dolven who had a combined age of 210 years when Gurdrun died in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14<sup>TH<\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Lincoln\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<strong>45<\/strong>.\u00a0 Rick Grimes, the star of\u00a0<em>&#8220;The Walking Dead&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Neill\u00a0<\/strong>is\u00a0<strong>71<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>&#8220;Jurassic Park&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0superstar.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Hurricane Florence is expected to make landfall this morning (September 14th) near the border between North and South Carolina, but the storm began hammering the<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>North Carolina coast yesterday with strong winds, rain and storm surge flooding in coastal streets. Tens of thousands of people were already without power.<\/p>\n<p>Florence, once a powerful Category 4 storm, was downgraded to Category 1 last night, but forecasters warned the slow-moving storm is still very dangerous because of storm surge and the amount of flooding<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>The Cincinnati Bengals topped the Baltimore Ravens 34-23 last night (September 13th) at home, with quarterback<strong>Andy Dalton\u00a0<\/strong>throwing four touchdown passes in the game, all of them in the first half.\u00a0<strong>A.J. Green\u00a0<\/strong>caught three of them.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ottawa Senators traded team captain\u00a0<strong>Erik Karlsson<\/strong>\u00a0to the San Jose Sharks yesterday (September 13th), getting four players and two draft picks in return.<\/p>\n<p>Karlsson has spent his entire nine-year career with the Senators, rising to become captain as he&#8217;s twice won the Norris Trophy for the NHL&#8217;s top defenseman and has played in several NHL All-Star games.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><em><strong>&#8220;The Predator&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is out this weekend.\u00a0 It&#8217;s up against the\u00a0<strong>Anna Kendrick<\/strong>thriller<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;A Simple Favor&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>James Corden made fun of Mark Wahlberg&#8217;s insane workout schedule last night, and compared his sleeping habits to a baby.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CARRIE UNDERWOOD&#8217;S &#8216;CRY PRETTY&#8217; ALBUM IN STORES NOW<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Carrie Underwood&#8217;s new studio album,\u00a0<em>Cry Pretty<\/em>, is in stores and at digital retailers now (Friday, September 14th). Carrie co-wrote most of the songs on the project, in addition to co-producing for the first time in her career.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday (September 15th), she&#8217;ll be featured on\u00a0<em>CBS Sunday Morning<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>On October 26th, Carrie teams up with the Grand Ole Opry in the fight against breast cancer with a special 10th Annual Opry Goes Pink. Carrie will flip the switch on the Opry\u2019s signature barn backdrop, turning it pink for the night as she takes the stage to perform on two shows that night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MIRANDA LAMBERT ACCUSED OF CHARGING FOR PHOTOS WITH FANS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would you still ask to take a picture with a celebrity if they charged you for it? According to some fans, that&#8217;s how\u00a0Miranda Lambert\u00a0operated when she would meet and greet shoppers at her now defunct boutique in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A source told\u00a0<em>Radar Online<\/em>, \u201cShe had a sign in the window saying pictures were $100, and she meant it, too. Miranda wouldn\u2019t be in a picture with fans unless they paid her the going rate \u2013 that\u2019s a lot of money for folk around these parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Miranda said the money was earmarked for her dog rescue MuttNation, and the sign was only up for a few days. Miranda closed her Pink Pistol boutique in Tishomingo in 2016 after she and\u00a0Blake Shelton\u00a0divorced.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her remaining store is located in her hometown of Lindale, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Charges Against Gretchen Wilson&#8217;s Will Be Dropped, Unless She Screws Up<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looks like\u00a0<strong>GRETCHEN WILSON<\/strong>\u00a0is getting off easy from last month&#8217;s &#8220;breach of peace&#8221;\u00a0arrest\u00a0. . . when she caused a disturbance on a flight, and then demanded the officers on the ground arrest her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She was in court yesterday in Connecticut and the charges are being dropped.\u00a0 All she has to do is donate $500 to a charity for injured crime victims . . . and then stay out of trouble in that jurisdiction for 13 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 14th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":1032,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 11:22:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/2018\/09\/on-todays-show-7\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1066,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062\/revisions\/1066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}