It’s National Can Opener Day!! Which can mean only one thing… Dickie is having Spaghetti-Oh’s for lunch!

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Sylvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin are calling it quits after 25 years of marriage… just weeks after he had the tattoo of her face on his arm removed and replaced with a new tattoo of his deceased dog, “Butkus”.

- Wasn’t Butkus a Roman Emperor?? Sure, there was Tiberius, Caesar, Augustus, Nero, Marcus Aurelius, Dick Butkus…

- He may not have been that great an Emperor, but he was the best player on the Roman Football Team!! He packed the Colluseum every Sunday and they ALWAYS beat the Lions!!!

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According to a new study, children who skip breakfast are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems.

- But teachers say that kids who start the day with a bowl of Frosted Flakes tend to show up to school with an attitude that’s “Grrrrrrrreat”.

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A new study conducted by the University of Michigan for the National Institutes of Health found that 43% of 19 -22 year olds smoked cannabis at some point last year.

- I’m sure that comes as great news to all the parents who just wrote a big fat tuition check and dropped their kids off for their first week of the new semester at college!!!

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California Governor Gavin Newsom VETOED a state bill that would allow Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Francisco to open legal drug injection sites where drug addicts could shoot up in public saying it may lead to “unintended consequences”.

- You know… “Unintended consequences” like say, drug addicts shooting up in public.

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According to a new study, obsessively watching the news can make you mentally and physically sick… and 1 in 6 Americans suffer from a “Severely problematic” news addiction that leaves them in a constant state of high alert leaving them feeling powerless, in danger, and unable to sleep.

- I miss the good old days when we didn’t tune in to the news for the NEWS…. We tuned in to hear Bill Bonds challenge Coleman Young to a boxing match!!

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Have a great day and I’ll see you back here Thursday!

-Dick