Big shot birthdays and Special Events for the weekend ahead:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 _ John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun, Footloose) is 79 (in 2024) • Boxer Floyd Mayweather Sr. is 72 (in 2024) • Boxer Evander Holyfield is 62 (in 2024) • TV host Ty Pennington (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition) is 60 (in 2024) • Actor-director Jon Favreau is 58 (in 2024) • South Park co-creator Trey Parker is 55 (in 2024) • Comedian Chris Kattan (Saturday Night Live) is 54 (in 2024) • Writer-director Jason Reitman (Up in the Air, the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife) is 47 (in 2024) • Gillian Jacobs (Community, Netflix’s Love) is 42 (in 2024) • Rebecca Ferguson (Mission: Impossible films, Dune, The Greatest Showman) is 41 (in 2024)
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Bridge Day • Dress Like a Dork Day • Evaluate Your Life Day • I Love Yarn Day • International Gin and Tonic Day • International Independent Video Store Day • International Raw Milk Cheese Appreciation Day • International Repair Day • International Sloth Day • LGBT Center Awareness Day • Fetch Day • Seafood Bisque Day • New Friends Day • Rainforest Day • Sweetest Day • World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
SUNDAY,OCTOBER 20 _ Melanie Mayron (thirtysomething) is 72 (in 2024) • Director Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) is 68 (in 2024) • Viggo Mortensen is 66 (in 2024) • Vice President Kamala Harris is 60 (in 2024) • William Zabka (The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai) is 59 (in 2024) • Sunny Hostin (The View) is 56 (in 2024) • Rapper Snoop Dogg is 53 (in 2024) • Actor-comedian Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts, The Walking Dead) is 48 (in 2024) • Heo Sung-tae (Squid Game) is 47 (in 2024) • John Krasinski is 45 (in 2024) • Jennifer Nicole Freeman (My Wife and Kids) is 39 (in 2024) • Model Candice Swanepoel is 36 (in 2024)
SPECIAL EVENTS _ Community Media Day • International Chef’s Day • Brandied Fruit Day • Chicken and Waffles Day • Day of Writing • Mozzerella Stick Day • Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Day • Suspenders Day • Youth Confidence Day • Office Chocolate Day • Day of the Air Traffic Controller • World Osteoporosis Day • World Toy Camera Day
MOST COMMON COOKING FAILS _ A survey of people who cook found that 64 percent have had a major mishap in the kitchen. Our top kitchen mishaps:
1. Burned food – 67 percent
2. Burned a pot/pan – 54 percent
3. Over-boiled a pot – 52 percent
4. Set off the smoke detector – 48 percent
5. Used too much salt – 44 percent
6. Left the oven/burner on – 40 percent
7. Forgot a crucial ingredient – 38 percent
8. Forgotten something in the oven – 35 percent
9. Food was way too spicy – 34 percent
10. Had a dog or pet eat food that was left out – 23 percent
ROAD TRIP FOR DISGUSTING FOOD _ If you find yourself in Sweden one day, be sure to stop by the Disgusting Food Museum. It is located in Malmö, Sweden, and features 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods from various cultures. The museum aims to challenge visitors’ notions of what is and what isn’t edible and explore the idea that disgust is a cultural construct. Some examples of foods on display include Surströmming (fermented herring from Sweden), Cuy (roasted guinea pigs from Peru), Casu marzu (maggot-infested cheese from Sardinia), Stinky tofu (pungent bean curd from China), Hákarl (well-aged shark from Iceland), and Durian (infamously stinky fruit from Thailand).
