Born on this day!! Actor Barbara Barrie is 92. Actor Joan Collins is 90. Actor Lauren Chapin (“Father Knows Best”) is 78. Country singer Judy Rodman is 72. Author Mitch Albom is 65. Comedian Drew Carey is 65. Actor Lea DeLaria (“Orange Is the New Black”) is 65. Country singer Shelly West is 65. Actor Linden Ashby (“Melrose Place”) is 63. Actor-model Karen Duffy is 62. Actor Melissa McBride (“The Walking Dead”) is 58. Drummer Phil Selway of Radiohead is 56. Actor Laurel Holloman (“The L Word”) is 55. Drummer Matt Flynn of Maroon 5 is 53. Singer Lorenzo is 51. Country singer Brian McComas is 51. Actor-playwright John Pollono (“This is Us”) is 51. Singer Maxwell is 50. Singer Jewel is 49. Actor LaMonica Garrett (“Designated Survivor,” ″Sons of Anarchy”) is 48. Comedian Tim Robinson (“Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Actor Adam Wylie (“Picket Fences”) is 39. Director Ryan Coogler (“Black Panther,” “Creed”) is 37. Singer Sarah Jarosz is 32.
THIS DAY IN GENIUS HISTORY
1430 – Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and subsequently sold to the English.
1788 – South Carolina became the 8th state in United States.
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad began the first passenger service in the United States.
1873 – The North West Mounted Police force was formed in Canada. It would later be known as the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
1911 – The New York Public Library, at the time the largest marble structure ever built in the United States, was dedicated by President Taft in New York City after 16 years of construction.
1934 – Bonnie (Parker) and Clyde (Barrow) were killed in a police shootout.
1945 – Heinrich Himmler, head of Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo, committed suicide while in prison.
1949 – The German Federal Republic came into existence.
1997 – Moderate Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran.
Today Is: Declaration of the Bab Day, International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, National Best Friend-in-Law Day, Neighbor Day, National Taffy Day, World Turtle Day
TODAY ON TV!
Primetime TV (All Times Eastern)
CBS – 8:00 – FBI / 9:00 – FBI International / 10:00 – FBI Most Wanted
NBC – 8:00 – The Voice / 9:00 – The Voice
ABC – 8:00 – Jeopardy Masters / 9:00 – Judge Steve Harvey / 10:00 – Celebrity Family Feud
FOX – 8:00 – Beat Shazam / 9:00 – Don’t Forget The Lyrics
CW – 8:00 – Superman and Loris / 9:00 – Gotham Knights
TV Talk Shows
Watch What Happens Live: Pre-empted
Live with Kelly and Mark: Vanessa Williams, The winner of “American Idol”
Jennifer Hudson: Robert Glasper, Rhea Williams
WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN’ ABOUT? Here are today’s PPM-Friendly Topics!
QUESTION: Did MIKE TYSON just reveal that JAMIE FOXX had a stroke?? It sounds like it!! He spoke on a podcast, then tried to REEL IT BACK IN!!!!!!!!
QUESTION: How did she pull THAT off??? Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez announce THEY’RE ENGAGED after “dating” for FIVE YEARS!!!!!!!! (Money!!)
QUESTION: Do some men really SIT DOWN TO PEE?? They do if they’re GERMAN!! Germans can’t stand to.. stand!! They’re “Sitzpinklers!” (Sitting piddlers)
QUESTION: Don’t we have ENOUGH trouble with reality?? A fake AI-generated picture of the Pentagon being bombed made the stock market CRASH yesterday!!!
QUESTION: How DARE you?? Nuggets star Nikola Jokic’s brothers HECKLED JACK NICHOLSON after Saturday’s victory over the Lakers!! Not cool!!!
The Foo Fighters Announce Their New Drummer Replacing the Late Taylor Hawkins
********His name is Josh Freese, and he’s gigged with Nine Inch Nails, The Offspring, Sting and Weezer, to name a few.
******They didn’t want to blow off the summer tour!!
****Freese was a friend of Taylor’s, and played Taylor’s drum set at a London tribute to the late Foo Fighter.
INTERESTING FACTOID: “Foo Fighter” was a nickname that WWII pilots called UFO’s!!!!
Miley Cyrus Says Her Touring Days Are Numbered
******Nooooooooo! Who’s going to pay Billy Ray’s allowance???
******She wants to live her life for herself instead of her millions of adoring fans.. and who can blame her?
******Just another messed-up Disney kid!!
Guitar Smashed By Kurt Cobain During “Nevermind” Sessions Sells For Over Half Million Dollars ($595,000)
**********They thought they might get $60 grand for it.. but hey…
****90s nostalgia is in full effect!!
********He smashed it in the recording studio, reassembled it, and all three members of Nirvana signed it!!
*******The guitar he played on MTV Unplugged sold for $6 million two years ago!!
*****It’s unplayable, but you wouldn’t play it anyway!!!
Paris Hilton’s Pet Chihuahua Dies
********Wasn’t she the one who would leave her dogs to die?? They’d all be in the closet with no food while she went out partying!!! This isn’t the first one she’s lost!!
*******This Chihuahua was 23!! In dog years, that’s Martha Stewart old!!!
********Her dogs are pampered. She build them a mini-replica of her mansion (true)!!!
*****Her dog’s name was Harajuku B. When it got to doggy heaven they asked her: “Where’s the other bitch??”
Taylor Swift Fan Bottles Up The Rain Water From Concert To Sell For $250, Calls It “Eras Tour Merch Rain”
********It’s from her washout concert in Boston!!
******Fans are calling it Holy Water!!
*****Taylor says, “I know!! Where’s my cut??”
******Come to think of it, we’ve got a bottle of sweat from Elton John’s last tour!!
Honey Boo Boo Graduates From High School
*********Her extra-curricular activity was hog-calling!!!
*****She’s already been accepted into Traffic School, and pre-registered for Rehab!!
*****They didn’t need an airhorn, they had Mama June!!!
TABLOID FODDER
Say What?!-(Life & Style)
“My first big splurge was on a Mercedes that had a ‘For Sale’ sign on it for almost two years…..I bought it. And then I drove it and then I drove it and then drove it again. And it never drove again. It was a Lemon.”-Jennifer Aniston, on how she spent her early Friends paychecks.
“Life is long and shaving is intense.”-Rachel McAdams, advising others to “always have shaving cream.”
“I’ve avoided hosting SNL like the plague for years now just because I’m so scared. It’s terrifying to me.”-Chris Evans, insisting he’s “not a funny person.”
PHONE TOPIC STARTERS
Any guys out there who sit to pee??
Did Jeff Bezos pay Lauren Sanchez’s husband to take his wife?
STUPID NEWS
88 Japanese Koi Fish Go Missing In Maryland.. Cops Suspect Foul Play!
*********Hey,, no need to be koi about it!!
********The fish disappeared in three different robberies!!
*****Suspiciously, a new seafood restaurant opened up in town soon after!!
Florida Driver Stops For Turtle Crossing Highway… Causes Multi-Car And Truck Wreck!
See the video HERE.
********The turtle walked away slowly, chuckling!!
******In Florida, if you accidentally run over a tortoise, you can legally take it home and make turtle soup!!
Indiana Man Caught Trying To Smuggle Scissors Into Prison In His…. Anus
******And let’s face it: He enjoyed it!!
*********The prisoners heard there was some “scuttlebutt!!”
********When the scissors are up your butt, you SURE don’t wanna run with ’em!!!
******The cops said, “Aren’t you supposed to be in Florida??”
Florida Man Leads Cops On A Chase In A Firetruck
*********Florida is like a giant sing operation.. it’s a way of gathering all the crazy people in one place!!
******He needed the fire truck in case he encountered a brush fire on his way home!!
********They were training when he jumped in and drove away (true)!! This means they need to be trained not to leave the keys in the ignition!!
STUFF THAT’S COOL AND VIRAL
VIDEO: SHAKE TABLE TEST 10 STORY BUILDING IN AN EARTHQUAKE.
VIDEO: MICHAEL BLOCK GETS A HOLE IN ONE OVER THE WEEKEND AT A PGA TOURNAMENT.
A LIST FOR TUESDAY
9 Signs You’re Ready To Quit Your Job
HUFFINGTON POST
- You realize you’re being undervalued.
Wanting a bigger paycheck (no surprise!) is the top reason that people decide to quit their jobs, according to a PayScale survey of over 38,000 respondents. “The pay gap continues to be an issue for women, more specifically for Black, Indigenous, and other women of color. Compensation should match our contributions in the workplace, and when it doesn’t, we feel undervalued,” said workplace strategist Keni Dominguez. If you’ve confirmed that you are underpaid and you’re not able to obtain a raise in a reasonable amount of time, Dominguez suggested reaching out to your network to see if anyone knows of new opportunities that could be a good fit. The danger of staying is that you may start to sell yourself short, too. “The longer you stay someplace where you don’t feel like you’re valued or compensated adequately, it impacts how you think about your career and your work in general,” said Cicely Horsham-Brathwaite, a licensed psychologist and executive coach. “It lessens your awareness of what your strengths are, your skills are. You start to view yourself based on how your manager or the company demonstrates their value for you.”
- You realize your workplace values burnout culture.
When you’re expected to be available 24/7 and there is little tolerance for taking vacation or sick leave, you’re at a company that wants employees to work until they burn out. Get out while you can. “They’re much more interested in you serving the company rather than the company serving you in any way,” said Lisa Orbé-Austin, a licensed psychologist and executive coach. “An organization that has a burnout culture, I think it’s particularly dangerous for professionals because oftentimes they leave you with nothing left,” she added. “And it can be hard to search, it can be hard to be motivated to think about your next move if you’re in a burnout culture.”
- You need to numb yourself after work to do your work.
Burnout is a condition of chronic workplace stress that can lead you to feel increasingly disengaged and cynical about your job. As a result, you may engage in numbing behaviors to survive the week or overindulge over the weekend to face Monday, Orbé-Austin said. People may “start drinking or they start playing video games to detach” when the workday ends, she said, noting that these behaviors can be an attempt to “soothe from the pain of the day.” To determine whether your numbing behavior is related to work, track your symptoms, including when they are triggered and how often you engage in them, Orbé-Austin said.
- The job is causing you physical stress.
If the thought of your job is tormenting you with sleepless nights, muscle aches, stomach aches, headaches and other physical symptoms of stress, these are signs that your job is toxic. Long hours, lack of autonomy and economic insecurity can all contribute to the kind of harmful workplace environment that you need to ditch rather than try to cope with, organizational behavior experts previously told HuffPost. When we are in periods of intense stress, it’s hard to make rational decisions. Horsham-Brathwaite advised talking with a mental health professional to weigh your options, including quitting or taking a leave of absence if your health has been compromised.
- You cry over going to work.
Career empowerment coach Melanie Denny said if you cry every day you go to work, that’s a sign to pay attention to. “If you’ve reached a point where you dread going to the office, it’s definitely time to go. Although there are several reasons you may feel this way, none of them are worth your sanity and mental wellbeing,” Denny said. “Get out of there ASAP.”
- You can’t be yourself at work.
Pretending to be someone you’re not in order to succeed can take a heavy psychological toll. “If you are in an environment that seeks conformity from people in order to be successful, that can begin to feel untenable,” said Horsham-Brathwaite. She gave the example of people who thrive on collaboration and sharing ideas being stuck in workplaces that value competition and individualism. “I’ve heard people say, ‘I used to be warm and caring, I used to be relaxed. Now I find myself being manipulative or cutthroat and I almost don’t know who I am anymore,’” Horsham-Brathwaite said. “If you feel the need to constantly code-switch or act like someone you’re not to fit in or gain approval from your boss, it’s not fair to you,” Denny said. “You cannot shine your light and be at your best if you’re not being who you are. There are many companies out there that allow you to share your personality and be unapologetically who you are. Start looking.”
- You are bored.
Learning keeps us motivated, and when you stop learning, it’s often a sign that you have outgrown your job. “If the work that you are doing doesn’t allow you to feel like you are accomplishing or achieving, I think that contributes to boredom for the people that I see,” said Horsham-Brathwaite. If you feel like you’re doing the same thing over and over and you’re not getting opportunities to do the next thing that you’re ready for, that could be a sign you should move on, Orbé-Austin said.
- You spend more time thinking about opportunities outside your actual job.
If you find yourself being consumed by a passion that isn’t part of your job, that could be a sign that you are ready for a career switch. “One of the biggest [signs of this] is where you just feel unsettled,” said Ramona Ortega, founder of My Money My Future, a personal finance platform. “Your interest in something else is compelling you to do research, read about it, go to meetup groups.” Ortega said that when she finds herself reading, talking and daydreaming about a new career direction, that’s generally her cue that she’s ready for a change. When she was thinking of starting My Money My Future, she said she was compelled to act by “the nagging of ‘I have to do this, because if not me, whom?’”
- You feel uneasy.
Listen to the part of you that feels “off” when you’re at work. “When you are not at ease with yourself … that is the cue you need to be moving in another direction,” media mogul Oprah Winfrey told a group of Stanford Graduate School of Business students in 2014. “The way through the challenge is to get still and ask yourself, ‘What is the next right move?’ Not thinking about, ‘Ohh, I got all of this to ―.’ ‘What is the next right move?’” If you’re weighing whether quitting is your next right move, consider how much this feeling of unease has impacted all areas of your work. “Most people aren’t jumping up and down for their jobs, but there’s still something they like about it ― they like their co-workers, they like coming into the office, they generally don’t mind their jobs or they’re looking for opportunities inside their company,” Ortega said. “They’re at ease, even if it’s not exciting every day.” But when you’re “generally feeling uneasy with almost everything about your job, that’s probably the time” to leave, she said.
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