The father of a 13-year-old was tired of his son ignoring his texts.\u00a0 So, he did what any frustrated parent would do, if only they had thought of it and had a clue how to do it.<\/p>\n
He invented an app that locks a child\u2019s phone until they write back.\u00a0 The app, called ReplyASAP, gives parents the power to freeze their kids\u2019 phones when they don\u2019t respond to text messages.\u00a0 What\u2019s more, it also lets parents set off an alarm on the phone until they respond.\u00a0 And the alarm works even if the phone is on silent mode.\u00a0 THAT should embarrass any kid into answering. \u00a0ReplyASAP has been downloaded 75,000 times since it was launched on the Google Play Store last year.\u00a0 It is currently only available for Android devices, but an iOS version will be available soon.<\/p>\n
______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ted Rath is the Rams’ director of strength training and performance, but a recent\u00a0NFL Films<\/em>\u00a0clip revealed he does more than just that.<\/p>\n He is in charge of pulling head coach\u00a0Sean McVay\u00a0out of the path of officials, and he compared it to “a dance\u201d. He\u2019s their \u201cget back coach\u201d<\/p>\n McVay\u2014who would\u00a0become\u00a0the youngest NFL head coach to win a championship at 33 years and 10 days if the Rams beat the New England Patriots\u2014receives plenty of credit for being innovative and ahead of the game, and he takes an additional step to avoid any costly penalties.<\/p>\n While there are plenty of college programs that feature assistant coaches who perform similar tasks on game days, the football stage doesn’t get bigger than the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n ENTERTAINMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n America\u2019s Got Talent is reportedly set for a major overhaul. The Simon Cowell-created show is apparently planning to replace all of the judges except for Simon.\u00a0 Reports are that it started with talk about replacing Mel B and now will also involve Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum and Howie Mandel.\u00a0 Cowell is said to be determined to bring some fresh blood into the judging panel, but according to an insider, there hasn\u2019t been much buzz yet about who that might be.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————————————<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1984 [35] Apple Computer Inc unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer.\u00a0 It boasts a 9-inch black-and-white display, two serial ports, 128KB RAM, and a slot for one 3.5-inch floppy disc.\u00a0 List price: US $2495.00<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n JANUARY 24TH<\/sup>, 1981\u00a0 <\/strong>The theme to “9 To 5” takes Dolly Parton to #1<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n ZAMBONI\u2019S AND TIMMIES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The owner of a Zamboni in Nova Scotia that was the subject of a widely shared photo on social media Monday says the machine\u00a0still works after strong winds pushed\u00a0it into a ditch.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jake Ross said it had been in front of his home\u00a0decorated with Christmas lights and thanks to a storm it ended up in the ditch about “500 or\u00a0600 feet” from his house.<\/p>\n A guy driving by took a picture of it and it quickly went viral as he said “that is the most Canadian thing ever\u00a0\u2014\u00a0a Zamboni in the ditch. There’s not a hockey rink in sight,”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The photo\u00a0even caught the attention of American\u00a0comedian Larry the Cable Guy, who shared it with his five million followers with the caption: “You guys in Canada sure know how to party \u2026<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With the help of a friend, Ross was\u00a0able to pull the Zamboni out of the ditch.<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————<\/p>\n After a winter storm that left Atlantic Canada covered in snow and ice on Sunday, one man in Saint John, N.B., decided to make the best of the weather.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cory Hamilton was the centre of attention on\u00a0Monday as he skated through the city, even as other residents continued to dig out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Plunging temperatures caused slush and pooling water in Saint John to freeze, making the city into a makeshift ice rink and Hamilton had some fun with he even making a trip through the Tim Horton\u2019s drive-thru, grabbing coffee and hot chocolate for his family.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S GOOD NEWS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ryan Arens is a UPS driver in Montana.\u00a0 And he was on his route last month when he heard a yelping sound.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It turned out someone’s dog had wandered out onto a frozen pond and fallen through the ice, about 15 feet off shore.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan saw an older guy trying to break through the ice to get to the dog in a rowboat.\u00a0 But he wasn’t making much progress, and it was taking too long.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So Ryan stripped off his UPS uniform . . . got down to his boxers . . . jumped in the boat . . . and slid ACROSS the ice to where the dog was.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Unfortunately, the ice broke, and he fell in.\u00a0 So he started swimming to the dog . . . lifted it onto the ice . . . and saved its life.\u00a0 Then the owner of the boat took them both inside, and Ryan and the dog took a hot shower together to get warm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ryan ended up finishing his route and delivered another 20 packages that day.\u00a0 He didn’t see the dog again until recently, when he had a package for her owner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The dog’s name is Sadie, and she ran right up to him.\u00a0 Ryan says saving her was by far the highlight of his 15 years with UPS.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [78] Neil Diamond<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [45] Ed Helms, actor<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n _______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n Things We Wish We’d Learned in School . . . <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n How much of what you learned in school do you actually use in the real world?\u00a0 A new survey asked 2,000 people, and the average answer was 37%.<\/p>\n That means we think about two-thirds of the stuff we learned was basically useless knowledge.\u00a0 Here are the ten real-world skills we WISH we’d been taught instead . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The survey also asked people to name the most USELESS things they were forced to learn in school.<\/p>\n If you’re a scientist or math teacher, these might come in handy.\u00a0 And some people may argue the benefits of having a base knowledge of this stuff.\u00a0 But you probably don’t use it unless you’re helping your kids with THEIR homework . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n (The equation is A-squared, plus B-squared, equals C-squared.)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n It’s National Peanut Butter Day . . . Are You a Chunky or Smooth Person?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Yesterday was National Pie Day.\u00a0 But if you missed it, or you want to use another fake holiday as an excuse to gorge yourself, good news . . . today is National Peanut Butter Day.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Anyway, a new survey asked the biggest peanut butter question of all:\u00a0 Are you a CHUNKY or SMOOTH person?\u00a0 And . . . 72% of people say they prefer smooth.\u00a0 Men are more likely to prefer chunky than women.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As for our favorite brands, Jif is number one . . . Skippy is number two . . . and Peter Pan is number three.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n RANDOM REPORT <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Things You Shouldn\u2019t Touch If You Want to Avoid the Flu<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0____________________________________________________________________________________<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n THURSDAY JANUARY 24TH<\/sup> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TODAY\u2019S BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [78] Neil Diamond<\/p>\n [45] Ed Helms, actor<\/p>\n ——————————————————————————————————————————-<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Toronto\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Washington \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3<\/p>\n Montreal\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Arizona \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1<\/p>\n Carolina\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Vancouver\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CARRIE UNDERWOOD WELCOMES NEW BABY! <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Carrie Underwood\u00a0<\/strong>gave birth to her second son early Monday (January 21st) morning in Nashville.\u00a0Jacob Bryan Fisher\u00a0<\/strong>joins Carrie and\u00a0Mike Fisher<\/strong>‘s three-year-old son,\u00a0Isaiah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The superstar shared a few pictures of the new family of four on social media writing, “Jacob Bryan Fisher entered the world in the wee hours of the morning on Monday…his mom, dad and big brother couldn\u2019t be happier for God to trust them with taking care of this little miracle! Our hearts are full, our eyes are tired and our lives are forever changed. Life is good…”<\/p>\n As a mom, Carrie tells that she’s proud to add “working mom” to her title.<\/p>\n This working mom will return to work in May when she hits the road on her headlining\u00a0Cry Pretty 360<\/em>\u00a0tour with special guests\u00a0Maddie & Tae\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Runaway June<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Tim McGraw Got Into the Fitness Business Because It’s True to Who He Is<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n TIM MCGRAW<\/strong>\u00a0was at the Grand Opening of his Trumav Fitness club on Friday.\u00a0 As you may recall, the plan is to open a nationwide chain.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He talked about how exercise has helped changed his life over the past 10 years, and shared the moment that made him “wake up” to it.\u00a0 He and his daughters were at a movie theater, and the trailer to his movie\u00a0“Four Christmases”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0came on.<\/p>\n Quote, “My face popped up on the screen and my oldest daughter looked at it with her eyes wide.\u00a0 She looked at me and said, ‘Geez, Dad, you really need to do something.'”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n That was the spark that set him off on those famous workouts.\u00a0 Quote, “My band and I started putting together all kinds of crazy stuff, tires, and ropes and chains and those sorts of thing outside the venue and would work with those all day.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Although a fitness club seems obvious, somebody asked why he didn’t get into the bar business like a lot of\u00a0other\u00a0country stars.\u00a0\u00a0QUOTE, “The honky-tonks [are] fine, but it just didn’t seem true to who we were on the road.\u00a0 We wanted to incorporate that into our gyms.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n THOMAS RHETT \u2013 OPENING A BAR <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Somebody asked\u00a0THOMAS RHETT<\/strong>\u00a0if he’s planning to join the billions of other country stars\u00a0opening\u00a0bars and restaurants in Nashville.\u00a0 He’s put some\u00a0thought\u00a0into it, but the project would have to be unique and different from the ones already there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January 24th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-29 23:40:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2019\/01\/on-todays-show-87\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604","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=3604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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