The Rise and Shine morning show blog: January 2008

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Dog Rides Bike

This is hilarious! The dog could walk so much faster, of course.

P.S. I PROMISE to post soon!

Saturday, January 26, 2008

So yesterday I was driving home on lunch and I was listening to the WGN 720 news...heard a report, which seemed like it was in slow motion, that Channel 2 Morning News Anchor Randy Salerno was killed in a snowmobiling accident in Wisconsin over the weekend.

And I say that it was in slow motion because you know when they lead the news with somebody's name your mind races..."I wonder what the next couple of words are going to be. Were they nominated for an award, arrested, discovered in a conspiracy or scandal, promoted, making a comment about one of the presidential candidates in an un-newsman-like way??" Nope the worst of all, killed in a terrible accident. It sounds like the "friend" that was with was under the influence of alcohol and being charged with his death and vehicular homicide. Now there's something that you sure wouldn't see coming with your use of alcohol during the "good, fun times" of a snowmobiling trip in the North. Little did he know that when he tipped those bottles that a short while later his friend would be dead and he would be headed to prison for a while.

Every morning on the Rise and Shine show, we monitor 2 TV screens. The one on the left is the WGN Channel 9 TV (which I always want on so that I can have the downtown lakefront temperature when we do the current temps) and on the right we monitor a cable news channel...usually Fox News (no comments, please). And Randy used to be on our left screen every morning doing his thing...and I always used to jokingly comment about how I didn't like him because he seemed so arrogant and didn't seem to be truly having a good time on there. Now he's not around and his coworkers seem to be telling the exact opposite. The same thing happened a couple years ago when I was covering village board meetings for another radio station. There was this one particular board member that was an old guy and I interviewed him about an issue once and he gave me a message that was a little less than coherent and intellectual. So I dismissed him as an old "coot" (is that word still valid?) and mad efun of him from time to time (The great person that I am). Well, a few board meetings later, the mayor stood up at the beginning of the meeting and said, "Please rise and join with me for a moment of silence to honor our friend trustee (his name) and his recent passing."

I really didn't know the guy, nor did I know Mr. Salerno, but these two incidents surely make me think about the way I refer to people and even think about them. That's probably not the way Jesus thinks about people.

So that reminds me of this 1972 Glen Campbell song that seems to fit. Check it out and listen to the words, if you get a chance:

Have a good day! :O)
Johnny

Thursday, January 10, 2008

JOHNNY POSTS!!!!

OK, well Dana has seemed awfully put off by the fact that I haven't posted anything yet, so here goes...

Uh...well today's show rocked. A lot of people called in and talked about how God has been moving in their lives. One lady called and said how she went through a long time in life of being told she could never have children and now she has 5 in her house. Other people that beat cancer, come back to the Lord, and quit abusing alcohol called in today. Awesome stuff. Thanks for that.

Reminder that Matthew West is coming to town soon...telling his life changing story as well...and AT HIS DAD's CHURCH!!

And...we debuted a new Kevin Max featuring "dc Talk" song today on the show. Interesting stuff!! A cover of the 1989 Prince song, "The Blood." I went on Kevin's myspace, and there is a version of him singing, "O Holy Night." That was actually pretty darn cool.

OK. Talk to you later.

Wednesday, January 9, 2008

HD Article

As discussed on this morning's show, this is the information about all TV's having to convert to HD:

The federal government is encouraging Americans to sign up for a coupon program before their televisions go dark. The National Telecommunications and Information Administra-tion is attending this week's Consumer lectronics Show in Las Vegas to remind people about a program that allows people to sign up for 40-dollar coupons to help them buy digital television converter boxes. U.S. Department of Commerce spokesman Tony Wilhelm says February 2009 will mark the official transition to digital television.Wilhelm says the converter boxes are expected to be on sale at retailers starting next month. People who get satellite or cable television or who have digital televisions will not need the boxes. People can request coupons by calling 1-888-388-2009 or by visiting the web site www.dtv2009.gov. Congress has provided funding for more than 33-million coupons.