Thursday, July 28, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 28


My oldest son just got his license and a car.  He is complaining about gas prices already.  Yesterday he put $40.01 of his own money into his car and said “Dad it was only ½ tank.”  I think now he realizes that things are not free.  Including time.  As a parent of 4 kids I often find that my “free” time is taken up with watching this or watching that.  In fact over the past 2 weeks I have been to countless baseball and softball games at the Shelby ball fields (missing out on Logger games)…and many double headers and a few divide and conquer games where we each take a game.  The final game of the regular season- in -house tournament is tonight for both kids in ball and tomorrow starts the final tournament of the season.  Up next…football, wrestling, hockey x2 and basketball, and don’t forget trips up to Mt La Crosse for snowboarding.  Thank goodness for all my “free time”  

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 27


Life is too short.  If you think about it our whole lives could end in a second, we will all leave unfinished business…each and every one of us will.  I came up with a quote about life long ago and I will share it with you…Life is too short to work at a job you don’t like, hang with people you don’t love, eat things you don’t want and to drink crappy beer.  If you think about it, life is too short to do the things that don’t make you happy.  Why should we put ourselves in the situation of not enjoying all the gifts that we have?   I am not saying that we are not going to do things that we don’t like cause that is part of life, but why set yourself up for misery, or failure?  DO the right things to get your life on track…and every once in a while enjoy something you love.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 26


I have really bad handwriting.  In fact I am a horrible speller as well, I think I talked about that before; I also hate talking in front of people.  Weird I am a radio guy…plus my mind wanders.  Back to having horrible handwriting, I had a teacher in 7th grade, Mr Schwartz, that came up to me one day in class and suggested after trying to  read my cursive writing that I resort to printing.  I did this for about 3 or 4 months when he came up to me and told me I should really look at typing.  I didn’t bother with learning to type until I was an adult.  I ended up with a highbred form of writing that would rival any doctors writing, I print, write and use squiggles and straight lines to form my words, in fact my writing is so bad that when I try to go back and read my writing I sometimes have no idea what a word is, that happens more often then not.  

Monday, July 25, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 25

Yesterday I had the chance to head up to the Twin Cities to see the Minnesota Twins.  I grew up in the Twin Cites, but have been in La Crosse for 19 years and am more of a Brewers fan than a Twins fan, but since they each play in different leagues…I guess it is ok to like them both.  I bring this up because of the fun that I had on the bus ride up and back.  I know I preach of camaraderie often.  But nothing really beats a bus trip with a bunch of people you both know and don’t know.  You get a chance to meet new people and visit with old friends.  When given the chance to go on a bus trip to a concert, sports event or city visit, I would suggest that you spread your wings and take the trip. 

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 20

Today is day 4 in operation sweaty body…heat indices of 105-115.  Just a reminder that on days like today to make sure you keep yourself well hydrated.  Now that word is one word that I never used until the advertising agencies decided that it was a word, and now you hear it all the time.  Mostly dealing with sports drinks and bottled water, which is something I never thought I would drink but since I am not a big pop drinker I tend to lean towards consuming lots of water in the day.  I guess what I am trying to say is keep cool, and hydrated with the beverage of your choice on this hot day…is it pop or soda…I guess that could be a discussion for another day.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 18

Hot enough for ya?  I hate when people say that. If it is too hot for you why would you ask someone if it was hot enough for them?  I am writing this on Sunday afternoon as my kids play at what they call the the star park. It is really the Trane park on the soth side, the call it the star park cause it has the water sprayer in the shape of a star. You know we are lucky to live in a community where there are so many parks and they are all beautiful in their own way. And this heat it is good...sometime, but I am ready for a break in it though...at least a break in the humidity. 

Friday, July 15, 2011

Daily Dose of BS July 15

As I was getting my show ready today, I started to think how lucky we are to have information at our fingertips.  When I was a kid and wanted to know how to spell something my Mom told me to look it up in the dictionary, now I just type it in a word program and it auto corrects.  If I wanted to know about the history of the United States, I had to look in the encyclopedias in the den then go to the library to do more research.  Now I don’t know anyone with an encyclopedia set at their house, and the last time I went to the library to do research was quite awhile ago…now going to the library is fun, getting books, music, or DVD’s, oh yea to vote also.