\u27a2 A five-year-old girl from Alaska named Nova Knight has been doing videos about how to stay safe during COVID-19.\u00a0 It’s the usual stuff about washing hands and staying six feet apart, but she’s very sincere, which makes it adorable.<\/p>\n
She’s even gotten a shout-out from Canadian Prime Minister\u00a0Justin Trudeau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 A Toronto resident has taken their gaming to new heights by projecting video games onto the side of an apartment building. A reddit user posted a video of himself playing Mario Kart while it was projected in larger-then-life style onto the building across from him, with the caption: \u201cPlaying Mario Kart during quarantine be like.\u201d It soon evolved into a nightly exhibition of retro games at 9pm.\u00a0 He says he hasn\u2019t received any complaints, and is considering playing movies so neighbors can watch from their balconies when it gets warmer. (When the government says \u2018stay\u2019, the people will play \u2013 video games\u2026)<\/p>\n \u27a2 A helicopter rescue was needed to airlift a man who had attempted to walk across a mountain range to Spain from France to buy cigarettes during a lockdown. A local mountain rescue service in the Pyrenees said the man was found \u201cexhausted, shivering, cold and lost\u201d. He was fined 135 euros for breaking coronavirus lockdown rules.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 A policeman who turned up to an apartment to break up a party was shocked to find a woman at home with her cat and having online drinks with her friends. A woman in Scotland had set up the video party to cheer her daughter, who had to celebrate her 13th birthday in lockdown. When a cop appeared on screen at her friend Melissa\u2019s house, he explained to the online party that Melissa had been seen dancing with her cat, and neighbours had assumed she was having a party while the country is in lockdown.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Carole Baskin has refused to appear in a reunion episode of \u201cTiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness\u201d. The animal rights activist \u2013 who has been very vocal in her criticism of the Netflix documentary about jailed zookeeper Joe Exotic \u2013 says she hasn\u2019t been asked to appear, but she would turn down any offer if she were approached. Baskin has been outspoken against the documentary.<\/p>\n \u27a2 In the new bonus episode of “Tiger King”, one of the participants\u00a0says\u00a0Joe Exotic was actually AFRAID of Tigers. Rick Kirkham, the guy who was producing Joe’s TV show, and lost all of his footage in a suspicious fire, said, quote, “Joe was terrified of big cats.\u00a0 He was scared to death of lions and tigers.”<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u2013 In Washington DC, it\u2019s the annual \u201cEaster Egg Roll\u201d on the south lawn of the White House, a custom which started on the US Capitol grounds about 1810 and was moved to the White House by President Rutherford B Hayes in 1877 (canceled this year due to COVID-19).<\/p>\n The Apollo 13 crisis happened 50 years ago today.\u00a0 April 13th, 1970 was the day Jim Lovell told Houston there was “a problem.”\u00a0 But the real line was slightly different from the movie version.\u00a0 They actually said, “Houston, WE’VE HAD a problem.”\u00a0 Pilot Jack Swigert said it first, then Lovell repeated it.\u00a0 Here’s the actual\u00a0audio.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Lonestar<\/strong>\u00a0hit the top in\u00a0Billboard\u00a0for the first time with “No News” in 1996<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TRISCUIT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n On Twitter, internet sleuth Sage Boggs took a deep dive into the meaning behind Triscuit\u2019s name. \u201cSeveral years ago, I was at a party (BRAG!), and I spotted a box of Triscuits,\u201d Boggs began. \u201cI asked everyone, \u2018What does the word \u2018Triscuit\u2019 mean?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It\u2019s clearly based on the word \u2018BISCUIT,\u2019 but what does the \u2018TRI\u2019 mean?\u2019The consensus was that \u201cTRI\u201d meant three. Three layers or three ingredients, though? So, he emailed Nabisco. The company responded saying, \u201cNo business records survived which specifically explain the origins or inspiration for the name Triscuit. But we do know the name was chosen as a fun derivation of the word \u201cbiscuit.\u201d The \u201cTRI\u201d does not mean 3.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He did some more internet sleuthing and came across some early Triscuit advertisements stating that the cracker was baked by electricity. \u201cIn the early 1900\u2019s, Triscuit was run out of Niagara Falls. And their big selling point?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Being baked by electricity,’\u201d said Boggs. \u201cThey were \u2018the only food on the market prepared by this 1903 process.\u2019 Look at the lightning bolts! And that\u2019s when it clicked\u2013 Elec-TRI-city Biscuit. TRISCUIT MEANS \u2018ELECTRICITY BISCUIT.’\u201d The Triscuit twitter account was impressed and they confirmed Boggs\u2019 theory. Triscuit crackers are named for electricity biscuits. The more you know.<\/p>\n ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Isolation was wearing hard on the Roush family to the point that 8-year-old Charlie said he was “losing his mind.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That’s when the Columbus, Ohio, family set up a “drive-thru chat,” encouraging area residents to pull up their driveway so that mom Corrine, dad Matt, son Charlie, and 6-year-old daughter Louetta could chat with them through their living room window.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “We’ve got a U-shaped driveway, so it’s perfect,” Nearly 40 people have stopped by within the last week, including police officers, the children’s teachers, and neighbors they’ve never before met.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They aren’t all drivers. Walkers, cyclists, and a motorcyclist have shown up, too. A sign directs people to visit between 11am and 3pm, and honk to get the family’s attention.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n “It doesn’t matter what room we’re in, when we hear that beep, we come running to that window with huge smiles on our faces, and several people have told us that it was the highlight of their day.”<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [70] Ron Perlman, actor (\u201cSons of Anarchy\u201d)\/(\u201cHellboy\u201d movies)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [50] Ricky Schroder, actor (\u201cNYPD Blue\u201d 1998-2001, \u201cSilver Spoons\u201d 1982-1997)<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Do You Store These Eight Foods in the Fridge?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A recent online poll asked about different foods, and whether you store them in the fridge or not.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And over half-a-million votes were cast.\u00a0 Here are eight random foods, and where we stand . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n (That’s another tricky one, because a lot of people leave one stick of butter out to keep it soft.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n ORANGE JUICE SALES ARE SOARING DURING THE PANDEMIC <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Americans have been stocking up on all sorts of things as the pandemic continues, but one item in particular has seen a surge in popularity\u2014and it really needed it. U.S. retails sales of orange juice jumped about 38 percent in the four weeks ending on March 28th compared to the same period of time last year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This could be because orange juice is a typical go-to item when people get sick or are afraid they might. In 2018, a bad flu season drove up sales of the juice in the U.S.– likely because people think chugging orange juice is a good way to hydrate and load up on vitamin C\u2014which hasn\u2019t actually been proven to prevent colds.<\/p>\n _________________________________________________________________________________________________\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Five Hacks to Make Groceries Stay Fresh Longer<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n We’re supposed to avoid the grocery store for the next week or two if possible.\u00a0 So here are a few hacks that can make your food last a little longer . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n MONDAY APRIL 13TH<\/sup> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [70] Ron Perlman, actor (\u201cSons of Anarchy\u201d)\/(\u201cHellboy\u201d movies)<\/p>\n [50] Ricky Schroder, actor (\u201cNYPD Blue\u201d 1998-2001, \u201cSilver Spoons\u201d 1982-1997)<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n __________________________________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n An All-Star Disney Singalong Is Coming to ABC<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Parents, Disney knows you’re CONSTANTLY searching for things to do with the youngsters.\u00a0 This should help:<\/p>\n The\u00a0“Disney Family Singalong”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is coming to ABC Thursday night at 8:00 P.M.<\/p>\n It’ll be hosted by\u00a0Ryan Seacrest<\/strong>\u00a0. . . because everything is . . . with appearances by\u00a0John Stamos, Christina Aguilera<\/strong>,\u00a0Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/strong>,\u00a0“Moana”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0star\u00a0Auli’i Cravalho<\/strong>,\u00a0Josh Gad<\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0“Frozen”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0Little Big Town<\/strong>, and\u00a0Thomas Rhett<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n The show will include songs from\u00a0“Beauty and the Beast”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“The Little Mermaid”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“Toy Story”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“Moana”<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0“Frozen”<\/strong><\/em>, and\u00a0“High School Musical”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n And yes, the words will be on the screen, so you and your kids can sing along.\u00a0 There will also be public service announcements about the Feeding America charity, and what it’s doing for those affected by the coronavirus.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CARLY PEARCE WRESTLING WITH ‘SCREECHING HALT’ OF TOURING <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Carly Pearce\u00a0<\/strong>is finding it hard to just sit at home and not be out touring and actively promoting her current single, \u201cI Hope You\u2019re Happy Now.\u201d She says it helps that she’s married to a fellow artist, not to mention getting to commiserate with her artist friends who are all experiencing the same thing.<\/p>\n Carly tells us:\u00a0[\u201cIt is not fun. It is really difficult to be holding all this new music and be so excited and have a tour that you don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to happen and have all these plans for the year that kind of came to a very screeching halt. Thankfully we\u2019re all in it together and we\u2019re all trying to figure it out together, and hopefully we will be able to find creative ways to get to fans.] <\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ashley McBryde took her amazing voice to the Ryman Auditorium to\u00a0sing\u00a0“Amazing Grace”.\u00a0 Even though there was no audience, she had to get clearance\u00a0from the Nashville Department of Health.\u00a0 She did it because, quote, “We all need this right now and there isn\u2019t a better place to sing it at [than] “the mother church.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 13th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":14492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 05:22:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/04\/on-todays-show-374\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14491","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=14491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14493,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14491\/revisions\/14493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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