News; birthdays/events; do you judge people on what they eat?  HALF of us do!!; word of the day.

News; research shows we all need daily awe...what's yours?; game: Mel Brooks birthday trivia; what one talent do you wish you had?

News; how much work do you do "off the clock"?; game: Jaws movie trivia; what's the weirdest thing you've ever owned?...how did you get it?

News; people are surprisingly sensitive about how tall they are...and we start shrinking well before we think we do!!; game: song title trios; goodbye/fun facts....National Bingo Day... this timeless game that has evolved from a simple lottery in 16th-century Italy to a digital phenomenon in the 21st century....it first came to the U.S. in the 1920's...but it was called “Beano". It was standardized by Hugh J. Ward where players used a cardboard sheet, dried beans, and a rubber stamp to participate in the fun....Legend has it that the name “Bingo” emerged from a winner’s excited slip of the tongue, replacing “Beano.” After that — as they say — the rest is history. No complex rules here. Basically, if you can count, you can play Bingo and you can play for big money...Catherine Zeta-Jones’s father won a significant bingo prize, which funded her theater school education, propelling her acting career.