Summer begins today at 11:16 a.m. (MDT)
The One Hundred And One Golden Days of Summer, of course, have been underway for some time.
History 101: 1788: The U.S. Constitution went into effect as New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify it.
Music History 101: 1990: Richard Penniman got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was declared his Day in Los Angeles. We know him better as Little Richard.
The 101 number one song of the day was this close to not happening because when the producer played a portion of the song for the superstar singer, she said adamantly, “I can NOT do that” (Well she ended up doing that and LIKING it!
The song had two tempos and the first part was no problem for the diva. It started off slow and sultry and that fit her style to a “T” but when things picked up, she balked. But producer Hal Davis was ready. He switched the lighting in the studio and turned on the strobe light and she took off like a rocket. It wasn’t that she didn’t like uptempo stuff – she done plenty of that in her long and successful career but this was DISCO! She ended up liking it a lot and so did the rest of America. On June 21, 1976 it was the number one song in America for Diana Ross (Love Hangover.)
Other Stuff:
More Money, Sex Or Time?
If you had to pick, which would you prefer – more money, more time, more sex or less weight? In a recent survey by AllYou.com and Shortcuts.com, the majority of people picked more money:
- 57% would rather save an extra $50 a week.
- 31% would rather lose one clothing size.
- 6% would choose more sex.
- 6% would rather have an extra hour every day.
*It should be noted that the survey was dominated by women – 5,250 females responded, compared with only 627 men.
Why Men Drive Flashy Cars
Men who wear expensive clothes and drive flashy cars are more successful at having flings and staying single than their financially conservative counterparts, researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio said. Researchers also pointed out that although flashy spending may get a woman’s attention, she won’t be picking out china patterns any time soon. “This research suggests that conspicuous products, such as Porsches, can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks,” said study author Jill Sundie. Just as peacocks flaunt their brightly colored tails to attract potential mates, certain men show off flashy products to draw the attention of women. However, men who pursue this strategy are only interested in short-term sexual relationships. In analyzing more than 1,000 men, researchers found that being in possession of a Porsche or another flashy luxury product did make a man more desirable to women than owning a non-luxury item, such as a Honda Civic. While women who did find a man who drove a Porsche more attractive as a date, she didn’t find him more desirable as a marriage partner. In fact, women thought men’s flashy spending showed that they were only interested in uncommitted sex.
Hart Main – 13-Year-Old Entrepreneur
Hart Main is a 13-year old boy from Marysville, Ohio, who loves candles, but “hates girly scents.” So he created ManCans, candles designed specifically for men, with scents like New York Style Pizza, Grandpa’s Pipe and New Mitt. For a startup, ManCans is doing well, averaging 300 orders a week – and he’s selling his ManCans to stores nationwide. ManCans offers nine scents so far: New York Style Pizza, Grandpa’s Pipe, Sawdust, Campfire, New Mitt, Fresh Cut Grass, Coffee, Dirt and Bacon. Main, meanwhile, has set up his business so that even while it is a for-profit company, it has a charitable arm. He makes the candles in soup cans, so he purchases soup and donates it to local soup kitchens, who then return the empty cans so Main and his mother can make the candles in their kitchen. Find out more at www.man-cans.com.
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