Daily Dose of BS May 15 take responsibility

If you do something wrong man up-take responsibly for your actions.  I had some cans of paint out by the garbage and some kids went by and kicked the cans over and had the paint spilled all over the driveway and the alley.  I caught it within 5 minutes and worked about an hour on getting the spill contained I had a bag of sand that I used to soak it up also threw dirt on the paint also to aid the soak.  I worked a bit but its not as clean as it was.  I found out from a couple of the neighbor kids who it was, I asked them to have the kids responsible for it to come talk to me.  They did.  I am mad but not as angry as I would be if they wouldn’t have come and talked to me.  They told me they would clean up the mess, I believe that they will after school today.  About 20 minutes after I talked to the kids a man showed up at my front door.  Oh oh I thought, it was one of the dads, he came to apologize for the kids messing up and told me that it would be fixed.  I can't be that mad if the kids manned up and the parents are involved, things are all good, I just hope that the paint gets cleaned off the driveway. 

Daily Dose of BS May 14 manners

I remember when I was a kid my mom and dad always told me to say please and thank you.  My kids are 17, 14, and twins who are 11, I tried to teach them the same thing.  I think I may have got through to them as I will once in a while hear from someone on how polite one or the other are.  As a parent this is a feel good moment.  I think working in radio I have the chance to see the best and the worst, take for example the Wisconsin Dells season opener cards a couple of our radio stations are giving them away and they cause quite the stir, people will line up for hours before hand with the hopes of getting passes to the Dells.  I did a broadcast, and a giveaway last Saturday, and there were over 400 people lined up for the 300 free tickets.  I would say only about half the people who got a free Dells pass said thank you.  Now wouldn’t you think that if someone gave you a free no strings attached coupon book that you would say thank you?  Please remember your manners.  

Daily Dose of BS May 13 Moms

Yesterday was a celebration of Moms everywhere.  It was Mother’s Day, a day to either send your mother flowers, candy, cards, or all of the above.  It is unfortunate that this day is only one day to celebrate your mother by taking mom out for breakfast, lunch or dinner, a day to treat your mom like the queen that she is. I hope you were able to do that.   I think that many of us take our moms for granted, in fact we take a lot of the moms in our lives for granted.  The love from a mom is tenfold that of any other love out there.  I am blessed with many Moms in my life from my own Mother, to my Step Mom, my Wife and all my great friends who are Moms I hope you all had a great day.  The reason for the day late writing is I wanted to share my disgust of the cowards who shot up a block party in Louisiana.  I heard early this morning that 3 gun men were seen running from the crowds after the shooting.  19 people were injured.  Come one, why in the HELL would someone do this?   

Daily Dose of BS May 10 stuff

Got a few things on my mind today, first of all how come the two brothers in Cleveland, the Castro brothers are not being charged?  Aren’t they guilty by association?  Did they never watch the young ladies?  Why didn’t they call the cops?  I don’t get it.  I ordered pizzas last night for the kids cause I had a meeting, I asked what they wanted and the old standard sausage, peperoni and extra cheese was asked for and my youngest son said dad get that one that you like so I asked the chicken, jalapeno, pineapple pizza he said yes.  He ate a half a piece.  I guess I will be having lots of leftover pizza for the next day or two.  Finally when it comes to tv show what is the best all time tv show in your opinion?  

HIGHEST-PAID COLLEGE MAJORS:

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10. Finance: $57,400

9. Engineering Technology: $62,200

8. Management Information Systems/Business: $63,100

7. Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering: $63,400

6. Mechanical Engineering: $64,000

5. Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering: $64,400

4. Computer Science: $64,800

3. Chemical Engineering: $67,600

2. Computer Engineering: $71,700

1. Petroleum Engineering: $93,500

(And coming in at #9,628 … Radio DJ.)

Daily Dose of BS May 9 zombies

Are we raising a bunch of zombies?  Are the stories of the apocalypse zombies talking about us?  If you drive anywhere or go on any transportation or have kids or work with anyone you know what I am talking about.  We are all turning into a bunch of mind numb and dumb zombies.  I challenge you to go a day not without your phone or even texting anyone but to go a day without looking at your facebook, twitter, texts etc when someone else is around.  We used to have conversations with people face to face now we text our ideas and put them on the web in hopes of grabbing someone else’s opinion, it seems as though we care more about someone miles away or even someone we don’t even know more than the opinion of those around us.  I know cause I am guilty of it as well.  I do not want to be a zombie or brain dead or lose the ability to talk with those around me, so if you see me texting, facebooking or tweeting when I could be talking with someone else, please point it out.  We need human conversation. 

Daily Dose of BS May 8 3 Cleveland woman

In the past 24 hours we have all heard about the three women who were found in Cleveland.  Hard to believe that these 3 women were found just blocks from where they were taken.  This story gives hope to other families who have been affected by kidnapping and missing loved ones.  I have a difficult time grasping the fact that there are people out there who would do something so bad to another human being.  This is appalling, but the end result has been amazing.

Daily Dose of BS May 7 online taxes

Sales tax on things bought online?  Really we are going to do that now?  It’s about time.  I think that having us as consumers pay sales tax online will even the playing field for many of the businesses that are struggling out there.  My question is how do we pay tax on things we buy from out of country?  Maybe a better way would be to have the business who sold the items have a set of books that show where whatever they sell is shipped to and then have the seller pay tax in that state, this way it would be up to them to figure out the tax and incorporate it into their price.  Not that I support paying more taxes because I don’t but it only makes sense since you are supposed to  be paying sales tax on things you bought online directly to your state anyway.  You are doing that right? 

WBA Award audio

I have had a couple of requests for the audio that won the awards, here is a link to that audio.

Soundcloud Audio for WBA Awards

Daily Dose of BS May 6 WBA

I had a surreal weekend, I got to represent the La Crosse Radio Group at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards in Madison.  We as a group were up for 4 four awards and won two first places and two second places, not too bad considering we were up against the rest of the state’s medium markets.  While standing in the reception area, it hit me that a lot of the voices that we hear from around the state on the radio are standing in this room and lots of the tv personalities from around the state are here as well.  There was an open bar for about 45 minutes then off to dinner, and the food was good.  I had no idea what to expect at the awards, they started promptly at 6 and there was basically a breakdown of music, talk and tv.  When your category is up you sit at the edge of your seat, they announce the first place winner then your heart beats your hands shake and you go up and collect the award, it was surreal to be awarded the best in the state for your profession.  Back to the meal they served a steak, salmon, a salad and a cheese cake for desert.  Oh yea and asparagus I love asparagus, I wonder if Lynyrd Skynyrd did too?  

Daily Dose of BS May 3 garage sales

We are coming up on the big garage sale season, well if we ever reach a nice weekend we will.  When I was a kid my parents were frugal, and did lots of our family clothing shopping at rummage sales.  This wasn’t so bad as we always had clothing that fit.  I remember one time that my folks brought home some corduroy pants that looked brand new, now being a bigger guy and I was as a kid too you had to worry about the legs rubbing together especially when rocking the corduroy well, these pants didn’t make the swish noise when walking, nor did they have any rips and they felt like a million bucks that is a huge feat considering that these were garage sale pants.  I wore them to school on Monday, funny I was proud to wear corduroy, it was the 80’s after all.  Well long story short someone came up to me and said those are the ugliest pants I have ever seen my Mom just sold some like that at our garage sale, needless to say that was the last time I wore my really cool great fitting no noise cords.  Do you rummage?

Daily Dose of BS May 2 school

Are we pushing kids into post-secondary schools?  How many people that you grew up with had an education?  How many people that you used to know are doing what they wanted to do when they grew up?  I am guessing not a whole lot are doing what they set off in life to do?  Are we pushing education down the throats of the newly graduated?  Kids now days have to weigh out the risk versus the pay off, as school is not the affordable choice that it once was.  I have taken a handful of classes at Western Tech College over the past 5 years and the classes I took, had people my age in the classes, and I will tell you I was more open to learning in my 40’s than I was right out of high school.  By the way when I asked how many people you know are doing the job they wanted to do when in high school, as far as I know I am the only one out of my friends.  

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✓ Sell Your Stuff – Selling your unwanted bric-a-bric via eBay is an old trick but still a good one; you might get more than you think for that unused router sitting at the back of your closet.

✓ Try Your Luck – Entering online sweepstakes and contests usually costs you no more than an email address, but the prizes can range from weekends in the sun to the latest gadgets.

Daily Dose of BS May 1 health

Somethings that you know about your health just are not true.  Like taking a multi vitamin is good for you researchers' say getting the vitamins and minerals from fruit and vegetables is better for you than capsules.   How many times have you heard "Stop drinking coffee and alcohol?" "Take an aspirin daily." to add years to your life? Turns out, lots of long-held wisdom just aren’t true.  According to researchers, more cups of coffee means a lower risk of strokes, diabetes and heart and respiratory disease.  A daily aspirin can lead to bleeding, allergies and upset stomach, while a glass of wine not only can help your heart but also add years to your life.   I love my afternoon naps cause I only get about 6 and a half hours a night research suggests sleeping less than six or more than nine hours a night raises your risk for dying sooner, everyone has different sleep needs you may need only 6 ½ hours while your spouse needs almost nine.   

Daily Dose of BS April 30 streets

I think that La Crosse has the cleanest streets in the world, for a day or two.  We have street sweepers out cleaning our streets in fact they came through my neighborhood yesterday at the same time I had some people parked in front of my house.  So I should rephrase what I said, La Crosse has the cleanest streets in the world except in front of my house.  Funny this is exactly what happened last year also, the street sweeper made the trek through when there were people parked in front of my house too.  The rest of the street looks great, at my house not so great.  The funny thing is by the time I got home the entire street was clear of cars, but too late.  Have you had to make the drive up by the mall yesterday?  I went out there last night at about 5 I think cause I am a glutton for punishment.  Wow is it a mess.  If you can avoid the mall area by car for the next bit I would. 

Daily Dose of BS April 29 neighborhoods

I am lucky I have neighbors that I really like, we for the most part get along and look after each other.  As with every group there are a few bad apples but for what its worth pretty good.  We had some renters move in across the street within the past month and the cops have already been over there a few times and the young teens there have been giving the other kids in the neighborhood a hard time, I hope that these hoods do not change the dynamic of the neighborhood.  What’s your biggest neighbor pet peeve? According to a recent survey in “Redbook”, the biggest dispute among neighbors is over parking, the playing of loud music, barking dogs, and garbage.   Is your neighborhood what you would like it to be?

Daily Dose of BS April 26 opening plastic wrap

Why is it so hard to open up packages?  I worked on getting a new pack of gum open this morning for a couple minutes before I finally broke down and grabbed a scissors and used that to open it up.  I am lucky I didn’t grab a knife as the scissors slipped a bit and if I would have used a knife I for sure would have severed something.  It got me thinking, since when do we need to have Fort Knox guarding our gum or for that matter cereal.  Have you ever tried to open the wrapping that is in the box of a brand new box of cereal, you stretch the plastic before your thumb finally gets a small whole in the bag then you use your magic to make it big enough to pour cereal through that whole.  What about chips you try to open those by pulling the bag apart at the top and chances are you will pull the bag apart.  Now don’t even get me started on the molded plastic wrap on new electronics and the hell that is the wrapping on kids toys that’s enough to send you to the garage for a hammer. 

Daily Dose of BS April 25 Take your daughters and sons to work

Take your daughter to work day has been around since 1993 and has been called take your Daughters and Sons to work day since 2003.  I have been a father for almost 18 years and have never had one of my children ask me if they could come to work with me for that day, that is until this year.  My daughter asked if she could come and spend the day with Dad.  I ran it through my boss and am excited to say that my daughter and her twin brother have joined me on starting at the radio station bright and early today.  It was weird I was a bit nervous going to bed last night, kind of like when I have a big interview planned for the next morning, kind of tossing and turning and double then triple checking the alarm.  Here are two kids that I talk with every day and I was nervous I would over sleep and not make it in to work on time.  Weird since I have been in the radio business and working at the crack of dawn for almost 20 years and have only over slept once and have been late to be on the air once, as I sit here writing my daily dose, I began to wonder why I kept tossing and turning.  It’s because my guests this morning are 2 of the most important people in my life and I don’t want to disappoint.  If you are lucky enough to bring your child to work today or any day, enjoy and remember that they really do look up to you and love you.

Daily Dose of BS Reality Tv April 24

Reality tv.  Is it truly reality?  I have seen a few of the so called reality programs and there is no way that these people are really this way.  How can you be that hard partying or that you name it for that long?  I am guessing that many of these so called reality programs are stories that are pieced together from many, many days and multiple weeks’ worth of shooting.  Have you ever noticed that many of the characters wear the same clothing all the time?  This is so they can piece the different stories together.  I do get a kick out of the Duck Dynasty guys but there are definitely set up experiences.  I like to watch the Undercover Boss show, but come on why would someone do such stupid things first of all infront of a camera and secondly pour your heart out to someone you just met.  I don’t think these programs are reality tv but maybe scripted mayhem. 

Word smith I am not..... Shakespeare however is

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/words-you-didnt-realise-william-shakespeare-invented

Shocking that Shakespeare came up with these words.