Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 11, 2008
August 11, 2008
I'm starting to count down the days to vacation. I know we took a week off last month, but we get alot of vacation after 12 years, so I may as well use it. My wife is going to Europe with Autumn, I'm not sure what I am doing. I will let you know when I know. I want to share with you a couple of charitites that I support and encourage you to check them out. Give if you want, no pressure here. The first one is the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation http://www.dmf.org/ Dikembe is a basketball player for the Houston Rockets, he is from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) in Africa. I heard Dikembe doing a radio interview and heard about his goal to build a hospital in his hometown that will have 300 beds. He was so genuine about it and honest. He has give $15 Million of his own money toward the $29 Million project. That blew me away. He was on the radio asking if he could get 5,000 people to give $50. I gave my $50 and still do. I don't want to go all Bono on you guys, but this is s a pretty amazing place he has built. Just a couple of facts about DRC; Average Life Expectancy 42-47 Years, 20% of kids die before their fifth birthday, Infant mortality rate is 9.6% (In the US it is 0.6%) You can read more and help out if you want at the website I mentioned earlier.
The other one is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation http://www.cff.org/ This one is personal to me. My very first friend when I was 5 years old was my next door neighbor when I lived in California. His name was Gerald Fairchild and he had Cystic Fibrosis. Of course, as a kid I didn't know or care what he had. All I knew is that he was a good kickball player. But it was the first charity and disease I was ever exposed to. I remember going to the back bedroom of his house and seeing boxes and boxes of little cans with a slot for change in them. I guess they set them up at stores or went door to door asking for donations. Gerald died about 15 years ago, but I still think about him and wonder what he would be doing if a cure had been found.
I'm not really sure why I shared this stuff with you guys, it just kind of came out.
JB and I have some great news to share with everyone. We can't do it yet, but we have been working very hard on something that we think you will like. As soon as we CAN tell you we will.
Sandy
The other one is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation http://www.cff.org/ This one is personal to me. My very first friend when I was 5 years old was my next door neighbor when I lived in California. His name was Gerald Fairchild and he had Cystic Fibrosis. Of course, as a kid I didn't know or care what he had. All I knew is that he was a good kickball player. But it was the first charity and disease I was ever exposed to. I remember going to the back bedroom of his house and seeing boxes and boxes of little cans with a slot for change in them. I guess they set them up at stores or went door to door asking for donations. Gerald died about 15 years ago, but I still think about him and wonder what he would be doing if a cure had been found.
I'm not really sure why I shared this stuff with you guys, it just kind of came out.
JB and I have some great news to share with everyone. We can't do it yet, but we have been working very hard on something that we think you will like. As soon as we CAN tell you we will.
Sandy
Friday, August 8, 2008
Does This Ever Happen To You?
You are at someones home and they have some music playing, you notice that you like the music, you plan on asking your friends who it is, but then you have one more beer and forget. Well, it doesn't happen all the time, but it did happen to me last week. Have you ever tried to describe music? I have and I suck at it, but I am going to try and maybe you can help me by leaving a comment here. The music was definetly Latin, it was very cool guitar and there were no words. I guess that is call instrumental, I am no musicianbut I think I am right on that one. I am sure there are tons of musicians that do this type of music and that is all I am really looking for, a few of the ones that you know of, have heard, and you like. Thanks I appreciate it.
Do you remember a couple of months back when I wrote on this Blog that ratings weren't very good at the time, but that I was confident that they would come back. Well, they did. We have never been the type of show that brags about ratings, we think that is just bad karma and that it will eventually bite you in the butt. So, we had good ratings, we get to keep our jobs and everyone is happy. Thank you very much for listening.
I'm watching the PGA Championship and rooting for my friend, Rich Beem. Man, you would think playing golf for a living would be a breeze. I have seen upclose what Rich goes through and it is not easy. Lots of travel, lots of stress, lots of time away from home. But the rewards are great.
Hey what do you know, the hi temp today was over 100.
Sandy
Do you remember a couple of months back when I wrote on this Blog that ratings weren't very good at the time, but that I was confident that they would come back. Well, they did. We have never been the type of show that brags about ratings, we think that is just bad karma and that it will eventually bite you in the butt. So, we had good ratings, we get to keep our jobs and everyone is happy. Thank you very much for listening.
I'm watching the PGA Championship and rooting for my friend, Rich Beem. Man, you would think playing golf for a living would be a breeze. I have seen upclose what Rich goes through and it is not easy. Lots of travel, lots of stress, lots of time away from home. But the rewards are great.
Hey what do you know, the hi temp today was over 100.
Sandy
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Sly Dial
Here is the link to go directly to someones voicemail. This is awesome and easy to use.
www.slydial.com
www.slydial.com
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