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HE WON! He was on THE VIEW for the first time today:

Austin Butler Had More Than 40 Appearances In A Classic Nickelodeon Sitcom - TVLine WWW.TVLINE.COM Years before he rose to big-screen fame on films such as Elvis, Austin Butler was little more than an extra for most of this Nickelodeon teen sitcom's...

I commend you for listening to the movie's advice.

https://www.aol.com/articles/biggest-changes-coming-hooters-chains-185133682.html Biggest Changes Coming To Hooters After The Chain's Founders Take Back Control A group called Original Hooters LLC, made up of some of the original owners and investors, has taken control of the restaurant again, buying it back during the bankruptcy process with plans to reinvigorate the franchise. The new-but-old owners want to take Hooters back to its roots, and for them, that means making it family-friendly, doing away with the controversial and revealing uniforms the chain is known for. The orange shorts and white t-shirts remain, but the plan is for the shorts to become more modest, keeping in line with how uniforms looked in the 1980s when Hooters opened. Those shorts are by no means long, but they are closer to a traditional athletic short and not as revealing as some later versions were under the previous owners. As for the rest of the uniform, which is traditionally just a tight, revealing shirt, there are no changes planned. Instead, the rest of the revamp will focus on the restaurant itself and the food that it serves. Hooters is famous for chicken wings, but despite that, reviews over the years have not always been kind. The wings are often considered inconsistent or average, although we ranked them fairly high amongst other popular chains' wings. In order to address this problem and put the wings front and center again, the chain plans to make all of its wings fresh, no longer using frozen products. That also includes hand-breading the wings according to the original recipe and using AA-grade butter in the wing sauce. That focus on freshness will extend across the menu, which will be simplified. No word on exactly what that means or what may be cut, but the new owners seem focused on higher-quality ingredients. Another thing diners can look forward to at the revamped Hooters is salad dressings that are made in-house.

I was watching family feud while waiting for a dental cleaning today. They got up to the final round and the first woman came out and with her five answers she got a total of 30 points, partly because when she was asked name a country known for its beautiful scenery, she replied Paris. Then the next person came out, who I think may have been her mother, and for the same question, she answered London.

On a small island off the coast of Nagoya, Japan, one traffic light follows an unusual schedule of turning green just once every year. The place is Himakajima, a fishing community with roughly 2,000 residents and one intersection that has become famous for its peculiarity. The light is fully functional and connected to the town’s power grid, but it spends nearly all of its time blinking yellow and red. It wasn’t installed for cars at all. This traffic light was built to teach children how to cross the street, rather than to coordinate vehicles. The Himaka Traffic Safety Association introduced the light in 1994 after realizing local kids had no real experience with traffic signals before leaving the island for mainland schools or jobs. Before that, lessons used small training props that couldn’t replicate the timing and sound of real signals. Once a year, usually in May, the island activates the light’s green cycle for a single day so children can practice safely crossing the road like they would in a busy city. During the event, teachers, parents, and officials gather near Hakajima East Port, where the light stands. The usual flashing yellow along the coastal road and red toward the port switches to a full sequence of red, yellow, and green. Children line up, wait for the signal to change, look both ways, and cross the zebra stripes with raised arms. The practice also helps younger residents understand city traffic etiquette. Himakajima’s roads rarely see more than a handful of vehicles at a time, so kids can grow up without seeing how signals actually work. The annual event bridges that gap, simulating realistic crossings to help the children grasp how fast the light changes and what safe reactions look like. A Curious Attraction Visitors are charmed and curious about this strange ritual, and every year, media circulate online showing the children’s training day. Travelers planning a trip often check the local government website to find out when the light’s “green day” will happen, although the date changes slightly each year. When the event is over, the intersection quietly returns to its usual cycle of blinking lights. It serves no real traffic purpose but still manages to represent something special about the island’s identity, in addition to its beaches and octopus dishes.

A few things that I DO find interesting are seeing one actor play twins and the secretive Dr and the Chinese Dr with the southern accent have their interesting moments. PLUS:

Any relation to Pearl?

I watched Watson for the second consecutive week last night. It's your typical network medical drama; it's nothing special but good enough and it pairs well with FBI on Monday so I have a new show to watch. These were the third and fourth episodes of the second season. There were 13 episodes in the first season. I just finished the first five of those so of course I get a new thing to watch and I'll knock it all off in two days. There is a whole minor sub storyline about Sherlock Holmes and Watson and Moriarty, which I couldn't care less about because I never read a single one of the books or watched any of the movies about Sherlock Holmes but fortunately, so far it is far enough in the background that I can ignore it.

Never heard of him

As Ms. Parton would say, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene...

I had a friend who remembered a mutual friend's # as ANTCLOT 911 has been changed.wav

Or if you had Hetty Woodstone's from GHOSTS. It was 4. (They were the first in the county to have a phone.)

Diane Ladd, Oscar Nominee And Mother Of Laura Dern, Dead At 89 - TVLine WWW.TVLINE.COM Diane Ladd, the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress, has died at 89 — read daughter Laura Dern's statement.

Josh Charles' Dr. Martin Best does not want to be known as "Doc Martin," we learn in the first trailer for Fox's upcoming "Best Medicine." But tell that to the good people of the small community he's just joined. "Doc Martin!" they cry, to Dr. Best's consternation, in the teaser released Monday. From the local restaurant to the traditional town fair, they seem determined to make Charles' character a homey favorite — despite his icy manner and standoffish replies. Described as a "charmingly complicated one-hour comedy," "Best Medicine" follows Dr. Martin Best (played by "The Good Wife" alum Charles), a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. "Unfortunately," per the official logline, "Martin's blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he's all they've got." However, "What the locals don't know is that Martin's terse demeanor masks a debilitating new phobia and deep-seated psychological issues that prevent him from experiencing true intimacy with anyone." The cast includes Abigail Spencer ("Timeless") as school teacher Louisa Gavin; Annie Potts ("Young Sheldon," "Designing Women") as Martin's aunt, Joan; Cree ("Game Shakers," "Mr. Iglesias") as Martin's assistant, Elaine Denton; and Josh Segarra ("The Other Two") as sheriff Mark Mylow. Martin Clunes, who played the titular character in "Doc Martin," the ITV series on which "Best Medicine" is based, will guest-star as Martin's father, Dr. Robert Best.

Miami's new GM:

Without Gordon Lightfoot's song, the Edmund Fitzgerald could have faded from memory along with the names of the roughly 6,500 other ships that went down in the Great Lakes before it. Lightfoot was inspired to write his ode to the Fitzgerald and the 29 men who died on board after reading the first Associated Press story about the wreck and a Nov. 24, 1975, article in Newsweek magazine. The song was released in August 1976, less than a year later. Lightfoot's mournful storytelling propelled the tragedy into infamy. Affection for the song and interest in the wreck has sustained for half a century, though it wasn't even the deadliest recorded on the Great Lakes. The deadliest wreck on open waters was the Lady Elgin in 1860, which historians estimate killed nearly 400 people. “The song has made this by far the most famous Great Lakes shipwreck,” said John U. Bacon, author of “The Gales of November,” a recently published book coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the wreck. He said the Edmund Fitzgerald trails only the Titanic and possibly the Lusitania as the most famous shipwreck in the world. Rick Haynes, 80, played bass on the single and in Lightfoot’s band for 55 years. He said the first recorded take of the song was what they released on the album “Summertime Dream.” “When you listen to the record Edmund Fitzgerald, it’s like he’s putting you right there, like he was right there,” Haynes said in a telephone interview from his home in Canada. “And that’s pretty hard to do with a tragedy like that, you know?” Debbie Gomez-Felder was 17 when her father, Oliver “Buck” Champeau, died on the Fitzgerald. She couldn't bear to listen to the song at first. “I put it on the record player and I thought, ‘Oh no, this music is eerie,’” she said. “I turned it off.” But she came to love it. “The part that says ‘All that remains are the faces and the names of the wives and the sons and the daughters,’ I thought there wasn’t a word he missed,” Gomez-Felder said. “There wasn’t anything he didn’t recognize.” Lightfoot died in 2023. His widow, Kim Lightfoot, said in a statement to The Associated Press that “the Edmund Fitzgerald was always present in Gordon's mind.” “Just as he eulogized the tragedy in song for the world, he also kept the memory alive in our home; Paintings, models and tributes adorned the walls and followed us from room to room as we went about our daily lives,” Kim Lightfoot said. “If Gordon were with us today, he would have been intent on helping keep the candle of memory lit.” Lightfoot met regularly with family members and famously changed one of the lyrics at their request, removing a reference to a disproven theory that unsecured hatch covers caused the wreck. The exact cause remains a mystery. That mystery and the song continue to draw people to the wreck, including a new generation encountering the story through TikTok and social media. Bruce Lynn, executive director of the Great Lake Shipwreck Museum, said children visit the museum wearing costumes of the Fitzgerald. “There’s something about the Fitzgerald that really draws that attention,” he said. Haynes estimated that he has played “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” more than two thousand times without tiring of it. Lightfoot’s band still tours and plays it at every concert. Haynes remembers flying with Lightfoot to Whitefish Point, Michigan, to mark an anniversary of the wreck. They met with victims' families then Haynes took a walk along the shores of Lake Superior, looking out toward where the Fitz sank, about 17 miles away. “I just sat there for about 15 or 20 minutes reflecting on all this stuff that had passed in connection with the Edmund Fitzgerald,” Haynes said. “And it was very emotional for me. It always has been.”

Nearly 150 high school students were excused from a statewide exam after they were taught about the wrong Caesar in history class. Teachers in at least eight schools in Queensland, Australia, had been teaching year 12 students about Augustus Caesar, the heir to Julius Caesar, for the test, which was scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 29, per the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC). The major exam had focused on Augustus for the past four years, but teachers didn’t realize the topic had changed — even though schools were notified about the upcoming switch in 2023 and the information was available publicly online, per the outlet. The exam was worth 25% of the overall course grade for students, and the schools realized their error a mere two days before the scheduled exam date. Brisbane State High School was the first school to recognize that the mistake had occurred, per ABC. While the Ministry of Education initially said that the student’s grades would be scaled to adjust for the oversight, they ultimately excused the 140 affected students from the exam altogether. “I’m very unhappy about the situation,” Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said in a statement to reporters, per the Associated Press. He also described the situation as “extremely traumatic” for the students — many of whom were frantically cramming for Wednesday’s test before they learned they would no longer be required to take it. Langbroek also said that he has opened an investigation into the matter to ensure similar mistakes do not happen in the future, per The Guardian. “I have directed the director general of the Department of Education to urgently investigate how the QCAA [Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority] communicates with schools to implement syllabus changes,” he said.

Many people have speculated he was the son of Frank Sinatra and Mia Farrow.

Vicki Lawrence was married to the guy who wrote the night the lights went out in Georgia for "about 10 minutes and that song was the only good thing to come out of the marriage." They were at a recording studio so he could record a demo, but he didn't like the way Georgia sounded and wanted to change it but Vicki said no, you can't, that's the right word and he said fine, if you like it, you record it and he left. Somebody eventually suggested that the song should be offered to Liza Minnelli and at this point Vicki was very invested in it and she protested greatly that it was not a fit for Liza. It was, however, offered to Cher, but Sonny turned it down because he thought it would offend Southerners and would have to be rewritten, which is odd when you consider that this was around the time of half breed and gypsies, tramps and thieves, which were both more offensive. Even dark lady could have been considered off-putting as well.

Trending the other way big time lately. She was INCREDIBLY annoying last night.

Giannis dressed as a minion from "Despicable Me" before the game Thursday.

My cashier at ShopRite today was dressed like a nun. I told her I liked the store new dress code.

I add chicken bouillon powder to the water when I make instant rice. Today I also added 1/2 cap of Miralax, as well. I didn't notice it at all, but it did the trick.

The 2025-26 NBA and NHL seasons are underway, which means fans are filing into arenas again and concession stands will be getting creative to serve the masses. Among those creations are the crispy mozzarella pucks that will be sold only at Chicago Blackhawks' games at the United Center. The parmesan herb-breaded mozzarella sticks -- or in this case pucks -- are sold with homemade marinara sauce. Crispy mozzarella pucks are available at Chicago Dish stands only during Chicago Blackhawks games. Levy Here are some other innovations that can be found at NBA and NHL arenas across the campaigns. San Jose Sharks: Chum Bucket and Shark-Cone Taiyaki The Sharks' Chum Bucket includes buttery popcorn, strawberry Pop-Tarts, teal chocolate, red chocolate and freeze dried strawberry. Aramark Shark-shaped waffles will be served as a cone or as a topping for soft serve during San Jose games. Aramark Utah Jazz: Jazz Note Donut Made fresh for each Jazz home game, the custom-created Jazz Note Donut is new at the Delta Center. Levy Ottawa Senators: Chocolate Puck The Senators are serving a dark chocolate mousse and raspberry coulis on a shortbread cookie that's topped with a Senators "Golden" Logo and served in a souvenir puck. Aramark Orlando Magic: UFO Burger and funnel fries In a nod to Florida's Space Coast, the Orlando Magic are serving a custom saucer-shaped steak burger. Levy The Magic's latest creations also include funnel cake fries with powdered sugar and drizzled with caramel sauce. Levy New Jersey Devils: Garlic knots in goalie helmet The New Jersey Devils will be selling garlic knots brushed with olive oil and served with marinara sauce in a souvenir goalie helmet basket. Levy Charlotte Hornets: Carolina Quesadilla The Carolina Quesadilla will be available at Charlotte Hornets games and includes pulled hot chicken and mac and cheese pressed into a waffle and served with a Carolina hot sauce drizzle. Levy Cleveland Cavaliers: Pop-A-Tot The Cavs' pop-a-tot loaded tater tots come with BBQ beef brisket, crumbled bacon, white cheddar sauce, southwestern ranch and chopped scallions served in special box packaging. Aramark