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Days and Daze
Nov. 9th, 2004 08:47 amWell, things are back to relative normalcy here. The iPod is working, my office is busy, but not hectic, and I'm enjoying a relatively quiet week at the house before my folks show up this weekend.
A couple of things annoyed me on the way in this morning. My morning radio station, WEBN, has billboards up all over town with the two morning DJ's dressed as a bride and groom. The bride has a beard, Bob the Producer. It's a hilarious billboard, showing the saying "Holy Matrimony" or "The Perfect Marriage." Neither guy is gay, but it's certainly eye catching. The radio station has been getting calls from people telling them that it's "disrespectful to families" and "we vote to keep that out of here." The radio station is known for raising hackles on people, it's what they do, but people have lost their senses of humor over this. First, these Baptist homemakers don't even listen to the station (it's hard rock). Second, the station really doesn't cave into these kinds of threats, it's free publicity. I'll have to snag a picture to post.
I admit I only listen to the station more for the morning banter, not the music, but it does save me from having to listen to Toby Keith's latest "We're the USA-kick your foreign ass-soldier in the dirt-country pride-die terrorist-but God tells us to love you" patriotic dirge. And I love country music when he isn't singing.
Well, I've not lost my positive optimism this week. A friend sent me this great and funny story, I'll share it with you. If you're from a rural Southern state, you'll enjoy it. Be sure to read to the very end.
( LETTER FROM A FARM KID, NOW AT SAN DIEGO MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT )
A couple of things annoyed me on the way in this morning. My morning radio station, WEBN, has billboards up all over town with the two morning DJ's dressed as a bride and groom. The bride has a beard, Bob the Producer. It's a hilarious billboard, showing the saying "Holy Matrimony" or "The Perfect Marriage." Neither guy is gay, but it's certainly eye catching. The radio station has been getting calls from people telling them that it's "disrespectful to families" and "we vote to keep that out of here." The radio station is known for raising hackles on people, it's what they do, but people have lost their senses of humor over this. First, these Baptist homemakers don't even listen to the station (it's hard rock). Second, the station really doesn't cave into these kinds of threats, it's free publicity. I'll have to snag a picture to post.
I admit I only listen to the station more for the morning banter, not the music, but it does save me from having to listen to Toby Keith's latest "We're the USA-kick your foreign ass-soldier in the dirt-country pride-die terrorist-but God tells us to love you" patriotic dirge. And I love country music when he isn't singing.
Well, I've not lost my positive optimism this week. A friend sent me this great and funny story, I'll share it with you. If you're from a rural Southern state, you'll enjoy it. Be sure to read to the very end.
( LETTER FROM A FARM KID, NOW AT SAN DIEGO MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT )
