Toby Knapp

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#ReadThisFIRST: What you need to know today!

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Good Morning! Thanks for choosing to read this first... I'm running late this morning, so forgive me for my lack of witty banter if you are reading this wicked early in the AM... I'll circle back and edit myself...but for now... let's go! 

Today is...

  • Hat Day: A good day to wear a hat. 
  • Strawberry Ice Cream Day: A good day for some ice cream.

Let's jump right in with this story from the WHITE HOUSE where the CLEMSON TIGERS who are National Champions in College Football got to celebrate with... FAST FOOD! 

One of the great things about winning a sports championship is a trip to the White House and chowing down with the president. Yet Monday night's visit by the college football champs Clemson Tigers was a bit unusual.

Thanks to the partial government shutdown, White House staff has been furloughed, so instead of a nice meal from the kitchen, Donald Trump ordered out and treated the champs to a meal of "American fast food." He even picked up the tab.

Trump said, "We went off and we ordered American fast food, paid for by me. Lots of hamburgers, lots of pizza. I think they'd like it better than anything we could give."

The president, whose own fast food habit has been well documented, added, "We have some very large people that like eating, so I think we're going to have a little fun." (ESPN)

Now buzzing on Google and Twitter...

Katherine Schwarzenegger: She's talking about her engagement to Chris Pratt.

Duke basketball: With Cam Reddish sick and Tre Jones injured, the Blue Devils lost to the Syracuse Orange 95-91 on Monday night.

Toyota Supra: It's coming back in 2020, souped up by BMW.

Mel Stottlemyre: The longtime Yankees star pitcher and pitching coach died Sunday of bone marrow cancer. He was 77.

Millie Bobbie Brown: The 14-year-old clapped back at Instagram haters who told her to "act your age."

#My1stConcertWas: Twitter users are recalling their initial live musical experience.

White House: Twitter users are commenting on Donald Trump's catered fast food dinner for Clemson's football team.

Here's the COPY-AND-PASTE ROUNDUP for today... 

Beyond Bridezilla … Now we’ve heard everything … a bride-to-be wants her bridesmaids to change the color of their eyes – so they don’t clash with the color of the dresses she is choosing. No joke.

The unnamed woman actually took to Facebook to ask whether or not she was being “over the top” for wanting to buy colored contact lenses for her blue-eyed bridesmaids.

She posted: “How over the top is it to buy my blue-eyed bridesmaids color contacts? I’m offering to let them select any color, even rich amber brown like mine (I’m not afraid of being overshadowed!). I just think blue eyes would clash, since one of the wedding colors is Chartreuse.” She also included a photo of the color dress she was thinking of.  

Her post was quickly shared to a wedding-shaming Facebook group where, as you can imagine, she received some choice comments. (Yahoo Style UK)

Live forever on vinyl … A survey found that 25 percent of Millennials say that when they pass, they want their ashes compressed into a vinyl record. (SWNS

Egg-cellent pic … A photo of an egg just became the most-liked Instagram post ever. Yep, a simple brown egg beat out the current world record holder, Kylie Jenner, who got 18 million likes for her birth announcement post. The egg is at 37 million likes and gaining by the second. (NY Times

Going Greek hurts your grades … According to a new study, joining a sorority or fraternity in college leads to lower grades. Researchers found that grade point averages dropped when students were part of a sorority or fraternity, especially around the time recruits were actually joining a chapter, during their yearly “rush.” (Inside Higher Ed)

GAS SHORTAGE IN MEXICO CREATING A GUACAMOLE CRISIS

We might be dealing with a big problem -- because a gas shortage in Mexico is messing with our supply of avocados.

The fuel shortage in Mexico has left many truck drivers along the side of the road without gas. That means tons of avocados are left stranded south of the border.

The timing, of course, couldn’t be worse because Super Bowl Sunday is just a few short weeks away. Super Bowl parties without guacamole is a real possibility. (Reuters)

NOT WORKING OUT IS AN AGE THING

According to a new survey, about two out of every five Americans believe they are “too old” to work out at age 41. (SWNS)

ROBOTS ARE COMING FOR YOUR JOB

The world’s most famous expert on artificial intelligence says that 40 percent of the world’s jobs could be done by machines in as soon as 15 years.

Kai-Fu Lee of China says artificial intelligence will increasingly replace repetitive jobs -- not just blue-collar jobs, but white-collar jobs as well. For example, pretty much anyone who drives for a living will probably be out of a job.

Lee went so far as to say artificial intelligence is going to change the world more than anything in the history of mankind -- even more than electricity. (Entrepreneur)

We Could Have Super Hero Babies Soon: Have you heard about the ability to alter genetics in order to get you a baby with blue eyes. Well, research such as the Human Genome Project has now “mapped” genes linked to a host of human traits including eye color, athletic ability, IQ, and aggression. Even criminals have used this kind of technology as a defense in a court of law, saying their genetics made them do it. The fear is that there might be some rogue scientists around the world who will use this technology to create superhuman babies. This fear was even brought up by the late Stephen Hawking before he passed away. Now scientists are warning against the possibility of superhuman babies with superhuman abilities. 

RETIREMENT: WALLETHUB compiles a list of the BEST and WORST places to RETIRE! 

Are you dreaming of the day when you can say good-bye to the office for good and head to a beach where you can spend your days enjoying retirement? While you may have a specific place in mind for the latter part of your life, not every state is all that great for it, and a new report reveals which ones are the best and the worst.

WalletHub looked at all 50 states to determine which are the best and worst to retire in, judging them on 46 key indicators including things like affordability, health-related factors and overall quality of life. 

Now we all may joke about Florida being filled with old people, but it seems there’s a good reason for that. Florida once again tops the list as the best state to retire in, scoring a 65.60 out of 100 and landing on top for affordability, and pretty high for overall quality of life as well.

Ten Best States For Retirement

  1. Florida
  2. South Dakota
  3. Colorado
  4. New Hampshire
  5. Virginia
  6. Utah
  7. Iowa
  8. Wyoming
  9. Pennsylvania
  10. Minnesota
  • On the flipside, retirees are going to want to stay clear of Kentucky, which scores only a 43.85, and is near the bottom for quality of life and healthcare. As for the overall least affordable state to retire in, that would be Vermont, with Hawaii, although beautiful, coming in just behind them.

Ten Worst States For Retirement

  1. Kentucky
  2. Rhode Island
  3. West Virginia
  4. Vermont
  5. New Jersey
  6. New Mexico
  7. Arkansas
  8. Mississippi
  9. Louisiana
  10. Maryland

Click here to see where your state falls on the list.

Source: WalletHub

If you make over $100k... you are RICH (in these states)... 

While we’d all love to be millionaires and not have to worry about money, you don’t necessarily have to have such a huge bank account to be considered rich. The truth is, it all depends on where you live, and a new report reveals that in some states you can make less than $100K and still fall into that category of “rich.”

A GoBankingRates study finds there are actually 20 states where it is possible to earn less than $100K, and still be considered rich. They defined rich as having income in the 80th percentile of all households within a state, and then took into consideration things like home prices, and cost of living expenses, like groceries, transportation and more.

So, where can you live “rich” on less than $100K a year? Well, Mississippi is the state where that money will go the farthest. In fact a person only has to make $81,038 to fall into the rich category. Plus, in Mississippi, median top-tier homes cost only about $218,000, while the state has the overall lowest cost of living in the U.S.

Top 10 States Where You Can Be “Rich” For Less Than $100K

(The amount of money you need to make to be “rich”)

  1. Mississippi ($81,038)
  2. Arkansas ($81,917)
  3. West Virginia ($82,384)
  4. Idaho ($86,701)
  5. Kentucky ($87,408)
  6. Montana ($88,241)
  7. Tennessee ($88,339)
  8. Alabama ($88,984)
  9. Oklahoma ($89,267)
  10. South Carolina ($89,604)

Click here to see the complete Top 20.

And... on TV today... you've got many, many options... 

Tuesday, January 15th 

TALK SHOWS:

  • Jimmy Fallon has Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Return), celebrity chef Jose Andres, music by Bad Bunny, Jose Feliciano & Ozuna
  • Stephen Colbert has director M. Night Shyamalan (Glass)
  • Jimmy Kimmel has Ted Danson (The Good Place), Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer (Broad City), music by Mitchell Tenpenny
  • James Corden has Nina Dobrev (Fam), Terry Crews (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), music by Jack & Jack
  • Seth Meyers has James McAvoy (Glass), D'Arcy Carden (The Good Place), comedian Janelle James, drummer Jason McGerr
  • Ellen DeGeneres has Lily Tomlin & Jane Fonda (Grace and Frankie), celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis
  • Live With Kelly and Ryan has Samuel L. Jackson (Glass), Noomi Rapace (Close)
  • Watch What Happens: Live has the cast of Vanderpump Rules
  • The View has New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, financier Bill Browder
  • The Talk has Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect)

PRIMETIME:

  • America's Funniest Home Videos Parents trick kids into eating caramel-covered onions; kids say funny things. (ABC)
  • Shark Tank A treasure hunt game experience; streetwear. (ABC)
  • Shark Tank A way to protect women's handbags; a travel service; a one-handed broom and dustpan. (ABC)
  • NCIS An old family friend pleads with Gibbs to join him on a road trip to search for a missing military ID bracelet. (CBS)
  • FBI A judge and her daughter are murdered after she sentences a man to life in prison. (CBS)
  • NCIS: New Orleans Pride and the team hope to take down a secret and lethal group of former intelligence agents. (CBS)
  • Ellen's Game of Games Contestants play for $100,000. (NBC)
  • This Is Us Randall's campaign comes to a close; Kevin meets someone from Zoe's past. (NBC)
  • New Amsterdam Reynolds confronts a difficult episode from his past. (NBC)
  • Lethal Weapon An investigation into the murder of an underground MMA fighter. (FOX)
  • The Gifted Evangeline proposes a meeting to revive the Mutant Underground. (FOX)
  • The Flash Team Flash must stop Weather Witch and Silver Ghost. (CW)
  • Roswell, New Mexico (series premiere) The politics of fear and hatred that run rampant in Roswell threaten to expose Max and his family and could endanger his deepening romance with Liz…as well as their lives. (CW)

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K, that's all. For now. Refresh often, and Tuesday on, friends... Tuesday on... 

#LoveToby

tk@iheartradio.com



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