WEDNESDAY, Sept 11 – DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION

MORNING SIDEKICK DAILY PREP TEXT VERSION FOR WEDNESDAY, September 11, 2024
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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.)

PATRIOT DAY
The Days Of The Year website says this:
“Patriot Day falls on the 11th of September (also commonly known as ‘Nine-Eleven’) and is remembered globally as the anniversary of the catastrophic terrorist attacks on the USA of September 11th, 2001.
Embedded in the memories of everyone who lived through it, this was the day four jet planes were hijacked and crashed into the New York World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, causing the deaths of 2,977 people. The fourth plane (United Airlines Flight 93) was directed at Washington DC, but its passengers bravely attempted to take back control and it crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
The large majority of those lost after the attacks on the Twin Towers were working at or above the points of collision; thousands of people who had gone to work that morning like every other day, found themselves suddenly stranded at the top of a burning skyscraper. A number made the choice to jump from the flaming buildings rather than wait to be caught by the flames or for the building to collapse. No one could forget the terrifying and heartbreaking stories and images captured by the news footage of the day.
In the wake of the World Trade Center collisions, many brave men and women from the emergency services risked their lives to try to help rescue victims of the attacks, and of them 411 lost their own lives attempting to fight fires and rescue people.
Patriot Day is recognized by US law as the official day of remembrance for these tragic events, and has been observed every year since. Each year on this day, American flags are flown at half-staff to honor and commemorate those lives lost. The US President asks fellow Americans to observe a moment of silence at 8.46am (Eastern Daylight Time), the time of the first plane collision into the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
While the events took place within the USA, the shock and grief experienced in response to the attacks was shared across the globe, and for this reason Patriot Day will be observed not only in America, but all over the world.”

MAKE YOUR BED DAY

NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE

NATIONAL HOT CROSS BUN DAY

NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS DAY
The Holiday Insights website says this:
“Turn off all news broadcasts. Take a day off from all the bad news. Happy No News Is Good News Day!”

September is:

Baby Safety Month
Better Breakfast Month
Chicken Month
Classical Music Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
Honey Month
Little League Month
National Piano Month
Self Improvement Month

ENTERTAINMENT & CELEBRITIES

FANS HATE THE NEW “WHEEL OF FORTUNE” SET

People, as it turns out, generally like Ryan Seacrest as the replacement host for Pat Sajak on “Wheel of Fortune.” His first shows are airing this week. But people have to complain about something, and what they’re complaining about now is the new set. It’s very blue – very, very blue – and decorated with a lot of minimalist versions of the wheel itself, in case you forget you’re watching Wheel of Fortune. Some of the comments:
– “This new set is going to take more getting used to, more than Ryan. Everything is so computer generated and bright.”
– “The new set sucks… I thought I’d hate Ryan Seacrest but he is actually the least offensive thing about this show.”
– “Don’t at all like the new set and the graphics of putting the contestants faces under the puzzle.”
* And what are you people paying to have the show come in to your house every night? Hmm? So just shut up.
* Meh. Just turn up the yellow on your tint control for a nice shade of Forest Green.
* Even Vanna was looking a little blue. Maybe she missed Pat.
* Never hire the Smurfs to design your set.
* Ball’s in your court, Jeopardy!

THE BUZZ

MY WORST JOB

Reddit asked, “What was your worst job?” Some of the responses:
– “I worked for a pest control company, who would do heat treatment. They put a whole bunch of crazy hot heating stands out and crank them up overnight. The place would heat up to a couple hundred degrees. The bugs would comes out of the walls and crevases due to the heat and fry right out in the open. My job was to go in the next day and sweep up 1000s of toasted dead bug bodies.”
– “Telemarketing for a company that sold expired canned products,like creamed corn.”
– “Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Had to a wear a full suit every single day with a white shirt. Had to get their early to check in cars that got dropped off over night, and wash them all while wearing a suit. Awful in the hot summer, and also awful in the winter.”
– “I sprinkled mud onto potatoes that had already been washed so that they would look freshly dug when they hit the supermarket. Most depressing holiday job I’ve had.”
– “Zookeeper. I know some love it, but I only lasted 2 weeks. I puked every day cleaning that cathouse, I didn’t know anything could smell that bad.”
– “Turkey artificial insemination crew.”
– “Hotel housekeeping. If it comes out of the human body, I’ve cleaned it up.”
– “I hate soccer. Yet for some reason, I thought it would be a good idea to get a job as a soccer referee. It was terrible.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What was your worst job? And no telemarketers, everyone already knows that sucks.

U.S. NEWS

THE COCA-COLA – OREO SLURPEE

7-Eleven has created a new Slurpee flavor: a combination of Coca-Cola and Oreo, combined. The company is promoting it as a zero sugar Slurpee, so… well, that’s maybe one less thing to be concerned about. The concoction will be available at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes stores nationwide. And, for their part, Oreo is coming out with an Oreo Coca-Cola Sandwich Cookie available for a limited time in stores.
* It’s two great tastes in one big brain freeze!
* A Slurpee that leaves black crumbs on your teeth?
* On the upside, you won’t have to mix Coca-Cola and Oreos in a blender and freeze it anymore.
* And when they discontinue the Coca-Cola flavored Oreo cookie, you can just go back to dunking your Oreos in Coke.
* Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park said it best: “Your Slurpee scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn’t stop to think if they should.” He might not have been talking about Slurpees, though.

FORD FILES PATENT ON IN-CAR SPY SYSTEM

The Ford Motor Company has filed a patent for a product that will record the conversations you’re having inside your own vehicle so that third-parties can then serve you ads based on what you say. The system would also be able to monitor your geographical location to, presumably, find the closest whatever it is you’re talking about – food, groceries, car maintenance, etc. In a statement, Ford emphasized that filing a patent for a technology that would help advertisers spy on customers didn’t necessarily mean it intended to implement it.
* And besides, everyone else is doing it.
* Of course, there’ll be an opt-out button on the dashboard. But it won’t actually be connected to anything.
* Oh, well. Time to just crank the music higher.
* More and more advertising, everywhere, every day. How much money do these people think we have to spend? We’re tapped out, you idiots!
* I want a car that spies on other people, not me. Like a James Bond car.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

INDIAN DOCTOR ATTEMPTS SURGERY USING YOUTUBE VIDEOS, KILLS PATIENT

An Indian doctor is being accused of causing the death of a 15-year-old boy after operating on him for gallstones while watching YouTube tutorials. The boy’s family brought him to Ganpati Hospital in the town of Saran last week after he had vomited several times. Ajit Kumar Puri, a doctor at the hospital, decided that he had to operate on the boy to remove a gallstone that was causing the vomiting. After sending the teen’s father away on an errand, the doctor operated without the family’s consent, but the boy’s condition worsened during surgery. The doctor was reportedly watching YouTube tutorials during the operation on how to remove gallstones. Dr. Puri called in an ambulance to transfer the boy to another hospital, but the patient died on the way. Dr. Puri then left the body on the steps of the other hospital and went on the run. He has yet to be found. Both the victim’s family and police suspect that he wasn’t a real doctor, which turns out to be a fairly common thing in India.
* The YouTube was how to replace the heating element in a clothes dryer, but the concept is pretty much the same.
* Don’t do this, folks. If you’re going to perform surgery according to YouTube tutorials – always, always, watch them ahead of time.
* A fake doctor trying to remove gallstones takes a lot of gall.
* The errand he sent the father on was to go drop his malpractice insurance check in the mailbox.
* The family better make sure that the police looking for him are actual, real police.
* That’s all we have from Saran, so, that’s a wrap.

TRENDING

DAVE GROHL REVEALS HE HAS A LOVE CHILD

Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters has owned up to having a secret love child following an affair. “I’ve recently become the father of a new baby daughter, born outside of my marriage,” the singer wrote in a statement on Instagram. “I plan to be a loving and supportive parent to her. I love my wife and my children, and I am doing everything I can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness. We’re grateful for your consideration toward all the children involved, as we move forward together.” The 55-year-old shares three daughters with his wife, Jordyn Blum. The rocker did not reveal the identity of the newborn’s mother, nor has his wife Jordyn responded.

ALMANAC

NOTABLE DATES, UPCOMING U.S. OBSERVANCES

TODAY – Patriot Day
Sept. 20, Friday – National POW/MIA Recognition Day (The third Friday of September)
Sept. 23, Sunday – Fall begins (Autumn Equinox is 8:44 a.m. EDT)
Oct. 14, Monday – Columbus Day
Oct. 16, Wednesday – National Boss’s Day
Oct. 31, Thursday – Halloween

BIRTHDAYS

Elizabeth Henstridge (actress, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) … 37
Charles Kelley (singer with Lady A) … 43
Jonny Buckland (guitarist with Coldplay) … 47
Ludacris (rapper, birth name Christopher Brian Bridges) … 47
Harry Connick, Jr. (singer, pianist, actor) … 57
Moby (musician, composer, birth name Richard Melville Hall) … 59
Kristy McNichol (actress, “Family”, “Empty Nest”) … 62
Tommy Shaw (vocalist/guitarist with Styx) … 71
Mickey Hart (drummer with The Grateful Dead) … 81

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

“A year from now hopefully I’ll be a year better than I am now. I worked my whole life for my music. I just love it.”

(A) Weird Al Yankovic
(B) Kevin Federline
(C) Harry Connick, Jr.

ANSWER: (C) Harry Connick, Jr.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

2007 – Russia tested the largest conventional weapon ever, the “Father of All Bombs”.
* A larger bomb was released in 2013 – the Johnny Depp “Lone Ranger” movie.

2001 – A group of terrorists hijacked and then piloted four US commercial jetliners, flying one into each of New York’s World Trade Center twin towers and one into the Pentagon – the fourth plane went down in Pennsylvania when passengers interfered with the hijackers. About 3,000 people were killed in the attacks, most of them in the collapse of the towers.
* It was nice when we finally got Osama Bin Laden – and nice of Pakistan to let him stay there ’til we could find him.

1998 – Congress released Kenneth Starr’s report, which offered graphic details of President Bill Clinton’s alleged sexual misconduct and leveled accusations of perjury and obstruction of justice.
* And ickyness. Extreme ickyness.

1989 – Hungary officially opened its border with Austria, allowing tens of thousands of East Germans to flee through Hungary to Austria and then to West Germany. The flood of emigration led to the fall of the Berlin Wall two months later.
* Did President Reagan help? Even just a little bit?

1978 – In a spooky spy action made public around the world, a Bulgarian defector was fatally stabbed by a poisoned umbrella tip wielded by a secret agent in London.
* Sure, they can make an umbrella spy weapon but they can’t make one that doesn’t turn inside out in a strong wind.

1935 – The first demolition derby was held, at Yonkers Raceway in New York.
* It’s like awarding a trophy for Best Road Rage.

1883 – The mail chute was patented.
* Oh, the guy’s too lazy to carry the mail downstairs, so just give him a patent why don’tcha?

1847 – “Oh, Susannah” was sung in public for the first time. Stephen Foster sold the rights to the song for a bottle of whiskey.
* Which he guzzled down as soon as he realized what a stupid thing he did.

1853 – The electric telegraph was used for the first time.
* It was a huge advance over the old-fashioned coal-powered telegraph.

THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY

2001 – Walking to work in New York (as a comic book illustrator) Gerard Way witnessed the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The day’s events inspired him to start a band, which became My Chemical Romance with Way becoming their lead singer.

1996 – David Bowie’s single “Telling Lies” was released exclusively on the Internet. It was the first time a new single by a major selling artist was released on the Internet.

1968 – Larry Graham, of Sly and the Family Stone, was arrested for possession of cannabis. The group’s TV appearance and hotel reservations were canceled as a result.

1963 – What is believed to be the first “bootleg” album appeared: a collection of Bob Dylan songs entitled “The Great White Wonder.”

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. Three percent of us admit we’ve eaten THIS, but the real number is probably higher. What is it?
Food off the floor

2. 13% of people have eaten THIS. What is it?
A dog biscuit

3. Nearly 60% of those polled really dislike THIS kind of sandwich. What is it?
Egg salad

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