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>Everyone’s Gone to the Moon

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 31, 2011
Posted in: Thursday Thunks. 5 Comments

> On Thursday WTIT: The Blog does a meme called Thursday Thunks that has been written by Berleen and Kimber. We all thought it had ended and it is great that it’s back!

The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of April Showers and the number 93888..


1. If all the world is a stage, where are the audience sitting? On the moon. Everyone sits alphabetically, according to height.

2. Taken from InsanityCafe Forums: If ghosts exist and are around us now, what happens if all life on Earth is destroyed? Would ghosts remain or also be destroyed? If ghosts are energy and energy on the planet is destroyed, wouldn’t it destroy ghosts? The ghosts would remain. There’d be a fucking lot more of them, however.


3. How do you know you live in the real world? There is no real world. The Matrix was real.

4. What the best/worst April Fools Day joke that has ever been played on you? Same question for one that you have played on someone else. One of my wife’s said she filed for divorce. I called an attorney. She said it was a joke. I said I hoped that she’d enjoy the single life. I also told her her jokes sucked. I wonder whatever happened to that one?

5. If you could pick the last year of your life, which would you pick and why? Stardate 83544.47. Why? It has a ring to it.


6. April showers bring May flowers. Have you ever been stuck in a rainstorm? No. What do April blizzards bring?


7. Grapes. Green or red/purple? Seeded or seedless? Can we go back to the ghost shit?

8. Someone knocks at your door asking where your neighbor lives, calling your neighbor by name, do you point them in the right direction? Yes. But if they rang the doorbell I would never tell them.

9. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, What can you touch? Twins, of the French variety.


10. When did you last step outside? What were you doing? 2:03 PM. There was a neighborhood orgy I was asked to attend.

That’s a wrap for this Thursday
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>Breathe, You Are Alive

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 28, 2011
Posted in: Sports, sunday stealing. 13 Comments

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Welcome again to Stealing which we bring you weekly on The WTIT Blog. We have gotten really good at just stealing a meme from someone else’s post. (You can play this meme with Judd and click on the official Sunday Stealing meme.) Today we ripped this  meme off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine’s Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. So let’s go!

Cheers to all of us thieves!

26. Who has done something today to show they care about you? My brother. He woke me at 4 AM to let me know I could have the bed ’cause he was heading back to Boston. We stayed at my dad’s watching UConn in the Elite Eight. Needless to say, I drove home as well upon awaking.


27. Do you have a lot to learn? Not about funeral services. There’s still an opening if you wanna speak between the boyscout who looks like a girl and the strippers.

28. If you could learn how to do three things just by wishing and not by working what would they be? Invent the next big thing in social media, hire someone to watch my money and then travel with my lady.

29. Which do you remember the longest: what other people say, what other people do or how other people make you feel? What they do. Talk is cheap and feelings change.

30. What are the key ingredients to having a good relationship? Great sex and a fabulous friendship.


31. What 3 things do you want to do before you die? Become incredibly wealthy. Get the band back together. Take Kathy on an incredibly fantastic and romantic trip.

32. What three things would you want to die to avoid doing? Watch anyone I love get sick. Three times worth.

33. Is there a cause you believe in more than any other cause? Peace.

34. What does each decade make you think of: The fifties have Elvis, the sixties gave us The Beatles, the seventies brought us Led Zeppelin, the eighties brought U2, the nineties ignited Green Day and the last decade we listened to all of them all over again. Ta-da!

35. Which decade do you feel the most special connection to and why? I am a child of the sixties. Civil rights, anti-war, the British invasion and the birth of WTIT.


36. What is your favorite oldie/classic rock song? The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.


37. What country do you live in and who is the leader of that country? US and Bill Mayer.


If you could say any sentence to the current leader of your country what would it be? To Obama I would say three wars are three too many. Get you shit together.

38. What’s your favorite TV channel to watch in the middle of the night? A TV channel? How 20th Century. I watch Tivo shows that I recorded late night.


39. What Disney villain are you the most like and why? Disney had villains? Wow. Who knew?


40. Have you ever been a girl scout/boy scout? No. They are WAY too much like the military for my liking.

41. If you were traveling to another continent would you rather fly or take a boat? Fly. I like to get where I’m going. Call it my little quirk.

42. Why is the sky blue during the day and black at night? You want the refraction of light details PLUS a lecture on the rotation of the fucking planet? How 19th Century.


43. What does your name mean? I’m going out on a limb here, but I think I was named after a Great American Beer.


44. Would you rather explore the deeps of the ocean or outer space? Space to see T’Pol.

45. Word association

What is the first word that comes to mind when you see the word:

I’m using one or two. So sue me.

Air: Breathe.

Meat: Lady Gaga.


Different: Kathy’s job.

Pink: Mizundastood.

Deserve: Ketel One.


White: 7 Dwarfs.

Elvis: Hips.


Magic: Olivia Newton-John.

Heart: Kathy.

Clash: Should I Stay So Do You Blow.


Pulp: Fiction .


46. If you could meet any person in the world who is dead who would you want it to be? John Lennon.

47. What if you could meet anyone who is alive? Paul McCartney.


48. Is there a movie that you love so much you could watch it everyday? I love When Harry Met Sally and Notting Hill the best but The Sure Thing is REALLY close.

49. You are going to be stuck alone in an elevator for a week. What do you bring to do? Sorry, I took the stairs.

50. Have you ever saved someone’s life or had your life saved? My life was saved once in a medical sense. You have no idea how you’d face death until you actually do.

That’s it for today on
WTIT: The Blog.
Enjoy your Sunday…
We will return with Mayhem.
Just a fair warning.
Peace, my friends.
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The Man With a Golden Gun

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 26, 2011
Posted in: Saturday 9. 8 Comments

>Every Saturday WTIT: The Blog brings you a meme called Saturday 9. It’s not to say that this is a bright idea, but it is what we do. A woman named Crazy Sam started this meme because a prior popular Saturday meme specialist Lola had retired. So, Sam contacted all Lola’s participants and invited us to participate in her meme. Let’s begin!

Saturday 9: A Long December

1. Looking back at it now, how was your holidays and New Year’s Eve? Both were great, but I do miss seeing all my kids on Christmas Eve. Times change and I do understand that, but I’d like to have it happen occasionally. This pic from ’06 is the last time we were all together on Christmas Eve.

2. Do you have any unusual collections? My stupidest is a magazine collection that I’ve held onto because I thought it would be worth a lot. When she first moved in Kathy tried to sell them on Craig’s List. They are not worth a thing. They will be 86’d when I move next time. (Note from 2015: I sold them to a father who wanted his son to read in 2012).

 

3. If you could train a machine to do one thing for you whenever you wanted, what would you have it do? How does one actually “train” a machine. Fess up. Did Berleen help write these??

 
4. What is one thing that makes you cry?
Hootie and the Blowfish

When I look at other girls
Sometimes you’re crazy
And you wonder why
I’m such a baby
Cause the Dolphins make me cry.

5. What do you love to do on the weekend? Apparently memes. I live the high life.

Sis Diane with my granddaughter Lindsay.

6. Do you and your family get along? Surprisingly well. People have a hard time believing it. When I asked my sister if she could leave work to pick me up from the hospital yesterday, she merely said, “Sure, what time?”

My dad and I with my son Ben at The Stadium.

7. Have you ever gotten kicked out somewhere? If yes, do tell. Years ago my dad and I went to a UConn v. Yale football game and stopped at a liquor store for screwdriver fixings. When I opened the Smirnoff in the car, as a joke, my dad took a straight hit. We laughed. Then I did it. So it continued. We were hammered when we got there. We drank throughout the game We crashed a tent party after. We got thrown out when we tried to get a streak dinner. How we got home is anybody’s guess. (It was the 80s. So it doesn’t count as incredibly stupid.)

8. Who do you normally turn to when you need to complain about something? My lady Kathy is incredibly supportive. She gets the brunt of it all. But I do return the favor.

 

9. What is the last thing you ordered on-line? A James Bond film, The Man With a Golden Gun. I’ve owned them all since 1991. I’m replacing the VHS with DVD. We’re back with Stealing.

We’re glad that you stopped by.
Enjoy your weekend.
WTIT: The Blog will return tomorrow with
Judd Corizan and his 
Final Four Bracket.
Join us for Sunday Stealing!
Same time. Same blog.

>Snowing in the Springtime

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 25, 2011
Posted in: Rock 'n Roll Fridays. 6 Comments

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Welcome to Rock ‘n Roll Fridays on WTIT: The Blog. This meme appealed to us because of a twist in its concept. Each week DJ KathyA (its host) picks a rock band, artist or era. She digs up thirteen quotes from the song lyrics and asks her questions based on the quotes.  Let’s do it.

Rock ‘n Roll Fridays: John Lennon

1. Gimme Some Truth “I’m sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, shortsighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth”
What is one undeniable truth in your life? There has never been a war that the United States has started or entered that I understood or supported.

2. Instant Karma “Why in the world are we here?
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on Earth are you there
When you’re everywhere
Gonna get your share”
Why in the world do you think you are here? Somebody’s got to be paying attention and telling it like it is. Usually it’s me.

3. Out of the Blue “Out the blue you came to me
And blew away life’s misery”
Has anyone ever came out of the blue for you? Kathy did for sure.

A little over a year ago I received an email on facebook. A woman who remembered me from my days as a Disco DJ at one of Connecticut’s hottest nightclubs, The Dialtone Disco Dome. I had a three year run there and it was the best DJ gig I ever had. This woman wrote me:

Kathy back in the day.

“I was a regular at The Dialtone back in the 1970s where you were the featured DJ…I still think of you when I play Melancholy Man by the Moody Blues.  Thank you for the happiest times of my life. No we never dated, but I was a huge fan of yours.”

We met for a drink at Max’s Tavern in Springfield, Mass. We had our first date a couple of nights later when we returned to Max’s and I bought her dinner. We’ve been together ever since.

4. Jealous Guy “I didn’t mean to hurt you
I’m sorry that I made you cry
Oh no, I didn’t want to hurt you
I’m just a jealous guy”
Tell us about a time when you were jealous. I don’t ever think I have been given a reason to be by anyone significant in my life. A few have tried that route, but I am extremely good at going away. For good.

5. Mind Games “We’re playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth”
When was the last time someone played mind games with you? Berleen seems to every week on Thunks and I really enjoy it. Plus I get to use this pic again.

6. Imagine “Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing for the world”
What’s your favorite possession? It’s a tie between my Tivo and my iPod.

7. Working Class Hero “They hurt you at home and they hit you at school
They hate you if you’re clever and they despise a fool
Till you’re so crazy you can’t follow their rules
A working class hero is something to be
A working class hero is something to be”
How did you get along in high school? Very well. WTIT really was the rage. The guys all wanted to become DJs and the girls wanted to come to our parties because there was much alcohol and debauchery.

8. I’m Stepping Out “Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta get out
I’m stepping out, babe
Just a while
Ain’t been out for days”
When was the last time you went out on the town? What did you do? Kathy and I celebrated our anniversary at Max’s Tavern.

9. Steel and Glass “Well, your mouthpiece squawks as he spreads your lies
But you can’t pull strings if your hands are tied, hey, hey”
Who was the last person who spread lies about you? An ex-girlfriend wrote a horrible email to Kathy. She wasn’t even a relatively recent ex. But her plain obviously did not succeed. It actually backfired.

10. God “God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain”
How do you conceive “god”? I don’t spend any time on this. If it floats your boat, I will show the respect that you deserve. But God as a concept plays no role in my life.

11. I’m Losing You “Here in some stranger’s room,
Late in the afternoon,
What am I doing here at all?”
Have you ever cheated on a lover or been cheated on? Yes. Although, there are equally bad betrayals that do not involve sex.

12. Whatever Gets You Through the Night “Whatever gets you through your life ‘salright, ‘salright
Do it wrong or do it right ‘salright, ‘salright
Don’t need a watch to waste your time oh no, oh no””
What gets you through the night? Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll.

13. Give Peace a Chance “Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout ministers, sinisters
Banisters and canisters, bishops and fishops
Rabbis and pop eyes, bye bye, bye byes”
What’s everyone talking about where you live? Snow in springtime. I’d say its not very fucking popular.

Thank you for dropping
by WTIT: The Blog today.
Next time we might be excellent.
Check that, we also might not.
But doesn’t it always?
We’re back with Crazy Sam’s Saturday 9.
Join us Saturday. Same time. Same blog.

>Having No Clue

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 23, 2011
Posted in: Thursday Thunks. 6 Comments

> On Thursday WTIT: The Blog does a meme called Thursday Thunks that has been written by Berleen and Kimber. We all thought it had ended and it is great that it’s back!

The TT questions are brought to you by Berleen, the color of falling snow and the number four thousand eight hundred seventy three.


1. Would you try a dog food flavored jelly bean? What about skunk spray or vomit flavored? Hide your kids, people. Berleen’s been partying with Charlie Sheen.

2. Are any keys on your keyboard worn off? Yes. The “k” “c” “u” & “f”. I’ve got no clue why.

3. Why are the lids on coffins nail/locked/sealed? Are we afraid they are going to get out? You’re not sure they are sealed, are you?

4. True love. Define it. And now I’ll channel my inner Dr. Phil…

5. Where is the strangest place you are ever fallen asleep? My neighbors bed. Man, when her husband got home he was not the least bit understanding. Why he didn’t buy the “my bed is at the cleaners” excuse is anybody’s guess.

6. A doctor walks up to you and says “I will change anything you want… big or small… doesn’t matter how much it costs, I’ll do it for free!” What do you have him fix or change on your body? This is the question that everyone will explain how perfect they are “as is.” Oh, me? I’m perfect as is. Too.

7. The last picture you took – share it. Well, if it’s not something we would probably find in Bud’s recent photos. I guess that means I don’t have to do this fucking question.

8. Blue or black ink. Your preference? Blue. As in blue job.


9. You are walking down the sidewalk on a city street and you see a little girl, about 3 or 4 years old, she asks you if you can tie her shoe for her. What do you do? Call the police. You can never be too sure about them terrorists.

10. What channel numbers are ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX for you? 8 – 30 – 3 – 61 hike.

11. Did/do you have any marriage deal breakers? Marriage is a deal breaker all by itself. Trust me on this.

That’s a wrap for this Thursday
at the Tape Radio Blog.
We hope we’ve made a valuable
contribution to The Blogosphere here.
We realize that is a lofty expectation.
WTIT: The Blog is back whenever.
Either way.
Same time. Same blog.

>Go Tweet Yourself

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 21, 2011
Posted in: Monday Mayhem. 6 Comments

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Welcome to Monday Mayhem! The place where nothing matters and we can all have fun on a Monday. Every week is something different. Harriet is our host. Or hostess. Your call.

Monday Mayhem: More Random Questions

1. Are you concerned at all with the possibility that radiation leaks could head your way? No. But then, I do actually have a brain.

2. What is the one thing that you will always go cheap on? Reading glasses. It’s not so much being cheap for cheap’s sake, it’s that I break or lose them so quickly. Now I buy them at a dollar store.

3. What would you buy that price would have no limit? I have not found that thing yet.

4. Name a TV show that could be about the stupidest thing ever. I think mostly all reality shows fall into this category. We think that one show WE like is the exception. But it is not. They really are all fucktardian.

5. What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten? Don’t you mean “who”? (I know I always do that. I go for consistency if nothing else.)

6. If it were really hot out and you were at the beach, would you go in the water even if it was dirty or full of jellyfish? No. I’d get my white ass out of the sun.


7. Can you teach old dogs new tricks or is it just not worth the effort? Harriet, my virtual dog can’t learn tricks. You’re the one who sleeps with them. You tell us!

8. What makes comfort foods taste so good? You cannot be serious. Isn’t that why we call them that?

9. How do you like your steak cooked? Rare.

10. Have you ever stepped on something and had it stuck in your foot? That would have been hard to avoid.

11. We’re looking for viral video theme ideas. What’s your best idea for a viral video day? My absence. I’m sure it will go great. And probably better without me. I like doing original stuff. It’s the reason I dropped out of Weekend Funnies. Which is probably why Shikara doesn’t stop by here anymore. It’s impossible to please everybody. So, as far as this fucking blog goes, I just try to please myself.


12. What is your twitter handle? Can we follow you? It’s WTIT. I think I’ve posted twice. So, there’s not much to follow. I much prefer facebook. That’s a wrap on Mayhem. See you next time!!

That’s a wrap on WTIT: The Blog
for a Monday.
We will return again.
Unless we don’t.
Same time. Same blog.

>I’m Into Something Good

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on March 21, 2011
Posted in: sunday stealing. 9 Comments

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Welcome again to Stealing which we bring you weekly on The WTIT Blog. We have gotten really good at just stealing a meme from someone else’s post. (You can play this meme with Judd and click on the official Sunday Stealing meme.) Today we ripped this  meme off a blogger named Leo from the blog Leonine’s Journal. He was tackling a meme that his blogging site, Live Journal, hosts. It has 5,000 questions. He did a hundred. So, we will break it up into parts. So let’s go!

Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. Who are you? I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you? I’m a bastard, I’m a lover, I’m a child, I’m a father, I’m a sinner, I’m a saint. (And yes, I know that is more than three. Sue me.)

3. When you aren’t memes like this one what are you doing? I would be with Kathy, I’d be playing with music or watching the game. (UConn arrived at the Sweet 16 last night.)

4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn’t like at the time). Before college, I hated them all. During college, I loved them all.

5. What is your biggest goal for this year? I need to get the WTIT Studio upgraded and up and running again. I want to get the band back together.

6. Where do you want to be in 5 years? I’m not looking to change a thing. I am with the woman I love who is my partner, both in crime and in life. I find my job both challenging and rewarding. My kids, grandkids and family are doing well. Other than the place in which we are living, things are as good as it gets. I appreciate how lucky I am.

7. What stage of life are you in right now? The good one.

8. Are you more child-like or childish? Those are the only fucking choices? Really.


9. What is the last thing you said out loud? I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now? I’m Into Something Good.

11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes? Why, do I look like Steven Seagal to you?

12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same? Life is a roller coaster. Stay seated until the ride has come to a complete stop.

13. Does time really heal all wounds? No. Some acts are unforgivable.

14. How do you handle a rainy day? I can show you that when it starts to rain, everything’s the same. I can show you, I can show you. Rain, I don’t mind. Shine, the weather’s fine.


15. Which is worse…losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights? Worse than both is responding to a meme question that is incredibly stupid.

16. How is (or was) your relationship with your parents? My dad is one of my best friends. My relationship with my mom is a tad more complicated, but we get along well.


17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you? To a fault.

18. What is the truest thing that you know? And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

19. What did you want to be when you grew up? A DJ. Surprised?

20. Have you ever been given a second chance? Yes. And a third, fourth, fifth, etc.


21. Are you more of a giver or a taker? Blow me.

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind? That would depend of the decision. There are very few absolutes in life.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you? I had a staph infection where the pain was so bad that I was on they highest dose of Oxycontin and Percocet allowed.

24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you? The “spill your guts” question. Tempting, but I will pass.

25. Who have you hugged today? Kathy. It is amazing how much you go through both physically and emotionally when a parent dies. She is so strong. I wish that I could do more.

That’s it for today on
WTIT: The Blog.
Enjoy your Sunday…
We will return with Mayhem.
Just a fair warning.
Peace, my friends.
Join us. Same time. Same blog.