 Happy Friday, Weirdos! Welcome to the Darren Marlar radio show and, well, I call you Weirdos and I mean that in the utmost respect. It's all out of love. We do a lot of weird stuff here on the show. Also, I'm known for my daily dose of weird news and also my scary story show called Weird Darkness. So, my fans just started calling themselves Weirdos and, well, hopefully I would consider you fans slash friends as well. So, I say good hello to you Weirdos. Coming up on today's show, a British woman's bulging wig? Well, it did not fool customs agents in Norway who realized she wasn't just having a bad hair day. That's our brain-on-drug story coming up a little bit later on. He calls himself an artist, but Michael Fernandez is his exhibit in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It did have a few people scratching their heads, we'll tell you why. If the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21st, which is this coming Monday, if that doesn't work into your schedule, well, you do have another one coming up and I'll tell you when that is. What would you do if you found a bullet in the middle of the street? Okay, now, what would you do if you wanted to be featured in today's moment of duh? That story's on the way. What happens when internet social justice lawyers get it wrong when they accuse you of racism? I have a totally outrageous story about that coming up a little bit later on as well. We'll do a question impossible. I've got a couple of useless facts for you. A preacher in Africa claims to be able to walk on water like Jesus. We've got our weird holidays. Coming up next, I'm Darren Marlar. If you missed any shows in the past, you can catch up with them at darronontheair.com. A study says that better sleep is as beneficial as winning the lottery. I guess that depends on your definition of beneficial. I seriously doubt MasterCards go to accept my sleeping in as this month's minimum payment. Did you know that your body constantly refreshes itself? According to an NPR report, each body part has its own very distinct lifespan. The lighting of your stomach, for example, is constantly under assault by digestive acid, so it's renewed every few days. Your bones are refreshed about once every ten years, so you can literally commit a crime now and then a decade from now claim, well, that wasn't me. If you like to hear scary stories, I have something on my website called Weird Darkness and you can find that at darronontheair.com. Now let's take a look at today's weird, wacky, strange, zany, odd, bizarre, quirky, unusual holidays. Today is Friday, August 18th. We have 128 shopping days until Christmas. Only one holiday on the list today. It's Bad Poetry Day. Today is the day to write a really terrible poem and then send it to your high school English teacher. Ah, yes, this is Adams. I remember her so well. I actually did this last year and this is what I wrote to her. I said, roses are red, violets are blue. I hated your class and so did everybody else. A new poll finds that 67% of gamers will miss sleep in order to continue playing video games. Now that might sound terrible. We might look down upon them for that, but come on, let's face it. An even greater percentage of us, we stay up late because we can't walk away from Facebook. I woke up this morning. My Facebook friends were gone. My profile seemed empty. I was saddened for long. No more friend suggestions or things I might like. All my so-called friends told me to take a hike, but I might go back to my space. I got nothing more to do because I'm down to zero friends. Some Facebook blew. Coming up, a preacher in Africa claims to be able to walk on water like Jesus. Hey there, I'm Darren Marlar and if you need to catch some shows from the past, you can find them in my free mobile app. Just do a search for Marlar House in your phone app store or click the mobile app tab at DarrenOnTheAir.com. Got a soul glow for you today and Justin Jonaman has never played in a football game in four years with the University of Minnesota football team. But that doesn't mean he hasn't made an impact there. The gopher's backup kicker has dedicated himself to helping kids in need as a volunteer at Masonic Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. And it's not gone unnoticed by his teammates and coaches. He may never have played a single game of football, but Jonaman, 23 years old, was just recently surprised with a full-ride football scholarship for his final season. How great is that? If you want to watch this inspiring video, it's worth it just to see the reaction on his mom's face when she sees this happen. You can watch the video in my blog right now at DarrenOnTheAir.com. Darren is spelled D-A-R-R-E-N. For the first time, astronomers say they have found a planet outside our solar system that could potentially sustain life. The new discovery has Earth-like temperatures and might even have water. In galactic terms, it's relatively close, a mere 120 trillion miles away orbiting a red dwarf star. An astronomer on the European team that found the planet calls it a nice discovery, but adds we still have a lot of questions. Like how soon can we send Amy Schumer there? If you want to like me, poke me, tweet me, follow me, stalk me, you can find links to all of my social media at DarrenOnTheAir.com. Darren is D-A-R-R-E-N. DarrenOnTheAir.com. Well, in Libreville, Gabon, Africa, evangelist preacher Frank Cabell announced to his congregation that he had a revelation that if he had enough faith he could walk on water like Jesus. So he took all of his congregation to the beach saying that he would walk across the Como Estuary, which takes 20 minutes to cross by boat. While a witness said he walked into the water, which soon passed over his head. This has nothing to do with having enough faith. This has everything to do with breaking God's laws. One of those laws is gravity. Today's question is impossible. In the movie Jurassic Park, how many minutes of special effects were there in the film? Again, in the movie Jurassic Park, the first one, how many minutes of special effects were there? I'll have the answer for you later on in the show. If you like a few laughs after the show, you can check out my daily dose of weird news. I have a new episode every day at DarrenOnTheAir.com. It's today's birthday wrap up for Friday, August 18th from The Cosby Show. Malcolm and Eddie, Jeremiah, listen up, actor Malcolm Jamal Warner is 47 today. From the movie Robin Hood, also the contender, and now on TV's Mr. Robot, Christian Slater is 48. From Fight Club, Primal Fear, The Italian Job, Kingdom of Heaven, The Incredible Hulk, actor Edward Norton is 48 today. From 12 monkeys and last to the Mohicans, Madeline Stowe, she's celebrating birthday 59 today. Comedian and actor Dennis Leary from The Thomas Crown Affair, The Reff, TV's Rescue Me, he's 60 today. Comedian Elaine Boosler is 65. From Roseanne, also the boss in Mr. Mom, Comedian and actor Martin Moll is 74. And from The Horse Whisperer, An Unfinished Life, Spy Games, Captain America The Winner Soldier, actor Robert Redford is 80. I'm Darren Marlar, welcome to the show, weirdos. Well, if you are angry at him for leaving dirty dishes in the sink, say so. If you're upset with her for ignoring you at the end of a long day, speak up about it, holding it in with the idea of not starting an argument, that is the fastest way to kill your marriage. Why? Well, it creates emotional distance. The Reverend David Code, an Episcopal priest, family coach, and also the author of To Raise Happy Kids, Put Your Marriage First, he says couples today are quick to suppress the urge to argue with one another. But just because you seldom argue, that doesn't mean your marriage is strong. The real silent killer of marriage is distancing yourself from your partner, he writes. Code insists that couples should worry more about their flight response, which that's the instinct to avoid your partner, than their fight response, which is the instinct to argue it out verbally. If you want to learn a little more about this, maybe get that book from Reverend Code, you can find a link to that in my blog right now at DarrenOnTheAir.com. That's D-A-R-R-E-N, DarrenOnTheAir.com. Well, what happens when Internet social justice warriors get it wrong when they accuse you of racism? I've got a totally outrageous story coming up about that. I'm Darren Marlar, and as children return to school, a lot of parents decide what price, if any, is appropriate to offer when kids get good grades. The adults who promise money, gifts, or privileges, they say that their children study harder when those incentives are on the table. But I don't know about that. I got that as a kid, so I liked it when I was a child. But how is this preparing our kids for the real world if you give them money or other prizes if they do well in school? That's not how the world works. Once you graduate, you're not rewarded for doing well so much as you are threatened with termination if you don't do well. I talked too much in health class and mathematics, too. So when it came to finals, I didn't have a clue. Not just like a rock. I don't know when Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Now was it in the summer of 1942? To be assured, I gotta be in PE. What would you do if you found a bullet in the middle of the street? Okay, now, what would you do if you wanted to be featured in our moment of duh today? That story is on the way. I'm Darren Marlar, and if you'd like to drop me an email, I'd love to hear from you. You can do that at darronontheair.com. So what happens when internet social justice warriors get it wrong when they accuse you of racism? Of course, there are internet sleuths working hard to publicly identify and shame those white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and others who attended last weekend's Unite the Right rally in Virginia. While the act itself might have some merit, what happens when they get it wrong? Well, talk to Kyle Quinn. He spent last Friday going to a museum and dinner with his wife in Arkansas over a thousand miles away from Charlottesville. Nevertheless, he was incorrectly identified as one of the men who stormed the University of Virginia campus with torches. As a result, he has been harassed on social media, his home and address was made public, as threats poured in, he and his wife were forced to stay at a co-worker's home. Scary stuff. While the upcoming solar eclipse this coming Monday, August 21st, if that doesn't work into your schedule, you do have another one coming up in 2024. The next total solar eclipse in the Americas is April 8, 2024. Totality first touches Mexico, then it enters the United States at Texas, cuts a diagonal domain, and visits the Maritime provinces of Canada. If that's not going to work for you, maybe you want to a plan for the one that's coming up this Monday then. Hey, I'm Darren Marlar. If you'd like to keep up with everything I do, you can sign up for my newsletter. It's the Marlar sheet. You can sign up for it free at DarrenOnTheAir.com. So, what would you do if you found a bullet in the middle of the street? Well, now think about what you'd do if you wanted to be featured in today's moment of duh. A North Philadelphia 14-year-old, he found a bullet on the street and he wanted to see what would happen if he held it over an open flame on the stove. Well, you might be wondering what the odds are that the one person in the world who didn't know what would happen when you cook a bullet would find one, but it happened. The bullet exploded, hitting the boy in the chest and face. Luckily, the injuries were not as serious as they could have been and he was treated and released. This is the Darren Marlar Radio Show. I'm Darren Marlar. If you'd like to get social with me, you can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Mines.com, LinkedIn, Instagram. I've got links to all of my social media at DarrenOnTheAir.com. That's D-A-R-R-E-N, DarrenOnTheAir.com. So what is the most popular American meal? Well, the most popular American meal is not hamburgers, it's not hot dogs, chicken or spaghetti, it's leftovers. According to a study by the Food Marketing Institute, 58% of Americans are having leftovers for dinner on any given night, including tonight on Friday. With the tough economy, people are eating out less these days, two-thirds of Americans are buying less fancy foods, and 60% are buying store brands. At least home cooking is healthier than going out to eat, according to 39% of the study participants. Another 53% think they're now eating healthier, 41% of us claim to be very concerned about the nutritional value of what we eat. So if you're looking by the way for a few great recipe ideas for your leftovers, I did find a couple of resources you might like, a couple of cookbooks for leftovers, and I put a link to those in my blog if you want to check them out. You can find that at DarrenOnTheAir.com. Well, he calls himself an artist, but Michael Fernandez' exhibit in Halifax, Nova Scotia, it had a few people scratching their heads, I'll tell you why coming up here in just a bit. I just heard yesterday, the Hunger Games and Twilight movie series, they're getting their own theme parks in South Korea. Yeah, a Twilight theme park. How is that not literally going to suck? While the average American household gets 189 TV channels, we watch only about 17 of those channels. In fact, it seems like 17 channels, that's about our limit. Almost a decade ago, when the typical American household received 129 channels, 60 fewer than today, we were still only watching about 17 channels. But you're paying for 189 channels, so it all balances out. CableTV has a channel that's ripe for you and your needs, with several new channels such as the Time Channel. Okay, now we have 724, and we're about 11 seconds away from 725. The Stapling Channel. I'm going to hold your paper straight, squeeze. Very good. Now I can get another one. The Sanding Channel. Always move with the grade. See, they're going against the grade there. Come on back over here. And the Pope Channel. If you missed any part of today's show or any past shows, well, you can find them right now at DarrenOnTheAir.com. That's D-A-R-R-E-N, DarrenOnTheAir.com. A British woman's bulging wig? Well, it did not fool customs agents in Norway. They realized she was not having a bad hair day either. That's our brain on drug story coming up next. He calls himself an artist, but Michael Fernandez exhibits in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Well, it has a few people scratching their heads. His big artistic statement was nothing more than a regular banana perched on a gallery's windowsill. When nevertheless, Michael's original price tag was $15,000. Well, he later dropped the price to $2,500. Actually, Michael, it wasn't even the same banana. He changed bananas every day, eating the old ones, and then placed progressively greener ones out to demonstrate the banana's transitoriness. But the kicker here, he actually had two different collectors place holds on his work, requiring the gallery's co-owner, Victoria Page, to call them and make sure that they knew what they were getting. She told them, it's a banana. You understand, it's a banana. It must be true, cause I heard it on the radio. It must be true, it must be true. Today's question impossible, in the movie Jurassic Park, how many minutes of special effects were there? That's the computer blue screen, the chroma key, etc. How many minutes of special effects were there in the movie Jurassic Park? It's hard to believe, but it only had six minutes of special effects. Only six minutes. And the dinosaurs themselves only had 13 minutes of screen time for the first Jurassic Park. It's hard to believe when you think back on it, but it's true. In comparison, by the way, again, it only had six minutes of special effects for Jurassic Park. Now the movie Independence Day, that had 50 minutes of special effects. A British woman's bulging wig, it did not fool customs agents in Norway who realized she wasn't just having a bad hair day. The wig was concealing more than two pounds of cocaine glued to her head. Customs agents detained her on suspicion of cocaine smuggling. The bag of cocaine was glued so firmly to the woman's real hair that police reportedly had to take her to a local hospital to have it removed. The court ordered the woman held pending a formal indictment and trial. Now another useless fact. An annual survey by HR company Mercer reveals that Baghdad is the worst place on earth to live. Although Detroit is planning to appeal. Hey, if you like scary stories, I have them on a regular basis on my website and you can listen to them anytime at DarrenOnTheAir.com. Well, I got some bad news for you parents. Too much tablet time, it might be slowing speech development in your young children. Pediatricians at the Hospital for Sick Children in Canada who examined the effect of screen time on 900 children between six months and two years old, they found a 49% increased risk of delayed speech for every additional 30 minutes spent using a touchscreen. While previous studies have reported negative effects associated with screen time, including sleeping problems, the research presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies. It was the first to establish a link between handheld devices and expressive language delay. Team leader Dr. Catherine Birkin says in a news release that all screen time for children under 18 months, it should be discouraged. A suggested echoed by the AAP, actually. And that even goes for apps that are marketed as educational. One expert tells Time Magazine that the littlest ones, they can't understand the connection between what they see on the screen and what they see in the real world. This is it. The show's funny. I gotta try that more often. The Darren Myler radio show. Thanks for joining me on the show today, Weirdos. I hope you had a great day with me. I know I had a blast. If you did miss any part of today's show, well, I will have it up on my website for you to listen to. You can find the podcast at DarrenOnTheAir.com or you can look for it in your phone app store. I actually have my mobile app, which you can search for, Marlar House. That's M-A-R-L-A-R. Oh, well, by the way, I'm going to leave you today with this thought, which is just so exciting. I got some news yesterday. Beginning this coming Monday, the Darren Marler radio show is going to be syndicated. Yes, isn't that awesome? We're going to be broadcasting live along our nation's southern border to discourage illegal aliens from crossing. Good night, ladies. Good night, sir. Hit it, sweetheart. That's all, folks.