Daily Dose of BS April 28 tv

I guess we will have a few months to catch up on our favorites as the end of the season for tv is here.  I always hate when this time of the year comes around and the shows that I enjoy watching disappear into thin air, never getting wrapped up only airing the last show leaving you hanging there waiting for what is going to happen next.  There was a show that was on a few years ago that dealt with 6 degrees of separation and I started watching it on week one, by week 3 I was hooked, the show was cancelled in week four never to be seen again.  This kind of tv programing bugs me since it usually takes a few weeks for a new show to hit.  I see this year in and year out as the network programmers look to fill space.  I have an idea, if you cancel a show in midseason, sell it to Netflix or Hulu, so that way we can at least finish the season.

Daily Dose of BS April 26 ash tress

I just talked about it a month ago, when the city took out the trees in Riverside park, and now they are in the news again, the city of La Crosse has a hate relationship with the Ash Tree, and the Emerald Ash Borer.  The latest plan calls for the removal of 2700 ash trees over the next 5 years.  The city of La Crosse will be eradicating the Ash Tree from the fabric of the city.  I am guessing that when we drive down most of the city streets we will notice the clear cutting of the Ash trees from the roads and boulevards.  It saddens me to think that all these trees will soon be gone from our beautiful city, a tree city, and that our lovely canopy of leaves and shade will for a long time be missing from the city streets.  I think the next time we plant trees for shade that the city should look at different species so that way we don’t get stuck in another Elm and Ash situation.  

Daily Dose of BS April 25 life

Did life turn out as you expected?  I think that mine is better than I expected.  I had dreams early in my career of being a DJ in a major market, and tried finding a few jobs in that, but ultimately decided that I loved talk radio and the city of La Crosse.  Money is not a motivator, but freedom for me is.  Here is something to think about, what is your biggest motivator?  What gets you up in the morning and what sustains you for the day?  As I said for me it is the events going on daily that when done correctly I have the freedom to do what I want later in the day or on the weekends.  

BS With Bob April 22 Earth Day

Today is earth day and a day to celebrate Mother Earth, what are you going to be doing to save her for the future generations?  I have been recycling, and I am shocked about how painless it is.  Our world is much like our bodies if we abuse it, it won’t be around forever.  I know we do many things to the earth that we shouldn’t but I want to just focus on one thing, one little piece, the cigarette butt.   I hate when someone who smokes tosses out the cigarette butt out the window of a car.  While I am on it I really dislike any litter, it annoys me to no end.  When you have garbage find a receptacle do not just toss on the ground, you are making needless work for someone else and you are polluting our world.  Also remember to pitch your gum where someone isn’t going to be stepping on it.

Daily Dose of BS April 21 money

Are we ready for new money?  For the first time in about a century there will be a big change in money with the proposed replacement of Andrew Jackson on the $20 dollar bill with Harriet Tubman, and also to add women and civil rights leaders to the $5 and $10 dollar bill.  I wrote about the need to keep pennies many years ago, I think I am going to rethink that one, either round it up or round it down to the nearest nickel.  Also since I am talking about money I think we need larger than the one hundred dollar bill, cause when you make a bigger purchase and it is a cash purchase, you got a pretty big wad of cash, and also with the way inflation is, to buy your weekly groceries you need at least a hundred bucks and with an election coming up and the uncertainty of all that, we will need bigger than a c-note.  

Daily Dose of BS April 20 credit cards

I don’t carry a lot of cash, I use my credit card and then pay it off, as my parents used to say those that understand interest make it those that don’t pay it.  I try and pay things off as the bills come, once in a while it takes an extra month to pay but not too often.  The card that I have been using is one where I get points at a specific store, and then end up getting free stuff the more I spend the more I get.  Since about last year there has been a chip on the front of the card and if you try swiping it when there is a reader present it doesn’t work and you have to insert the card in the slot and wait, and wait and well you get the drift.  How is a chipped card going to help with credit card fraud if everyone isn’t using it and if the old technology is still on the card?  And ever wonder how soon the credit card thieves will learn to steal your new information.  

Daily Dose of BS April 19 police work

Good old police work and a gps chip helped the UWL police department to bust a couple of bike thieves.  Just about 30 bikes were found after a bait bike was placed in with others and was taken by the thieves, I don’t know about you but I am all for using technology and surveillance for stopping thieves from taking what isn’t theirs.  I know that the city of La Crosse has new cameras up down town and that people were complaining about them when they were going through the fund raising process, I guess the way I look at it is if you aren’t doing anything wrong then what do you have to worry about?  You know with more and more people posting things for sale on craigslist and on facebook, we have to be more diligent on making sure that what we buy from a private seller is bought and paid for by them not by someone else. 

Daily Dose of BS April 18 vandals

At 10^th and State Street there is a fenced in piece of property that has been kicked in and beaten down for many years.  You drive by once and it is in great shape like every fence should be then you go by a week or two later, usually after a weekend and there are fence boards missing off the fence.  I have seen this going on and off for the past handful of years, and honestly the more I see it get wrecked the more I get mad about the situation.  I really don’t understand why people have to wreck other people’s property?  It isn’t theirs, it doesn’t belong to them, they don’t maintain it, it has no sentimental value to them, yet people think it is ok to wreck other people’s property.  I just don’t get it.  If you’re a vandal, shame on you. 

Daily Dose of BS April 15 buy American

You hear the chat of buy American, pride for America, but do show that pride with your dollars?  Are you going out of your way to make sure that the products you buy are built in the good old USA?  I am not sure that I have ever looked to see if something that I was buying is made here or globally.  I take that back I will look where my canned mushrooms come from, and I don’t even know why I do but once I saw the can I was buying say that they came from China and that kind of seemed weird to me, and I don’t even know why it was, maybe I was thinking how did they get here, and why are they from China, do they really grow mushrooms that are that much better than the ones grown here, where are they really growing?  Anyway back to the topic at hand, do you search to see where your products are made, and do you buy based on that?  

Daily Dose of BS April 11 positive thinking

I have talked about the power of being positive many times on this show, and that if you are you are goal oriented, optimistic and enthusiastic that people want to be around you.  Research shows that this is exactly right with those that are self-made millionaires.  Most people like to spend time with likeminded people looking for success, and the majority of people enjoy long term success when they have a positive mental outlook.  Looks like what I have told my kids to be true that negativity will derail you from pursuing success, because optimists attract optimists and pessimists just repel. 

Daily Dose of BS April 8 comfort foods

I heard yesterday that we have comfort foods based on who made them and how we felt around that person.  What’s your favorite comfort food?  I have a food and a meal my comfort meal it is meatloaf, baked potato and acorn squash.  I remember as a kid we got to pick our favorite meal for supper on our birthday and that is what I picked and still would today if offered any meal prepared for me by my Mom.  If I just need a quick fix I love a good english muffin with butter not margarine, then smothered in peanut butter and drizzled with honey.  Yum.  I also have a new comfort food of banana bread toasted in the toaster and then slathered in butter.  What is your favorite comfort food?

Daily Dose of BS April 7 complaint log

I have a school project of writing down things that I complain about or make me mad for the day.  I have started a list a few times but let it go after I had about a page and it was only noon.  Well I let it slide and it is due today.  So yesterday I was thinking that it is due I am just going to have happy thoughts and not let anything bug me for the day so I can legitimately say that nothing bugged me.  Bahaha, I had complaining thoughts in the shower as my razor wouldn’t clean quickly, my internet wasn’t fast enough, I had to put on my stupid hearing aids, my glasses needed washing, my socks were tight, there was nothing quick to grab for breakfast, my radio was too loud when I got in the car, the road was bumpy, an idiot pulled out in front of me on a green light sped up then slammed on his breaks – that one got me mad, then he pulled off and sped away.  I got to work and my studio was warm, I am sure I have forgotten a few and I have only been up for a couple of hours.  If this stuff is the worst of the day, then it is going to be a terrific day, I am going to try to find the good in today and not sweat the small stuff and I suggest that you do the same, it isn’t like my stuff is life and death, heck it is just first world problems.  Have a terrific day.  

Daily Dose of BS April 5 road construction

On your Mark get set go, then stop, then go again now stop, ok change lanes, change back, slow down, pick up speed now stop.  Welcome to construction season.  We are only a few days into the new season and already I am sick of the disruption to my life.  Every year we get bombarded with road work.  It seems as though there are construction projects planned just to slow us down.  Have you ever driven from here to Chicago, has there ever been anytime when there wasn’t snow on the ground that there hasn’t been any road construction?  And with the construction around La Crosse almost every direction that you head out of town there is some sort of road work being done.  Here is a novel idea, let’s work to finish one job then work on the next so we don’t have construction all around us. 

Daily Dose of BS April 5 primary

In case you didn’t know, today is primary election day in Wisconsin.  In case you hadn’t noticed, Wisconsin is the national spotlight for the wannabe presidential candidates, as well as lots of local races.  In case you cared, we hadn’t been a state that mattered for the presidential primary for a long, long time.  In case you forgot this election you need to have your photo id with you when you vote.  If you live in La Crosse you may have a new polling place, mine got moved now for the second time in the past handful of year.  I lived walking distance to my last two polling places, not the case this time.  The nice thing about the primary being now is that it gives us a little break from all the political BS between now and November.  After a little time off though we better strap in and enjoy the ride, it is a long time to November.  Please don’t forget to vote. 

Daily Dose of BS April 4 phone

Here is the setup, last week there was a home invasion on the North Side of La Crosse, and within the past few weeks someone has broken into my neighbor’s house and taken her purse, as far as I know the police are still looking into both of these cases.  I bring this up because last week someone knocked on my door at 8:45pm stumping for one of the presidential candidates, when is too late to knock on someone’s door when they are not expecting you?  Back in the olden days as my kids would call my childhood we had unwritten rules like no phone calls between the hours of 9pm and 9am, that you shouldn’t go to someone’s house before 9am and that you should not knock on doors after the sun goes down.  What are your thoughts on phone calls and doorbells?  I think I still agree with the doorbell rule but with phones, who hasn’t made a phone call after 9pm?    

Daily Dose of BS April1 april fools day

Today is don’t trust your family and co-worker day, April fool’s Day.  I have had the typical goofy pranks pulled on me like you dropped your pocket or an extra hole poked in a pop can so it dribbles on me.  I think that having a day that we celebrate foolery and silliness is good, it helps our kids to understand that life doesn’t always need to be serious, it also teaches planning and execution.  To have a super April fool’s Day prank really work you need to have a plan and find a way to execute.  Funny about this day the trust factor isn’t really there is it?  But I am always happy when April 1st comes around as it is the end of the joke perpetuated on the tax payers of the city of La Crosse, April 1st means no more alternate side parking, well at least until November 1st.  Enjoy your next 7 months of parking on either side of the street. 

Daily Dose of BS March 31 naps

Every afternoon about 2 I am ready for a nap.  It doesn’t matter if it is a weekday or a weekend.  If I woke at 4 or 8 that morning, I am ready for a nap at 2.  I have come to cherish my 20 minute siesta as a quick revitalization of my mind and my body.  I have a few friends who never ever take naps and I know many, most of them are fellow radio people who take a nap daily.  I find myself craving my quiet alone time and as the time ticks down to 2 I can feel myself falling into a lull.  Are you a napper or not?  If not I suggest you grab a blanket and a comfortable chair and give it a try. 

Daily Dose of BS March 30 service organizations

One of the things my parents instilled in my brothers and I, was to give back either monetarily or with time. I chose to work in radio so I have more time than money. There are tons great organizations out there that are in need of your time, and your money. Find one and help when you can. Today is Kiwanis radio day so as you pop around to the different radio stations in the La Crosse Market you will hear lots of different unfamiliar voices, talking about the benefits of being in the Kiwanis. The best thing about being a part of a service group is that if you are active in the group you are pretty much guaranteed to make some good lifelong friends, I am still friends with some of the guys I was in Boy Scouts with and my best friends are people that I was in the Jaycees with. My suggestion to you is be active within our community and let us all work to make our great communities an even better place to live.

Daily Dose of BS March 29 politics

With the Wisconsin presidential primary one week from today we are seeing the candidates crisscrossing across Wisconsin making empty promises and saying what we want to hear.  I wonder if once the primary is finished if they will even think of Wisconsin until the last couple of weeks before the general election come November.  My guess is nope.  These men and women running for president are just making their stump speech with their forced smiles and vacant assurances.  I am so ready for the hate in all the politics to be set aside and for us to start working on some solutions to some real problems.  

Daily Dose of BS March 28 expectations

Have we become a nation of people who expect mediocre, I think that we have, because if we ever have anything meets or comes close to what we expect we are happy.  Have your expectations ever been exceeded?  This past weekend my family joined another family for a mini vacation in Milwaukee we made it to a Bucks game and didn’t really have any other plans except for have fun.  I had seen a picture of a huge Bloody Mary, one that had all the fixings including a whole chicken, it was called the Beast, and it lived up to and exceeded its name.  I think that it is amusing that when we have good service or have something that is superior to what we expected we are blown away, but with the Bloody from Sobelman’s we were blown away.  Have you ever had something that far exceeded your expectations?  If so what was it?  

Daily Dose of BS March 25 Love

I ran across an article yesterday that had a list of things you should do for your kids every day.  Pretty far down on the list was the say I love you.  To me that was shocking.  I would have thought that you would say I love you regardless to your children.  I have been a dad for coming up on 21 years and a son for 47 years and I have said to my children every day that I love them, and every time that my folks and I end a conversation we pass on our feelings of love.  It was funny even when I was a kid and things didn’t go my way and I would have a fit yelling at my Mom and Dad that I don’t love them, I can still hear them saying back I don’t love the way you are acting but love you.  With Easter coming up on Sunday and families getting together, if you didn’t have the chance to say it in the past, there is no time like the present to say or show I love you. 

Daily Dose of BS March 24 small world

We live in a small world.  Yesterday I had the chance to interview the Governor of Guam an American territory and during conversation I mentioned to him that I didn’t know anything about Guam except that my cousin lived there, he asked his name I asked if he knew David, and he said that everyone knew David, to my shock, he really did know him.  Which made me think of the other people that I have run into that I either knew or knew someone I knew.  I was in Madison and ran into Morrie Enders after he moved away, I have ridden an elevator with someone I knew long ago in Milwaukee and while at a concert in the Twin Cities I ran into high school class mates.  Who have you run into in weird spots?

Daily Dose of BS March 23 sidwalks

In our couple of weeks of reprieve between snowfalls, lots of people have literary taken to the streets in all forms.  I have seen more people out and about walking, running, skating and biking in the past couple weeks than I ever recall.  I am glad to see people out moving, which brings me to my concern.  We were out walking yesterday enjoying the afternoon before the expected snowfall later today and a woman came running up behind us, then passed us on the grass but at the same time as she passed she shot my wife and I a dirty look, my wife apologized and that apology changed our conversation, we then started talking about the rights of the sidewalk, and the passing of people.  The woman jogging didn’t say to your right or left, she just assumed we had eyes in the back of our heads and were to be on the lookout for her, so we could move and give her the right of way, um sorry - not.  I guess what I am trying to say today it to look out for everyone one the road even the ones not looking out for themselves. 

Daily Dose of BS March 22 drugs

A couple of local police departments are looking at a new approach to the addiction problem.  The agencies in Campbell and Holmen are looking at a program that has had success in Massachusetts that helps an addict kick the habit, by offering treatment rather than jail time.  I am all for this, as we are seeing more people headed to court for possession of heroin and other drugs but only having them turned back to the streets.  I really think that something needs to be done and done sooner rather than later.  My wife and I have been going for walks lately and taking different routes to mix it up, we have been down just about every street and alley in our neighborhood in the past few weeks and there are lots of discarded syringes laying on the streets and alleys of La Crosse.  I have even seen them in a couple of the business parking lots.  With the amount of needles that have been handed out I guess I am not surprised that there are so many unattended needles. 

Daily Dose of BS March 21 voting

The smart phone companies announce in plenty of time that they are going to be releasing a new phone, the tease the new features, they bring out the pomp and circumstance and many are fighting to be first in line to be the first consumers to have the new widget.  I wish that people were as pumped up about voting.  It is funny that even though there are a million people posting each and every day that this candidate and that candidate are the best, they bad mouth these people and talk up these, there are still going to be people who even though they are waving the flag loudly for a particular candidate I will bet that they don’t get to the polling place to vote.  I used to know a person like that, she would wave the flag and then not vote.  I don’t get it.  Back to the phone thing I guess that Apple is introducing something today, I can hardly wait – just kidding I really I don’t care. 

Daily Dose of BS March 18 trees

The landscape at Riverside Park is a bit sparse.  The city of La Crosse eradicated 12 of the Ash Trees from the fabric of Riverside Park.  I am guessing that there will be a feeling of sadness and emptiness when we drive through Riverside this spring and summer, and of course the trees will be missed at Rotary Lights.  It saddens me to think that all these trees are gone from our beautiful city, and that our lovely canopy of leaves will for a long time be missing from the park.  I grew up in the Twin Cities and remember when Dutch Elm hit that area and the landscapes of the older neighborhoods changed.  I hope that something can be done to bring back some trees to Riverside Park.

Daily Dose of BS March 17 parking

A couple of years ago the city of La Crosse was talking about alternate side parking year round. I’m glad that that fell by the wayside. On Tuesday, La Crosse Councilman Gary Padesky proposed legislation that would end alternate-side parking on March 1 rather than April 1, and for many in La Crosse that is a welcomed relief. This really doesn’t affect me because we have off street parking but it is the principle of the thing in my mind. The fines aren’t enough to kill ya but at 10 bucks each and double then double again over time just for parking in front of your house for the season is enough to make a dent in your life’s savings. Looking back to last year the City of La Crosse Police Department issued 13,095 alternate-side parking tickets that at ten bucks a pop generated a minimum of $130,950, and that is if they were paid on time. To me it seems like a money grab, where does that money go to?

Daily Dose of BS march 14 time change

If you missed it you’re early, Saturday was one of my two least favorite days of the year.  This past Saturday at 2am we were supposed to change our clocks to 3am a little trick that helps it to be light later.  Obviously whom ever thought of this magical trick didn’t have kids.  I always loved it when it got dark earlier so I could put the kids to bed earlier, nowadays it doesn’t work that way as my kids stay up later than I.  I have been bitching about the changing of time since anyone would listen, guess what people hear it but no one is doing anything about it.  In the year 2016 there is really no need to move the clock.  They originally did it because of kids going to school and work in the fields, back before there were such good quality lighting, heck they even work on highways in the middle of the night as the lighting sources have gotten so good.  Let’s be like Ron Popeil and stop the madness we should just set it and forget it.  

Daily Dose of BS Mar 10 protect your home

There are more and more drugs making it into our society and with increased drug use, comes increased criminal activity.  What are your thoughts when it comes to defending your home?  Should you be allowed to defend your home at all costs?  If someone breaks into your home for whatever reason, do you have the right to defend to the death your house?  I ask because there is a case in Minnesota that had happened and the man is in prison.  The man has had his home broken into many times and was sick of it, defended him home by killing the two teens who broke in.  He is now in jail for 1^st degree premeditated murder for life with no parole after being convicted in killing the teens with no chance at a new trial.  At what point in a break in do you feel your life threatened?  For me, I think as soon as someone uninvited is in my house.  What are your thoughts?  

Daily Dose of BS Mar 9 lessons

Ever thought back to the lessons in life that you learned from your first job?  For me it was long ago, when I was in the Cub Scouts then the Boy Scouts we did a lot of volunteering at various places including the nursing home that was a block from my house.  That is where I landed my first real job as a maintenance guy.  I was rolling in the money making a decent wage of $4.25 an hour when all my friends were at minimum which was $3.35 an hour.  My have things changed.  You could almost add those two numbers together to reach minimum.  I think at that first job I learned how to work, I mean get my hands dirty and do the jobs I didn’t want to do.  I did learn that doing that wasn’t something I wanted to do for the rest of my life.  I do look fondly back at the memories, and experiences that I picked up at that gig and I am sure I use them to this day.  I was taught to give it my all, to think, and to get along with co-workers.  I am sure there were other lessons learned as well.  

Daily Dose of BS Mar 8 erin andrews

When you are in your hotel room you have a certain assumption of privacy, right?  I think that you do, however I don’t feel like the hotel should be held responsible for Erin Andrews’ payment of 55 million dollars.  Hear me out, most of us have had something happen to us because of a product that we have used, right.  I lost my fingertip because of a dog leash, people get cancer from smoking, there are car accidents each and every day.  There are people who have taken pictures of people picking their nose and posting that picture online, there are pictures of people doing all kinds of weird and inappropriate things on the internet, either by choice or because someone took a video of them without their knowledge, do you think that the goofy pictures of the website the people of Walmart wanted to have their pictures taken and shared?  It is a fact of life.  Back to Erin Andrews, I think the stalker should go to jail for a long time, what he did was wrong, but I don’t think that the hotel should have a fine for someone altering a peep hole in a door. 

Daily Dose of BS Mar 4 music

Even though I work in talk radio, I love live music, live loud music, live loud 80’s music.  Yesterday I bought tickets to Def Leppard with REO Speedwagon and Tesla.  The show is October 7^th at the La Crosse center, and the tickets are the highest price I have ever paid for a music ticket $82.50 for the show.  Which is ok since it breaks down to just $27.50 per band and as I said I love live, loud, 80’s music.  Here is the kicker, I used Ticketmaster to buy my ticket.  There was $10.35 fee for each ticket bringing the cost per ticket to $92.85 and then on top of that there is an additional fee of $4.15 for the order for processing fee.  Wait a minute, am I the only one who finds fault with this?  Isn’t there a truth in pricing law out there?  I am all for live music, and for people to make money but aren’t these fees a bit much?  

Daily Dose of BS Mar 3 coffee

On Tuesday I didn’t have any coffee, and I had a splitting headache by the time I went to bed, about 85% of all US citizens use caffeine every day. I usually get my high octane caffeine from coffee, I used to be a huge pop drinker in fact when I first started out in radio I was a 12 pack a night person, of sugary caffeine filled bubbles (blah), I don’t know how I did it, I am not a fan of it these days. When I was a kid we didn’t have pop around the house except for a special occasion and that was on Mom’s bridge club day and a holiday when the relatives would come over and they would bring it.  A breakdown of the 85% of the population that drinks caffeine, pop is the most common source of caffeine, followed by tea then coffee. Funny how now caffeine is even in foods and other drinks as well. We are seeing it in some jelly beans, marshmallows and some gums too, it is no wonder we have a society of jittery jumpy people.

Daily Dose of BS Mar 2 hunger

It really doesn’t matter where here is, unfortunately there are hungry people here.  This past Sunday the LaCrosse Radio Group had a food gathering event for the Hunger Task Force, as part of Family Fest.  This Saturday will be another fund raiser for the Hunger Task Force, with Rockin out Hunger.  They are the food pantries food pantry, supplying over 60 different pantries and meal sites.  Whenever there is a Hunger Task Force event I encourage you to help as you can.  I have been lucky I have never been hungry nor do I ever want to be.  I try to think of these food gathering events as what would l want to eat rather than what can I clean out of the cupboard.  Please try to remember that if you don’t want to eat it or wouldn’t eat it why would someone else? 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 23 sidewalks

I grew up in Roseville, a suburb in the Twin Cities and in my neighborhood there were no sidewalks.  Since my formative years I have lived in 3 different states and 4 different communities in every one of these other communities there have been sidewalks, I have complained about my front sidewalk only a few times, usually after a heavy snow fall or when my wife suggests that I do the edging, otherwise I am a fan.  I think that sidewalks are the great neighborhood unifier, hear me out.  When you decide to go for a walk you head out to the sidewalk, there are others around walking, you see your neighbors, you say hi.  Life is grand, why because of a sidewalk.  La Crosse is continuing to invest in the neighborhood concept with the possibility of up to 12 new sidewalks.  Let’s all converge on the cities sidewalks.

Daily Dose of BS Feb 22 transportation

I have only been in a cab about 10 times in my life, I have never taken an Uber ride, and public transportation isn’t taken too much.  If I lived in a big city I believe that I would use the above more often, however working at 5am when the busses aren’t even out of the bus corral is a huge hindrance for me.  When it comes to cabbing it I have done so when I have flown into big cities.  The last time I took a cab was a few years ago when it cost my brother and I $250 to cab it from San Francisco to his home in Livermore, because we missed the train back.  I guess I bring this all up because we put a lot of trust into people we don’t know to get us from place to place.  Uber has been making a splash making news with problems that drivers have.  Do you trust an Uber driver or a taxi driver to get you there safely?  

Daiy Dose of BS Feb 19 songs

We all have those special songs, the ones that get you up and off the couch, gets you in the mood for action, the Rocky song if you will.  For me I like a lot of the old school Beastie Boys, Pantera’s Walk, Kiss’ Cold Gin, and just about anything from System of a Down.  What are your Rocky songs?  Speaking of music have you ever had that song or jingle roll through your head at the moment you are ready to sleep, talk to someone, close a sale or just about any other activity?  There has been the same couple of songs going through my head over the past few days.  I don’t know why but that Taylor Swift song we are never ever getting back together keeps rolling through my head at the weirdest times, its weird cause I think that is the only part of the song that I know and it’s like on a loop.  UGGH stop the madness.  These types of songs are called earworms.  What are some of the songs that are the earworms for you? For me these types of songs are enough to give you heartburn, I know a relief, plop plop fizz fizz oh what a relief it is.

Daily Dose of BS feb 18 privacy

I have always been under the assumption that nothing that I text, email, or look at on the internet is private, that someone can always go back and check it out, someone locally or remotely.  I have come to the realization that our information is out there, just hanging in midair being ready to be plucked when they want it, and I am not even sure I know who they are.  In the news lately is that the federal government is asking Apple to unlock a phone that belonged to a terrorist, I always just assumed that the government had the ability to do this.  I wonder if they are asking Apple out of a ruse that they are pulling over our eyes, claiming that they cannot get into someone’s phone.   In a situation like this, I can honestly say that I believe that Apple has an obligation to help the government to unlock this phone, and here is why I think that, first of all the phone is owned by the shooters employer San Bernardino County and they have given permission and secondly I still think that all our information is just hanging out for the picking but most importantly I think that if they could foil some terrorist plot then it is worth it. 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 16 award shows

I have never been a fan of the award shows, none of them from the one that crowns the Miss, to the ones that have the Actors, to the biggest musical stars.  I have never been a fan, and guess what that hasn’t changed.  I have worked with people in the past that have had a party for this show or that show, but for me a no go.  I think it goes back to my childhood and that my folks didn’t watch them and now I don’t.  I also think that it is because even though I am in radio I don’t know the artist or the songs of the music I like I am always like you know that one song that goes dum, da, dum, de, de, de drum, by that group that sang that one other song that I like.  Or when it comes to actors it was that guy on that show with that dog and the funny lady, you know.  Then I would get mad if you didn’t know what I was talking about.  And the beauty shows, don’t get me started, for beauty it is in the eye of the beholder, I think that all people are beautiful, especially that one, you know. 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 15 tipping

We ordered pizza last night for Valentine’s Day because nothing says happy Valentine’s Day like a heart shaped pizza.  We ended up getting 3 pizzas and some bread sticks, a 4 dollar delivery fee was added to the cost.  I still tipped the guy, but is it necessary to tip a delivery person even when you are already paying for them to drop off your food?  What about tipping at a buffet?  How about any other place that looks for tips?   Maybe what places are tips a necessity? 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 12 valentines day

Love is in the air, Sunday is Valentine’s Day. Funny how guys think that this is the one time a year to be romantic, the one time a year to gift flowers, or something special the one time a year - to show our love.  Guys, we can be romantic and loving and still be men ya know. There is nothing wrong with going the extra mile anytime of the year to say something nice, drop off a little gift or just let your loved one know you love them - after all a year is 365 days long.  For those who are new to this way of thinking, you still have the weekend to get a special valentine treat, but remember you have 364 other days to show your love as well.  What is the most romantic gesture you have ever given or received?  This year, I am going to stimulate the local economy and take my wife out for dinner, and maybe a movie, if not its roller dogs and Netflix.  By the way what’s good on Netflix these days?

Daily Dose of BS Feb 11 heroin

Do we hand out too much Narcan?  Narcan is the drug that reverses the effects of heroin and other opiates.  I have even heard that as part of the needle exchange at The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin in La Crosse, that not only are needles handed out but also Narcan training is available.   According to the La Crosse Tribune that in the first 40 days of 2016 26 doses of Narcan was used on 16 patients.  Is handing out a lifeline the right thing to do?  Should there be a certain number of times you can administer it?  I am like the rest of the community and wonder out loud when the news reports say that bad heroin has hit the streets wonder isn’t all heroin bad? 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 10 wash hands

I think that bathroom doors in public places should swing out.  Here is the reason why.  How often have you been in the bathroom and the person in the stall next to you flushed opened the door and left the bathroom without washing their hands?  I find this sickening, I don’t want to touch their filth…this is also the reason I don’t eat popcorn at bars.  I know this is just another look into the weirdness that is me.  I wash my hands every time I use the restroom, not because I splashed on my hands but because it’s the right thing to do.  No one wants your personal germs and waste on anything that you touch when you are done, and when you don’t wash your hands you are spreading germs.  Have a great day and don’t forget to do as the sign says in most public restrooms employees must wash hands before returning to work.

Daily Dose of BS Feb 9 be seen and heard

I am guilty of it, I think that most of us fail to be seen.  I have a black jacket, I wear blue jeans and sometimes I have on a dark hat.  It is hard to see people who are wearing dark clothing, especially when the person walking isn’t paying attention to their surroundings because of texting or talking on the phone, look where you are going and don’t walk out in front of someone on the roads, remember your mom taught you that.  Speaking of being seen, why is it that so many people don’t use their fog lights when there is fog, my friend Diane reached out to me yesterday and said it was hard to see so many of the cars out there when they are driving around without lights when there is fog, heck turn on your lights when driving period, it will help you to be seen, I just have to remember to do it, on two of our vehicles it happens automatically but my everyday car, not so much.  Speaking of being seen, it is an election year this year, we should practice on being heard as well. 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 8 ID's

Last time I was at the cell phone store I had to sign in and show my I.D., even though I knew the guy working.  Hard to believe but when buying a case of beer a few weeks ago I had to show my I.D.  I got pulled over a couple of months ago, guess what, I had to show my I.D.  Check writing, which I don’t do much of but still I.D., get on a plane, rent a car, a hotel room or a house, you need an I.D.  When I bought Sudafed I needed an I.D.  It is pretty clear to me that you need an I.D. for just about everything you do, oh wait everything but to vote, that changes this year in Wisconsin.  Do I think it is a bad idea?  No.  Why would I?  There are people who will complain that showing an I.D. will stop certain people from voting, now personally I wouldn’t want that but I did some research and you need to have a photo I.D. to apply for food stamps, welfare and unemployment.  I am just saying that I would guess that most adults have an I.D. and if they don’t there are programs out there that will help someone get one.  

Daily Dose of BS Feb 5 waffle bowl

This coming Sunday is finally Waffle Bowl Sunday, it is also big game day, a national day of tv, wings, other high calorie tasty treats and lots of alcohol. My family however has a totally different menu when it comes to the big game, it started many, many years ago. At the Schmidt house we have a family tradition of waffles, and sausage on the day when football plays its big game. I remember the year we started it, it was right after reading the Sunday paper I glanced at a glossy newspaper ad that had a waffle maker on the front page, we went to the store and bought it, as a family we have been making waffles every single Waffle Bowl Sunday since. I love Waffle Bowl Sunday, because even if your team isn’t playing in the big game you can still waffle back and forth and enjoy the plays and of course the commercials. I even left a party a few years ago when the Green and Gold was in the waffle bowl to go home to have the breakfast of hotels with my family. Have a great Waffle Bowl Sunday no matter how you spend it and go team go.

Daily Dose of BS Feb 4 cultural sensitivity

Has cultural sensitivity gone too far?  There is a school in St Paul that is kissing off Valentine’s Day and other holidays as a way of being more culturally sensitive and inclusive.  Some of these schools around the country are teaching our kids to not have any beliefs, how are we going to raise this generation now if they cannot celebrate holidays, or other beliefs, I know let’s have a culturally generic celebration 4 times a year, spring, summer, winter and fall.  But we cannot call it anything because we don’t want someone 50 years or 100 years down the way to take it away.  Heck I am surprised that we are still able to celebrate our birthdays and that someone hasn’t complained that it is Johnnies special day today and no one can be special everybody has to feel the same.  Well if that is the case do you have a sore ankle today because mine is bugging me? 

Daily Dose of BS Feb 3 smile

Ever heard smile and the whole world smiles with you?  My mom used to say that to my brothers and I, there is now some studies out there that support this.  These studies show that during conversation we tend to mimic those around us.  I guess that this makes sense as if you watch a salesperson they will nod and smile when you are talking with them, inviting you to sign on the dotted line.  It works with others as well, note when you are in a classroom setting or a work event heck even in your own home and someone is happy you want to smile with them, same goes the other way as well, if someone is in the room angry they tend to bring the rest of the group down, it guess what I am trying to say is turn that frown upside down, and make it a great day.

Daily Dose of BS Feb 2 snow day

Am I the only one that thinks it is weird to cancel school the night before for the threat of the shoe dropping?  I woke this morning to 25 degrees and no snow, the weird part is every school in our area is closed.  Today is ground hog day and I am wondering if kids want life to be like the movie and relive the no snow – snow day.  I haven’t seen that movie in a long time, I should find it to watch today with the kids.  Ever thought about the history of the first ground hogs day?  It dates back to the 18^th and 19^th centuries, however the first documented time in America is 1841.  I hope that the ground hog sees his shadow, or is it not sees his shadow.  Anyway I am hoping to enjoy a bit of ground hog at the Moose Lodge later today, the Lions Club is serving a Ground Hog dinner.  All I gotta say is it is yummy.  

Daily Dose of BS Feb 1 trains

When I was a kid I always heard that if you put a penny on a train track that it could derail a train.  I am not going to lie, as a rebellious teenager I tried it.  As soon as we ran away the feeling of guilt overtook the thrill of doing something bad.  The sudden urge to run back toward the oncoming train to rescue the Lincoln from the oncoming train, only to be reminded of the almost certain decapitation of an arm or worse.  Thank goodness that the derailment didn’t happen, in fact a quick google search shows that it has never happened, but as an adventurous boy it could have.  Again, thank God that it didn’t happen.  With more trains moving through the country, there have been more and more derailments there has even been a couple close to home.  Shouldn’t the railroads be required to make the manifest public as soon as a train jumps the tracks, I for one would like to know.  Especially since there are tracks about 100 yards from where I work.