ShowStarters Friday 02.08.13
- Seth Green from Austin Powers turns 39
- Author John Grisham turns 58
- Nick Nolte is 72
- Ted Koppel is 73
Today is Boy Scout Day, and Kite Flying Day.
In theaters...
Identity Thief starring Jason Bateman
Side Effects stars Rooney Mara
Give me the year these three songs were hits!
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* All Star (Smash Mouth)
* Save Tonight (Eagle Eye Cherry)
* If you Had my Love (Jennifer Lopez)
Was it 1998, 1999, or 2000?
Answer: 1999!
ABC: Last Man Standing, Malibu Country and Shark Tank are new
CBS: The Job premieres along with new episodes of CSI: NY and Blue Bloods
NBC: Dateline and Rock Center are new
FOX: Touch premieres CW: Nikita is new
A store manager overheard one of his salesmen talking to a customer. "No sir,"said the salesman.” We haven't had any for awhile and it doesn't look like we'll be getting any soon." The manager was horrified and yelled after the departing customer,” Come back next week. We’re sure to have whatever it is you need." Irate, he turned to his salesman,” Never tell a customer we're out of anything! NOW, WHAT DID HE WANT?" "Rain,” answered the salesman.
With a "B"!
Did you know that on Wednesday, the 25 BILLIONTH song was downloaded on iTunes? That's with a B -- billionth! Yikes! The lucky downloader is from Germany and for being the 25 billionth downloader will receive a $13,528 iTunes gift card. The 25 billionth song: "Monkey Drums" by Chase Bush, of course!
Other iTunes fun facts:
* The 25 millionth song: Let It Snow from Frank Sinatra in 2003
* 100 millionth: "Somersault" by English electronica band Zero 7 in 2004
* 500 millionth - "Mississippi Girl" by Faith Hill in 2005
* 1 billionth: "Speed of Sound" from Coldplay in 2006
* 10 billionth: "Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash in 2010
Source
Undead Ted
"I can't make them fast enough...Lots and lots of people are clamoring for more."
That's a quote from Phillip Blackman who took a tried and true Valentines Gift, the Teddy Bear, and made it evil. That's right, introducing the zombie teddy bear! It's a snarling, blood-soaked bear holding up a heart torn out of its exposed chest. Ahhhhh, love. The bears go for $70 to $140 and he's made and sold over 30 so far. One bear is going for nearly $400 on eBay. See them here
Facebook/Phones: This bring's back the classic question: What is the worst Valentines gift you ever receive?
We're wasting 80% of our day!
Here's a new buzzword for ya: Cyberloafing, defined as wasting time at work online, takes up as much as 80% of the time we spend online at work! Researchers at Kansas State discovered that it may be time for companies to get tough with employees who live on Facebook between 9 and 5.
It's especially bad with young people who feel social networking is an acceptable behavior while on the clock. Even when they are being monitored, they don't care.
But while younger workers are sharing status updates, older workers are doing things like managing their finances. The tough part for managers, according to the researchers, is acting too much like big brother which could negatively affect office morale.
Of course, there will be even lower morale when THE COMPANY GOES UNDER BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS TWEETING! Sorry...inside voice.
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