Time to test out just how addicted you are to the Internet.

A new survey asked people what they’d rather give up: Their Internet connection . . . or a FINGER. And 29% went with the finger.

Your first instinct is probably, “Are they crazy?” But think about it. If I was going to completely cut off your Internet, wouldn’t you at least consider letting me cut off your pinky instead?

Only 46% of people in the survey said they’d definitely get rid of their Internet access . . . 25% were undecided.

“Time” magazine has a new feature that’s pretty cool. It figures out what you’d be named if you were born TODAY. And no, it doesn’t just spit out “Emma” for women and “Aiden, Brayden, or Jaden” for men.

Here’s how it works. It looks up the popularity of your name from the year you were born, then shows you what name is currently ranked in that spot today.

So if you were born in 1977 and your name is Benjamin, that was the 29th most popular name that year. If your parents gave you the 29th most popular name TODAY, it would be Christopher.

It also shows you what your name would’ve been in other decades. So you would’ve been Luis in the 2000s . . . Travis in the 1990s . . . Carl in the 1950s . . . Theodore in the 1910s . . . Elmer in the 1900s . . . and, coincidentally, Benjamin in the 1890s.

Click Here to find out what your name would be.

It’s Monday. If you’re already drunk, this story is for you.

The government just released data on which jobs have the highest percentage of people who drink heavily and get high.

The five jobs with the highest concentrations of heavy drinkers are: Mining . . . construction . . . hotels and restaurants . . . arts and entertainment . . . and utilities.

The five with the most drug users are: Hotels and restaurants . . . arts and entertainment . . . management . . . information . . . and construction.

One last thing: There’s no data on how many people were already big drinkers or drug users BEFORE they started their jobs, and how many started using because of their jobs.

So we don’t know if working at a hotel drives you to drink . . . or if drinking makes you want to work at a hotel.

There’s a fine line between looking like a rad hipster and walking around with a toilet on your face.

A TV station in Albuquerque, New Mexico wanted to find out just how filthy things are in men’s beards. So they hired a lab to take swabs from different guys’ facial hair and test them out.

And they found that some of the beards were fine and safe . . . but some of them contained the same nasty fecal matter you’d find in a dirty toilet.

Now . . . just having those germs in your beard won’t make you sick. But let’s say you touch your beard, then eat without washing your hands . . . THAT could put you at risk. So be careful when you stroke your manly facial hair.

I can fall asleep at the drop of a hat…….. Sorry…. took a little nap. But for those of you who have problems sleeping this might help you out.

It’s the “4-7-8” exercise.  Supposedly it can help you fall asleep in under a minute.  Here are the five steps you have to do . . .

1.  Press the tip of your tongue behind your top front teeth, and keep it there the entire time.  It’s a yoga breathing trick.

2.  Exhale through your mouth, and make a whooshing sound while you do it.

3.  Close your mouth and breathe in slowly through your nose for four seconds.

4.  Hold your breath for seven seconds.

5.  Slowly exhale through your mouth for eight seconds, and make the whooshing sound again.

Then repeat the whole thing three more times.  So basically, you breathe in through your nose for four seconds . . . hold your breath for seven . . . and breathe out through your mouth for eight seconds.  That’s why it’s called the “4-7-8” exercise.

Breathing in for four seconds helps you take in more oxygen . . . holding your breath gives it a little more time to absorb into your bloodstream . . . and breathing out slowly for eight seconds slows your heart rate down.

106-9 Kicks Country and The Tennessee Credit Union name Caleb Bilbrey, a senior at Pickett County High School, as a Dream Big Scholar.

Caleb played Football at Pickett County where he was a starting lineman for the PCHS football team for all Four years of high school and lead prayer before each game. Caleb is a member of the the Beta Club, Spanish Club, Pep Club, and Ag Club.

He gives is time to the community by volunteering. Caleb volunteered to clear roads without pay in the Cumberland County & Putnam County areas during the ice storms of this year, delivered food boxes to the needy from the food bank of Pickett County for the last two years, and has collected coats and food for the needy in East Tennessee for the past 7 years.

Caleb has already been accepted at Volunteer State Community College , Livingston campus. He will completed 2 years there and finish his Ag. Business degree at Tennessee Tech. University.

Caleb will now be eligible to win scholarship money from 106-9 Kicks Country and The Tennessee Credit Union.

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A new study out of the University of Maryland found handsome guys are less likely than the rest of us trolls to get job offers . . . because they intimidate their potential bosses.

Both men and women were more reluctant to hire a good-looking guy, because they automatically assumed he was more competent and ambitious than someone less attractive . . . so they viewed him as competition.

Weirdly enough, the same effect didn’t happen with good-looking women . . . they were just as likely to get hired as unattractive women.

This is some crazy body modification stuff right here . . . and way more awesome than getting your eyelids pierced or your whatever tattooed. Read More »

A new survey asked moms what they actually want for Mother’s Day this year. And the number one answer was a gift card, so they can just pick out their own gift. 27% of moms say that’s what they want.

A spa day was next, with 13% of the vote. Almost 30% of moms said they plan on doing something to pamper themselves on Mother’s Day . . . even if they have to pay for it.

As far as gifts go, 58% said they’d prefer to get something sentimental . . . 19% want something creative . . . 13% want you to pay for them to go DO something . . . and 6% just want something expensive.

But buying her stuff isn’t the only way to make your mom happy. Here are the top three things moms say they’d like someone to do for them on Mother’s Day . . .

1. Clean their house, 33%.

2. Cook for them, 20%.

3. Take care of their kids, 14%.

The survey also found that 40% of Americans think Mother’s Day should be a national holiday.

If you’ve been waiting your whole life for a secret decoder that helps you figure out a woman’s mood . . . this just might be it. Read More »