Happy 4th of July!

Point and click, create your own firworks show!

Although tomorrow is the holiday, tonight is Rhythm and Booms - a large local fireworks show.  A few hundred thousand people show up, if I remember right.  I will not be one of them.  My wife is off to watch them on her bff Terry's boat with several friends.  I would like to be there, but it will take hours to get the couple miles back to the dock then to home.  And, honestly, lately I have not reacted well at all to being in groups of all smokers but me.  I get a bit, er, testy, shall we say.  Have a great holiday, all! (Or just a great day, for those outside the US!)

Mike O'Meara Is Back On The Radio

By Paul Farhi
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 3, 2010

 Mike O'Meara, who for years was half of the "Don & Mike" radio team, will return to Washington's airwaves next week with a new morning show and co-host.  O'Meara, 51, will team with radio veteran Kirk McEwen on WVRX-FM (105.9) starting Wednesday, the station announced Friday.

 With partner Don Geronimo, O'Meara was one of the top-rated personalities in Washington for more than two decades. Geronimo left the partnership in 2008, leaving O'Meara as a solo act on WJFK-FM (106.7). O'Meara continued until last summer, when the station changed to a sports-talk format. He has produced his own program as a podcast since then.
Read the whole article here.

From what I understand, he will still continue the podcast with Robb, Buzz and Oscar.  Hmmm.  From listening to a radio show for over 10 years, it has splintered into 2 radio shows and a podcast for me to listen to.  Tough choices will have to be made soon.  After all, there are only so many hours in the day.....

Open Your Eyes

I've really not had much to say recently, so here's a thought...

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A Quick Monday Note

Happy Monday!  It's supposed to be a great week ahead, no rain and temps in the upper 70's!

I haven't started the Garage Redo yet, but we have gotten a few other things done around the house.  The blinds came in for the kitchen and they look great - no more old lace curtains and ancient blinds!  Next for the kitchen will be wallpaper removal and painting.  And when we do that we may as well do the same in the bathroom.  Also, we removed the old bulky range hood and we have a new light to put up there.  I just have to wire it and I'll get that done this week sometime.

Tonight, though, I think we'll be heading to The Malt House for a few drinks with our friends, B & Z.  I hope you had a good weekend and enjoy the upcoming week!

I must admit...

...I was.

Geronimo First Show 20100621

Don Geronimo's first show on KHTK in Sacramento.  Right click and save target as...
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-1.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-2.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-3.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-4.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-5.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-6.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-7.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-8.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-9.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-10.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-11.mp3
http://cbskhtkam.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/06-21-10-segment-12.mp3

Links are stolen from the embed code on the KHTK website which is slow and hard to download from.  They say they are working on the feeds, hopefully it will be in itunes soon.  I'm only doing this for the first show to make it easy for me and others to download.  I will get some hits just from having the words 'Don Geronimo First Show Download.'  If that's you, please feel free to explore the rest of my blog as well!

**Edit 6/29.**  There is now a podcast feed here.  I've not found it in itunes yet, and I'm not sure what subscribing to a feed entails.  If I still have to manually add it to itunes, well, that's what I do now.

Don Geronimo Is Back!

California time, on 1140 KHTK in Sacramento.  It's supposed to become available on itunes as well.  It has been 2 long years since he walked away from the Don and Mike Show.  Welcome back, Don!

Weekend Notes

Happy Father's Day, if applicable.  Just a few notes on the last few days...   

I forgot to mention in my rant the other day that we were having a small party at our house Friday night.  Turned out to be much fun, maybe too much.  The end of the night is actually pretty hazy to me.  Now, I am a drinker, but it's been a long time since I drank enough to be forgetful.  My wife and I were pretty dead all day Saturday.  Napping on and off, rehydrating, and just being lazy while we recovered.

We were supposed to have lunch with my Mom and her boyfriend, sorry Mom!  I also cancelled a friend coming over in the afternoon to help me with the workbench and shelves.  I somehow managed to get the lawn mowed that morning and that was all my back could take for that day.  I have rearranged the garage so my wife can park in there again, though.  The Garage Redo will take place eventually, but only when my back can stand it.

My 25th High School Reunion was last night.  No, we didn't attend.  I actually considered it since I hadn't gone to one yet,  but I really had no close friends in my class other than one.  We don't talk much anymore, but I know how to get a hold of him if I want to.

In a few hours my in-laws will be here for Father's Day lunch.  I'll grill some brats and my wife is already working her magic in the kitchen.  The sister-in-law with the hellion kids has already cancelled so it should be an enjoyable day.  Now, I best get up and do what I can to help my wife.  Have a good day!