SayWhat?!? Good News! July 29 with The Bonnie D.

Are you a busy doer, thinker, innovator, leader, or change-maker? SAY WHAT?!? Good News is for YOU! Take a refreshing 5-minute break from nonstop headlines and everyday noise. Discover feel-good stories, entertainment milestones, inspiring people, fun holidays to brighten conversations. Move to the music. Get ready to say... "SAY WHAT?!?" with The Bonnie D.! ✨

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There we are. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening. Hey what? I'm the Bonnie D. Happy to be here. It is Wednesday, wild wacky Wednesday. It is July 29th. I don't know where the month is going, the year is going. We're just marching on. Let's see what she has to say today. Oh my goodness. I think she has just a couple of very interesting stories for you today. So let's start out with today. First, 1954, the Fellowship of the Ring was published. It was the first in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. 1957, the Tonight Show starring Jack Parr premiered. That was the beginning of the era of the modern talk show. And in 2005, astronomers discovered Eris, E-R-I-S, the second largest dwarf planet that has a day similar to our day. Ours is 24 hours, theirs is 25.9. I'm sure that is thrilling for all of you. We have chop chop. What did Jack and Jill do? Well, Carolina Erbovnova, 24 years old, set two women's world records at the 66th annual Lumberjack World Championships in of all places, Hayward, Wisconsin. She ch triumphed in the underhand chop, chopping through 11 inches of white pine in 21.28 seconds, beating the record previously of 24.26. And the standing block, she set the new record of 19.38 seconds. She competed against 40 lumber jills and 66 lumberjacks. And the sport was previously really unknown in her home country of Chechia. And she is uh in 2026, she's a full silver medalist in the individual world championship. I would want to meet her in an axe in a dark alley. You go, Carolina. And let's go to this. It looks odd, but it is part of a table that a man in Anhui Province in China discovered. It's his kitchen family kitchen table. But it came from the King Q I N G or Qing Dynasty, 1644 to 1912. It was an honor plaque awarded to his great-great-grandfather, representing how grandpa, great-grandpa, had finished sixth place in the Tang Dynasty Imperial State Test that determined entry into Imperial bureaucracy. Uh, why don't you look and see what your family heirlooms might be? Maybe there's a butcher block counter or a kitchen table or something. And other people are commenting 10 million views on social media of other people who discovered similar heirlooms. Let's go to birthdays and holidays. Ken Burns, documentary filmmaker, 73. You may know the Ken Burns effect. It's when you take images and you fade and pan over them as though they're in motion, but they're not. Patty Skialfa, singer-guitarist, E Street band, she's married to Bruce. She's 73. She could be Ken Burns' sister from another mother. Martina McBride, country singer of 60. Will Wheaton with one L is actor from Star Trek The Next Generation. He was on the Big Bang Theory many times too. 54. Josh Radner from How I Met Your Mother, 52. And Clara Bow, the It Girl, the Sex Symbol. From 1905 to 1965, she lived. She was born in 1905 today from the silent movie era. And Taylor Swift wrote a song about her. Okay, Bob, it's lasagna for dinner. And if you don't like that, it's chicken wings. Lipstick Day, Tiger Day, and Get Gnarly Day. And in ancient Greece, bright lip paint was legally mandated exclusively for adult workers and courtesans to prevent improperly posing as ladies. The Romans thought lip color meant social standing, and in the 1880s, Guerlon, the French cosmetic brand, invented the first commercial lipstick, wrapped it in silk paper. It was made from deer tallow, castor oil, beeswax, and that was the story. So I enjoy my lipstick. And let's go to our outro now, and we're gonna go to music and let's do a couple shout-outs and get out of here. Let's see what we've got. Kathy wanted the old music for the outro, so we're just gonna go to the old music. There we go. Kathy, that's for you. Okay, shout out to Kathy and Jennifer Davis in New York. She didn't like the jazz version. Amos Lee and Jake Joseph hugs Theresa G. And our graduates. Hugs and kisses. Stevie Charles Brakefield, author, Enigma. Techno Thriller. Go find them. My goodness gracious. Read B Techno. Dr. Bob Fickens still celebrating his birthday, I think, with New Lady Debbie D-E-B-B-I. I got that right. Jerry Meyer, thanks so much for your promotions and my shows. Appreciate it. Welcoming Mike Myello, Tim Walter and Adam Greenberg on today's TechReb show about founders plus AI. Mary Nudley, Hugs and thank you for being my friend to go to Maya Pack. Great to exchange title scores with you. 65, Karen Gibson in Hawaii, Nevermell in the Sunshine, Jan Burl, Carol O is M to B, Happy M and Sheila V, my neighbors and Paul J. Milo, happy diving. MAK Radio, Red Bunny D, Lucy Lap, and V1 Bunny D. See you tomorrow. Bye bye.