Quote
"If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance."
George Bernard Shaw
Joke
He wears glasses during math because it improves division.
Fun Fact
Four people lived in a home for 6 months infested with about 2,000 brown recluse spiders, but none of them were harmed.
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While the brown recluse is one of three spiders in North America with venom that requires medical treatment, they are hardly ever aggressive.
Reading Fact
The Holy Bible continues to be the best selling, and the most read book in the world.
The Holy Bible is still the best selling, most read book out there. Even more, it is because the Gideons International is giving free bibles around the world to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ about the salvation of each individual.
History Fact
The Government Literally Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition
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During Prohibition in the United States, the U.S. government literally poisoned alcohol. When people continued to consume alcohol despite its banning, law officials got frustrated and decided to try a different kind of deterrent—death. They ordered the poisoning of industrial alcohols manufactured in the U.S., which were products regularly stolen bootleggers. By the end of Prohibition in 1933, the federal poisoning program is estimated to have killed at least 10,000 people.
Movie/TV Trivia
The many parts turned down by Sean Connery include roles in The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Indy IV and Blade Runner.
Movie/TV Quote
"I won't say it for Little Baby Ears over there, but it rhymes with 'smushmortion.'"
Knocked Up (2007)
In a far earlier era of blogging -- 2007! -- the "smushbortion" line delivered by Jonah Hill while Seth Rogen's Ben rips a bong during Knocked Up was a study in primitive backlash virality, the internet's unique superpower. It was picked apart by writers on sites like The Atlantic, Slate, and The Guardian. "The a-word," as Jay Baruchel calls it, was effectively banned from Judd Apatow's second major directorial blockbuster from the mid-2000s, and critics read into that: Is Apatow a pro-life filmmaker? Probably not, if his current politics are any indication of his past. Back in pre-woke pop culture, it was just a satirical scene where an adult friend group of immature straight white dudes try, without appropriate language or informed politics, to talk about what to do when your bro knocks up a lady, thus begetting a hilariously backwards and stupid conversation.
Conversation Starter
What do you think about reality TV? Why is it so popular?
Writing Prompt