WEDNESDAY, Nov 8 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, November 8, 2023
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COMEDY MP3s POSTED ON OUR PREP SITE FOR TODAY: A & M AUTOLAND – Straight Talk; THE ONLY MORNING SHOW IN TOWN

TODAY IS …
(All days repeat annually on today’s date unless otherwise noted; days may or may not be called “National”/”International”/”World” depending on source; sources listed often have additional info. We generally do not list special days which were created by commercial companies for the purpose of marketing, or the hundreds of disease awareness listings which occur each year.)

COOK SOMETHING BOLD DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Cook Something Bold Day is designed to encourage us to cook something bold and daring, that will fill up the house with warm, ‘homey’ odors. It is celebrated in the month of November, as houses are closed up for the winter, and capture the cooking smells.”

DUNCE DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Dunce Day celebrates the the term ‘Dunce’ and dunce caps. Today marks the death (November 8, 1308) of medieval scholar Duns Scotus of Duns, Scotland. Perceptions of his views ranged from brilliant to less than complimentary. Duns Scotus believed that cone shaped hats increased learning potential. He believed knowledge would flow from the point of the cap, down and into the head of the wearer, making that person smarter. About all this accomplished over time was the perception of a person wearing a dunce cap to be … a dunce. There was a positive side to his use of dunce caps. It motivated the wearer to learn more, so he could be rid of the the cap. Scholar critics of his work derived the term ‘dunce’ from his name and place of birth.”

NATIONAL CAPPUCCINO DAY
The Punchbowl website says this:
“Today is National Cappuccino Day! This frothy coffee drink was created in Italy in the 1600s. It got its name from an Italian order of monks known as the Catholic Capuchins – a group of friars who wore dark brown hoods, similar to the color of the drink. Prepared with espresso, hot milk, and a cap of foam, cappuccino is the customary way to jumpstart your day in Italy. Elsewhere in Western Europe, it’s just the opposite: cappuccino is most popular as an after-dinner drink.”

NATIONAL HARVEY WALLBANGER DAY
The National Day Calendar website says this:
“National Harvey Wallbanger Day is observed annually on November 8th. A Harvey Wallbanger is made with 3 parts vodka, 1 part Galliano and 6 parts orange juice, poured into a highball glass and garnished with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.”

NATIONAL STEM DAY

X-RAY DAY
The History website says this:
“On this day in 1895, physicist Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen (1845-1923) became the first person to observe X-rays, a significant scientific advancement that would ultimately benefit a variety of fields, most of all medicine, by making the invisible visible. Rontgen’s discovery occurred accidentally in his lab in Wurzburg, Germany. He was testing whether cathode rays could pass through glass when he noticed a glow coming from a nearby chemically coated screen. He dubbed the rays that caused this glow X-rays because of their unknown nature. Rontgen’s discovery was labeled a medical miracle and X-rays soon became an important diagnostic tool in medicine, allowing doctors to see inside the human body for the first time without surgery. In 1897, X-rays were first used on a military battlefield, during the Balkan War, to find bullets and broken bones inside patients.”

November is:

Adopt a Senior Pet Month
Great American Smoke Out Month
National Adoption Month
National Military Family Month
National Native American Heritage Month
Raisin Bread Month
Stamp Collecting Month
Vegan Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

USA TODAY HIRES REPORTER JUST TO COVER TAYLOR SWIFT

USA Today has hired a “journalist” just to cover Taylor Swift. Bryan West is the lucky winner selected from a pool of hundreds of applicants. In his video application, the veteran journalist and two-time Emmy winning TV producer listed 13 reasons why he’s the guy for the job. He says, “I know about every outing, every new song, every lyric, every album release, every party.” His duties will include exploring Swift’s influence on “music, business and social issues, while also chronicling the latest news from the superstar’s tour stops, her album releases and all the Easter eggs she drops along the way.” West said, “I think this job is to highlight her global and societal impact.”
* Don’t kid yourself, son. You’re now just a professional stalker.
* God knows there isn’t enough news in the two dozen press releases Taylor Swift puts out every day. We need a guy to dig up more.
* Get ready for more of the hard-hitting journalism we’ve come to expect from USA Today.
* Wait – if we don’t sign up for USA Today, wherever will we get our Taylor Swift news?

THE BUZZ

ODD FAMILY BEHAVIORS

Reddit asked: “What is something weird that your family did when you were growing up that you assumed was a normal thing everyone did, only to learn in adulthood that it was anything but? Some of the responses:
– “My mom used to have us barf in bath towels when we got sick instead of the toilet.”
– “My mom kept the receipts from when we were born at the hospital and would jokingly threaten to return us for a refund. I swear, we all thought it was funny.”
– “We would eat canned cranberry sauce as a side with pasta. I still occasionally do this.”
– “We used to put ice in our milk when we ate supper.”
– “We had to drink a glass of milk before we could have our glass of coke and no one rinsed the glass in between.”
– “We chopped up and burned our Christmas tree in the fireplace on New Years. My first husband thought I was nuts.”
– “Dipping grilled cheese sandwiches into syrup.”
– “We weren’t allowed to eat with the windows open. My dad was adamant that people would ‘spy on us.'”
– “Rubbing butter on noses for birthdays.”
– “Use kitchen shears to cut pizza.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What weird things did your family do? (Warning: this question can bring up a lot of abuse stories!)

SIX THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOUR BEST FRIEND

Here, according to therapists, are the Top Six Things People Don’t Like About Their Friends:
1. Lack of Reciprocity
2. Unreliability
3. Communication style
4. Not listening to advice
5. Differing values
6. Political opinions
* #7 – Get your own damn French fries!
* Also, the beer they like sucks.
* How did people with these traits get to be anybody’s friend? Do they give away free money?
* These are the exact same things I hate about my cat.
* You should hate that your friends talk about you to their therapist.

U.S. NEWS

DEER SLAMS INTO TRUCK JUST AS OWNER IS SELLING IT

A man in New Jersey was all set to sell his pickup truck to a prospective buyer when a deer slammed into it. Jay Vaughan was selling his perfect-condition Chevy truck. The buyer had just arrived. Then, out of nowhere, a deer comes sprinting towards the driveway, leaps over an SUV and slams into the side of the pickup, then scrambles away. The truck sustained damage to the side, but the buyer went ahead and bought it — at a reduced price.
* So he saved a couple of bucks. Nyuk nyuk nyuk,
* Sounds like the buyer and the deer were in cahoots.
* Yeah, deer suck at parkour.
* As the deer scrambled away they heard it call out “I meant to do that.”

PLASTIC SURGEON PHOTOS HACKED FOR RANSOM

The FBI is investigating the case of a Las Vegas plastic surgeon whose patients’ records were hacked and nude “before and after” photos were posted online. The hackers had allegedly posted the photos on the internet and demanded ransom to remove them. Many of the photos, which show breasts and other sensitive body parts, include the patients’ faces. The practice, Hankins & Sohn Plastic Surgery Associates, is being sued for negligence in protecting clients’ personal files.
* There’s nothing the clients can do. They’re tucked.
* Can we just pay half the ransom and get back the After photos?
* Wait – first they posted the pictures online, and THEN they demanded ransom? Didn’t they read the manual?
* The surgeons are going to have some excess fat removed from their bank accounts.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO 14-POUND BABY

A woman in Ontario, Canada, gave birth to a 14-pound baby boy. Sonny Ayres — the fifth child of Chance and Britteney Ayres — was born via Caesarean section on Oct. 23, weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces. Proud father Chance Ayres said the doctors and nurses were cheering, like at a hockey game. This is not the first big baby for the Ayres family. Two of his siblings were born at over 13 pounds. The average weight for a full-term baby is between 7 pounds, 2 ounces, and 7 pounds, 6 ounces.
* Is the kid’s name Sonny, or Tonny?
* The kid didn’t want to come out. You know he’s going to end up living in the basement forever, right?
* His first word was “Food!” His second word was “NOW!!”
* Favorite ice cream? Chunky Monkey.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

Nov. 11, Saturday – Veterans Day
Nov. 23, Thursday – Thanksgiving
Dec. 21, Thursday – Winter begins, winter solstice occurs at 10:27 P.M. EST
Dec. 25, Monday – Christmas
Dec. 31, Sunday – New Year’s Eve
Jan. 1, Monday – New Year’s Day 2024

BIRTHDAYS

Lauren Alaina (country, country-pop singer) … 29
Jack Osbourne (TV personality, producer, offspring of Ozzy) … 38
Tara Reid (actress) … 48
Parker Posey (actress, “Lost in Space” reboot) … 55
Courtney Thorne-Smith (actress, “Two and a Half Men,” “According to Jim,” “Ally McBeal,” “Melrose Place”) … 56
Gordon Ramsay (TV chef) … 57
Leif Garrett (actor, singer) … 62
Rickie Lee Jones (singer/songwriter, “Chuck E’s In Love”) … 69
Bonnie Raitt (singer/songwriter, “Nick Of Time”) … 74

BIRTHDAY QUOTE QUIZ – Ask your listeners “Who said it?” HINT: Today’s their birthday!

“I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.”

(A) Judge Judy
(B) Kim Jong-un
(C) Gordon Ramsay

ANSWER: (C) Gordon Ramsay

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2002 – The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution giving U.N. weapons inspectors the muscle they needed to hunt for illicit weapons in Iraq. President George W. Bush said the new resolution presented the Iraqi regime “with a final test.”
* Which they passed. By having no weapons of mass destruction. So Bush invaded them.

1997 – Chinese engineers diverted the Yangtze River to make way for the Three Gorges Dam, the most ambitious construction project in modern China’s history.
* To picture what an enormous undertaking it was to divert the Yangtze, imagine trying to stop John Goodman while he was walking, and make him walk in another direction.

1913 – The art form knows as “Cubism” was banned by officials at an art exhibition in Paris.
* What a bunch of squares!

1911 – William Frost of Spokane, WA patented the electric “bug zapper” bug exterminator.
* Not only does it kill bugs, it’s more fun to watch than most TV shows.

1895 – Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays.
* He spent the rest of his life trying to perfect glasses that could see through clothing.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2009 – Former Smiths frontman Morrissey stopped a concert halfway through his second song after being hit by a beer bottle. The 50-year-old singer, who was hit in the eye by a plastic bottle of beer, said goodnight to the 8,000 strong crowd in Liverpool, England before walking off.

2008 – AC/DC started a two-week run at #1 on the U.S. album chart with “Black Ice,” the band’s fifteenth studio album and the second-best selling album of 2008. Black Ice went to #1 in 29 countries, including Australia, Canada, the UK, and the U.S.

1997 – Country entertainer Johnny Paycheck officially joined the Grand Ole Opry. The honky-tonk ace became the 72nd member of the radio show’s cast.

1995 – Michael Jackson and Sony Corp. of America joined forces to create the world’s third-largest music publishing company with more than 100,000 titles. Jackson’s ATV Music catalog, which includes the classic Beatles songs, was estimated to be worth $300 million.

1983 – No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long (All Night).” Richie would later sing the song at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

1980 – Bruce Springsteen started a four week run at No.1 on the U.S. album chart with “The River,” his first U.S. No.1 album.

1975 – David Bowie made his U.S. TV debut performing “Fame,” on the “Cher” CBS-TV show.

1975 – Elton John was named Godfather to John and Yoko Lennon’s son Sean.

1968 – John and Cynthia Lennon were divorced after six years of marriage.

X-TREME TRIVIA CHALLENGE

Every installment of X-Treme Trivia Challenge includes three mystery factoids. Create your own “Impossible Question” contest – great for listener giveaways and phone interaction starters! Also a perfect sponsorship opportunity!

1. A survey of 30,000 grade school boys found 71% of them would rather grow up to be THIS, rather than the President of the United States. What is it?
A bartender

2. 31% of children surveyed said they have asked their parents to stop doing THIS. What is it?
Swearing

3. 42% of teenagers surveyed claimed to have THIS particular talent. What is it?
They can text blindfolded

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