Daily Dose of BS April 23 eye for eye

The big question plaguing my thoughts today is an eye for an eye or is it turn the other cheek?  The Boston Marathon bombing has me questioning my stance on the death penalty.  I wasn’t sure where I stood before but I am really not sure.  At first I was thinking I lean toward the death penalty because of the cost associated with keeping this criminal in prison then I in the same thought think, death is too good and too quick.  I really dislike being on the fence on this issue, it should be an easy answer, as my friends who like to quote the bible like to say if  its in the bible then that is the answer sometimes it isn’t so easy, isn’t both and eye for and eye and turn the other cheek in the bible?  Is your justice based on justice or is it based on revenge?

Daily Dose of BS April 22 mp3's and movies

A few things on my mind today, yesterday while working on cleaning the garage for my oldest sons graduation party I did something that I have never done before I got rid of lots of cassettes. Music has always been the soundtrack of our lives the trigger that brings memories flooding in, and since I got rid of all my old cassettes, all those memories that can never be played again. Kids now a days have no idea about b sides or stretched tapes or the 4th song on the album or cassette. I am guessing lots of great music never gets listened to with all music as mp3's. Last night I brought my kids to see the movie 42 what a great movie, it is hard to believe that such a short time ago that blacks were treated so poorly. I hope and pray that someday we can ALL get along and all have equal rights, I look at the gay marriage issue and hope that this too will be something that our kids look at in the future and think what took so long for this to be solved. And finally when is this rainy cool weather going to go away, having snow yesterday and puddles today made for wet feet and I really dislike wet feet.
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Old People texting

Young people have theirs, now Seniors have their own texting codes:

* ATD - At the Doctor's

* BFF - Best Friends Funeral

* BTW - Bring the Wheelchair

* BYOT - Bring Your Own Teeth

* CBM - Covered by Medicare

* CUATSC - See You at the Senior Center

* DWI - Driving While Incontinent

* FWIW - Forgot Where I Was

* GGPBL - Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low

* GHA - Got Heartburn Again

* HGBM - Had Good Bowel Movement

* LMDO - Laughing My Dentures Out

* LOL - Living on Lipitor

* OMSG - Oh My! Sorry, Gas

* TOT - Texting on Toilet

* WAITT - Who Am I Talking To?


Hope these help.
* GGLKI (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In!)

Daily Dose of BS April 19 Cameras

I was not a big fan of the cameras going in downtown, I understand why they were going to go in and didn’t have a problem with them, but I wasn’t a fan.  I am now a fan.  I think I am a big fan of the cameras going in downtown now, and mostly because of what has unfolded this week with the bombings in Boston.  You look at how quickly these two men were identified and how swiftly the authorities are taking care of this problem.  I am not a fan of big brother but if you think about all of the things that we do, there is a thread of pretty much everything that we are doing every day from getting gas at your friendly neighborhood gas station to a gallon of milk at the grocery store there are records of us at each place, there are also hidden cameras and surveillance cameras all over the place.  I guess it is good that we live in Wisconsin so we can always walk around and say cheese.  

Daily Dose of BS April 17 Heroes

They do walk among us, the unsung heroes who in the face of danger run towards the issue rather than away.  We saw this in full force on Monday as the cowards who caused the bombing at the Boston Marathon, the 3 deaths, the dozens of injured, the millions of Americans who are now questioning their own safety.  Think about how lucky we are to be among the everyday heroes who looked past the danger and saw people in need and took action.  I am not sure how I would react in such a situation, I would like to think that I would be a helper but I hope and pray that we never have to find out.  For those of you heroes both professional and situational, that are out there, thank you, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Daily Dose of BS April 16 Boston

Bastards whomever is in charge of the cowardly bombing in Boston here is some words for you, make a fist with both your right and left hands now start punching yourself in the face.  What were you thinking?  Why would you do such a horrible act on innocent bystanders?  The sidewalks were paved with the blood of innocence.  The photos of the runners being pushed away in wheelchairs with exposed bone churned my guts.  Domestic terrorism there is a special place in hell for those responsible.   

Daily Dose of BS April 11 Vegas

I know some of my faults I don’t think that anyone knows all of them.  I am going to be conquering some of them this weekend.  I am not good by myself, I thrive on people and like to be around people, that I know.  I will be taking a trip with a friend of mine this weekend to one of the cities that never sleeps.  I always assumed that were I was going was the city but a quick google search showed me that New York is the first preferred.  I am going to Vegas with a buddy that is meeting up with his siblings for get together.  The weird part for me is that another couple of people were going to go and they ended up not being able to go, so I will be exploring the city mostly by myself.  Any tips on doing Las Vegas?  Another thing I am going to have a hard time with is the “What Happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” mantra, cause I like to talk.  

Daily Dose of BS April 10 daydreaming

Ok I am guilty of it, and it is shown to be worse than texting and driving.  New research show that it’s five times to do while driving than texting or talking on your phone.  And I bet that you do it every day either at work or while driving, in your free time it is something that each and every kid does and most adults.  They say that 62% of distracted driving accidents and are caused by it while 12% of distracted driving accidents are caused by texting.  The big distraction, is something you would never even think about being a problem.  The distraction is day dreaming.  

Daily Dose of BS April 9 insurance companies

I hate insurance companies….they think they rule the world.  Oh yea they do.  If the insurance company says to jump you work hard to try to jump however high they want you to jump.  If they say to stop eating green m&m’s by gosh and by golly you are going to quit eating those green m&m’s except for an occasional handful on the 3^rd Saturday of the month when you’re out with your buddies.  They tell you that you need to exercise you get the membership at the gym, just so you know just getting the membership isn’t good enough you should go to the gym.   Insurance companies rule the world in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if what I am about to write next won't be edited by some insurance company, the secret to  

Daily Dose of BS April 8 words

People judge you by the words you use.  There is no avoiding it, but there is changing it.  I was out for a birthday party on Friday and found out that a couple of my friends hate a few words from the English language.  I would have thought that these words were going to be reminiscent of the old George Carlin routine you know the seven words you can't say on TV, but no the words that they had issue with included one that is a marketing tool for Betty Crocker the word moist which incidentally is one of the least favorite words out there, and the other word these friends of mine had an issue with was the word panties, and they weren’t even brought up together.  I wonder if they were compounded if they would have more of a revolting reaction?  This conversation made me think, I know that is a chore in its self and I really do not think that there are any words that conger up the feelings of disgust that these friends of mine felt by hearing the words mentioned above, I don’t care for slang words for any groups of people, I am not a fan of labels that people place on people but they are words, and I always remember my mom telling me that sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.  What words do you dislike?  

Daily Dose of BS April 5 monopoly

It is weird for me to think that a company that once ruled the computer world is being forecast to be obsolete by 2017.  The reason that the report says that Microsoft will be obsolete by then started when governments from around the world complained that it was too big a monopoly about a half decade ago, now there are a few open source internet browsers such as Firefox and my favorite Google Chrome they are better and faster and free. As a result, millions of computer users changed software and started to change their computer habits. The latest computers don't need to run the new Windows operating system. Today, most people are satisfied with their current version of windows, I have 7 on my machines and have no desire or need to upgrade.  I don’t understand how a business that was once at the top of its game was broken up by the government and then allowed another company to come in and start their monopoly.  Oh wait this happens all too often.  Do you think that we need to bust the monopolies or accept them for what they are?

RENT-A-CONSCIENCE:

The concentration of wealth in the finance industry has spawned a boom in high-end services, from chefs to chauffeurs, from kids’ soccer tutors to standardized test gurus. Now the bull market has given rise to expensive ‘babysitters’ to keep high-powered adults out of trouble. Investment bankers, attorneys, and other professionals are now shelling out up to $1,900-a-day to employ a 24/7 ‘Sober Companion’, a live-in coach who spends every waking minute making sure the client doesn’t use drugs or alcohol. That means commuting to work with the client, sitting in on boardroom meetings, and even taking a seat at family dinner.

Daily Dose of BS April 4 excuses

There are a lot of jobs around the house that we hate doing, I for one hate doing dishes, I despise doing dishes.  I did it for a job while I was in high school and hated it then, I did it as a chore when I was a kid and that is where my hate for dishes began.  I got stuck doing them cause I was the oldest kid in the family, my brothers got off easy by either clearing off the table or putting away the dishes.  My kids have it easy and they complain about having to either load or unload the dishes.  Wow.  My parents used to always say that excuses are like bellybuttons that everybody’s got one, what is your favorite excuse for getting out of a household chore.  Mine for getting out of dishes is it’s the kids job, that and it hurts my back to bend over to do the dishes, btw neither of those excuses work, do you have any that do?  

Daily Dose of BS April 3 brush with greatness

The world is much smaller and keeps getting smaller by the day.  We are addicted to the shows TMZ, and want to know what this celebrity is up to or that celebrity.  We are world travelers and not afraid to invade someone’s personal space.  With that being said, have you ever met anyone famous, and if so who?  I was a guest of the Milwaukee Brewers back when Miller Park first opened up and was on a tour of the new stadium with my family when Sammy Sosa walked by us, and I turned to my kids and said there is Sammy Sosa, I got the look from the tour guide.  I have had the chance to meet many bands and politicians over the radio career but the one who stands out most was when I got to be on stage with the President of the United States, that was a surreal experience.  Bill Clinton had the crowed eating out of his hands.  My buddies son got married a few years ago and one of the family friends was another Billy, remember Billy Hayes, the guy the movie Midnight Express was based on?  Hearing his story from him was pretty cool.  Have you ever been around greatness?  

Daily Dose of BS April 2 vote today

I know I keep beating the drum of vote, vote, vote but it is important.  I know in Wisconsin we have had an unprecedented number of elections in the past 18 months but, the ability to cast a vote is a privilege that is opened to most people over the age of 18.  The sad thing is that so few people take the time to go to their polling place to exercise their right to vote.  When the United States was founded only a select number of white men were able to vote, we all need to exercise our voice to be heard.  Today is the non-partisan Election Day in Wisconsin.  We get to vote for mayors, city council, Supreme Court, and many other local issues, and seats.  Please take the time today to help to write history.

Daily Dose of BS April 1 april fools day

Lots of great April fools jokes out there from the hey Dad you dropped your pocket, one that I have fallen for many times over the past 17 years to the infamous bag over the phone so that the phone company can blow out the lines.  When I was going to radio school 25 years ago they were talking about this guy Brucie Bumchuckles and how he got people to put a bag over their phones so that they could blow out the phone lines, I wish I would have been here for that.  I did have the chance to talk to Brucie about this years later.   What are some of the best April fools jokes that you have heard of?

Daily Dose of BS March 29 Easter Candy

Each year, about 90-million chocolate Easter bunnies & 16-billion jelly beans are made... How many of each are nibbled on by sneaky parents on the sly after Easter?  I remember reading the comics and seeing how parents in the cartoons would eat the bunny ears.  I don’t recall my folks ever eating my chocolate bunny and I don’t recall what part of the bunny I would eat first.  I also don’t think I have ever eaten my kids chocolate bunnies.  I do take black jelly beans though, none of my kids like them.  I think my favorite all time Easter candy is the reses peanut butter egg, for some reason they taste even better than the peanut butter cup that is available the rest of the year.  What's your favorite treat to steal out of your kid's Easter basket?

Daily Dose of BS March 28 reading into stuff

Why do people like to argue and point out the flaws in others?  It seems as everyone is cynical, myself included.  I wonder why?  It seems as though people read into everything and try to turn nothing into something, and something good into something bad, and I don’t understand why people feel the need to do this.  We have all seen news story of some Good Samaritan doing something positive and then to immediately have the masses find fault.  You personally may have posted some good thoughts and have had people jump down your throat.  I have been chatting with some friends from around the country over my recent posts on facebook a few of my past posts have taken on lives of their own people read into your words and try to make it into something it isn’t.  I guess if you are going to cast the first stone, maybe you should pull the shades in your place.  

Daily Dose of BS March 27 love

I think we can all agree that life is short.  Too short.  In fact it is so short and there is so much heartache and turmoil why should we fault or deny someone love?  Have you ever found true love?  Have you had the privilege of loving someone so much that you would do anything for them?  Most parents have this feeling the day make that the moment that their child came into their lives, as the child ages the love just grows.  Think back to your first moments of what brought that child into the world, the love that you and your partner felt.  The, I can't live without this person bond, you were able to create your family, you were able to wake up next to someone and have that feeling day in and day out.  The issue of gay marriage is big in the news these days, I don’t know why we should deny anyone that feeling of love that undying love of another person, the commitment if you will.  In 2002, Gallup polls asked Americans and the estimates were that 21% of men are gay and 22% of women are lesbians.  Don’t we all deserve love?

Daily Dose of BS March 26 woman bosses

Would you be able to have a boss of the opposite sex?  I wasn’t sure if I would, but I tell you what my boss and I work very well together.  Here is the thing I am not up for a raise or a talking to for messing up, but I heard from a few acquaintances how can you have a women boss?  Now do not take this the wrong way but she handles me better than I have been handled by a boss before, she listens to my concerns and works to fix them, she seems to care about me as a person my boss is great person, and an even better boss.  Don’t get me wrong I had some good bosses that were men, so I was worried about working for a woman, taking orders from a woman, reporting to a women, etc.  I will tell you what it makes life at work a whole bunch better when you love what you do and you like your boss.   I have had my boss for the past 3 years and it has been the best working environment I have had.  Would you be able to work successfully under a boss of a different gender?