I couldn't help but feel for the guy who lost his job as a weekend anchor for the local TV news at a station in North Dakota. Seems his first two words on the air were "f****ng s**t" and he was fired soon after.
I have a confession. I dropped the F-bomb on the radio, not once but twice. Once I am certain no one noticed. I won't get into the specifics but it was after 2 in the morning and I doubt very many people were listening to yet another re-run of a talk radio program from earlier in the evening. I think it was the second time the show was being re-run that night. I had to do the local headlines and weather and "ooops", there it went. The phone didn't ring, and nothing happened. I'm assuming that no one heard it.
The second time I was on the air doing the news and the phone rang with someone making a "random" sales call. It was a Sunday evening and those types of calls shouldn't have been coming in to a business. I just didn't realize I hadn't muted the mic and "ooops". But I think something else was playing at the time (maybe a commercial??) and again nothing happened. In those days I did not "air-check" news programming because there was no need. So I'd made no record of the show. When I was doing the FM dj "thing" I always taped my shows so I could listen to them and analyze afterward. I wanted to improve for some silly reason, even though the effort turned out to be a huge waste of time. I say that because all that effort didn't get me the full-time gig when it finally opened. I lost it to a major market DJ who'd just lost his job when a station had been sold and changed format. Radio is many things, but unless you're a Ryan Seacrest or Howard Stern, it is not to be associated with job security.
As the student loan crisis grows and grows, some families are trying to prevent this from happening to their kids when they head off to college. They are pouring money into "529 Plans" which is a tax-favored way of saving for college. It's a smart strategy for them. Start saving early enough in a child's life and you may have enough to offset a large portion of the cost of college, assuming your child isn't going to spend seven years as an undergrad and graduate student at an Ivy League school.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that convictions for having a "small" amount of pot is not a crime serious enough to deport legals who have such convictions. That's fair.
It's impressive that someone like Ben Affleck is taking on the "live below the line" challenge, designed to show people what it is like to live below the poverty line. He will spend five days living on only $1.50 per day. Oh wait, that's just his food budget for those five days. Truly living below the poverty line would mean giving up the mansion, the cars, the high speed internet, the big screen TV, the smartphone and all the other trappings of success he enjoys. But at least his stomach may get a clue about what that kind of life is like. I don't mean to sound critical of him for making the effort, but at those who think taking on this challenge gives any real insight to what that kind of life is really like. It isn't just hunger. It's shelter. It's running water. It's a restroom that isn't a port-a-potty you may have to fight just to use.
Should Shawn Kemp be worried that one of his records is in jeopardy? He fathered seven children out of wedlock during his NBA career (at least seven, many believe the actual total is higher). Now the internet is ablaze with rumors that the Lakers Dwight Howard may become a father for the fifth time, with five different women. Hey, if he can afford the child support and does the right thing, who cares how many kids he fathers? Aside from the accountants and lawyers who have to deal with it of course.
I'm not saying that Joanna Krupa is not gorgeous. She is. But for her to label herself as the "sexiest swimsuit model in the world" is awfully arrogant.
This Date in History:
On this date in 1348, King Edward III announces the founding of the Order of the Garter. It wasn't until centuries later that King Frederick of Hollywood announced the founding of the Order of the Garter Belt.
On this date in 1635, Boston Latin School, the first public school in the U.S. is founded.
On this date in 1661, Charles II is crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On this date in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt makes his "Man in the Arena" speech.
On this date in 1940, a fire in a nightclub in Natchez, MS, kills 198 people.
On this date in 1945, Hermann Goering, Hitler's chosen successor sends him a telegram asking him for permission to assume command of the Third Reich. Hitler's response was to replace Goering with Goebbels and Donitz.
On this date in 1967, Soyuz I, a manned spaceflight is launched.
On this date in 1985, Coca-Cola releases "New Coke". It took only three months for Old Coke to return to the marketplace.
Famous Folk Born On this Date:
William Shakespeare
William Penn
James Buchannan
Max Planck
Sergei Prokofiev
Ngaio Marsh
Oleg Penkovsky (famous double-agent)
Warren Spahn
Shirley Temple
Jim Fixx
Halston
Roy Orbison
Lee Majors
Sandra Dee
Gail Goodrich
Tony Esposito
Herve Villechaize (de plane, de plane)
Joyce DeWitt
Michael Moore
Tony Miles
Jan Hooks
Valerie Bertinelli
Terry Gordy (I can just see him doing a "spinning toe-hold")
George Lopez
Timothy McVeigh (rot in hell)
John Cena
Joanna Krupa
Jaime King
I have a confession. I dropped the F-bomb on the radio, not once but twice. Once I am certain no one noticed. I won't get into the specifics but it was after 2 in the morning and I doubt very many people were listening to yet another re-run of a talk radio program from earlier in the evening. I think it was the second time the show was being re-run that night. I had to do the local headlines and weather and "ooops", there it went. The phone didn't ring, and nothing happened. I'm assuming that no one heard it.
The second time I was on the air doing the news and the phone rang with someone making a "random" sales call. It was a Sunday evening and those types of calls shouldn't have been coming in to a business. I just didn't realize I hadn't muted the mic and "ooops". But I think something else was playing at the time (maybe a commercial??) and again nothing happened. In those days I did not "air-check" news programming because there was no need. So I'd made no record of the show. When I was doing the FM dj "thing" I always taped my shows so I could listen to them and analyze afterward. I wanted to improve for some silly reason, even though the effort turned out to be a huge waste of time. I say that because all that effort didn't get me the full-time gig when it finally opened. I lost it to a major market DJ who'd just lost his job when a station had been sold and changed format. Radio is many things, but unless you're a Ryan Seacrest or Howard Stern, it is not to be associated with job security.
As the student loan crisis grows and grows, some families are trying to prevent this from happening to their kids when they head off to college. They are pouring money into "529 Plans" which is a tax-favored way of saving for college. It's a smart strategy for them. Start saving early enough in a child's life and you may have enough to offset a large portion of the cost of college, assuming your child isn't going to spend seven years as an undergrad and graduate student at an Ivy League school.
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided that convictions for having a "small" amount of pot is not a crime serious enough to deport legals who have such convictions. That's fair.
It's impressive that someone like Ben Affleck is taking on the "live below the line" challenge, designed to show people what it is like to live below the poverty line. He will spend five days living on only $1.50 per day. Oh wait, that's just his food budget for those five days. Truly living below the poverty line would mean giving up the mansion, the cars, the high speed internet, the big screen TV, the smartphone and all the other trappings of success he enjoys. But at least his stomach may get a clue about what that kind of life is like. I don't mean to sound critical of him for making the effort, but at those who think taking on this challenge gives any real insight to what that kind of life is really like. It isn't just hunger. It's shelter. It's running water. It's a restroom that isn't a port-a-potty you may have to fight just to use.
Should Shawn Kemp be worried that one of his records is in jeopardy? He fathered seven children out of wedlock during his NBA career (at least seven, many believe the actual total is higher). Now the internet is ablaze with rumors that the Lakers Dwight Howard may become a father for the fifth time, with five different women. Hey, if he can afford the child support and does the right thing, who cares how many kids he fathers? Aside from the accountants and lawyers who have to deal with it of course.
I'm not saying that Joanna Krupa is not gorgeous. She is. But for her to label herself as the "sexiest swimsuit model in the world" is awfully arrogant.
This Date in History:
On this date in 1348, King Edward III announces the founding of the Order of the Garter. It wasn't until centuries later that King Frederick of Hollywood announced the founding of the Order of the Garter Belt.
On this date in 1635, Boston Latin School, the first public school in the U.S. is founded.
On this date in 1661, Charles II is crowned King of England, Scotland and Ireland.
On this date in 1910, Theodore Roosevelt makes his "Man in the Arena" speech.
On this date in 1940, a fire in a nightclub in Natchez, MS, kills 198 people.
On this date in 1945, Hermann Goering, Hitler's chosen successor sends him a telegram asking him for permission to assume command of the Third Reich. Hitler's response was to replace Goering with Goebbels and Donitz.
On this date in 1967, Soyuz I, a manned spaceflight is launched.
On this date in 1985, Coca-Cola releases "New Coke". It took only three months for Old Coke to return to the marketplace.
Famous Folk Born On this Date:
William Shakespeare
William Penn
James Buchannan
Max Planck
Sergei Prokofiev
Ngaio Marsh
Oleg Penkovsky (famous double-agent)
Warren Spahn
Shirley Temple
Jim Fixx
Halston
Roy Orbison
Lee Majors
Sandra Dee
Gail Goodrich
Tony Esposito
Herve Villechaize (de plane, de plane)
Joyce DeWitt
Michael Moore
Tony Miles
Jan Hooks
Valerie Bertinelli
Terry Gordy (I can just see him doing a "spinning toe-hold")
George Lopez
Timothy McVeigh (rot in hell)
John Cena
Joanna Krupa
Jaime King
posted by me at 2:46 PM
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