On my drive up the west coast of California with my Daughter Cami and her friend AJ we stopped in at Moonstone Beach near Hearst Castle to visit Tom Cochran and have a little lunch. Tom was a great news guy I had worked with at WIBC/WNAP in Indianapolis all through the 70’s. As I told Cami, Tom went on to win many Emmys and a few Edward R Murrow News Awards. While lunching, Tom graciously asked Cami if she had any idea how brilliant her Dad was. He went on to say to her that there once was a time that if anything good was happening on radio anywhere her Dad was probably at the center of it. Cami just looked at him like he was an idiot.

One of my all time favorite things to do is drive through Big Sur in Northern California. My Daughter Cami is asleep in the back seat as I do it and uncaringly misses it all. Her only interest is in how soon we will get to the Spa hotel.

Speaking of Hotels is it just me or are the rooms getting smaller as the lobbies get bigger.

Cami’s Grandma Summerfield once told me that any Man can be a Father but it takes a “Hell Of A Man” to be a Daddy !

Buzz Barnett claimed on WFTL in FT. Lauderdale the other day that Mother’s Day is celebrated for a whole week but Father’s Day it seems is celebrated mostly with a card.

I’m pretty sure I was a better Father than my Father. I hope to become even a better Father than I was this 2nd time around.

Arbitron claims that almost two million more people listened to radio this year than last. Imagine the possibilities if it only sounded better.

The kinda bad news if you can call it that is you cant beat the truth. The really good news is you can beat Arbitron.

What part of … No tax breaks for companies that don’t employ mostly Americans doesn’t the Government get.

Are there really people in America who are Republican or Democrat no matter what. I find that kind of scary.

There needs to be full disclosure before the marriage about how it ends financially, just like any other partnership. The problem with that disclosure is it may lead to fewer marriage ceremonies.

There is no such thing as a 50-50 Marriage, the best you can hope for is 60-40. Each day you start the day with whose got the 60, which probably leads to even more problems.

Are all the paid for seamless endorsements embedded in Limbaugh’s, Beck’s, and Hannity’s programs on the log do you suppose.

In the early 70’s when I was at CFRA in Ottawa, the CRTC in Canada decided that all Canadian radio stations had to play at least 30% Canadian talent. I remember thinking at the time “Thank God for The Guess Who” I bet Rosalie Trombley formerly of CKLW in Windsor (serving Detroit) recently honored at a gala event may have felt the same way.

Tim Moore claims that the most non expendable employee is the one who hits all the goals while following your system. I figure the only way to over exceed all the goals is to not follow the system.

When Todd Storz and Gordon McLendon invented Top 40 Radio, they only played the records that were already sold out at the record store. They had 60 shares using this system. Other than the Record Companies I wonder who came up with the idea that we should play them before they got in the stores as we all sit here in the 4’s.

Radio people only tend to need a lot of specifics for a project when they don’t really want to do it.

What happened to all “The Perks” in radio.

Why does everything that grows real big seems to start turning evil.

Why do stolen sex tapes always restart an otherwise fading career.

Speaking of stolen sex tapes, everyone of the guys in them are well endowed which kinda leads you right to them as the first suspect don’t ya think.

What you think is kinda useless information. What you know is where all the money is at.

Someday I think I’m the one who will have to explain to my Grandson what a great Woman his Mother is and tell him about all the things she gave up to be his Mom. Right now he’s convinced he’s “The Great One”

Speaking of Nathaniel he just graduated from Kindergarten and on the last few days of school the teacher was telling the class about what it was going to be like next year for them in 1st grade. When she asked if there were any questions about 1st grade my Grandson asked if they teach division in 1st grade. His teacher replied with, no they start that in 3rd grade. Nathaniel said, then I want to go to 3rd grade.

So the Bruins (Broons in Canadian) were the first ones in the Stanley cup series to figure out how to win one on the road. The rest as they say is history.

The Bruins actually had more Canadians playing for them then did the Vancouver Canucks, so maybe Canada did win it after all !

Speaking of Hockey, they got that Winter Sport wrapped up just in time didn’t they what with summer being only a moment away. I mean how long could the ice last under those those kinds of conditions. (-: