Faster Cars & Younger Women. (new blog for the week of march 30/15)

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Even though the women I’ve been involved with over the years have been expensive these cars were amongst the many that seduced me into living a life of being “Car Poor”

Speaking of cars I have come to the conclusion that the person in the driver’s seat of a Porche is the only one not terrified.

Without plans and commitment all your desires are just wishes and dreams.

Most prices are based on what you are willing to pay.

I wonder what an oil company calls a bad year and have they ever had one.

Most religions agree that there is a God but what they don’t agree about and fight wars over are the humans involved like Jesus, Moses, Muhammad, and Buddha.

Speaking of Jesus it has been said that he said … It’s not about me it’s about my father.

Most men will die to protect the women they love but very few are willing to die only for their country.

Having a lovers quarrel with someone you don’t love is ridiculous.

It is said that the real definition of love is that when you see something that takes your breath away and if your showing it to a certain other person makes it even more extraordinary then you’re in love, get the ring.

For men women are the thing, for women marriage is the thing.

Did you ever notice when the Presidents fooled around a little the country seemed to be in a lot better shape.

The first clue I got that I may be dating a woman much too young for me was when she put make up on and it made her look older.

Speaking of dating it’s a very scary moment when you google the name of a woman you just started dating and her mug shot shows up.

Hey sales studs answer me this, was it you guys or was it Edison, Ford, Disney or Jobs who made their companies successful.

Around 650 BC Socrates reminded Plato that it was the listeners who caused the ratings and revenue.

Radio continues to be listened to by one person at a time.

Goalies only lose games not win them.

Now that we do all our waring with Drones what the hell are all the jet fighters that cost millions for.

During the last decade radio listening has declined about 6% whereas revenue has declined about 21%. I know programming meetings have changed but I wonder if sales meetings have or are they still chasing share which is old think I would think.

Walt Disney saw Disneyland finished before he ever started just as a programmer must hear his station before he launches it.

Speaking of visualization, a successful air talent knows how to language what he sees in his head so their listeners can see it too.

Have you noticed that the homeless on street corners begging appear to be growing younger and also more and more women are starting to show up. 

Does anything with a lotta calories ever taste bad!

The ability to make someone happy is a powerful weapon that should be used all the time.

Living in this hi tech complicated world it’s sometimes easy to forget that the simplest solution is usually best.

Every man should attempt to become what his once 4 year old daughter thought he already was.

Mistakes are just part of the dues one pays for a full life.

Scalpers have 90% of the concert tickets 5 minutes after they go on sale.

I think fixing the economy in America is simple just go back to Capitalism, Speculatism is definitely not working.

Wouldn’t it be a great world if the banks were actually as nice as their greeters.

If it’s true is it still sexist to mention it.

You will soon forget all the people making the headlines but you’ll never forget those that made your life a little easier along the way.

Here’s a bar bet that will lead to easy money … Whose Grandfather started the Health Care system in Canada? Answer – Kiefer Sutherland.

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Living With Some Women Is Like Being In Prison. (new blog for the week of March 16)

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11070769_10153661459819307_1191110165675136376_nIs there some kind of secret code which prevents black performers from ever mentioning that they may actually enjoy the performances of some white entertainers.

Ideas are the mortal enemy of the way things are.

I know of very few men who ever dreamed about the living the life they now live.
On the other hand I know a lot of women who are living just like they dreamed about since they were 11.

When daughters and mothers are fighting I would advise staying out of it otherwise they’ll likely turn on you.

​I would highly recommend that every daughter see the first “Taken” movie and realize that most fathers are not ex CIA agents so they need to be very careful out there.

As sweet and feminine as my daughters are I have no doubt they would tear the throat out of any woman who said something bad about me except though maybe their mothers.

You can actually choose your destiny rather than just letting it show up.

Growing your part in the play does not necessarily make the play any better.

Now lets see if I’ve got this right Obama, according to your way of thinking it wasn’t Catholic priests who violated those alter boys it was just some extremists.

I wonder if kennedy would have handled the sex abuse by Catholic preists the same way Obama is handling the actions of the Muslim terrorists.

Speaking of Obama, don’t you get a little nervous when he says he is gonna raise taxes on the rich cuz to most of the poor, we are the rich.

​Being with a woman you love is wonderful but unfortunately being with one you don’t is like being in prison.

How long do you suppose we’d let big business last without government protection.

Maybe baseball should consider packing it in after 7 … Hell if we’ve all gotta get up for a stretch ain’t she ’bout done.

Remember back in the day when the GM’s of a radio station actually worked in radio before they became a GM.

Don’t you long for the real story behind why somebody left a radio station.

Apple always always kept fully focused on the product and never worried about the numbers. Too bad that didn’t work out huh!

Socrates, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs all believed that was what was above the bottom line that caused the bottom line. Do today’s radio leaders actually think they are smarter than those 3 guys.

In 1965 CEO’s made 24 time as much as their employees, today it’s 262 times. Do you see any problem with that.

Did you ever notice that most cheerleaders have identical looking decolletage, I wonder if they all went to the same surgeon.

I wonder why the Republicans are such huge supporters of Israel even though the Jews in America don’t vote for them.

If something is easy for you to do, keep doing doing it because it usually means you are good at it and maybe you should charge for it.

Good content can usually save bad talent but bad content cannot be saved by good talent.

Have you ever noticed that when a comedian has weak material he’ll use a dialect or a voice impression to deliver it.

Why do people wearing leathers and riding a Harley always appear to be happier than you are.

Only people longing to be President of the United States give a damn about what the folks who live part time in Palm Beach think.

It’s tough to stay positive when the only news worthy events are so negative but I must admit that the Brian Williams thing was fun though.

If you’re an old man who likes to hit on the young ladies you better be able to dance like a boy.

Wow Thicke and Pharell had to give up a lot of the loot from the tune “Blurred Lines” to the estate of Marvin Gaye for so called music plagiarism. The thing of it is that I couldn’t hear how they decided George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord” was really “He’s So Fine” let alone find anything in Marvin Gaye’s videos that looked anything like Emily Ratajkowski.

Brent Farris claims that if you’re aiming at the wrong target it really doesn’t matter if you are a good shot.

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The number 5 is now #1. (new blog for week of March 09/15)

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The last couple of days at James Crystal has reminded me about how it alwaqys goes when new ownership is about to take over at a radio station. The first thing they do of course is try to assure everyone that there will be absolutely no changes coming down, but deep down you know what’s really gonna happen. Unfortunately by the time you become what’s commonly known as the new owner’s victim you’ll wish you could have this day back. The other thing you would also need is the balls my buddy Bob Christy had back in Boston the day the new owners were scheduled to come in and take WKLB over. As they all got off the elevator on the 13th floor of the Prudential Tower, there was Bobby with all his stuff packed but before he got on the elevator he looked them up and down for a moment or two before saying … Fuck you guys!

Wow after 10 years of almost no communication all of a sudden my son Curt friended me on Facebook. Very nice. (Pictured together in better times) 

Winners are losers who just gave it another shot.

The biggest difference in radio today is that most of the bad sounding stations are gone but unfortunately so are great ones.

Jim Hilliard only remembers two days of my long tenure at Fairbanks Broadcasting, the day I cut the spot load on WIBC to 19 units and the day I left. He is still pissed about both events.

The number 5 is the most important number in radio. You have 5 seconds to get their attention with the 5 subjects they’re most interested using their 5 primal emotions you need to trigger in order to hold their attention. Once you’ve got all that done you wrap it all up with a 5 second killer close. Simple right!

How come radio gets so excited about the Grammys whereas the folks get excited about the Oscars.

I remember when broadcasters from all around the world used to come to the NAB to pick up a few ideas but now they come to sell us theirs.

It’s well known that the things that get most people attention are first, their family and friends, the people on their block, the activities in their neighborhood, what’s going on in their state, America, then finally the rest of the world. What I can’t understand is why the media does it in reverse order.

In order to gain something you’ll in all likelihood will have to give up something.

If it’s your fault when you lose then it’s also your fault when you win.

What lawyer ever admitted he was making any money.

Have the Muslims ever changed anything that offends the rest of us.

Seeing as the top 25 on the FBI’s most wanted list are all Muslims how could you not profile. 

Sometimes the better you are at with providing your family with a good life the worse you are likely at being a good father.

When I was at the top of my game my wife Lana told me her job was to always remind me that I was just George Johns from Transcona.

If you’re not wiser today than you were yesterday then you’re just dumber.

I think I’m Will Ferrelled out.

Am I the only one who notices that all the government agencies who claim they are underfunded and understaffed have more people and more benefits than most other businesses.

Thomas Jefferson said that once the government becomes big enough to give you everything you want it will also be strong enough to take from you everything it wants.

All the bad things that have ever happened to me are slowly slipping away where as the good things especially the breathless moments are becoming more vivid.

Democracy has to be a little more than two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for dinner.

It used to be that if you didn’t read the newspaper you were uninformed then you became misinformed, now if you read it you’re just old.

How come you never see Asians in the Welfare line.

Even though Pharell of “The Voice” pissed me off last year when he played the race card so strong that even his co stars in the chairs stared at him is slowly winning me back with his charm.

Never settle for anything you don’t really love which includes significant others and your career.

A few years ago the biggest broadcast companies in Canada were headed up by Allan Waters, the Slaights, and Ted Rogers. So having lunch one day with Paul Ski who used to be a big CHUM guy but now is the President of Rogers Radio I figured he would have some insight into the inner workings of both the CHUM group and Rogers and would be able to answer my question. I know several people who got very rich working for the Slaights and Rogers but I knew none who had worked for Waters so I wondered if perhaps he had a few names. He said he only had two, Jimmy and Ron Waters.

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