November 5th is the 310th day of the year. There are 56 days remaining until the end of the year

Today is Election Day, National Donuts Day, National Love Your Red Hair Day, Flux Capacitor Day and National Chinese Take-Out Day

ON THIS DAY WITH NICOLET
— On this date in 1955, in the movie Back to the Future, Marty McFly arrives in Hill Valley, from 1985; Doc Brown invents the flux capacitor when he slips off his toilet.

— On this date in 1959, The American Football League was formed. The original eight teams included the Houston Oilers, New York Titans, Buffalo Bills, Boston Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, Dallas Texans, Oakland Raiders, and Denver Broncos. The AFL merged into the NFL in 1967.

— On this date in 1988, The Beach Boys top the charts with “Kokomo”

— On this date in 1999, Van Halen announce that lead singer Gary Cherone, who joined in 1996 and sang on the Van Halen III album, is leaving the band.

— On this date in 2003, Jimmy Buffett wins his first Country Music Association Award when “It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere,” a duet with Alan Jackson, is named Vocal Event of the Year.

THINGS U NEED 2 NO
Today is National Redhead Day.  Only around 2% to 6% of the U.S. population has red hair.

Boston apparently used to be known for a dessert called “coffee jelly.”  It’s coffee mixed with gelatin to give it a jelly consistency . . . topped off with whipped cream.  

8% of people say they will host or attend a “watch party” for the election . . . even though there’s a chance we don’t even have a winner by the end of the night.  45% say they will watch it ALONE.

Should Election Day be a federal holiday?  70% of Americans say yes.  Only 15% say no.  Another 15% aren’t sure. 

Dixville Notch, New Hampshire cast the first in-person votes in the 2024 Presidential election at midnight last night. Three voters supported Kamala Harris while three others voted for Donald Trump. The voting process in Dixville Notch took just 10-15 minutes. Dixville Notch has been voting in the Presidential election at midnight for 65 years

A Seabrook, New Hampshire woman, named Kamala Harris, is undecided on who to vote for in today’s Presidential election. She is considering economic policies, tariffs that might impact American jobs and consumer prices. Kamala receives Venmo donations from people mistaking her for the V.P. One donation was for $5,000 while another was for $500,000. Kamala says it would be silly to vote for Kamala Harris solely because of their shared name.

According to a baby name consultant, “My Best Friend’s Dad” is the hot new baby name trend to look out for in 2025. “Grandpa names” for girls have been trending for a while.  Nameberry predicted it in 2022.  They said names like Max, Lenny, and Teddy would become popular. “My Best Friend’s Dad” is a continuation of that.  Just think of who your best friend is . . . what their dad’s name is . . . and would it work as a girl’s name? A few examples they gave were Scottie, Tommie, Mickey, and Billie.

Cans of “air” from Italy’s famous Lake Como are being sold to gullible tourists for $10 each. The cans can be purchased online, as well as from a bookstore and restaurant on the lake. Lake Como tourism has skyrocketed ever since George Clooney bought a villa there

What’s the most stressful day at work? Monday? Nope — mid-morning on Tuesday is when people feel most stressed at work. Researchers polled 3,000 adults and found most workers coast through Monday, getting their brains in gear and catching up from the weekend. But everything comes to a head at 11:45 AM on Tuesday. That seems to be the time of the day when the real workload for the week hits employees, and as a result, stress levels rise. The study also revealed Tuesday as the day when workers are most likely to work through their lunch break due to the realization they have a busy week ahead.