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WEDNESDAY ON THE MORNING MIX
• SCHOOL & WEATHER INFO EVERY 10 MINUTES STARTING AT 5AM
• How much snow would we see out of an inch of rain? The answer and other fun cold and winter facts on Wild Trivia Wednesday every hour at quarter after, and we’ll give away a Cameo Pizza after our last trivia at 9:15
• Our daily Good News at 6:30 and 9:25
• Find out five things people will be talking about on What’s Trending at 7:00 and 9:30
• Win tickets to the Greater Cleveland Aquarium, the Great Big Home And Garden Show and Mr. Smith’s coffees in the Game-O-Tron 3000® contest at 7:30.
• A Journey hit on Steve Perry’s birthday on the 80s and 90s At 8.
• Baby names headed for extinction in 2025 at 8:10
• What’s the best feeling in the world? Find out at 8:30.
• The latest study on how many of us actually want to go back to the office; and “The Company Blood Drive” in the Mix Minute At Work at 9:40.

TUESDAY’S 80s AND 90s AT 8 SONG OF THE DAY: BILLY OCEAN-WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING. Leslie Sebastian Charles, the Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter we know as Billy Ocean, is 75 today. This song was used as the theme song for the Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner sequel to Romancing the Stone, The Jewel of the Nile. The video features Douglas and Turner with their Jewel of the Nile co-star Danny DeVito as lip-synching backing vocalists.

City Prepares to Spread Love Worldwide With Valentine Re-Mailing Tradition.

Loveland Colorado is celebrating being the world’s valentine capital for the 79th year with their valentine re-mailing program which receives more than 100,000 valentines every year. Each year, volunteers mark valentines with a specially designed stamp and love poem, then ship them off to their original destination. Loveland’s post offices and chamber of commerce receive valentines from all 50 states and 110 countries through the largest valentine program of its kind. The collector’s stamp and postmark will be stamped on every piece of mail that comes through the program. To get the special collector’s envelope artwork and the special 2025 postmark on your special valentine, send a pre-addressed, pre-stamped valentine in an enclosed, larger first-class envelope addressed to:
Postmaster – Attention Valentines
446 E. 29th St.
Loveland, CO 80538-9998
Once valentines are received, they are removed from the larger envelope and stamped before being re-mailed to the intended recipient.
International mail must be received in Loveland by Wednesday, Jan. 29, and all U.S. mail must be received by Friday, Feb. 7. Participants are encouraged to send their valentines to Loveland as soon as possible.
(Source: 9News.com)

Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year.

“Mocha Mousse” as the color for 2025. They say the evocative soft brown or warming rich brown hue nurtures with its suggestion of the delectable quality of cacao, chocolate and coffee, appealing to our desire for comfort. The earthy color seizes on “a growing movement to align ourselves with the natural world.”
Peach Fuzz was the color for 2024.

 

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The Image You See First in This Visual Test Reveals If You’re Destined to Find Love

All you have to do is look at the image below and pay close attention to the first thing that catches your eye. Once you’ve done that, scroll down to find out what it reveals about whether you are meant to ever find love.

1. If you saw the cats first, you are the kind of person who has been in and out of love, but ultimately you’re just plain happier when you’re on your own. You’ve sampled what it’s like to have a romantic affair, and while it was fine, nothing recharges you, inspires you, and makes you happier than being on your own. Get down with your bad self! If you want to be on your own, do it. Just make sure you have a big network of friends to rely on.

2. If you saw the dog first, you are the kind of person who thrives and grows when you fall in love. For you, life is hard and stressful and can seem frustrating and pointless, but it isn’t. You’ll see how wonderful things can be once you fall in love big time. Being in a relationship helps you focus on the world in a new and different way. Being with another person makes you the best version of yourself, but remember, that doesn’t mean you aren’t complete just as you are.

3. If you saw the tiny heart first, you’re the kind of person who sees love everywhere they look. You could make the big leap and be with just one person forever, but you’re just as likely to find your own “big love” at a commune or working with a group of people you love. However life plays out, you’ll be happy and exactly where you need to be.
(Source: YourTango.com)

8 New Emojis to Be Added to Your Smartphone.

The Unicode Standard, the official emoticon standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium that is responsible for creating new emojis, announced the new icons this week, which will include a face with under-eye bags, a fingerprint, a purple splat symbol, a turnip, a leafless tree, a harp, a shovel and the official flag of Sark, an island in the English Channel. This brings the total number of emoji characters to 154,998. (Source: New York Post)

Eight brand new emojis have been formally approved in today’s @unicode Emoji Version 16.0 release 🆕https://t.co/b2QD2bweRx pic.twitter.com/F1EegKi4cR

— Emojipedia (@Emojipedia) September 10, 2024

Top Gen Z Slang Words.

Talking to a Gen Zer can sometimes feel like conversing with someone who speaks another language. As time passes, each generation brings its own unique set of slang terms that we need to learn, only to eventually relearn new ones. Whether you’re looking to stay current, communicate more effectively with younger generations, or simply understand the latest trends, here are some of the words you need to know:
Aura: The unquestionable confidence of a person.
Based: A word used when you want to recognize someone for being themselves and not caring what others think.
Bet: Another meaning for OK.
Bussin: Extremely good, excellent
Cap/No Cap: A lie/an expression to show someone is not lying.
Cooked: Describing something in a negative way.
Drip: Clothing or accessories that are fashionable.
Gyat: Used to describe someone with a curvaceous figure.
Ick: A feeling of disgust at something unpleasant or offensive.
Let them cook: Give them space to do something they are good at.
Lit: Used to describe when something is cool or exciting
Mid: Used to insult or degrade an opposing opinion, labeling it as average or poor quality.
NPC: A non-playable character in a video game, referring to a person who is predictable and follows along.
Opps: Anyone in competition or against you, an enemy.
Red Flag: Someone’s negative qualities.
Rizz: Short for charisma, romantic appeal or charm.
Tea: The best kind of gossip, shared between friends.
Slaps: Describing something to be excellent or amazing.
Sus: Giving the impression that something is questionable or dishonest, short for suspicious.

THE EMOJIS MOST LIKELY TO GO EXTINCT.

A new study released on World Emoji Day reveals the top 10 emojis most at risk of extinction by examining usage and search volume trends from 2013 to the present. The OK hand emoji (👌) is identified as the least popular globally, with significant declines also seen in the flushed face (😳) and raising hands (🙌) emojis. The decline is largely attributed to the introduction of new emojis by Apple, making older ones less relatable.
These are the 14 emojis most in danger of extinction, according to the study:
👌 – OK Hand
😳 – Flushed Face
🙌 – Raising Hands
🙈 – See-No-Evil Monkey
✌ – Victory Hand
💁 – Information Desk Person
😏 – Smirking Face)
💕 – Two Hearts
💘 – Heart with Arrow
😎 – Smiling Face with Sunglasses
😱 – Face Screaming in Fear
😜 – Winking Face with Tongue
😞 – Disappointed Face
😄 – Grinning Face with Smiling Eyes
Source: NYPost

The Best-Selling Car in America the Year You Graduated High School.

If you’ve graduated high school in the past 43 years, do you remember what the bestselling car was that year? Car And Driver took sales data from each year starting from 1978 until now, to show which car sold the most each year. This list does not include sales of trucks or SUVs; the Ford F-series has been the bestselling overall vehicle and truck in the United States for quite some time.

1978: Oldsmobile Cutlass — 520,279 units sold
1979: Oldsmobile Cutlass — 518,160 units sold
1980: Oldsmobile Cutlass — 469,573 units sold
1981: Oldsmobile Cutlass — 454,188 units sold
1982: Ford Escort — 337,667 units sold
1983: Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme — 331,179 units sold
1984: Chevrolet Cavalier — 383,752 units sold
1985: Chevrolet Cavalier — 422,927 units sold
1986: Chevrolet Celebrity — 408,946 units sold
1987: Ford Escort — 392,360 units sold
1988: Ford Escort — 381,330 units sold
1989: Honda Accord — 362,707 units sold
1990: Honda Accord — 417,179 units sold
1991: Honda Accord — 399,297 units sold
1992: Ford Taurus — 409,751 units sold
1993: Ford Taurus — 360,448 units sold
1994: Ford Taurus — 397,037 units sold
1995: Ford Taurus — 366,266 units sold
1996: Ford Taurus — 401,049 units sold
1997: Toyota Camry — 397,156 units sold
1998: Toyota Camry — 429,575 units sold
1999: Toyota Camry — 448,162 units sold
2000: Toyota Camry — 422,961 units sold
2001: Honda Accord — 414,718 units sold
2002: Toyota Camry — 434,135 units sold
2003: Toyota Camry — 413,296 units sold
2004: Toyota Camry — 426,990 units sold
2005: Toyota Camry — 431,703 units sold
2006: Toyota Camry — 448,445 units sold
2007: Toyota Camry — 473,108 units sold
2008: Toyota Camry — 436,617 units sold
2009: Toyota Camry — 356,824 units sold
2010: Toyota Camry — 327,804 units sold
2011: Toyota Camry — 308,510 units sold
2012: Toyota Camry — 404,886 units sold
2013: Toyota Camry — 408,484 units sold
2014: Toyota Camry — 428,606 units sold
2015: Toyota Camry — 429,355 units sold
2016: Toyota Camry — 388,618 units sold
2017: Toyota Camry – 387,081 units sold
2018: Toyota Camry — 343,439 units sold
2019: Toyota Camry — 336,978 units sold
2020: Toyota Camry — 294,348 units sold
2021: Toyota Camry — 313,795 units sold
2022: Toyota Camry — 295,201 units sold
2023: Toyota Camry — 290,649 units sold
(Source: CarAndDriver.com)

Classic Baby Names Are Facing Extinction in the US.

There will be no singing “Happy Birthday” to little Myrtle any time soon. The once-buzzy baby name — along with Al, Bess, Cathy, Vern, Wally and more — is in the top 23 newborn names on the verge of virtual extinction. The names were popular during the Baby Boomer generation, between 1946 and 1964, but they’ve since lost their luster.
A June 2024 analysis from online parenting hub, BabyCenter found that ultramodern mommies and daddies are crowning their kiddies with names from hit feature films and streaming series such as “Dune: Part Two,” and “Bridgerton.” Classic titles like Liam and Olivia have, too, maintained their high-rank in the baby name realm. In 2023, both topped the list of most popular boy and girl tags in the U.S. for the fifth year in a row, per recent data from the Social Security Administration. However, names like Vinnie, Patsy, Cathy and Rob are all on their way to the baby-name graveyard, per experts. In fact, Namesberry says the names that are almost extinct were only given to between “five to 19 babies” the last year on record.

Here’s the list of baby names on the chopping block, with the boys names on the left and the girls in the right column.
1. Al-Bess
2. Bernie-Cathy
3. Bert-Christi
4. Bob-Deirdre
5. Cary-Gail
6. Chuck-Jeanie
7. Curt-Jodie
8. Dom-Kaye
9. Hal-Kerri
10. Lorne-Meg
11. Mel-Missy
12. Mitch-Mitzi
13. Nicky-Myrtle
14. Rob-Nicki
15. Sal-Patsy
16. Stan-Peggy
17. Tad-Phyllis
18. Timmy-Rhonda
19. Vern-Shelley
20. Vic-Sherri
21. Vinnie-Sue
22. Wally-Terry
23. Woody-Val

TikTok Hack Is the Easiest Way to Fall Asleep.

If you can’t fall asleep at night you might resort to desperate measures, like eating melatonin gummies, blasting your rain sound machine, or dousing yourself in lavender spray. Sometimes, though, it’s the simplest sleep tricks that work best. One of the most popular sleep hack options of the moment is the “alpha bridge sleep technique,” which has millions of views on TikTok. There’s four easy steps for “crossing the alpha bridge” into sleep:
Get comfortable in your bed. (If you’re on a plane or train, get as comfy as possible.)
Close your eyes and count to 30.
Next, open your eyes slightly, so only a sliver of them is open like a half-moon shape.
Count to five as you hold them slightly open.
Fully close your eyes again and count to 30.
Open your eyes halfway again and count to five.
Close your eyes one more time and focus on your breath.
Slowly breathe in and out through your nose, and you should drift off to sleep.
This technique might not work perfectly on the first go, especially if you struggle to fall asleep every single night. In fact, the alpha bridge method seems to be more effective for people who experience occasional difficulties falling asleep, rather than those with chronic insomnia, and that’s because true insomnia can be way more complex with psychological or physiological roots, and thus not as responsive to simple sleep hacks. If you don’t waltz across the alpha bridge on your first round, it’s more than OK to try the technique a few more times until you snooze.

@erica.terblanche Here’s a skill to help you fall asleep on an airplane or anywhere else for that matter. . Its called going over the Alpha Bridge. #EricaTerblanche #ThriveGuru #motivation #sleeping ♬ Solas X Interstellar – Gabriel Albuquerqüe

The Most Common 4-Digit PINs.

Just like computer passwords, people aren’t being very careful about their PINs, according to an analysis of leaked databases. It shows 11% are still using 1234, which is used more than all of the 4200 LEAST-common PINs COMBINED. People are making it easy for hackers, with research finding that a hacker could crack a third of all PINs in just 61 guesses. But if they got 426 chances, they could guess half. The least common were 8557, 8438, 9539, 7063 and 6827.
The Most Common PINs:
1234
1111
0000
1212
7777
1004
2000
4444
2222
6969
Source: Daily Mail

Uber’s Lost & Found Index.

Uber provides more than seven billion rides a year. That’s a lot of passengers in its rideshare vehicles, so it’s no surprise that people are always leaving their belongings behind in the backseat. Uber has released its eighth annual Lost & Found Index revealing the most common and most unusual items left behind by passengers.
10 most common items left behind:
1. Clothing
2. Luggage
3. Headphones
4. Wallet
5. Jewelry
6. Phone
7. Camera
8. Tablet or book
9. Laptop
10. Vape

10 of the most unusual items left behind:
1. Toupe
2. A jar of oysters
3. Police handcuffs
4. A live turtle
5. A spear and a furry fox tail
6. A WWE championship belt
7. An engine from a Jeep Liberty
8. A fake butt
9. A framed Taylor Swift autograph
10. A fart sensor

Real People Share the Most Annoying Things Others Do in Grocery Stores.

Almost anyone who goes to the grocery store has dealt with at least one annoying shopper. There’s usually that one shopper (or sometimes several) who makes something as simple as buying groceries more difficult than it has to be.
Shoppers annoyed, bothered or downright mad about the lack of “grocery store etiquette” held nothing back when asked about the most frequent annoyances and behaviors of others while at the store.
On Nexstar’s KSN lifestyle show, “Living Well” with Gary Bandy and Shelby Neely, viewers were asked, “What are the most annoying or rude things you see people do at the grocery store?”
The question — also posted on the “Living Well” Facebook page — may have struck a nerve since responses immediately began to flood in.
Nearly 100 Facebook users commented with their own experiences and personal stories of rude and annoying things people do that make the grocery store shopping experience a pain. Here are some of the responses that caught our attention:
Charlie B. — “Block the aisle while texting.”
Carolyn H. — “When I’m checking out and people stand right next to me when I’m paying the cashier. No one needs to be in your face when you are checking out. Keep in your own space.“
Debbie W. — “The employees doing the online shopping — I feel like they could show more respect for us that are doing our own shopping.“
Jonna K. — “Block the aisle by standing in the middle of it talking.“
Pat M. — “People who let their children run wild.“
Delores F. — “Those loudly talking on their phone.“
Adam C. — “People wandering — like they are the only one in the store. Pick a lane, keep moving forward. If you’re gonna visit, find an empty aisle, and one side or the other.“
Lisa F. — “Thieves.“
Terry S. — “Stopping just inside (the store entrance) with their cart, to read their grocery list, thereby blocking the entrance.“
Barbara B. — “People walking in front of cars without even acknowledging there are cars passing through. I know they have the right of way but somebody could get hurt.“
Barb S. — “Running their cart into the back of other people’s feet.“
Tandi D. — “Cutting ahead of elderly people or not helping them/handicapped reach something.“
Sherri L. — “Those who scream at their kids while they are shopping.“
Debbe M. — “Bringing their dogs in.“
Dale C. — “Open food, not pay for it, then leave it on the shelf.“
Velta E. — “Many years ago I saw a store manager pick up a bottle of Pepto-Bismol, take a drink, and put it back on the shelf…“
Serena C. — “Standing in the middle of the aisle looking for things while they can clearly see others trying to get through!“
Lynn Z. — “Taking their baby shopping when it’s clearly nap time.“
Terry P. — “Where do I begin?! Blocking the aisles. Wearing pajamas into the store. And last but not least, kiddos throwing tantrums.“
Robin M. — “Drive the wrong way in the parking lot.“