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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.