When I'm doing something like drinking coke, I decide to pull up my phone and read the Wikipedia article for "coke" as I'm drinking coke. I do this with basically everything I happen to be doing at the moment.
Dave Grohl has shared the secret to having no vocal cord issues: beer, whiskey, Advil, more whiskey, more beer.
"Maybe eight years ago, I had to go get my vocal cords checked out and I'd never done that. And the [doctor] sticks the camera down into my throat. And he looks at my vocal cords and he goes, 'Wow, they look great." And I said, 'You're kidding.' He said, "No, they look amazing. Do you do vocal warm-ups?" I said, 'No, I don't.' And he goes, 'OK, do you do like vocal cooldowns after a show?' I said, 'No.' And he said, 'Well, what do you do before a gig?'
I said, 'Honestly? An hour before the show, I'll open a beer and I'll start drinking the beer. I might take an Advil because my knees hurt, my ankles hurt — whatever I'm old. Then I'll have a shot of whiskey. And then once the beer is done, I'll open another beer. Then we'll maybe have a group shot of whiskey, which we call 'band prayer.' Then someone will say '15 minutes' and I open one more beer and have one more shot and then hit the stage.'
And my doctor said, 'Just don't change what you're doing. It's working.' And I was like, 'OK, great.'"
(via Dish Podcast)
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Researchers for the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority found over 200 dead crows near greater Boston recently, and there was concern that they may have died from Avian Flu.
A bird pathologist examined the remains of all the crows, and, to everyone’s relief, confirmed the problem was definitely NOT Avian Flu. The cause of death appeared to be vehicular impacts.
However, during the detailed analysis it was noted that varying colors of paints appeared on the bird’s beaks and claws. By analyzing these paint residues it was determined that 98% of the crows had been killed by impact with trucks, while only 2% were killed by an impact with a car.
MTA then hired an ornithological behaviorist to determine if there was a cause for the disproportionate percentage
of truck kills versus car kills.
The the ornithological behaviorist eventually concluded the cause: when crows eat road kill, they always have a look-out crow in a nearby tree to warn of impending danger. They discovered that while all the lookout crows could shout “Cah“, not a single one could shout “Truck.”
There have been a lot of innovations is the CBS coverage of the Masters, but the floating head of the leader from Butler Cabin that is superimposed over someone attempting a putt to tie feels like it should be brought back. (This is from the 1978 broadcast.)