Have You Considered Eating Your Christmas Tree?

January 6, 2021 | Tim Virgin

If your Christmas tree is still sitting in your house, here’s an option instead of dragging it out to the curb:  Serve it for dinner.

There’s a new cookbook out from a, quote, “artisan baker and cook” in the U.K. named Julia Georgallis called “How to Eat Your Christmas Tree”.  And it features dozens of recipes you can make using your tree.

For example, Christmas-Cured Fish uses almost a pound of needles for decoration and flavoring.  With Christmas Tree Pickles, you throw a handful of needles into a jar with your pickles for a month.

There’s even ICE CREAM flavored with blue spruce needles and ginger.

Julia says she created the book so people would get better use out of their trees . . . rather than chopping down 30 million trees every year and then throwing them away.

Plus, quote, “I don’t know why it’s so weird because we eat and we forage so many [other] plants.”

(Smithsonian Magazine)

 

 

 

 

Front Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash

This guy singing MCR at a wedding will make your day

January 5, 2021 | jnettlebeck

Who hurt this man so bad that he had to do a full on cover of MCR at a wedding!?!?!

A wedding does seem like a strange place to be belting out some emo rock, but hey people celebrate differently.

You know what, he killed it. Get this man a record deal ASAP!

 

This is how they save people on ski lifts

January 5, 2021 | jnettlebeck

You know those movies where firefighters save people from burning buildings by having them jump onto a giant tarp that they hold.

Well those actually exist and people actually use them to rescue people!

This is how they save people who are stuck high up on a ski lift!!

I always thought there would be a more modern approach to this. Like a ladder or something.

But you know what, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!

Delivery driver tries to take back food after receiving a bad tip!

January 5, 2021 | jnettlebeck

Tipping is such a weird thing.

I wish they would just always include gratuity in the check, I hate having to do quick math!

Plus let’s say the person you’re tipping isn’t happy with what they gave you! This could happen!

Definitely tip people, but also if you’re delivering something you don’t get to take the item back!

That’s just crazy!

Imagine Dragons Release a Book for a Good Cause

January 5, 2021 | Tim Virgin

Imagine Dragons have released a fan-sourced band biography titled The Project, which they’re using to help raise money for their Tyler Robinson Foundation children’s cancer charity.

In a tweet, TRF describes it as “a book from fans to fans.” In addition to telling the band’s story, it also includes quizzes and puzzles. If you donate $8 to TRF and send the receipt to @TRFprojectID, you’ll receive a download link for the entire 77-page book.

 

TikTok Tuesday

January 4, 2021 | jnettlebeck

Tuesday means you get the hottest TikTok curation on the planet!

This week we have a few great ones for you.

First up: Did your parents let you guys curse? This cute little kid asked for her mom for permission but mom wasn’t ready for this.

@tracyclaxtonfashb#badgirl #badmom #2020 #fyp♬ original sound – Tracy Claxton Fashbaugh

Next: What starts with a v and gets a woman everything she wants?

@2kvnidal#foryou what do women have that starts with a v and they use it to get stuff. no Marcel no 😂🤣♬ Bach Concerto in a Minor for Violin – Classical Music

Lastly: Never ask your loved one if they would love you if you ever got fat.

@xoxo_rubiaLet’s try this again tiktok! This was all so you can get a little laugh…don’t be an asshole, no one likes those 😉#OutPizzaTheHut #fyp #foryoupage

♬ original sound – Yanira Mendez

How to maintain your man weave

January 4, 2021 | jnettlebeck

Nobody wants a dirty toupee!

It could give away the secret that your hair isn’t your hair!

There’s no shame in having one, they look great! But you have to make sure you maintain it!

@themalcolmflexFixing the man weave!! ##mentalhealth ##menshair ##menhealth ##men ##hair ##weave ##manweave ##dallas ##dfw ##mavs

♬ NBA on ESPN Theme Song – Instrumental King

Make sure you keep those toupees looking fresh!

Conor McGregor finally responds to Jake Paul

January 4, 2021 | jnettlebeck

It seemed like a fantasy when Jake Paul suggested that he was going to take on Conor McGregor in the ring after taking down Nate Rabinson, but now it seems like this fight might actually happen!

Conor McGregor says he is down to fight as long as his price is met by Paul’s camp.

@boxing.centr4lConnor responds##SportsDirectRepRace ##jakepaul ##ksi ##loganpaul ##boxing🥊 ##fighter ##fyp ##tiktokboxing ##boxer ##knockout ##gym ##fitness ##champion ##fyp

♬ Oh No – Kreepa

I hope for this fight to go down more than anything. See a real fighter take on the Paul brothers for once!

Is ‘Bean Dad’ the worst?

January 4, 2021 | jnettlebeck

If you were on Twitter this weekend then you definitely heard about “Bean Dad”.

Bean Dad, who is actually named John Roderick, went on Twitter this past weekend to boast about how he bullied his 9-year-old daughter because she didn’t know how to use a can opener.

If you haven’t read this Twitter thread yet, you have to. It will kind of infuriate you at the cockiness of this guy.

Of course everyone took their shots at them, including actual teachers who had some good teaching strategies for the seemingly happy bean dad.

And of course everyone with a wifi connection went back and checked all of his tweets to find his controversial tweets. People called him out for racism, homophobia, and anti-semitism.

Roderick quickly deleted his Twitter account after this.

Funny enough, Jeopardy star Ken Jennings has a podcast with Bean Dad! Jennings came to Roderick’s aide.

What a weird world we live in.

So if you didn’t know about Bean Dad…

Now you do! Congrats!!

Relief fund available for bar, restaurant and coffee shop workers

January 4, 2021 | <3 Lauren

The restaurant and bar industry has been hit hard.  Most places in Chicago have been forced to close due to covid restrictions and unfortunately, may not reopen.  If you are a current or former Cook County bar, restaurant or coffee shop employee there is an emergency relief fund you may be eligible for (and it you are outside of Cook County or work in other food and beverage roles, including farmers, distillery workers, wine makers, beverage delivery drivers, etc. there is another national relief fund for you; more info from Southern Smoke below or jump to the application page HERE;

All restaurant, bar and coffee shop workers who are or were employed in Chicago (specifically, Cook County, Illinois) are encouraged to apply for need-based aid.

To qualify for this fund, you must have worked in the food and beverage industry for a minimum of 6 months and an average of 30 hours per week minimum. Every applicant must show proof of such employment, so please have paycheck stubs and/or W2s available. We are unable to make any exceptions.

For tips on how to apply and best advance your case, please click here.

This fund is specifically for restaurant, bar and coffee shop workers who are or were employed in Cook County, Illinois. If you work in other food and beverage roles, including farmers, distillery workers, wine makers, beverage delivery drivers, etc., or work outside of Cook County, you can apply to Southern Smoke’s national Emergency Relief Fund here.

More information and application instructions HERE.  <3 Lauren

Photo by Sarah Pflug from Burst

This ear pulling competition is the strangest sport out there

January 3, 2021 | jnettlebeck

MMA, boxing, football, hockey… What’s the toughest sport out there?

The answer is none of them.

Because apparently a sport out there called ear  pulling and it might be the gnarliest sport known to man.

@weirdsports##earpulling

♬ Originalton – WeirdSports

The pain that these athletes have to ignore is unknown! How can they do that!

Also this should be included in the Olympics right?

This woman lives her life as a Ninja Turtle

January 3, 2021 | jnettlebeck

You know how when you ask a kid what they want to be when they grow up they sometimes say something like a superhero, or their favorite cartoon character…

Well, this lady actually did that!

She has based her entire life around the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and honestly that rocks.

@rdr2.boahPart 4 out now ##fyp ##fy ##fypシ ##foryou ##foryoupage ##funny ##cringe ##xyzbca

♬ original sound – Boah

Crime fighting and pizza every day doesn’t sound like that bad of a life.

1.3.2021 History Of Alternative

January 3, 2021 | bphillips

Hour 1

  • Ash – Girl From Mars
  • Depeche Mode – Precious
  • Live – Selling The Drama
  • Elvis Costello – Alison
  • The Breeders – Divine Hammer
  • Eagle-Eye Cherry – Save Tonight
  • The Clash – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
  • The Cure – Letter To Elise
  • Fun Lovin’ Criminals – Scooby Snacks
  • Mad Season – River Of Deceit
  • Siouxsie And The Banshees – Cities In Dust
  • Green Day -Hitchin’ A Ride
  • Keane – Is It Any Wonder?
  • Beck – Where It’s At

Hour 2

  • Big Country – In A Big Country
  • Sum 41 – Pieces
  • Weezer – El Scorcho
  • The Call – The Walls Came Down
  • Letters To Cleo – Here And Now
  • Urge Overkill – Positive Bleeding
  • Depeche Mode – People Are People
  • Generation X – Ready, Steady, Go
  • Stone Temple Pilots – Sour Girl
  • Psychedelic Furs – Love My Way
  • Faith No More – We Care A Lot
  • No Doubt – Hella Good
  • The Lemonheads – Into Your Arms


Hour 3

  • Dead Or Alive – You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
  • Pearl Jam – Corduroy
  • Oasis – Supersonic
  • The Replacements – I Will Dare
  • U2 – New Year’s Day
  • Beastie Boys – Alive
  • Love And Rockets – No New Tale To Tell
  • Morningwood – Nth Degree
  • Alice In Chains – Heaven Beside You
  • Blancmange – Don’t Tell Me
  • R.E.M. – Orange Crush
  • Camper Van Beethoven – Take The Skinheads Bowling
  • The Pretenders – Middle Of The Road

Hour 4

  • Rancid – Ruby Soho
  • The Smiths – There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
  • Smashing Pumpkins – Rhinoceros
  • Erasure – Chains Of Love
  • Cake – Short Skirt, Long Jacket
  • School Of Fish – 3 Strange Days
  • Garbage – Special
  • They Might Be Giants – Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
  • Nine Inch Nails – Down In It
  • Echo And The Bunnymen – Bring On Dancing Horses
  • Dinosaur Jr. – Feel The Pain
  • The Darkness – I Believe In A Thing Called Love

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