Another precedent set by ESPN.. College softball star Lauren Chamberlain posed nude for the network’s website. “I said yes for the girls around the world who might see the issue and see someone who looks like them — someone who’s thicker, bigger not as jacked as the typical athlete — and that could give them that boost to love their bodies.” Being older and heavier than I was when first on the air, I totally love this woman.
Will you be buying a Mega Millions ticket on Tuesday night? CNN says your chances of winning the estimated $475 million jackpot are 1 in 302,575,350. You have a better chance of being struck by lightning.
The Verge is reporting that Los Angeles-based startup Cinelytic claims it can use artificial intelligence to tell movie companies if they have a hit on their hands. If our ability to predict the future is as bad as it’s been in the past, we’re in for some real box office bombing ahead.
If you want a ride in an electric vehicle, Portland is the place to be. Not only with Lyft let you request an EV or Hybrid, they will be providing access to charging stations for their drivers. If they are at all like my grandson is with his iPad, the batteries will always be nearly dead.
Members of the 18-35 age group have seen their net worth drop by 34% over the last decade. The biggest factor? College Debt. As one student recently told me: If this is the ticket to the real world, I’ll stay in my own fantasy world.. and save money.
We read today that visitors to the United States will have to share their social media identities before the government will issue a visa. The State Department began implementing its requirement that nearly all U.S. visa applicants submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and phone numbers as part of the application process. The new requirement, which could affect up to 15 million would-be travelers. More proof that just because we have freedom of speech doesn’t mean we have freedom from the consequences.
From Keener Contact News, Google got hit with a major outage that took out Gmail, Snapchat and YouTube yesterday. I’m sure that if we polled employers, they would report a 50% increase in productivity.
Happy Keener Birthday to:
1864 Ransom Eli Olds (d. 1950) – The Oldsmobile guy
1865 King George V (d. 1936) – Queen Elizabeth’s dad
1906 Josephine Baker (d. 1975) – International dancer extraordinaire
1911 Paulette Goddard (d. 1990) – Silent Screen star.
1913 Ellen Corby (d. 1999) – Grandma Walton
1925 Tony Curtis, (Bernard Schwartz) (d. 2010)
1926 Colleen Dewhurst (d. 1991) – Merilla in “Anne of Green Gables”
1926 Allen Ginsberg (d. 1997) – Beat Poet
1942 Curtis Mayfield (d. 1999) – Made quite a Motown Impression
1950 Suzi Quatro – “Stumblin In” to Happy Days
Today’s Point to Ponder: When a cow laughs, does milk come out of its nose?
