{"id":19643,"date":"2021-01-11T09:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/?p=19643"},"modified":"2021-01-11T05:04:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T10:04:24","slug":"on-todays-show-528","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/blogs\/mornings\/2021\/01\/on-todays-show-528\/","title":{"rendered":"On Today&#8217;s Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u27a2 A hospital janitor is raising money for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/orange-county-hospital-janitor-raising-money-for-boys-girls-club-a-penny-at-a-time\/2499265\/\">charity<\/a>\u00a0by asking coworkers to donate their spare change.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Most of us don\u2019t like spending any more time in hospital than we have to, but a Chinese man and his parents have been living in one for 6 years. In 2014, the man, with the last name Tian, was admitted to a Beijing hospital. He was supposed to spend a few days there after a medical procedure, but following a dispute regarding his medical bill, he refused to leave. He and his parents turned his hospital room into their own home, filling it with personal belongings and bringing in groceries. Despite several attempts to get them to leave, the three stayed put and lived there for 6 years. The weird saga finally came to an end last week, when the hospital squatters finally agreed to move out.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 This little boy is so bundled up for winter that he needs dad&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CJqtBdbAK2d\/\">help<\/a>\u00a0adjusting a hard-to-reach article of clothing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 If you thought the \u201cChristmas star\u201d was a big deal when it graced the sky in 2020, this past weekend through tonight Mercury, Jupiter, and Saturn will be visible in the night sky at the same time.\u00a0 NASA says, \u201c[\u2026] the planet Mercury will appear to pass first by Saturn and then by Jupiter as it shifts away from the horizon, visible each evening low in the west-southwest and setting before evening twilight ends.\u201d. The last time this triple conjunction occurred was in October 2015. If you miss it the next time it will happen will be February 13th, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u27a2 Ralph Macchio was on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; and said that during auditions for &#8220;The Karate Kid,&#8221; Charlie Sheen, Robert Downey Jr., and Nicolas Cage were also auditioning.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cHot Toddy Day\u201d, saluting the traditional drink taken before retiring for the night, or in wet or cold weather. It\u2019s typically a mixture of liquor and water with honey (or, in some recipes, sugar), herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served piping hot. Some believe it relieves the symptoms of cold and flu\u2026or at least makes you forget them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cConsumer Electronics Show\u201d, this year\u2019s all-digital experience starts today in Las Vegas and runs through Thursday. CES has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for over 50 years. Some products that debuted or were announced at the CES include: The VCR (1970), Camcorder and Compact Disc Player (1981), HDTV (1998), PVR (1999), Tablets, Netbooks and Android Devices (2010), Connected TV and Smart Appliances (2011) and Consumer 3D Printers (2014) LINK:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ces.tech\/\">https:\/\/ces.tech\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>2009\u00a0\u00a0 Taylor Swift was at #1 on the US Country chart with her second studio album\u00a0Fearless.\u00a0The album topped the\u00a0Billboard\u00a0200 chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks, thus setting various records, including the longest chart-topper by a female country artist. On\u00a0Billboard&#8217;s\u00a0Country albums chart the album logged a record 36 weeks at #1, with 3.2 million copies sold in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>RUBBING YOU THE WRONG WAY:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>If that Amazonian frog poison \u201ccleanse\u201d that was making the rounds this week doesn\u2019t appeal to you, how about a \u201csnake massage\u201d instead?<\/p>\n<p>Masseuse Safwat Sedki is offering the service, which involves mixing oil with non-venomous snakes in 30-minute sessions at his spa in Cairo, Egypt. While he admits that snake massages aren\u2019t for everyone, Sedki says they can work wonders for those suffering from pain.<\/p>\n<p>He says using snakes to perform a massage, which has been popular in Asia for a long time and is becoming a thing in Brazil, Russia and even in the US, has physical and emotional benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Physically, it can improve circulation and mental stimulation, and the emotional aim is to release \u201chappy\u201d endorphins to help people regain confidence and strengthen the immune system. How much for \u201csnake therapy\u201d? Only about $6.30 (US).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Hall and Oates<\/strong>met when they were both at a concert in Philadelphia . . . and a GANG fight broke out.\u00a0 They hopped in the same elevator to get away from gunshots, found out they both went to Temple University, and they became friends.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Mosquitoes have killed more people than all of the wars in history combined . . . by infecting tens of billions of people with diseases.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Chris Farley<\/strong>was originally set to star as the Amish bowler in\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Kingpin&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>, but he couldn&#8217;t do it because he was contractually obligated to do\u00a0<em><strong>&#8220;Black Sheep&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 So the role wound up going to\u00a0<strong>Randy Quaid<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>There&#8217;s about two pounds of chromosomal DNA in your body.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A doctor in Michigan has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/01\/05\/doctor-treks-covid-19-vaccines-to-rural-hospitals-hundreds-of-miles-away\/\">driving<\/a>\u00a0hundreds of miles in his own truck to deliver doses of the vaccine to hospitals in rural areas, so more people get vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>His name is Richard Bates, and he normally delivers babies.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuhleOnMSNBC\/status\/1346108915986141185\">said<\/a>\u00a0he wants to make sure people know that a lot of other people are helping him make it happen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BIRTHDAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[75] Naomi Judd, country singer<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[65] Phyllis Logan, actress (\u201cDownton Abbey\u201d 2010-15)<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for &#8220;Nerd News,&#8221; covering the most important news for your brain you may have missed.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a quick rundown of this week in science . . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A new study in Iceland found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/identical-twins-not-perfect-clones-bd557ea3e38b8292b3451f278117e8ef\"><strong>identical twins aren&#8217;t 100% identical<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 On average, they have around five very small differences in their DNA that can affect things like how tall they end up as adults.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>This would be great news if more research can back it up:\u00a0 A new study out yesterday found most people who get the virus have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2021\/01\/06\/1015822\/covid-19-immunity-likely-lasts-for-years\/\"><strong>immunity for at least eight months<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 And it could last years.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>A professor at Harvard thinks a weird, cigar-shaped object that passed by us in 2017 wasn&#8217;t an asteroid . . . and might have actually been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/news\/world\/harvard-professor-believes-asteroid-was-actually-old-alien-tech\/\"><strong>an alien probe to spy on us<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the first known object that&#8217;s entered our solar system from interstellar space.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Researchers can now tell if you&#8217;re listening to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyfinds.org\/brain-activity-emotions-music\/\"><strong>happy or sad music<\/strong><\/a>just by scanning your brain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Today is &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/earths-rotation-day\/\"><strong>Earth&#8217;s Rotation Day<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; . . . the day a French physicist first showed how the planet rotates back in 1851.\u00a0 And in case you missed it, atomic clock experts just said this week that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisebrother.com\/tcs\/story\/149055\"><strong>Earth now is rotating slightly faster<\/strong><\/a>than it used to.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Because of it, days aren&#8217;t quite 24 hours right now.\u00a0 For example, Sunday was about a tenth-of-a-millisecond short.\u00a0 And we might need to add a &#8220;negative leap second&#8221; at some point, so it doesn&#8217;t mess with satellites that rely on perfect timing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>_________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>IF YOUR ENERGY IS NONEXISTENT THESE DAYS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re feeling tired all the time there could be many reasons why, and the pandemic could be having more of an impact than you might think.<\/p>\n<p>One reason could be that you\u2019re being more sedentary than usual. Dr. Sobia Khan explains, \u201cThe human body gets more tired with progressive sedentary habits due to generalized deconditioning of the body, and ultimately, muscle loss.\u201d Basically, if you don\u2019t exercise regularly, you\u2019re going to feel more tired when you actually do start moving, and during the time when you\u2019re not expending the energy as well.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll feel better if you move more. The general physical activity recommendation is that you get 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise each week, along with two or more days a week of muscle-strengthening activity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE:<\/u><\/strong><u><br \/>\n<\/u>Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk, who has just surpassed Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos to become the world\u2019s richest person, is looking for good ideas on how to give his fortune away.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday, Musk\u2019s fortune was estimated at more than $208 billion, and he is one of the ultra-rich who have signed Bill Gates and Warren Buffett\u2019s \u201cGiving Pledge\u201d to donate half his fortune. One of Musk\u2019s first reactions to the news, after cheekily tweeting \u201cWell, back to work\u2026\u201d, was to post that \u201ccritical feedback is always super appreciated, as well as ways to donate money that really make a difference (way harder than it seems).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was, of course, inundated with suggestions on how he could dispose of some of his wealth, including funding schools, arranging a monthly check to all Americans living in poverty, and a suggestion from someone with the Twitter handle \u201cSADIST\u201d, who wrote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a prince in kenya and i have unprocessed diamonds\u2026send 100 thousand dollars for their refinement\u2026you shall be repaid 45% of profit\u2026I cannot run with your money I tweet here everyday\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MONDAY JANUARY 11<sup>TH<\/sup> \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>NFL\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Buffalo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indianapolis\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24<\/p>\n<p>Tampa Bay\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans\u00a0\u00a0 21\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Chicago\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9<\/p>\n<p>LA Rams\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tennessee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 48\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pittsburgh\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 37<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>A couple in Illinois weren&#8217;t\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/community-events\/lombard-couple-converts-van-to-enjoy-favorite-restaurants\/8808367\/\">satisfied<\/a>with take-out. So they turned the back of their van into a mini dining room.\u00a0 When they want to go out to eat, they just park the van in front of a restaurant and open up the back.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda died of heart failure Thursday night.\u00a0 He was 93.\u00a0 Tommy was with the team for 71 years.\u00a0 He managed from 1976 to 1996, winning two World Series titles.\u00a0 (Here&#8217;s Tommy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PAqw6dp56CU?t=6\"><em>saying<\/em><\/a>he wants the Dodgers schedule put on his gravestone.)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>On a serious note, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria, is comparing last week&#8217;s insurrection to Nazi Germany.\u00a0 He\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Schwarzenegger\/status\/1348249481284874240?s=20\">said<\/a>, quote, &#8220;The mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol. They shattered the ideas we took for granted . . . [and] trampled the very principles on which our country was founded.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No winning ticket was sold for the $32 million jackpot in Friday night&#8217;s Lotto Max draw.<\/p>\n<p>It means the jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw TOMORROW will grow to approximately $40 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0ticket holder in Ontario won Saturday night&#8217;s $8.7 million Lotto 649 jackpot.<\/p>\n<p>The draw&#8217;s guaranteed $1 million prize also went to a lottery player in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw WEDNESDAY will be approximately $5 million.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>BROTHERS OSBORNE TAPPED ROAD BAND FOR LIVE FEEL ON LATEST ALBUM <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brothers Osborne<\/strong>\u00a0switched things up with their latest album,\u00a0<em>Skeletons<\/em>, by enlisting their road band to play on the project. Most Country artists use local studio musicians when recording a project, but as\u00a0<strong>John Osborne<\/strong>\u00a0tells us, their band helped them achieve the sound they were going for this time around.\u00a0<strong>[&#8220;It worked best for us because it is TJ and I, we are the face of Brothers Osborne, but it&#8217;s also a band. We always treat it like a band. Our guys play on the road. We have a comraderie musically. Every time you get on stage and we start playing it&#8217;s like it just feels right, so there&#8217;s no reason to lose that. The second we got in the studio we put our headphones on and started playing. It felt like we were playing a live show, and the direction of this record was to match our live show as much we could so it was only fitting that we used the guys that played on the road.&#8221;]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That live sound comes through on the duo&#8217;s latest single, &#8220;All Night,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>CHRIS YOUNG SAYS KANE BROWN WAS FIRST CHOICE FOR &#8216;FAMOUS FRIENDS&#8217; <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Young<\/strong>\u00a0says that\u00a0<strong>Kane Brown<\/strong>\u00a0was his first choice when it came to choosing a buddy to join him on his new single, &#8220;Famous Friends.&#8221; He explains:\u00a0<strong>[&#8220;I think the biggest thing for me as far as why I asked Kane is because we are friends and it extends further than the &#8216;hey, you&#8217;re friends because you&#8217;re both in music together.&#8217; Like, I love that dude, and it&#8217;s been great getting to know him over the years and he was the first person that popped in my head. I was like, &#8216;I wanna do this song, I wanna add somebody else to this. It&#8217;d be really cool if it was me and Kane,&#8217; cause I&#8217;ve guested on his stuff before but I&#8217;ve never had him guest on something of mine, and then obviously now with it being a single is really, really cool.&#8221;]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chris co-wrote &#8220;Famous Friends&#8221; while at a headline tour stop in Tampa in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>JAKE OWEN SHARES TEASER FROM HIS FIRST UPCOMING MOVIE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jake Owen<\/strong>\u00a0will be starring in the upcoming movie,\u00a0<em>Our Friend<\/em>, and he shared a first look at his acting skills on his social media on Friday (Jan. 8th). He wrote in part, &#8220;I\u2019ve never been in a &#8216;movie&#8217; before so I won\u2019t lie . . . sitting down in front of\u00a0<strong>Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Casey Affleck\u00a0<\/strong>and acting like I knew what I was doing, was a bit of a challenge. I\u2019ve always loved a good challenge . . .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Our Friend<\/em>\u00a0is based on the true story of journalist\u00a0<strong>Matthew Teague\u00a0<\/strong>and his wife\u00a0<strong>Nicole<\/strong>, whose good family friend,\u00a0<strong>Dane<\/strong>, moves in to help Matthew take care of the couple&#8217;s family after Nicole is diagnosed with terminal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Jake plays\u00a0<strong>Aaron<\/strong>, a friend of the Teagues&#8217; and Dane&#8217;s from college.<\/p>\n<p>The move was shot in 2019 in Fairhope, AL where the Teagues lived during Nicole&#8217;s cancer battle. 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