Congrats to my Ol’ Peeps at 680
When I was at 680 News I had a reputation for not caring about awards. …
When I was at 680 News I had a reputation for not caring about awards. …
It’s not my proudest memory. Back when I was working at CKNX radio in Wingham management brought in a smoking ban. I smoked then. I smoked when I wasn’t even actually smoking, that’s how devoted I was to the habit. I protested the ban saying it would lead to – and this is embarrassing – dizzy spells and feeling ill because I wasn’t getting my regular infusion of nicotine. I wish I was kidding. That was my defence and I lost, rightly. (My apologies to then-GM Al Skelton for the time I wasted being such an idiot!) …
Every time I go to my neighbourhood plaza on a Saturday morning there is always one jerk who can’t be bothered to park in an actual parking spot. …
The headline practically reached out from my monitor and grabbed me by the collar: Chocolate Can Cut Heart Attack and Stroke Risk! …
Young actress Anna Paquin has come out and said she’s bisexual. Unless you watch vampire shows aimed at teens, and I do not, I mostly remember Anna from her role in The Piano, which won her an Oscar when she was somewhere around the age of a fetus. She also played a groupie in Almost Famous. …
Every month I send out a broadcasting tip to clients and colleagues.  Usually it’s something I wish someone would have told me early in my career because it would have saved me a lot of frustration. I keep colleagues on the email list, if they want, just to stay in touch.  So here’s the gist of what I sent out for this month: …
Last week I was on my way to a radio station event in London at the Grand Theatre on Richmond Street. It was a business function and I was appropriately dressed in what one might describe as business attire. In my hand, my large leather bag that holds my daily collection of cut veggies and bottled water as well as the container holding my big salad, my wallet and other essentials. …
This is so weird and compelling. …
A Japanese video game is getting a lot of attention for all the wrong reasons. It’s called RapeLay. Can you guess what it’s about? …
This documentary came out about a year ago. We watched it just recently after a recommendation from a colleague. It’s a very good movie. …
About a year ago I posted a photo of a banner that was up at my long lost, second cousin Ron Hubbs’ maple syrup operation at Wellington Ontario. This weekend we went back for the annual pancake extravaganza and the banner that spells his own surname incorrectly was up again! …
Discussing religion is always dicey.  The fact is, no one can really, truly answer a lot of important questions about the universe and our role in it. But many people are unable to acknowledge that and some see any discussion of religion as an attack on it. …
That’s how we plan to spend Earth Hour tonight from 8:30 to 9:30. We’ll play Scrabble, the old-fashioned non-electronic kind with tiles and a board, by candlelight. …
Two lottery winners emerged in London this week. …
Let me say at the outset that I did not actually witness the accident. I saw the car fly across the oncoming lanes and onto the grass, stopping just shy of the hedge but I didn’t actually see the impact. I was behind a van at the stoplight. …
Recently I had the experience of hearing a news story on one radio station, and then immediately hearing it on another. This isn’t such a rare thing except the story was told so differently by the two anchors that it was like a slap in the ears with a velvet glove. …
In the days of yore, not as long ago as yesteryear and even more recently than back in the day, entertainment news actually had a “news” quality to it. …
Once every year, sometime between the groundhog’s annual pop-up and the appearance of spring’s first robin, I wake up with an antsy feeling. Suddenly I have to redecorate something. It’s how my own personal cabin fever manifests itself. …
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