Tim Phillips Show, 3/19/26

A new survey by EZ Contacts reveals that 62% of people can't go 30 minutes without checking their phone. Other findings:

- 8% of people check their phone every 1–5 minutes

- 20% of people spend more than eight hours per day on their phone, including 6% who exceed 15 hours daily

- 91% of people check their phone immediately after waking up

- 77% of people scroll before bedtime

- 78% of people report physical or eye-related issues from screen use

- 26% of people have canceled plans after getting absorbed in their phone

-  22% of people say a partner has been upset by their phone use

You might’ve heard about a “military sleeping method” that supposedly can get anyone to sleep in just two minutes. YouTuber Sean Andrew decided to put it to the test for a week and seems to have become a believer. Here’s how it works: 

Get yourself comfortable in bed
Relax your body from head-to-toe as much as possible
Tense up every part of your body, starting with your scalp and going all the way down to your toes
Let go and relax completely
Repeat the phrase “Do Not Think” over and over to relax your mind 
Fitness coach Justin Augustin says that, if done correctly, this technique works for “96% of the population.” We’re not sure where he got that figure from, but it sounds like it’s worth a shot.

Source: Lad Bible 

Throwback Thursday to 2003

I'm With You - Avril Lavigne

Human Genome Project

Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

Final Concorde Flight

U.S. invasion of Iraq

Do Not Call List

Popular Films

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Finding Nemo

The Matrix Reloaded

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Bruce Almighty

The Last Samurai

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

The Matrix Revolutions

X2: X-Men United

Bad Boys II

Lost in Translation  

We all have favorite foods, the ones we can’t seem to get enough of and never get tired of eating, but a lot of Americans have even stronger opinions about what they don’t want on their plates. Mention you don’t like cilantro and half the people may agree with you, but say you can’t stand sushi or mayonnaise and they may act as offended as if you tried to steal from them.

A recent YouGov survey backs up some of that food hostility with actual numbers. Over 22-hundred adults across the country were asked about which foods they dislike or hate and there’s a clear theme. Americans share a disgust for oily fish, organ meat and some other foods that trigger strong texture opinions. We’re united in our trust issues involving anything briny, squishy, or that’s an “acquired taste.”

According to YouGov, these are the foods Americans hate most:

Anchovies (56%)

Liver (54%)

Sardines (52%)

Tofu (46%)

Squid (44%)

Caviar (43%)

Oysters (42%)

Blue cheese (39%)

Sushi (39%)

Chitterlings (pig intestines) (38%)

Beets (35%)

Kale (31%)

Source: Vice

Tim's News You Can't Use 

AOL says new data from Challenger, Gray and Christmas reveals that March Madness could cost employers $12 billion in lost productivity. 26% of workers may call off work to watch games. People will spend 382.5 minutes, or 6.4 hours, on March Madness activities at work. More than 67 million people are expected to wager on NCAA Tournament games. The first round of March Madness kicks off today 
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]Always losing your keys? Glasses? Phone? AI to the rescue! Researchers at the Technical University of Munich have built a robot that can actually track down lost items for you. This unassuming “stick on wheels with a camera” creates a super-detailed 3D map of your home and uses AI to reason like a human about where certain items usually end up. Instead of searching randomly, it knows your glasses are more likely on a table than in the sink and plans its search accordingly. Future versions may even open drawers and cupboards to search hidden spots. 
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WLNS says competitive eater Kyle Hanney recently held a fundraising event for Girl Scouts in Potterville, Michigan. He wanted to see how many Girl Scout cookies he could eat in one  hour. He donated $1 for every cookie to Hometown Heroes, an organization that helps feed veterans and first responders. Kyle ate 185 cookies in 60 minutes.
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The town of Dublin, Ohio went big for St. Patrick’s Day. More than 1,050 people showed up at Riverside Crossing Park after the city's St. Patrick's Day parade to form a human shamrock. The people, in green ponchos, formed the shape of the shamrock and was enough to break the current Guinness World Record for largest human shamrock, which was set by 815 people in Dublin, Ireland, in 2013. 
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The NY Post says the US Government has added the Aliens.gov domain name to the federal  government's official website registry. The domain is not live yet.  The Pentagon has long said there is no proof of aliens, while former officials say there may be a large trove of records. 
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The Daily Mail says a robot at the Haidilao hotpot restaurant in San Jose, California recently went berserk. It was dancing when it suddenly slammed its hands on a table, sending chopsticks and bright yellow sauce flying. Three staffers wrestled with the bot and tried to drag it away by the neck. The restaurant was using the robot to entertain customers. It is also used to cook and deliver food. 
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People magazine says an Australian possum is going viral. The wild possum was found sitting in a row of stuffed animals at the Hobart Airport in Tasmania. Tourists started filming the possum. Staffers safely escorted the shy possum out of the store and airport. Some people had no idea that he was real and not a stuffed animal. No one knows how the possum entered the airport 
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KTXL says I-5, in Yolo County, California, was recently closed after a truck dumped its load of rice onto the highway. It looked like it had snowed after the spill. Clean up crews spent hours removing the rice. 
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WKBN says a Columbiana, Ohio ice cream shop recently melted down. Lovie’s Ice Cream lost power for eight hours when a tree collapsed outside their store. By the time power was restored, all of Lovie’s ice cream had gone bad and they had lost $21,000 in product. The ice cream shop is temporarily closed while they clean up, restock and remake their ice cream 
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KIRO says a Washington state man was recently arrested after shattering $240,000 worth of Chihuly glass at Chihuly Garden And Glass in Seattle. The man entered the museum and broke a dozen displays. He then threw glass at staffers and tried to stab them with shards. Each display was worth about $20,000. The suspect was charged with burglary and assault.
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KIRO says a Port Orchard, Washington man was recently arrested for a DUI after riding an electric unicycle while drunk. A deputy flashed his lights. The man briefly pulled over and then sped off. About an hour later, authorities found him after he crashed his unicycle in a ditch. The Sheriff says the man blew twice the legal limit.
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Hoodline Chicago says the Chicago Police recently arrested two teenagers for robbing the Mermaid Spa. The 13 and 14-year-old’s entered the nail salon and went for the cash register. They displayed weapons and then ran off. One of the teenagers returned to the shop because they left their smartphone behind. Cops were able to identify the teenagers by security cam photos. They were arrested and charged with felonies 
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A notorious pothole in New York City is helping a young mechanic make bank. Javier Yat decided to set up shop near the pothole with a stack of tires so that “victims” of the hole can get on their way quickly. Yat says he’s raking in at least $22-hundred a night and runs out of tires midshift. He has a runner refilling the tire supply now. When talking about the monster hole that he discovered nearly two years ago, he says “I think the pothole is approximately 60 square inches and 12 inches deep.” The city has done patchwork on the hole, but it never lasts long.