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There are 55 days until spring begins. If that doesn’t float your boat, it’s National Irish Coffee Day

Today, the Fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the day to welcome the kitchen god, the god of fortune and other gods. The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is when the God of Stove reports back to Heaven. The God of Stove will then returns back to your house later onContinue reading “Cooking is one of the most zen things”

January 24, 1947 –Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. Warren William Zevon, singer-songwriter and musician, was born on this date. Remember kids – keep enjoying every sandwich.

January 24, 1935 – The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company of New Jersey introduced the first canned beer, Krueger Cream Ale. The new, three-piece steel and tin cans containing this drink had no pull tab; they were opened by a special kind of tool called a church key. This new method of packaging beer was anContinue reading “The first can of beer”

January 24, 1940 –John Ford’s film version of John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, starring Henry Fonda, premiered in New York City on this date. Prior to filming, producer Darryl F. Zanuck sent undercover investigators out to the migrant camps to see if John Steinbeck had been exaggerating about the squalor and unfair treatmentContinue reading “The Grapes of Wrath premiered”

January 24, 1975 –The Norman Lear developed TV adaptation of Lanford Wilson’s 1973 off-Broadway play, Hot L Baltimore, starring Richard Masur, Conchata Ferrell, James Cromwell, Al Freeman, Jr., & Charlotte Rae, premiered on ABC, on this date. The series garnered controversy due to its cast of characters, which included two prostitutes, an illegal immigrant, andContinue reading “Hot L Baltimore premiered”

January 24, 2011 –Adele released her second studio album 21 on this date. The album went on to be the biggest selling album worldwide of original material (and second biggest overall album) released since 2000.

It’s the third day of The Lunar New Year and Chigou literally means “red dog“. Red Dog is the name of the God of Anger, who brings bad luck to people. So people don’t like to go out on this day, otherwise they might lose their temper easily and become argumentative. Actually, After a 2-dayContinue reading “Maybe you should just stay in today”

January 23, 2003 –The pilot episode of Mythbusters debuted on The Discovery Channel on this date. Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage are known for not being friends off-set. Savage has admitted this freely, but stresses that the two of them got along well enough professionally (it was Jamie Hyneman who recommended Adam Savage as co-hostContinue reading “Mythbusters premiered”

January 23, 1975 – Barney Miller, a TV series set in a New York City police station in Greenwich Village, premiered on ABC-TV on this date. When Harris (Ron Glass) was asked to produce a porn film for an undercover sting, he uses the name Starry Night Productions as his cover. Years later, show writerContinue reading “Barney Miller premiered”