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Silly But True Nicknames (in honor of The First Two on the List Who were Both Born on January 20)

  • Buzz Aldrin (Astronaut)
  • Fireball Roberts (Racecar driver)
  • Chevy Chase (Actor)
  • Spike Lee (Director)
  • Sting (Singer)
  • Chipper Jones (Baseball player)
  • Yeezy / Ye (Rapper)
  • Penny Hardaway (Basketball player)
  • Bing Crosby (Singer)
  • Whoopi Goldberg (Actress)
  • Teddy Ballgame (Baseball player)
  • Judge Reinhold (Actor)
  • Magic Johnson (Basketball player)
  • Tiger Woods (Golfer)
  • Redd Foxx (Comedian)
  • Babe Ruth (Baseball player)
  • Bruno Mars (Singer)
  • Buster Keaton (Actor)
  • Skeet Ulrich (Actor)
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Top 10 Search Terms That Have Brought People To This Site (Aggregated if spread across more than one similar term)

  • W
  • Shades of Green
  • Lifeguard Acronyms
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With X
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With Y
  • Famous People Whose Names Start With Z
  • Hemingway Quotes
  • Animals that Start With I
  • Elsie Was A Mighty Fine Cow Lyrics
  • Pepsi Endorsers

Surprising Things I’ve Accomplished This Year (specifically given that it’s been a corona-year)

  • Checked two new states (North Carolina, Mississippi) off my list
  • Missions trip to Haiti
    • Three “airports” in one day
    • Landing & taking off on a dirt runway
    • Attending/walking in a Haitian funeral processional
    • Ate goat for the first time
  • Iguanas in the wild (in Miami… they chased me away from my lunch)
  • Finished unpacking all boxes from moving end of 2019
  • Started packing up to move again
  • Attended nephew’s high school graduation
  • Vacation to San Diego
    • Lodging at the fabulous beachfront Tower23
    • Riding bicycles to Mission Beach
  • Completed “Visual Communications” course through Sophia Learning
  • Put more than 10,000 miles on my car
  • Ran three trivia nights before the world shut down
  • Read 29 books
  • Successfully began intermittent fasting (lost 8 pounds and dropped my A1C from 6.1 to 5.4!)
  • Watched multiple full series on Hulu and Amazon Prime
  • Achieved level 40 and then level 41 on Pokemon Go
  • Applied for 66 jobs
  • Got hired for exciting new position with city of Clinton, Iowa!
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Songs on my Christmas Tree Trimming Playlist

  • You’re Here | Francesca Battistelli
  • You Make It Feel Like Christmas | Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton
  • Wizards in Winter | Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  • Winter Wonderland | Jason Mraz
  • White Christmas | Michael Buble, Shania Twain
  • What Christmas Means to Me | Stevie Wonder
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas | Weezer
  • This Time of Year | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
  • Text Me Merry Christmas | Straight No Chaser, Kristen Bell
  • Take Me Home for Christmas | Dan + Shay
  • Sweet Little Jesus Boy | Rebecca St. James
  • A Strange Way to Save the World | 4Him
  • Snoopy’s Christmas | The Royal Guardsmen
  • Silent Night | Big Daddy Weave
  • Santa Tell Me | Ariana Grande
  • Santa Baby | Ariana Grande, Liz Gillies
  • Ring the Bells | Big Daddy Weave, Meredith Andrews
  • O Come O Come Emmanuel | August Burns Red
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful | Toby Mac
  • My Only Wish (This Year) | Britney Spears
  • Mele Kalikimaka | Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters
  • Mary, Did You Know | Pentatonix
  • Little Drummer Boy | Audio Adrenaline
  • Like It’s Christmas | Jonas Brothers
  • Light of Christmas | Toby Mac, Owl City
  • Let It Snow | She & Him
  • Joy to the World | Mannheim Steamroller
  • Jingle Bells | Lauren Daigle
  • Jingle Bell Rock | Bobby Helms
  • It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year | Andy Williams
  • It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | Kutless
  • I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | Echosmith
  • His Favorite Christmas Story | Capital Lights
  • The Heart of Christmas | Matthew West
  • Go Tell It on the Mountain | Seabird
  • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | Mannheim Steamroller
  • Gloria | Hawk Nelson
  • Glittery | Kacey Musgraves
  • The First Noel | Toby Mac, Owl City
  • Feliz Navidad | David Crowder Band
  • Fairytale of New York | The Pogues, Kirsty MacCall
  • Drummer Boy | Justin Bieber, Busta Rhymes
  • Do You Hear What I Hear? | Anthem Lights
  • Deck the Hall | Relient K
  • Cozy Little Christmas | Katy Perry
  • Come On, Christmas | Matthew West
  • Christmas Tree Farm | Taylor Swift
  • Christmas Tree | Lady Gaga, Space Cowboy
  • Christmas Lights | Coldplay
  • Christmas Eve / Sarajevo 12/24 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  • Christmas Canon | Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  • The Chipmunk Song | Alvin & The Chipmunks
  • Carol of the Bells | August Burns Red
  • Carol of the Banjos | Beta Radio
  • Candy Cane Lane | Sia
  • Breath of Heaven | Amy Grant
  • Baby It’s Cold Outside | Idina Menzel, Michael Buble
  • All I Want for Christmas Is You | Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey
  • 12 Days of Christmas | Relient K
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Books I’ve Read Since COVID Started (in the order I read them)

  • Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators | Ronan Farrow
  • Pineapple Grenade | Tim Dorsey
  • My Husband’s Wife | Jane Corry
  • The Riptide Ultra-Glide | Tim Dorsey
  • Tiger Shrimp Tango | Tim Dorsey
  • Cassandra French’s Finishing School for Boys | Eric Garcia
  • It’s Okay to Laugh (Crying is Cool Too) | Nora McInerny
  • Red, White & Royal Blue | Casey McQuiston
  • Shark Skin Suite | Tim Dorsey
  • Untamed | Glennon Doyle
  • Fast, Feast, Repeat: The Comprehensive Guide to Delay, Don’t Deny(R) Intermittent Fasting | Gin Stephens
  • Coconut Cowboy | Tim Dorsey
  • She Went All the Way | Meg Cabot
  • Maestra | L.S. Hinton
  • What to Say Next | Julie Buxbaum
  • No Happy Endings | Nora McInerny Purmort
  • Clownfish Blues | Tim Dorsey
  • A Map of Days | Ransom Riggs
  • The Conference of the Birds | Ransom Riggs
  • The First Time She Drowned | Kerry Kletter
  • One to Watch | Kate Stayman-London
  • The Pope of Palm Beach | Tim Dorsey
Book covers from TimDorsey.com
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Previously On November 10

  • 1989 – German citizens begin demolishing Berlin Wall
  • 1989 – College student (it’s me) raced to Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa to stand in the electronics section at a mall store so that I could watch the fall of the Berlin Wall
  • 2012 – Barack Obama elected as 44th President of the United States
  • 1483 – Birth of Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation
  • 2010 – Disney composer Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Pocahontas) receives 2442nd star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
  • 1241 – Pope Celestine IV passes away
  • 1969 – Sesame Street premieres
  • 1908 – First Gideon Bible placed in hotel room
  • 1889 – Birth of Claude Rains, famous for playing Chief of Police in Casablanca
  • 1940 – Walt Disney’s first day as FBI informer
  • 1801 – Dueling is outlawed by the state of Kentucky
  • 1871 – Birth of Winston Churchill, but not the Winston Churchill you’re thinking of
  • 1964 – Birth of Kenny Rogers, but not the Kenny Rogers you’re thinking of
  • 1969 – Birth of Ellen Pompeo, yes the one you’re thinking of
  • 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to New York’s Smithsonian Institution
  • 1990 – Home Alone movie premieres at the box office
  • 1766 – Charter signed for Queen’s College / Rutger’s University
  • 1998 – Premiere of Star Trek: Insurrection
  • 2014 – London Premiere of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
  • 1963 – Actress Doris Roberts (Everybody Loves Raymond) marries novelist William Goyen who is 15 years her senior
  • 2007 – Author Norman Mailer dies
  • 1954 – Unveiling of the Marine Corps War Memorial depicting the raising of the flag during the Battle of Iwo Jima
  • 1928 – Emporer Hirohito is publicly confirmed

Dating Sites That Should Exist

  • JustFriends.com – For the people who will never Define the Relationship
  • JustMemes.com – Match through memes
  • IDKMaybe.net – For people who aren’t sure yet if they are ready for a relationship
  • DamagedGoods.com – Must apply through a therapist who has worked with you through multiple life crises
  • ColdFeet.com – Accepting applicants who stay strong in a relationship right up until the time to make a commitment
  • FlirtWithMe.net – For outside-validation junkies, no requirement to ever reply
  • WeirdFlexBro.com – Profiles must include a minimum of three awkward brags
  • BeMyBlessing.org – For those who will over-spiritualize your meeting
  • TryingToPretendImOkay.com – People who will not let you know about their deepest problems until it is way too late
  • DeepConversations.net – People who will ONLY tell you their deepest problems as soon as you connect
  • CuffingSeason.org – Specializing in relationships designed to last October/ November through January
  • HippyDays.org – People born before 1970 who haven’t changed their hair or style since then
  • YesIAmFlippingYouOff.com – The people on this site are not surprised when you are flipping off the camera on your dating profile
  • NoRealPix.net – Profile must be made up exclusively of photos of your motorcycle, animal you’ve killed, memes, or food (Profiles containing only photographs of your children will be accepted on individual basis)
  • GuessWho.com – All photos include multiple people, at least one of whom is attractive and one of whom is not
  • NoD***Picks.com – Service automatically forwards any unsolicited photos to original poster’s mother / wife / sister / etc
Woman's Hilarious Captions on Classic Paintings Illustrate Just How  Frustrating Men Can Be

Twenty Seven

  • This Etsy shop
  • The number of bones in your hand
  • Number of books in the New Testament
  • Number of letters in the Spanish alphabet
  • The atomic number of the element Cobalt
  • How many days it takes the moon to orbit the earth
  • How many identical coins you should keep in your home to ensure economic prosperity (according to the principal of Feng Shui)
  • The number of years in the cycle followed by Pennywise the clown
  • Kilometers in the circumference of the Large Hadron Collider
  • The age at which Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison died
  • This song, which alludes to the previous bullet point
  • How many piano concertos Mozart composed
  • This book called “Twenty Seven Hours of Will”
  • How many Outs are in a full game of baseball
  • A perfect cube (3 x 3 x 3)
  • The year in the 1900s in which Mickey Mouse was invented
  • Number of pieces in a Rubik’s Cube
  • How many days it takes for your skin cells to replace themselves
cobalt | Definition & Facts | Britannica