Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: Vancouver opened a pop-up Museum of Personal Failure at Kingsgate Mall, created by Evan after a breakup, featuring donated objects with written explanations such as a wall of rejection letters, failed relationship notes, broken car parts, and unfinished songs. A missing parakeet named Snow was caught after landing on a kindergartener’s head at St. No’s Catholic School and was reunited with her family. In San Diego, Cassie received a library copy of The Incredible Journey 46 years late with an unsigned apology note, and she plans to keep it on her shelf. Harold (91) and Francis (90) renewed vows on their 70th anniversary after eloping in the 1950s. Oscar Mayer’s six Wienermobiles return for the Weenie 500 on May 22 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Transcript
Hey there, I'm Johnny Mac with five good news stories.
Now good news if you think, you know, it's not going so well for yourself.
In Vancouver, they opened up the Museum of Personal Failure.
It was a pop-up exhibition at the King's Gate Mall.
Evan put the thing together.
He told the CBC the idea emerged after his romantic relationship ended and he said, I needed
to do something with it and this is what I did.
Invited people to participate, he posted flyers across the area with a message failures
wanted.
Oh, when he got a response, they filled the temporary museum with deeply personal objects
each paired with a written explanation for the owner.
Evan told Vancouver is awesome for me.
It's a combination of catharsis and concept exploration.
What it's become is an anthropological look at what constitutes failure to an individual
and what that looks like in material form.
One of the exhibits was the wall of reject covered with job application rejections and
termination notices.
Others included failed relationship notes, broken auto parts from a unsuccessful car repair
and a record of unfinished failed songs from a local music producer.
Evan said on their own, you think this is just the thing, but with the context, it's
a viewed with meaning you're looking at a scrap from someone's life and hearing the
story behind it.
Good news.
Parakeed and escaped parakeet was reunited with her owner after stopping off in a kid
or garden classroom and landing on a little girl's head.
The little girl was there at St. Noles Catholic School incomes the parakeet and the parakeet
landed on one girl's head twice before being caught by the teacher.
The parakeet was taken to the office.
It turns out it was snow the parakeet officials wrote on social.
We've had so much fun spending time with snow during her state or school from classroom
visits to office hangouts.
We loved every minute with her.
We're definitely sad to see her go, but they were happy she's back with the family.
Good news.
Your package has arrived.
The bad news.
It's 46 years late.
Yes.
It's another one of those overdue library books.
This one in San Diego, Cassie opened a package and discovered a copy of The Incredible
Journey by Sheila Bernford.
Cassie told the news.
I got to open it and enjoy the old book smell, which was quite powerful in this particular
item.
They sent it back to the right branch, even though we're in a new address.
But they clearly did some research to get it back to us.
There was an unsigned note that said, sorry, this is so late.
The book had been due back on May 20, 1980, so if you're waiting, it's back.
But you're going to have to ask Cassie.
If you can read it, she said it's not being returned to circulation.
And explain this will likely hang out on my shelf as a fundamental for a while.
Congratulations to Harold and Frances.
They are 91 and 90 and they have renewed their wedding vows.
Back in the 50s, they married quietly.
They eloped.
No ceremony.
Recently, they marked their 70th wedding anniversary by finally walking down the aisle together.
Frances told the news.
After all these years, I still love them.
I cherish them and appreciate all he's done for me over these years.
The vows were read again.
They said to heaven and hold and sickness and in health and both answered without hesitation.
I do.
Good news.
The weenermobiles are back and returning to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a second
straight year.
There was that great novelty race last year.
People loved it.
Well, all six weenermobiles will compete in the weenie 500 on May 22nd during carburetion
day festivities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This is two days before the Indy 500 last year's champion, Sloddog will return to defend its
title.
Other entries are a shy dog from the Midwest, New York dog from the east, chili dog from
the south and Seattle dog representing the Northwest.
There's one open spot left.
Immediate contest for pick your dog options include the Sonoran dog, which didn't qualify
last year, along with some other regional varieties.
Check out Oscar Myers Instagram, which you probably already follow and those are your
five good news stories for today.
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