\u27a2A runaway porta-potty in Albuquerque took a trip along Route 66.\u00a0\u00a0Severe gusts of wind dislodged the mobile toilet, sending it on its journey down the road that once connected Chicago to Los Angeles.\u00a0\u00a0Several motorists and passengers caught footage of the traveling commode, and posted it to social media alongside songs like “Dust In The Wind” by Kansas.<\/p>\n
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\u27a2It\u2019s nice to hear a happy ending every now and then. North Yorkshire police, in England, say 80-year-old Harry Harvey was reported missing on Sunday afternoon (September 6th) after becoming separated from his hiking partner in Yorkshire Dales, a national park. A four-day search followed, but was called off on Wednesday (September 8th) when a wildlife photographer spotted Harvey at a pub during a press conference planned by his family and rescuers to spread the word of his disappearance. Harvey told reporters he got lost during a hailstorm and ended up camping out for three nights with equipment he had carried with him to hike. He was in good health and was not injured, but he was hungry.<\/p>\n
\u27a2Alligators are common in Florida, but luckily this wasn\u2019t an actual alligator. The Polk County Sheriff\u2019s Office wrote in a Twitter post that a sheriff\u2019s deputy responded to a home on report of an alligator in a storage shed and arrived to find it was just an inflatable pool toy. The tweet says, \u201cDeputy Trexler went to a call about an alligator in a storage shed. He came\u2026 he saw\u2026 he conquered the beast. He even knocked the wind out of it. Literally. The gator turned out to be a pool floatie.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u27a2For the first time since the 1980s, vinyl records have outsold CDs. \u00a0(!!!)<\/strong>\u00a0 In the first half of the year, vinyl accounted for $232.1 million of music sales.\u00a0 CDs only brought in $129.9 million.<\/p>\n Vinyl grew by 4% in the first half of 2020, while CD sales were down 48%.\u00a0 Overall, physical sales are down 23%.<\/p>\n Which isn’t all THAT surprising, since the world is pretty much moving to streaming and digital music . . . and records are the only physical medium that’s “trendy” right now.<\/p>\n Streaming is up 12%, and accounts for more than 85% of music industry revenue.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Sylvester Stallone has revealed plans for a new\u201ddirector\u2019s cut\u201d of \u201cRocky IV\u201d to mark the film\u2019s 35th anniversary. Although he hasn\u2019t revealed many details about the new edit of the movie, he did mention that Paulie\u2019s robot \u2013 which belonged to Burt Young\u2019s character \u2013 will be scrapped from the reissue. Responding to a follower on social media, he wrote: \u201dThe robot is going to the junkyard forever, no more robot\u201d.<\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1972 [48] \u201cM*A*S*H\u201d premieres on CBS-TV (lasts 11 seasons; the finale sets a record as the all-time highest-rated TV series episode)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1920 [100] The NFL is organized in Canton OH as 12 teams pay a fee of $100 each to obtain franchises (current value of Dallas Cowboys franchise:\u00a0$5.7 billion)<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n 1993\u00a0 Alan Jackson was at #1 \u00a0with\u00a0A Lot About Livin’ (And a Little ’bout Love)\u00a0his first #1 Album. The singles “Chattahoochee”, and “She’s Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)” from the album were both #1\u2019s and the album won\u00a0Academy of Country Music’\u00a0album of the year award.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a Guy Who Gets Paid to Go to People’s Funerals <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a private investigator named Bill Edgar in Queensland, Australia, and he provides an amazing service:\u00a0 People who are dying hire him for $10,000 to show up at their funeral and TELL SECRETS or SETTLE SCORES with their family.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He’s been offering the service for two years and he’s crashed 22 funerals so far.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For example . . . quote, “I blend in with the mourners.\u00a0 I sit with the family and friends, in the middle of everybody.\u00a0 I was to tell the best [friend] to sit down and shut up because [my client] knew he’d been trying to have an affair with his wife.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Another time he says he was hired to tell mourners at a biker’s funeral that his client was gay and his significant other was in the audience.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He also says his clients hire him to get rid of stuff they don’t want their family to find, like, quote, “money, drugs, guns, or pornography.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And if this sounds like something out of a movie . . . it’s going to be.\u00a0 Bill has signed a deal to have his life developed into a film or TV show.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n There’s an 11-year-old girl in Massachusetts with autism\u00a0named<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Ashlyn MacDonald.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And ever since the pandemic hit, she’ll only eat SpaghettiOs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her mom couldn’t find them in stores, so other people started donating cans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And now she’s set, because the SpaghettiOs people heard about it . . . and they’re planning to give them an entire year’s worth.\u00a0 (Here’s an\u00a0interview<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0her mom Crystal did last week.)<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong> <\/u><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [55] Kyle Chandler, actor (\u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d 2006-11, \u201cBloodline\u201d 2015-17) COMING UP\u2026\u201cGodzilla vs. Kong\u201d 2021<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [35] Alexander Ovechkin, NHL left winger (Washington Capitals captain with 706 career goals, 8th<\/sup>\u00a0all-time, first among active players)\/Stanley Cup 2018<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0____________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Are These Gadgets Worth Buying or Way Overrated?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n “The New York Times”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0tech blog recently ran a list of gadgets you SHOULDN’T buy.\u00a0 Because they’re not worth the money, or other options are better.\u00a0 Here’s a quick rundown of what they found . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n VIDEO GAME STIMULATES EXPERIENCE OF FLYING ECONOMY CLASS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Who would ever want to \u201cplay\u201d this game is unclear, but it exists anyway. Airplane Mode is a game that is billed as \u201cthe only flight simulation game where players can experience the intense excitement of being an economy class passenger on a long-haul flight.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The game only allows the player to rifle through in-flight magazines, play Sudoku, watch movies from the 1930s, or gaze out the window. The players also get in-flight meals, experience turbulence, and WiFi outages.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The game is expected to be released on PC and Mac computers this year, and offers two flights: a six-hour trip from New York to Reykjavik, Iceland, and a 2.5-hour flight from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n CARRIE UNDERWOOD<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0THOMAS RHETT<\/strong>.\u00a0 It was the\u00a0first time<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that’s happened, and let’s hope it’s the last. \u00a0It defeats the purpose.<\/p>\n (Taste of Country<\/a>\u00a0looked at how a tie at the ACMs could even happen.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Other big winners were\u00a0LUKE COMBS<\/strong>\u00a0who won Top Male Vocalist plus Album of the Year for\u00a0“What You See Is What You Get”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0. . . and\u00a0OLD DOMINION\u00a0<\/strong>who won Top Vocal Group, and Song of the Year for\u00a0“One Man Band”<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Big 10 announced Wednesday (September 16th) that it had reversed its decision to postpone the football season to the spring because of the coronavirus pandemic and will now play in the fall.\u00a0\u00a0The one-eighty came less than five weeks after the Big 10 said the season would move to the spring. The conference said it plans to begin its football season the weekend of October 23rd, and all 14 teams will play a condensed schedule of eight regular-season games in eight weeks, plus have the opportunity to play a ninth game on December 19th when the conference championship game is played.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The NCAA men’s and women’s basketball season will begin on November 25th, the day before Thanksgiving, with the Division I Council voting yesterday (September 16th) to push the start date back from the originally scheduled November 10th.\u00a0The later date lines up with most schools having decided to send students home from Thanksgiving until January because of concerns about a coronavirus surge during that time. Having\u00a0closed campuses could provide a bubble-like atmosphere for players.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n BRAD PAISLEY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carrie Underwood and Thomas Rhett Tied for Entertainer of the Year at Last Night’s ACMs<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Yep, 2020.\u00a0 Last night’s ACMs ended with a TIE for Entertainer of the Year between<\/p>\n CARRIE UNDERWOOD<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0THOMAS RHETT<\/strong>.\u00a0 It was the\u00a0first time<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that’s happened, and let’s hope it’s the last. \u00a0It defeats the purpose.<\/p>\n\n
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