Is "Morning's Here" a real song?

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Why: Joey's neighbor sang it every morning. I swear I heard an instrumental version of it tonight in Nature Mart.

Answer: Oh my jesus, YES!!! Except not with those words. Not with any words, in fact. The tune is from a 1977 track called "Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione, who plays the flugelhorn.

That record was nominated for a Grammy.

Source: Yahoo! Answers

The More You Know: Now I bet you're going, "Wait, I've also heard the name Chuck Mangione on 'Friends,'" and you're totally right. Phoebe's birthmom Phoebe had a picture of him on her refrigerator. She sold him a house last year.

Can damp or cold weather really make your joints hurt?

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Why: When I was hauling Chandler's laundry all over the town today in the rain, my L4 vertebra - which I injured nary a fortnight ago - started to hurt like holy hell. It was like when Chandler (Bing) said, "The cold weather hurts my hip."

Answer: Maybe! Different experts say different things, of course. On the "no way" side, here are some facts:

• Decades of medical research have failed to establish an objective relationship between arthritis severity and weather patterns.
• Detailed interviews with specific patients have yielded mostly anecdotes, and those who move to drier climates do not report major relief.
• The skin surrounding joints is rather impervious to water.
• Most people stay dry indoors during rain anyway.
  
• Arthritis patients do not experience dramatic changes in their symptoms when immersed in water (such as during baths or swimming).
  
• Wet weather may also be associated with other climatic conditions, such as decreases in barometric pressures - but this connection also seems implausible, given that much greater pressure swings are tolerated easily during plane travel or mountain driving in a car.
• While atmospheric humidity might enter the body through the respiratory tract, this seems an unlikely contributor since hospitalized patients are often given humidified air to breathe, and this has little apparent effect on arthritis conditions.
• A long shower does not usually induce arthritis pain.

Compelling? Yes, but this article on eHow by a freelance writer who has no medical degree offers this evidence to the contrary:

• Our joints contain baro-receptors, sensory nerves that respond to changes in pressure in the atmosphere. When the barometric pressure (during low, rainy, damp weather) the receptors react to this, causing joint swelling, pain and aching.
• Barometric pressure is the weight of the air that surrounds us. Sometimes a decrease in temperature or an increase in barometric pressure can prompt joint pain.
  
• Barometric pressure generally falls right before the arrival of wet, damp weather. When this happens, your bones, muscles, ligaments and tendons have to adjust by expanding. When expansion occurs, sensitized nerves send out pain signals.
• Damp weather can detonate inflamed joints.

Source: Scientific American, eHow

The More You Know: What a lovely old couple.

Where have I seen Megan Bailey before?

Search: the one with the cheap wedding dress

Why: I haven't posted about "Friends" in a while, but believe you me, it's not because I haven't been watching. Megan Bailey threatens to sign the Swing Kings the weekend of Monica's wedding if she doesn't give her the dress they both want. Yipe!

Answer: "Seinfeld"! That actress's name is Andrea Bendewald, and she is Celia, George's convict in "The Little Jerry." She does the break-out/pop-in.

She is apparently old friends with Jennifer Aniston and was a bridesmaid in her wedding to Brad Pitt. They starred together in The Thin Pink Line in 1998.

Source: IMDb

The More You Know: BUT! the truth is that I was thinking she played Ashley Bartlett Bacon in While You Were Sleeping, which I have, for some reason, seen like 2 dozen times. Turns out that actress Ally Walker plays Pammy Pam Pam-ela in Singles, which I have seen like 6 dozen times (one of them just last week). Twins, no?

Not really.

Who played the bald doctor in "Knocked Up"?

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Why: It was on earlier today, and I was like, "Hey, it's the dean from 'Community'!" (which I had watched even earlier today, because I still hadn't watched the one from last week).

Then I was watching the "Friends" episode 'The Last One,' and I saw that guy again sitting next to Rachel on the plane, all, "This plane doesn't even have a phalange."

And then I was like, "Wait, what are the odds? What are they."

Answer: J.P. Manoux! And the other guy is Jim Rash. Compare:

Which one's which, you ask? Exactly.

Source: IMDb

The More You Know: Do you remember when Dr. Gregory House sat next to Rachel when she was flyin to London? And why is that the second time I've mentioned him this week? I don't even watch that show.

What does the name Ursula mean?

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Why: In Les Miserables (the book!), Cosette leaves behind a handkerchief marked "U.F." for Marius.

Ursula, thought he, what a sweet name!

What!

Answer: Little she-bear! Well, that is sweet. Maybe he would know that because "bear" in French is ours.

There's also a Saint Ursula who was a virgin martyr.

She travelled Europe in company of either 11 or 11,000 fellow maidens; the 11,000 number probably resulted from a misreading of the term “11M” which indicated 11 Martyrs, but which a copyist took for a Roman numeral. Ursula and her company were tortured to death to get them to renounce their faith, and old paintings of them show many of the women being killed in various painful ways. Namesake for the Ursuline Order, founded for the education of young Catholic girls and women.

Source: ThinkBabyNames

The More You Know: Other Ursulas:

Remember when Ursula was a porn "star" using Phoebe's name? I do.

What was Denise Richards's theme music on "Friends"?

Search: the one with the cousin

Why: I do that "buh-duh duh-duh-duh" thing a lot, but that episode just came on.

Answer: It's the first 20 seconds of "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" by Barry White!

Source: IMDb

The More You Know: Barry White married his wife Glodean in 1974. He died of high blood pressure / kidney failure / a stroke in 2003.

What is the Adam's apple?

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Why: Jon Favreau bruised his when he tried to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. During a really boring meeting today, I stared at Reggie's for like 4 full minutes.

Answer: It's the larynx! Both boys' and girls' grow during puberty, but girls' don't stick out as much. According to KidsHealth:

Most girls don't have Adam's apples, but some do. It's no big deal either way.

Yeahok.

The larger larynx gives boys deeper voices (and makes them crack), and girls' voices get deeper as their larynxes get larger, too. Because boys' larynxes grow so much more, it makes their voices deeper than girls' voices.

Source: KidsHealth.org

The More You Know: The larynx is made of thyroid cartilage .

The laryngeal prominence is usually more prominent in adult males because the thyroid cartilage elongates during puberty, protruding out the front of the neck more noticeably. The result is that the two laminae (thin cartilage) of the thyroid cartilage that form the protrusion meet at an average angle of 90° in males, and 120° in females, so there is less cartilage protruding out in females.