IF YOUR PROM WERE TODAY WHAT WOULD THE THEME BE?

Do you remember what the theme was for your high school prom?  Mine was Camelot in honor of the hit Broadway musical at the time and in remembrance of the late President John F. Kennedy.  Obviously, culturally we are a long way away from either of those events being cutting edge enough to be a [...]

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MAKE YOUR OWN COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

Set forth to write a “real world” commencement address.  Strip it of all of the false promises and usual “the best years of your life are ahead of you” nonsense.  Tell the grads that they’ll get crappy first jobs that pay badly and nobody will respect them until they’re at least 30 and other really [...]

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BEHAVIOR THAT DESERVES TO BE TAXED

When you have to pay taxes it can make you downright angry.  Some taxes just don’t seem fair.  I mean shouldn’t it be worth something that you’re a nice, self aware person who always tries to do the right thing?  Why should you have to pay the same amount of money as some self absorbed [...]

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WHEN DATE NIGHTS GO BAD

On April 8th the new comedy Date Night starring Tina Fey and Steve Carell opens.  The plot of the film involves a bored married couple who plan a date night that goes awry due to a case of mistaken identity involving mobsters. This brings to mind the topic, “I Had a Date Night From Hell”.  [...]

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I SHOULD GET A DISCOUNT ON THAT!

March 29th would have been Wal-Mart found Sam Walton’s 92nd birthday had he not passed away in 1992.  Walton revolutionized the discount store with his simple slogan, We Sell For Less – Always.  Before Wal-Mart, discount stores were considered tacky and did not sell much quality merchandise or even carry many brand names.  Because of [...]

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MARCH BADNESS

Now that the NCAA National Basketball tournament brackets have been filled, consider a little twist on the idea of March Madness called March Badness,   The premise of March Badness is to determine who is the biggest celebrity badass. The game is played much like the classic celebrity cage match game. To make this a little [...]

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THAT’S ONE BAD CASE OF THE UGLIES

December 7th is NBA basketball player Larry Bird’s 53rd birthday. Now, while Larry was a great basketball player for the Boston Celtics in his day, I don’t think anyone ever considered him to be one of America’s sexiest guys. That got me thinking about “People Who Are Lucky To Have Gotten Talent Because They Sure [...]

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IT’S NATIONAL VEGAN MONTH!

November is officially National Vegan Month, a month set aside to encourage all of us to choose to neither eat nor use any animal products (i.e. meat, poultry, seafood, dairy products, eggs, gelatin, leather, and fur).  Consider having some fun with this by holding a contest among morning show members to see who can go [...]

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10 THINGS 20-SOMETHINGS WILL SAY TO THEIR GRANDKIDS

Grandparents are famous for telling us how much better or different life is for us now than it was for them.  Looking ahead, what do you suppose today’s 20-somethings will they say to their grandchildren?  Wired magazine looked into their crystal ball and came up with these ten things 20-somethings will say to their grandkids. [...]

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