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Never a Shortage of Bad Ideas

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 31, 2011
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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: Sam’s Last Stand: 2011

1. Over all, how do you feel about what happened in your life in 2011? It was a mixed bag, but aren’t most years? Medically, it sucked moose. Two operations, another five days in the hospital with something not related, was pure joy. We even had to celebrate Kathy’s birthday in the hospital. On the other side, getting engaged and finding our dream house was as good as it gets. (Sorry, Allison.)

2. Do you do New Year’s resolutions? If so, what are they this year? No. I think that you are better off picking a meaningful date (for you) to change or start something. Doing it so arbitrary usually produces zero results. Or is that just me?

From our 1970 photo shoot.

3. In the past 24 hours, I have reconnected with 3 old friends that I’ve not spoken to in years. If you could reconnect with someone from your past who would it be, and why? It probably would be a former friend who was a WTIT DJ. While someone may have left my life in say 1974, between their photos on the wall of yearly WTIT pictures or on a comedy bit I listen to, the seem still in my life. I miss the person they were, so I probably would not feel the same if a person were to appear after all these years anyway.

4. Do you have anything that you would have not done or done differently in 2011 as you look back? I would not have introduced Kathy to the French twins. While she really loved the ladies, she still thought my visits there weren’t a great idea. Go figure.

5. Going back to my ex-friends that I reconnected with, one of them ended over a boyfriend. She called to apologize. Do you have someone that you fell out with you and wonder how they are? No. If I have “falling out”, it was about something important. So, I do not wonder or care in the slightest “how they are”.

6. If you had a chance to reconnect with an ex (say for coffee), who would it be, and why? Answering this question would almost be a good idea. Tempting, but no.

7. One of resolutions is about weight-loss. Have you ever struggled with your diet? I think the struggle with weight is rather universal. Although the weirdest thing that I ever went through was in 2003 when I had a staph infection. I lost so much weight that I was the same weight that I was in high school. I had to drink milk shakes (or frappes depending on where you live) twice a day, not to gain weight, but to stop the loss. If I were to do the same diet today, I’d weigh 400 pounds.

8. What do you think was the top news story of 2011? Globally, I’d pick the democracy revolutions in the Arab world. Domestically, I’ll go with the horror and tragedy that occurred at Penn State.

9. What are your plans for (New Year’s Eve) tonight? Kathy and I have nice quiet, romantic evening planned. I’ll post the video. Wait, Kathy’s yelling something. Oops, my bad. No video. Enjoy your New Year. We’re back in 2012. We’re back with Stealing.


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An Apply A Day Breaks a Tooth

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 30, 2011
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We are getting pretty damn sick of not having those daily memes we so relied on for the last five years. First it was Thunks. Then DJ KathyA stopped R&R Fridays. The Wednesday Wickedness, poof! I thought we were saved with that Weds-Fri meme, WTF. Then she cried uncle. And finally it was Mayhem. So now what? We’re back to random stealing. This we grabbed from Kwizgiver.
She swiped from Cat.

1. Did someone die in that last movie you watched? Kathy had never seen Daniel Craig as James Bond. The first film, Casino Royale, I thought was terrific. The second, Quantum of Silence made no sense to me what-so-ever. We watched the first on Saturday. It was a Bond film. Twelve people died before the opening credits.

2. Are the trees pretty colors outside for you now or at all? It’s winter. Allison if you’re gonna steal memes, steal them from the same time of year. I’m glad I got THAT off my chest.

3. Do your parents make/made you weed the garden? It was hard for my parents to make me do anything. You may not believe this, but I can be a bit stubborn.

4. When’s the last time you video recorded something on TV? I Tivo daily. For my 260th birthday, Harvey Wallbanger (of course a fellow WTIT DJ) turned me on to The Big Bang Theory. I had never seen it. So I have years to catch up with.

5. How big is your memory chip? 2,849,648,333 TB. Give or take a GB.

6. What are your views on sunflowers? It depends on how tall they are.

7. What is your favorite incense scent? This is an oxymoron. Yech.

8. Caramel apples or candy apples? This is just plain fuctardian.

9. Have you ever tried one of those blue candy apples? Holy core Batman, again with the apples.

10. Would you ever or do you make your dog wear a bandanna? This assumes I have a fucking dog. Well, I do. He’s a virtual dog, Happy. He hates it when I show this fucking picture.

11. Do you find dandelions when they’re gone all white pretty? Don’t you just hate it when you steal a meme because the first few questions were interesting and then it all goes south. No one said this blog was any good. Sometimes you get what you pay for.

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It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, No It’s

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 28, 2011
Posted in: Curious as a Cat. Leave a comment

Curious as a Cat.: Number 303

1) Would you prefer to have your own swimming pool or your own airplane? Why?I’ll go with swimming pool here. It’s only because I’m from the planet Krypton so flying’s no big deal.

2) Which items in your house do you think will bring in the most money at an antique store in a century? I’d guess only my record collection. It represents the best in rock from 1964 to 199? when they stopped making vinyl. It’s interesting now how vinyl’s making a mini comeback. I have to admit that I’ve lost interest.

3) Do you shop around when you look for clothes or do you buy the first thing you like? I buy the first thing I like online. Stores are so 20th century.

4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.

My take: It’s a Christmas gift from the Scarecrow from Oz. He can’t give many out. Winter is a bitch of a time to find more straw.

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Santa’s Coming!

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 20, 2011
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We are getting pretty damn sick of not having those daily memes we so relied on for the last five years. First it was Thunks. Then DJ KathyA stopped R&R Fridays. The Wednesday Wickedness, poof! I thought we were saved with that Weds-Fri meme, WTF. Then she cried uncle. And finally it was Mayhem. So now what? We’re back to random stealing. This we grabbed from Cat. At Sweet Memes.

Christmas Meme 7 

Santa: How Does He Do It?

Google nixed removing the warning.

1. Get down the chimney? The big guy has to relax before the big day. So he attends a rather wild orgy with all the elves and such. The lubricants left over help him slide down the bricks.

2. Deliver presents all over the world? He’s very fast. Even the elves call him “Quick Draw”.

3. Get so fat and still act so jolly? He’s fat because Mrs. Claus still thinks a way to a man’s heart is his stomach. He’s jolly because the elves knows he does not think with his belly.

4. Recruit reindeer for sleigh-pulling lessons? Smirnoff.

So, I figured fuck Google.

5. Provide compensation for elves making toys? I assume he pays a fair wage and provides excellent medical benefits. We know about the benefits HE receives.

6. Stay unseen from the rest of the world? Unseen? You can’t swing a dead cat without hiting him or one of his helpers. Unseen my ass.

Would It Still Be Christmas Without… 

7. Candy canes? A lot less fucking sticky.

8. Snow? Snow blows.

9. Stores opening at 5am? This is SO 1990s. Amazon is open 24/7.

10. Winter vacation? Who the fuck can afford that? Oh, right. Congressmen and the 1%.

11. Visiting family & friends? Now that would suck moose!

12. Fake Santas? Helpers, my friend. Lots of fucking helpers. “Fake”? Pfft!

13. Christmas trees? After my second divorce I went a year without one. My (then) 12 year-old daughter Jules gave me a tiny one with little balls. (Sorry, AC/DC.) Each year she gave me lights, then snow and so forth. Then she stopped. God, I miss her.

14. New holiday movies? Nah. There’s WAY too many classics like Debbie Does Santa.

15. Getting holiday greeting cards/email? The last card I sent was in…wait, I’ve never sent one. My ex-wives did. This year Kathy sent a ton. She writes an annual letter that besides a million other things, announced our engagement. Man, did MY cell ring off its proverbial hook!

16. Holiday tunes? As long as I hear John & Yoko’s Happy Xmas (War is Over), I’m a happy guy.

So this is Christmas and what have you done?
Another year over and a new one just begun…
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Making The World a Prettier Place

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 19, 2011
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Curious as a Cat.: Number 302

1) What is a good cure for insomnia? What do you usually do when you have insomnia? Isn’t sleeping the cure? Seriously, I suffered insomnia until in my thirties when I was prescribe medication (not sleeping pills) for it. It’s a God send.

2) Duct tape: love it or hate it? It has SO many great uses.

3) List the 5 worst pickup lines you’ve heard. 1) “You look just like Mel Gibson.” (Back before we knew him so well.) 2) “Wanna go have sex?” (Come to think of it, that one worked). 3) “Would Bud have children with Dawn?” (Yes, she spoke in the third person.) 4) “Wanna come to my place and see my Chia pet?” 5) “I don’t usually ask this but…” (Whatever comes next will be something they ask every night out. And three times that night before you.)

4) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one. 

 
My Take: Do I look like Leonard or Sheldon? Ask them.

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Wanted: More Meme Authors

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on December 19, 2011
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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 meme with Judd and the official Sunday Stealing meme.) Today we ripped this off a blogger named Tom Baker from the blog Morning Erection. (Tom points out that you shouldn’t read much into his blog’s name. It’s a great blog.) This is an original meme and it’s very first time posted. Tom asked us to rip it off and of course we are grateful! Let’s go!

Sunday Stealing: The Comunity Meme


1. As a blogger, what do you draw inspirations from for your posts? Originally, this blog was set up to tell the stories of a group of friends that started WTIT Tape Radio at age 15 in 1967. Since WTIT lasted throughout our lives, the tales of girlfriends, prom dates, school, college, marriages, children and now divorces, remarriages and grandchildren. While the cast has changes throughout the years, the point was these guys were my best friends. Our 2011 photo was taken at my 260th birthday party and it included both current and past WTIT DJs. However, after I told all the stories, we morphed into a meme blog where I can stretch my comedy writing legs.

2. If you could swap blogs with another blogger for a post, who would you switch with and why? Only with another Tape Radio blog. And while I’ve found evidence of many Tape Radio stations (even two called WTIT) most last less than a year and were a college thing.

3. If your blog had a theme song, what would it be? Why? The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. I always love to open a Tape Radio show with it when it had been a long time between recording sessions.

4. What is your writing process for a post? Now, I answer meme question. They post, I respond.

5. Your blog requires a cute, new, mascot – what would it be? Judd Corizan. He a multifunctional avatar.

6. Do you feel you express your “true self” on your blog? Oh yes. The “Bud Weiser” character is an exaggeration of me, but it’s close. The biggest difference is the morality. In real life, I am a much more honorable man than the guy I play here.

7. What is your biggest online pet-peeve? The use of BOTH word verification and author approval. I find either irritating. But if you are doing moderation, why must I fucking type the letters? It’s redundancy in its purist form.

8. If you could live in a fictional universe, where would you live? Why? Star Trek. Gene Roddenberry’s take on the future is incredibly optimistic.

9. You’re having a bad day, you’re upset, you’re angry, or you’re sad – what is your go-to comfort? Smirnoff on the rocks.

10. What is your favorite inspirational quote? “No problem is too big, too complicated or too complex that it can’t be run away from.” I used it as my sign off during my entire broadcast career, but it started around 1968 on WTIT.

11. If they were to make a movie based on your life, who would play you, your leading lady/man, your best friend, and your rival? Not that I look anything like him, but George Clooney persona is similar to me. Brad Pitt plays so well off him, he’s be whichever “best friend” was being portrayed. Charlize Theron would play Kathy (she chose it) and I really don’t have rivals. But Mel Gibson could play the bad, bigoted asshole.

12. Do you think the world is going to end in 2012? Really, Tom? You’re giving those nut jobs even this much credit. I and my fiancée are buying a house next month in 2012 and we will be getting married in the fall. That’s reality.

13. If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? I would be more humble. But when you are as great as I am, it’s hard to be humble.

14. What is your favorite season and why? Summertime cuz the living is easy.

15. You’ve been bitten by a vampire. Would you fight it with all your undead being or would you embrace it for all it is worth? I’ll throw this in with the end of the world question. I watch the Twilight films, but I don’t live in them.

16. Have you personally met any of your blogger friends? Yes. My favorite is my “sis” Jodi from the blog Moody Blue. I’ve met others, some even took relationship twists. But other than the one I call The Dragon Lady, everyone I’ve met has been great.

17. What does your favorite pair of underwear look like? Underwear.

18. Have you ever drank something right from the container in the refrigerator knowing other people will have to drink out of the same container later? Not intentionally. But I lived alone for a great deal of my life so shit happens.

19. What is your favorite word and explain why? Gongerling. It can mean whatever I want it to since I made the word up and used it in many a WTIT comedy bit.

20. 2011 is soon coming to a close, is there anything you’d like to do different on your blog in the year 2012? I think this blog and blogs in generally are moving to extinction. People seem to get more into the quickness of social media and I’ve followed suit. Also, since what I do is answer memes and so many have been discontinued I’m losing interest. I’ve tried to launch many meme blogs and most were very successful. But ultimately they were too much work. I’m cool with writing Saturday 9 and Stealing, but it ends there. I do have turn key meme blogs ready to go, but I’ve not actively looked for authors. Again, it’s too much work.

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