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104.3 The Hippo, 80 Garden Court suite 102, Monterey, CA (2025)

10/07/2025

THE HIPPO'S QUESTION OF THE DAY:

What's the best smell in the world? (Reddit)

Some responses:

Freshly baked bread
Vanilla
Cookies baking
Petrichor [Pet-ri-core] – That earthy smell of rain hitting dry soil.
Freshly ground coffee
Lilacs
Jasmine
Roses
Burning wood
The beach
Cedar
The woods in the early morning during fall
Bacon
Puppy breath
An infants head. Sweet and soft. Pure love.
Coppertone
Onions and garlic sautéing in olive oil
Libraries/old books
A swimming pool
Pine trees, lots of them. At 7400 feet on a sunny, chilly day.
My mother's smell. Home.

Posted by lanaverse_ - 414 votes and 2,025 comments

10/07/2025

John Michael's "Did You Know" for Tuesday 10/7/25:

Did You Know that Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson "secretly" broke the news about next year's Rush reunion tour on Sunday night during a Q&A event at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, and Geddy made one thing perfectly clear?!

Geddy Lee on the goal of Rush's reunion tour.
"Well our idea was not to try to be Rush 2.0. You know, just to pay homage to our music, pay homage to our lost brother [Neil Peart], and represent the songs and celebrate the songs."

So, after he and Alex Lifeson watched some YouTube videos of drummer Anika Niles on the advice of Geddy's bass tech, they decided to move forward, even though they knew playing in the spirit of the late Neil Peart was going to be difficult.

Geddy Lee on the difficulties of choosing another drummer to play Rush songs.
"No matter who the drummer is, they all have their own perception of what it's like to play a Rush song, and they may not line up with the way we play Rush songs. So, whoever we were going to choose was going to be difficult and there's going to be like a translation."

With that they brought Anika to Canada to see if she would be a good fit.

Geddy Lee on playing with Anika Niles.
"It wasn't an audition because at that point we weren't really sure that we were going to tour. It was all an experiment. Anyway, I'm very happy to say that she is fantastic to play with and we've had now a number of sessions with her and she came to Rush music without any preconceptions. It also made it very difficult because we had to explain nuances and work on subtleties and she had to really try to get into Neil's headspace and his feel. A lot of drummers can play Neil's drum fills, but to combine that with the feel of those songs so that it feels the way you guys want to hear those songs, that's work. That requires work. So, she's winning."

Anika Niles is 42 and has released two albums, Pikalar in 2017 and For a Colorful Soul in 2020.

The tour will start on June 7th with the first of two nights at the Forum in Los Angeles, which is where they did their last show on August 1st, 2015. They will do multiple shows in seven cities across Canada, the United States and Mexico, with Geddy saying, "We'll see how that goes." They'll follow up Los Angeles with:

6/18 - Mexico City, MX - Palacio de los Deportes
6/24+26 - Fort Worth, TX - Dickies Arena
7/16+18 - Chicago, IL - United Center
7/28+30 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
8/7+9 - Toronto, ON - Scotiabank Arena
9/17 - Cleveland, OH - Rocket Arena
All dates are subject to change and tickets go on sale Friday at Rush.com.

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson discuss the band’s history and upcoming RUSH tour with journalist Geoff Edgers at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (dated Sunday Oct...

10/07/2025

It's National Taco Day! What Topping Can Ruin a Taco?

Today is not only "Taco Tuesday," it's also National Taco Day. Previously, it was always October 4th . . . but last year they changed it so that it falls on the first Tuesday of October, for the "Taco Tuesday" tie-in.

Naturally, many places are having special deals on tacos today, mostly through loyalty apps and programs. Taco Bell is offering soft tacos for a buck . . . Jack in the Box has two free tacos with a purchase . . . and there are also deals at Del Taco, 7-Eleven, El Pollo Loco, and Moe's Southwest Grill. (And even more.)

Tacos are MASSIVELY popular in the U.S., because they're good, even when they're bad. But if you try hard enough, you CAN ruin a taco.

A while back, a food blog asked, "What's the absolute WORST taco topping?" The most popular responses include:

1. Cilantro, which is notoriously divisive.

2. Black olives, which are also fairly divisive.

3. Lettuce. It's unclear if the main issue is wilted lettuce . . . the wrong type . . . OR if people are just opposed to "unnecessary" greens.

4. Cheese. This may come from people who are lactose intolerant, but several people specifically mentioned American cheese or liquid cheese sauce.

5. Sour cream.

6. Pineapple. (???)

7. Radish.

8. Broccoli.

9. Onion, particularly raw onion.

10. Tomato, particularly raw or "mushy" tomato.

11. Salsa, especially jarred salsa.

12. Hot sauce, mainly TOO MUCH of it.

13. Rice.

14. Beans.

15. Avocado or guacamole. This is also controversial. But it seems like more people are opposed to WARM guacamole or grilled avocado.

(Eater / Nostalgia World)

What day is National Taco Day? It's Tuesday, Oct. 7. You can celebrate with free tacos and specials at Del Taco, Moe's Southwest Grill and Taco Bell.

10/07/2025

THE HIPPO'S CLASSIC CUTS: White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane: "White Rabbit"

The Hook: Its writer says the idea wasn't to promote drug use, but to question things children are taught that might lead to thinking drugs are OK.

Album: Surrealistic Pillow

Year: 1967

Writer: Grace Slick

Stats: Peaked at number-eight on the Billboard Hot 100.

Background: Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick says the idea for "White Rabbit" came from two things she liked growing up -- the classical piece "Bolero" and the book Alice in Wonderland. However, she disagrees that the song promoted drug use and insists it's about questioning things.

Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick says “White Rabbit” wasn’t promoting drug use.
“I was read to when I was a child. I was read Alice in Wonderland, which talks about getting high, literally, with some stuff out of a bottle; sitting on top of a mushroom with a caterpillar who is smoking o***m out of a ho**ah -- she takes a bite out of the mushroom and gets high, literally. You’ve been reading us this stuff when we’re little, you’re programming us to believe that a chemical of one kind or another is going to put you into the best world possible.”

Tie-in: On this day in 1989 -- October 7th -- a reunited Jefferson Airplane play a benefit for the San Francisco Food Bank. Admission is a can of food.

Jefferson Airplane, White Rabbit , Live from Woodstock 1969 with Lyrics by John Anderson @ Kilo Kilo Studio (UK).Grace Slick's Lyrics are based on her early ...

10/07/2025

TODAY IS:

National Taco Day: It’s Taco Tuesday!

National Bathtub Day: A good day to soak in a tub.

National Inner Beauty Day: A day to celebrate the true beauty inside us.

Stop everything! It's National Taco Day!Need to up your taco game? We've got you covered. Get ready to ditch the bland and bite into bold flavor!Hit that bel...

10/06/2025

THE HIPPO'S QUESTION OF THE DAY:

What "old school" tech are you still using and perfectly happy with?

Suggestions:

A regular watch
A “dumb” phone
Manual transmission
Wired headphones
An iPod
Pen, pencil, and paper
DVDs
CDs
A real alarm clock
An actual calculator

(Buzzfeed)

"I found one from the 1980s in a discount store. I don't need WiFi, and it works great."

10/06/2025

John Michael's "Did You Know" for Monday 10.6.25:

Did You Know that There's a new study in the journal "Intelligence", about a metric called the "cognitive-personality functioning index" . . . a "measure of how intelligence, judgment, and other key traits evolve over the average lifespan?!"

This isn't just a random theory, it's based on decades of psychological research.

It shows a pattern: The overall functioning of the human brain reaches its peak between the ages 55 and 60. But not everything follows the same trajectory.

1. "Fluid intelligence," including "reasoning, memory span, and processing speed," tends to peak in the early twenties. It then fades steadily.

2. "Crystallized intelligence," which is "the accumulation of knowledge and experience" continues to build for decades.

3. Personality traits also mature and increase through early adulthood before leveling off later in life . . . like "conscientiousness" (the diligence to see things through) and "emotional stability" (the ability to keep calm under stress).

4. "Moral reasoning" . . . the ability to weigh competing principles . . . deepens with experience, "producing sounder judgments about fairness and duty."

5. Financial literacy also builds into a person's late-60s . . . reflecting a lifetime of dealing with bills. People also get better at avoiding the "sunk-cost fallacy," the human tendency to "throw good money after bad."

6. Cognitive flexibility, "the ability to shift smoothly between tasks or strategies when circumstances change" . . . and cognitive empathy, "the ability to 'get' what others are thinking" . . . both fade with age.

Throughout middle age, the GAINS more than offset the losses. The late-50s emerge as the sweet spot: The point when hard-won wisdom compensates for dwindling speed. But it's downhill from there.

The report notes that this up-and-then-down mental prowess has the most "obvious implications for the worlds of business and politics."

(The Times)

A new measure of mental and personality traits suggests the late 50s are your cognitive prime

10/06/2025

Gosh This Bacon is Hot! ... For some reason food companies are always trying to improve on nature's perfect food – bacon. The latest example is Smithfield teaming up with Mike's Hot Honey for the first ever hot honey-flavored bacon. Smithfield claims the combination is "the best of tradition and trend on one plate." The hot-honey flavored bacon will be rolling out at grocery stores nationwide throughout October.

Smithfield and Mike's Hot Honey have teamed up to launch the first-ever hot honey-flavored bacon. Hopping onto the popular hot honey trend, new bacon is infused with sweet and spicy flavor and will be rolling out nationwide this month.

10/06/2025

NATIONAL COACHES DAY

NATIONAL ORANGE WINE DAY | October 6
Founded in 2018 by The Real House Wine.

NATIONAL PLUS SIZE APPRECIATION DAY
Founded in 2017 by Women Rock, Inc.

NATIONAL NOODLE DAY

NATIONAL GERMAN-AMERICAN DAY

NATIONAL MAD HATTER DAY

NATIONAL NOODLE DAY October 6th and National Noodle Day recognizes oodles of noodles just in time for National Pasta Month! What style do you prefer?

10/05/2025

Hot Take: Coffee Tables Are a Waste of Space and Money

Everyone has problems, we're just fighting different battles.

Someone on social media posted about how COFFEE TABLES are a "waste of space and money." They argued, "They just collect junk and dust and get in the way of walking and cleaning."

That inspired thousands of reactions. Here are the pro-coffee table points:

1. Coffee tables are vital for holding drinks . . . including, you know, coffee.

2. Coffee tables hold remotes, books, and decorative candles . . . you can't lose a remote or a book if it's on your coffee table.

3. Coffee tables can be helpful when guests are over . . . it can be hard to entertain without surfaces in a living room for drinks, snacks, or board games.

4. Coffee tables can serve as a dining table . . . for better or worse.

5. Coffee tables are not an ongoing expense . . . it's mostly a one-time purchase that won't drain your bank account . . . not a recurring cost like all the subscriptions tied to your TV. So why does it matter?

And here are the main reasons NOT to have coffee tables:

1. Coffee tables collect more than just dust . . . they're constantly getting covered in junk and trash that SOMEONE in the house doesn't put away.

2. Coffee tables can be inefficient in a small room . . . if you're in a small apartment or tight space, it's better to use side tables and end tables to free up the middle of the room, especially if you have smaller kids or video gamers.

3. Coffee tables make it awkward to move around . . . they have to be close enough to sit your drink down, but that means inviting someone to sit down means they are shuffling through, like getting to a window seat on a plane.

4. Coffee tables are a place to put your feet up . . . but they shouldn't be.

5. Coffee tables can stub your toes . . . heavy, bulky coffee tables aren't just difficult to move to clean, they also seem like magnets for banging your toes and shins as you enter or leave the room.

(r/UnpopularOpinion)

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10/05/2025

Is the Labubu craze over? A Goodwill employee recently shared on TikTok that their store is now overflowing with donated Labubu toys. We're talking 20 to 30 coming in daily. At first, staff thought they were knockoffs, but after verifying they were real, they got excited and even grabbed a few for themselves. But the excitement didn’t last long.

Now, there are so many Labubus that they’ve stopped treating them like collectibles. They’re bagged up and sold like regular stuffed animals – two for six bucks. That’s a far cry from the thousands of dollars some were selling for not long ago. And in a bizarre twist, the employee joked that some are being used as cleaning sponges because they “retain water really well.”

From $3,500 collectibles to cleaning sponges: Labubu's rapid rise and fall.

10/05/2025

53% of Partners Would Choose Love Over Money

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis once said, "The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship." Or so they say. But what if you only had ONE bite at the apple?

In a recent "USA Today" poll, 53% of people said love is more important than money.

That question was inspired by a previous poll, where people were asked if they would marry someone they were in love with . . . knowing that it would probably be a rocky road financially.

63% said they'd marry for love, even if it meant a lifelong financial struggle . . . and generally, 54% would prioritize romantic love over financial security. On the flipside, 46% would choose money over love.

There are some limits. 48% said they wouldn't date someone without a job . . . even if they were attracted to them.

Sometimes you do get a second bite at the apple, though. 30% of Americans would consider getting back together with an ex . . . if that person "had become rich."

(USA Today / Tawkify)

A recent survey found Americans are split on whether money or love matters more in a relationship. USA TODAY readers weigh in with their thoughts:

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