This week Jess and Dana discuss the baffling mystery of bathrooms that lack purse hooks, leaving us to wrestle with our bags in germ-infested restrooms! And that's not all, Dana goes on a late night rampage against the word 'lope,' claiming it sounds like a "dirty dopey" that she just can't stand! Important stuff here, people!!

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Jess Corner - Weirdo of the Week

Anonymous Artist ‘Wanksy’ Draws Penises On UK Potholes To Make Government Fix Them

Dana Corner - Golden Oldies

California Community Hosts Adorable Dog Parade for Animal-Loving Neighbor's 100th Birthday

Dr. Robert Moore, a 100-year-old dog lover, received heartwarming tributes from family and friends: "My father, he was so touched," Moore's daughter said

Dr. Robert Moore, a retired San Jose State University dean, had a birthday celebration fit for a dog lover.

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Jess Rave - Purrrfect Pals

https://purrfectpals.org/

Finding acceptable foster care for semi-feral and extremely shy cats and kittens needing socialization and human contact can be challenging for Purrfect Pals. The amazing partnership between Purrfect Pals and MCC has made this wonderful program possible. Countless kittens, that might otherwise have been euthanized, have all been altered and adopted. Purrfect Pals pays for all the costs related to the program such as food, litter, crates and veterinarian care.

Dana Rave - Seed Your Future

www.seedyourfuture.org

We envision a U.S. where: Everyone understands and values the importance of plants and the people who work in the art, science, technology, and business of horticulture.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

There has been a decline in interest in plants and in pursuing careers in horticulture. The average U.S. citizen can identify more than 1,000 brands and logos, but fewer than 10 local plants. Most schools stop teaching plant-based concepts in the third grade.

ZERO middle-schoolers in our focus groups across the country said they have heard the word "horticulture."

This week we tackle two topics that might make you say, "Can you believe it?!" First up: salon phone chatter gone bonkers! Folks are yapping louder than hair dryers out there while Dana’s trying to make this shampoo count as a massage. And then, brace yourself for Jess Rant's feisty crusade against animal-shaped yoga sets. Cement, plaster, resin – she's not having any of it!

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Dana Corner - Weirdo of the Week

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-florida-keys-underwater-music_n_64ac23a3e4b0b64176388979

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys.

Jess Corner - Oh Snap! Yaaaaaas Queen

https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2023/07/11/Guinness-World-Records-Drag-a-thon-Portland-Oregon/2321689087696/

July 11 (UPI) -- A Portland, Ore., venue is attempting to set a Guinness World Record by holding a drag show that lasts for a full 48 hours.

The Drag-a-thon features more than 60 drag queens and drag kings, including RuPaul's Drag Race alums Eureka O'Hara, Lala Ri and Peppermint. Other celebrities slated to make appearances include Busy Philipps, Cheryl Strayed, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein.

The event, co-hosted by Portland fashion boutique Wildfang, is also aiming to raise $250,000 for the Trevor Project, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ youth

Dana Rave - Kids Gardening Grants

https://kidsgardening.org/grant-opportunities/gromoregood-grassroots-grant-23/

GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant

The GroMoreGood Grassroots Grant, brought to you by The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and KidsGardening. The Grassroots Grants are part of The Scotts Miracle-Gro’s larger GroMoreGood initiative, which will bring the life-enhancing benefits of gardens and greenspaces to 10 million children by the end of 2023.

Submissions are accepted in January each year with a deadline in February. Start planning now to have your submission ready if this is something needed that you could apply for in your community.

Jess Rave - Suay LA

https://suayla.com/

Suay is a Los Angeles based 100% vertical sewing and production shop founded in 2017. Pioneering the clean up economy, Suay products are created from a combination of post-consumer waste, deadstock and domestically, organically grown fibers. Suay remains determined to create a culture of community and reuse. Their dedication to design, coupled with a drive for activism, is putting reclaimed products at the center of a social, economic and environmental revolution.

SERVICES

Repairs

Community Dye Baths

Textile Recycling

https://suayla.com/pages/suay-memory-quilts

Alrighty, grab a glass of wine, your fuzzy socks, or pull over with a coffee, and join your besties for some Ranting and Raving!! This week Dana and Jess talk sink fiascos, fake apologies are topping the charts. Tune in to join the laughter and the call for sanity in sink design and heartfelt apologies.

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Jess Corner - Ummmmm, What?

https://www.odditycentral.com/news/woman-with-chicken-bone-stuck-in-throat-dissolves-it-by-drinking-coke.html#more-79055

A New Zealand woman who had a small chicken bone lodged in her throat claims that she was prescribed an interesting remedy by an emergency room doctor – lots of Coke.

Dana Corner - What the What!?

A Chinese manufacturing company has come under fire for allegedly firing employees who can’t finish a 5 km (3 miles) race in 30 minutes, because ‘they lack hard-working spirit’.

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Jess Rave - Start Lighthouse

https://www.startlighthouse.org/

Founded in Bronx, NY, Start Lighthouse is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to advancing childhood literacy through a social justice lens. Childhood illiteracy is an everyone, everywhere problem. This is especially the case in the Bronx, where 70% of students do not read proficiently. The biggest barrier to literacy in the Bronx is access to books.

Dana Rave - Sea Trees

https://sea-trees.org/

SeaTrees is a program of the 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf that plants, protects, and restores blue carbon coastal ecosystems around the world to reverse climate change. We develop coastal restoration projects, also known as blue carbon projects, across five ecosystem types: mangrove forests, kelp forests, seagrass meadows, coral reefs, and coastal watersheds.