THIS WEEK'S DEAR JOHN LETTER!
Dear John,
Our family has not taken a trip together for a long time. We decided that we were going to meet up this summer and have a fun old fashioned family vacation. I'm already over this and we have not even begun! We all decided on a location, then my sister pitched a fit until she got her way. We changed locations. Then we found a hotel that had rooms available. It has a nice pool area and was affordable. Once again, my sister balked at the hotel and we all had to bend. We're going to a different, much more expensive hotel. But she had points to use at that one. OK, that's good for her, but an extra hundred bucks for each of us! Now we're talking about what we're going to be doing during this family vacation and based on this little group chat, I'm ready to just do my own thing. Would it be wrong of me to tell my sister to go pound sand? I can tell I'm not the only one getting frustrated with her, but everyone let's this happen every single time. I want to put my foot down, but I'm afraid I'm going to look like the bad sister. Any ideas on how I can take back my vacation without looking bad?
Signed – NeedThisVacation
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Got travel plans? New research says Sunday is the worst day of the week to fly. A study, by HappyOrNot, analyzed data from airports in more than 30 countries, and Sunday came out on the bottom. The best day to fly? Wednesday, although it should be pointed that positive feedback was only 3.6% higher for Wednesday travel over Sundays (84.6%-81%). And if you’d like to get REALLY technical, the worst time of day to fly is midnight (77.3% positive). The best time? 8am . . . with 86.6% reporting that to be a positive experience.
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reports, the worms, officially known as Asian jumping worms, can
clone themselves and jump about a foot in the air. Scientists are
concerned that the “invasive species”, which have also been
called ‘crazy snake worms’, ‘Alabama jumpers’, and ‘Jersey
wrigglers’, could hurt biodiversity in nurseries, parks, and
gardens. A California Department of Food and Agriculture report says
Asian jumping worms are “extremely active, aggressive, and have
voracious appetites. They “thrash immediately when handled…more
like a threatened snake than a worm.” Scientists say they are
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“Top Gun: Maverick” has become everything that Paramount, Skydance and movie theater operators everywhere hoped it would be. After earning a studio record $51.8 million on opening day, Tom Cruise’s latest is set to post the highest Memorial Day opening weekend in box office history. Industry estimates project a $142.5 million 4-day opening weekend from 4,735 theaters for “Top Gun: Maverick,” while Paramount is estimating $150 million. If it can push past $153 million, “Maverick” will break a Memorial Day opening record that has been held for 15 years by “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End.”
Fans of ‘Indiana Jones’ will be excited to learn that Harrison Ford made an in-person appearance at Star Wars Celebration on Thursday to announce the release date of “Indiana Jones 5”. The still-untitled movie will be Ford’s last run as the adventurer. He told the live audience in Anaheim CA that the film is almost done and will again feature the score of John Williams. Here’s the bad news: Fans will have to wait until June 30, 2023, before they can run to theaters to see it. The film was originally scheduled for a July 10, 2020 release, before a number of production delays due to the pandemic and an injury sustained by Ford in a fight scene.
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Eat your heart out, Maverick, and get set for the world’s fastest passenger jet. The race to resume supersonic passenger flights nearly 2 decades after the Concorde resumed this week when plane manufacturer Bombardier announced the launch date of “the world’s fastest and longest-range purpose-built business jet”. The Canadian company said the in-development Global 8000 has a capacity of 19 passengers, a range of 8,000 miles (14,800 kilometers) and a top speed of (wait for it…) Mach 0.94, which is very close to the speed of sound (and is over 66,000 mph, and more than 112,000kph). The plane is expected to enter service in 2025. And if you think THAT’S fast, Colorado’s Boom Supersonic has been testing a prototype aircraft that seats 88 people and can travel at Mach-2.2. That’s more than TWICE the speed of sound.
It seems that lately, we’re all trying to cut back on expenses due to rising prices on essentials such as gas and groceries. And while that may mean we’re willing to cheap out a little bit at the supermarket, it doesn’t mean we’ll do the same thing when it comes to feeding our pets. The CEO of Petco says the fact that pet owners are unwilling to buy cheap food has actually boosted sales. Ron Coughlin said on Yahoo Finance Live “Just like you don’t cut back on milk or eggs, pet parents don’t cut back on food for their pets. In fact, what we’re seeing is upgrading of foods, continued premiumization toward the most premium kibbles, fresh frozen foods.” Also helping sales for pet supply companies: The pandemic. Stats show that nearly 2 million animals were adopted in the US in 2020. That’s a lot of mouths to feed. What’s more, Coughlin said that the majority of those new pets were adopted by Gen Zers and millennials who “spend more on their pets. They humanize their pets even more.”
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Gloves have been around for 2,500 years. Mittens? Only about 1,000.
Your taste buds are 30% less effective during a flight due to the combination of dryness and low air pressure.
Ichiro Suzuki, baseball’s all-time hits leader, learned Spanish just for the purpose of trash talking opponents.
Kenya has an ice hockey team.
A scientist cracked his knuckles on one hand for over 50 years to prove it did not cause Arthritis.
Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team in his sophomore year.
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A sheep has received a 3-year sentence after being found guilty of killing a woman. The ram was taken into police custody in South Sudan earlier this month after it attacked the 45-year-old, who later died of her injuries. According to police, the ram was apprehended and is currently in custody at a Police Station. A spokesperson said: “The owner is innocent and the ram is the one who perpetrated the crime so it deserves to be arrested”. The ram will spend the next 3 years serving its sentence in a military camp in Sudan’s Lakes State.
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THE MOST QUINTESSENTIAL 1980s MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS:
The producers of “Top Gun: Maverick” didn’t take chances when it came to its soundtrack: They enlisted Lady Gaga for the new song ‘Hold My Hand’, to fulfill the role that ‘Take My Breath Away’ served in the original. And, yes, they also included Kenny Loggins’ ‘Danger Zone’ for throwback purposes. Here are the best soundtracks from the 1980s . . .
1. “Top Gun” (1986): Of course. This s/t is part of pop culture, including ‘Danger Zone’, ‘Take My Breath Away’, and, of course, ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’.
2. “Purple Rain” (1984): It lofted Prince to superstardom on the strength of songs like ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, ‘Beautiful Ones’, ‘Darling Nikki’, and one of the most unusual #1s of all time – ‘When Doves Cry’.
3. “Do the Right Thing” (1989): Heard blasting out of Radio Raheem’s boombox at key moments throughout the film: Public Enemy’s ‘Fight the Power’, Guy’s ‘My Fantasy’ and E.U.’s ‘Party Hearty’.
4. John Hughes movies: As the king of teen angst, John Hughes had plenty of memorable music moments in his films, so we’re forced to lump them all together. Think: “The Breakfast Club”, “Pretty in Pink”, “Weird Science”, “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” – too many great music moments to list.
5. “Flashdance” (1983): The video clips for the two #1 songs from the movie — ‘Flashdance… What a Feeling’ by Irena Cara and ‘Maniac’ by Michael Sembello were played relentlessly on the new music video channel, MTV.
6. “Repo Man” (1984): It helped bring mainstream recognition to numerous L.A. punk bands featured on the soundtrack: Fear, the Circle Jerks, the Plugz, Suicidal Tendencies and, the most L.A. punk of them all, Black Flag.
7. “Footloose” (1984): Kenny Loggins again. Plus, ‘Let’s Hear It for the Boy’, ‘Alost Paradise’, and ‘Holding Out for a Hero’. “Cut loose” indeed…
8. “Less Than Zero” (1987): A delightfully unpredictable hodge-podge, including Public Enemy, The Bangles, Slayer and Roy Orbison. And LL Cool J’s ‘Going Back to Cali’. Tasty.
9. “Dirty Dancing” (1987): You knew this would be here. ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’ playing while Jennifer Grey dances with Patrick Swayze is iconic enough, but add a bunch of on-theme oldies, Eric Carmen’s ‘Hungry Eyes’ and Swayze’s own hit ‘She’s Like the Wind’, for good measure.
10.“Fame”
(1980): Long before “Glee,” this musical about New York’s famed
High School of the Performing Arts helped ensure the 80s live
forever. The title track, by Irene Cara, earned an Oscar, and ‘Out
Here on My Own’, also performed by Cara, captured teen angst
beautifully.
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Groundbreaking research by a team of US doctors could be the breakthrough needed for a cancer cure. Scientists have injected the first-ever human patient with a new cancer-killing virus called Vaxinia. In animal trials, the oncolytic virus has been found to shrink colon, lung, breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancer tumors. The drug was developed by a combined team from cancer research institutes Imugene Limited and City of Hope. One team member, an oncologist, said: “Oncolytic viruses can stimulate the immune system to respond to and kill cancer, as well as stimulate the immune system to be more responsive to other immunotherapies.” Clinical trials should be complete in early 2025.
