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Yes, I’m Doing Last Week’s Meme

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on October 26, 2014

Posted in: sunday stealing. 7 Comments

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Thank you Allison for hosting Sunday Stealing. to join in click here.

You are reading us doing last week’s meme. This week’s is about reading books, which I don’t. I missed doing last week’s meme because I was lazy, so here goes nothing. (Not true. I had no time last weekend. I was in Jersey visiting my daughter and two of my granddaughters.) I point this out so you know you are here with us on 10/26/14. Although, why you are here at all, is anybody’s guess.

Ok let’s talk travel, do you like to travel? I hated doing the driving to NJ. 3 or four hours each way is too much for a guy in sales who drives for a living. I guess I’m not a huge fan of travel or even leaving my man cave.

Where have you been? London is the furthest trip. I’ve been to the Caribbean a number of times, but the last was in 1995. Kathy hates the beach, so I doubt we’ll go there unless we get a free trip.

Next place you want to go? San Diego. My son James moved there 8 years ago and I haven’t been there. Johnnie Walker is there because his former mother-in-law’s mother turned 90 and his they paid for the trip. Why he spends time with an ex who left him and married her high school boyfriend is what I do not get. But, it is his life and a free trip is a free trip.

What is something you MUST take with you when you travel? My iPod is the first thing that comes to mind.

How do you like to travel? (mode of transportation) On bikes. It does make getting to the Caribbean more of a challenge, however.

With someone, or alone? Kinda depends where I’m going.

Do you dance in your car when there are other people with you? I’d be lying if I said I understood this fucking question. I’d be lying if I said I cared as well.

If you’re quiet what does it mean? To me it means that I’m not talking. What does it mean to you?

Favorite scent? Kathy’s perfume. I don’t know what it is although I’ve asked and she has told me several times. But, I’m a guy. Unless I ever buy it for her, I’ll never remember.

Favorite store? Amazon.

Say you wanted coffee.. what kind is your favorite? Any with Grand Marnier & Baileys.

Favorite kind of pizza? And me sharing this tells you what?

Do you get embarrassed easily? No. Did you notice that I killed off Judd Corizan? I thought he was one too many people for the meme. Allison writes it and I still work on promoting it. I found a Sunday meme that had a lot of players that was taking a hiatus. I contacted their players to let them know about Stealing. Usually that has an impact. It hasn’t yet this time and I thought it was Judd’s fault.

Do you mind people asking you personal questions? No as long as they don’t mind me not answering them.

You have a tank of gas, $50, and the day off… what do you do? Another meme written buy a twelve-year-old.

Favorite tv show? Star Trek Continues. It’s a web series that you’d swear was part of the original series. You can find it on You Tube.

Song you turn the volume up all the way to listen to? Most of them. Since I usually use my iPod, I love them all. I have 15,000+ songs on it.

Something you keep in your car? A lot of shit for work.

Highlight of your day? Happy hour.

Something you do everyday that you wish you didn’t have to do? Get out of bed before 11AM.

Do you mind if people just show up at your house unannounced? No. My wife hates it however.

What do you do when you disagree with someone? Tell them they are buggers, spit in their face and kick their shins. You know, like everybody does.

Do you enjoy rain? I enjoy every Beatle song.

We had the guests from hell here for 10 days. Kathy’s brother lives in Australia with his wife. His wife is the most narcissistic, selfish and boring person in the world. She feels any thought she has needs to be verbalized. After Kathy spent hours making dinner, she’s go through the trash and find something wrong with an ingredient and tell her husband he couldn’t eat it. He shared with me that he doesn’t do sex anymore. I really didn’t need the imagery that was included in his conversation. I felt REALLY sad for Kathy because she hasn’t seen him in a decade and they appreciated nothing. The wife also is a runner and bicyclist. So at any moment she’d say “I’m going on a two hour run and pick me up (wherever).” She’d be an hour late for whoever met her. Yuck. I normally don’t take an instant hate to someone. But she was an exception. In ten minutes I knew we were in trouble. See you again. Same time. Same blog.

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Somewhere Under Wonderland

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on October 11, 2014

Posted in: sunday stealing. 12 Comments

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Thank you Allison for hosting Sunday Stealing. to join in click here.

Stealing: Random Questions

Who were you with yesterday? What time?

What woke you up this morning? Finishing sleeping.

Where are you? Here.

Is tomorrow going to be a good day? Check a fortune cookie.

What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW? Sex, drugs & Rock ‘n roll.

Do you listen to music every day? Yes. It’s the rock ‘n roll part…

Are you a fast typer? Hang on. I’m still typing my last response.

Whats your favorite type of soda? Diet Coke.

Have you ever won an award? Yes. The blog has won 50. None of which were deserved.

Are you listening to music right now? Yes. It’s the new Counting Crows album, “Somewhere Under Wonderland”.

How long ’till your birthday? 3 ½ weeks.

I’ve missed the French twins. They came by to visit to make sure that I’m okay being married. My wife was pretty cool with it until they suggested a foursome…

Do you use ebay to buy or sell? No.

Who makes you mad? People who ask questions like this.

What do you do when you’re mad? I do not “get mad”, except at bad questions.

Do certain songs make you cry? Only the ones I’ve written. Wait. I’ve only written two…

Are you usually a happy person? Very.

What makes you the happiest? It’s either sex or memes.

Do you believe in yourself? Of course. When you are as great as I am it’s hard to be humble.

My brother-in-law & wife are here for 13 days. They asked to come for a week. They are from Australia. Apparently weeks are 13 days there. I knew their toilets went backwards. I didn’t know that they did as well.

My dad was given 6 months to live. It’s longer than we expected!

Peace & love. Join us again. Same time. Same blog.

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Elvis Went to Hollywood

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on October 11, 2014

Posted in: Saturday 9. 2 Comments

Thanks to Gal for authoring this meme. Click on the Sat-9 title of song on the next line to play.

Saturday 9: Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)

If you’re not familiar with today’s song, you can hear it here.

My besties. From left around the table: Billy, Johnnie, Rock, Gary & me.

1) Are the majority of your friends married or single? Of they guys who’ve recorded on WTIT in the last few years, all are currently married but Johnnie Walker.

2) Rings are one of the items most frequently pawned. Have you ever visited a pawn shop, either to sell or to buy? No. But my wife took my wedding ring from my second marriage to a pawnshop. I don’t know what she got for it. I also have no idea why I still had the fucker.

3) Let’s say we want to put a ring on it: What’s your ring size? No clue.

4) Beyonce does commercials for Pepsi. What’s the last beverage you drank? Smirnoff, breakfast of champions.

5) Beyonce also has a clothing line. What are you wearing right now? A WTIT Thong.

6) Speaking of clothes, Sam was changing hers this morning when she unintentionally flashed her neighbor. She didn’t realize he was working along the fence that runs under her bedroom window. Tell us one of your most embarrassing moments. I have no idea. But I love the video that your neighbor took of you flashing him.

7) Rumor has it Beyonce is pregnant again. Coincidentally, Sam needs to check the Babys R Us registry for a shower present. Who will receive the next gift you give? My wife. Our anniversary is on the 20th. Of course I’m assuming we will still be married. Her brother and sister-in-law are in visiting from Australia. Let’s see if we make it past this.

8) But Sam doesn’t actually want to go to the shower and is trying to come up a good excuse. Tell us a time you fibbed you told to get out of doing something. Gal, you need not lie. Just say, “I’ve got a conflict that day.” But send a fucking gift. I feel like I’m your older brother a lot. (I imagine that you’re thinking, “Say what?”) So I like to give you advise.

9) When did you last go inside the bank and talk to a teller? I had to give my dad’s bank my power of attorney so I could get his banking shit forwarded to my brother.

My dad at my sister’s wedding a few years ago…

I am SO late posting this. My wife needs to plan continuously for guests. My bother-in-law & wife arrive here from Australia yesterday. My brother -in-law said he wished my wife take a “chill pill”. He doesn’t realize that she hasn’t much family & loves him the most. We were asked if “we should just make my dad comfortable”. My brother said, “No. We need to now more.” So he got a cat scan. I told him at 88 and without his health or mind, what was the point? He agreed so then cancelled all further tests. My sister using less tact, told him he was an asshole for doing it. He called me (he’s already paid thousands of dollars to avoid a nursing home) and vented about her text. I said I’d resolve it. I called my sister to try to give her perspective. I said, “He’s done everything for him including paying $4000 a month at the assistant living place. You called him an hour before the scan. What are you thinking?” She wrote him that “she was sorry if she hurt his feelings…” Not great but at least she tried. I told her that I did not want to be at his wake with them not talking.

The title of this post is from a song from the new Counting Crow’s album. I love them.

Join us for stealing. It’s already posted…on this same blog. And at the same time.

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Sophie’s Choice

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on October 5, 2014

Posted in: sunday stealing. 4 Comments

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Thank you Allison for hosting Sunday Stealing. to join in click here.

Stealing: Random 20

My dad singing at our wedding on October 20, 2012. The child slapping five was a daughter of a guest.

1. Have you had an argument with anyone recently? If so, do you still have issues with that person? Recently I’ve been thrown more in a peace keeper role stopping arguments between my siblings.

2. Are you talking to anyone while filling this in? How about texting/chatting on Facebook? Really? Next…

3. Have you done something recently that helped someone else, in any way? No. It’s easier being a selfish prick.

4. Who was the last person to pay you a compliment? My boss told me that I did a good job. Third time in ten years. He must have been high.

5. Is there anything that’s happened in the past month, that you wish you could go back in time and change? Yes. But I tend to dwell on the now and that’s pretty good.

6. What colour is your purse/wallet? Canadian, eh?

7. What’s the closest item to you that’s black? Jesus. Who cares?

A recent photo from September. The beard I was growing was just a “vay-kay beard”. It’s already gone. Johnnie is top left being hugged by Billy. Rock is on the bottom right.

8. Think about what you looked like 5 years ago. How did you look different, compared to the way you look now? I look five years older. Riveting!

9. Before Facebook became popular, did you use any other social networking site, like Bebo or Myspace? I have a Myspace account that predates facebook for WTIT. Initially it was the platform we played comedy bits on our first website.

10. Has someone of the opposite sex ever sung to you? If so, how did you respond to it? Generally I fall down in hysterical laughter. But that’s just me.

11. When did you last hug someone of the opposite sex? This morning I hugged the Mrs.

12. Have you ever seen the film “Casablanca”? Did you like it? Yes & I feel it’s a film as good a film as any ever made. This could be the beginning a terrific friendship…

13. Do you have a relative whose name begins with ‘L’? Tell me about him/her. Lauren is my oldest granddaughter who turned 12 in September. She plays middle school soccer and is a very short girl for her age. But mom is 5 foot and dad no taller. I call her “my angel.” Her sister is Lindsay, another “L” who is 8 and a pistol. My daughter uses a hashtag #thingsthatlinnersays for her insight (obvious calling her “Linner”). I call her “my kitten” because she asked me to…

14. Are you a secretive person? No. I let it all out for better or for worse, so to speak.

15. When did you last eat? Before question 13 my lady, my wife Kathy brought me blueberry pancakes.

16. If you were going to buy a present for a special person, what would you generally choose? I go for “a toy” they might not give themselves. No, get out of the gutter. Not THAT kind of toy.

17. If I’m going to buy you a box of chocolates, which kind should I definitely NOT get? A brand that I do not know. I know. But shit, it can’t all be funny.

18. Is there something you generally always ask for help with? Yes, anything to do with tools or cars. Why didn’t my dad give me those skills? Of course. He couldn’t do that shit either.

19. If you had to give up your phone or your computer, which would it be? Oh. He we go for “Sophie’s Choice”.

20. Has anyone called you gorgeous/beautiful today? Does “handsome” count? Not that anyone said that either, but I do like the rules quantified.

My sister, her spouse and I went to se my dad yesterday. He got angry when I said I couldn’t bring his furniture into his room. But it went well otherwise except that he is in a ton of pain. He doesn’t have a high threshold for pain meds, but the hydrocodone is not strong enough. My brother called as I began doing this edition of Allison’s “Stealing”. He said he’d talk to the doctor tomorrow.

Meanwhile in the world of WTIT, I fucked up our latest bit, in the sense of losing a piece. I found our scripts so a quick re-read next recording session will fix it. It was a spot spoof for the new Apple Watch.

Paul Revere of “The Raiders” died at 73 yesterday. The cause of death has yet to be released. That band was my wife’s favorite growing up. When Mark Lindsay’s band (he left the Raiders long ago) we met him and he autographed our old albums and the greatest hits CD of the Raiders.

My Aunt Helen turns 90 today. Meanwhile, we will return on this same blog, same time. Peace!

Re2pect

Posted by Bud Weiser, WTIT on October 4, 2014

Posted in: Saturday 9. 9 Comments

Thanks to Gal for authoring this meme. Click on the Sat-9 title of song on the next line to play.

Saturday 9: Rubber Ducky

If you’re not familiar with today’s song, you can hear it here.

1) This song is sung by Muppet Ernie. Who’s your favorite Muppet? Cookie Monster. You gotta love a puppet who talks like Louie Armstrong.

2) Ernie became famous on PBS’s Sesame Street. What public television shows do you watch? Nature. I’m an animal show freak.

3) When you were a little kid, what was your favorite TV show? Honeymooners & Dick Van Dyke. I cannot break the tie. Talk amongst yourselves.

4) On Sesame Street, Ernie frequently teases his best friend Bert by stealing his nose. Do you enjoy practical jokes? Not usually. But I dd a great one once. A co-worker named Cynthia helped me pull off the best practical joke I ever pulled at WPOP. It was Christmas time and our sales manager; Bob Lang took us out for lunch and drinks. Bob didn’t want the rest of the station to know about it, particularly his boss, Al Pellegrino. Now remember we still had pagers 20 years ago. So during the party I called Cynthia and asked her to page Bob. I said to just say this: “Bob, Al is really angry. He wants to know where you and the rest of the sales crew is.” I had to let someone know, so I let Tammy Rabbet in on it. Bob’s face went white when he read the page. He said “We are in BIG trouble.” At that point Tammy & I were rolling on the floor laughing. Bob turned to me and said, “You asshole.” What we didn’t know at the time was that Tammy would wind up marrying Bob. And we didn’t know that based on Bob’s recommendation that I would wind up as the sales manager at WPOP and Radio 104 when he left.

5) Sesame Street creators developed carefree Ernie and serious Bert to show children that different types of people can be good friends. Think about your closest friend. Tell us how you two differ. Pass on this one. I simply have more than one bestie and wouldn’t want one guy to misinterpret what I’m taking about. Not that I think they read this dribble. The WTIT Facebook page (facebook.com/wtitradio) yes, here, not so much.

6) Bert and Ernie share a basement apartment on Sesame Street. Tell us about the basement of the building you’re in right now. It houses my den and the current home of WTIT. That’s if you consider the first floor of a split-level a basement. I don’t, but I think that I’m on the wrong side of the issue. But I’ve made mistakes before. It’s why Kathy is wife 3.

7) Ernie and Bert were created by Jim Henson. In addition to being an accomplished puppeteer, Mr. Henson was also a talented cartoonist. Can you draw? Ha. No.

8) Jim Henson made his first puppets himself using felt, foam rubber, string and rods — all items that can be purchased at an arts and crafts store. When is the last time you shopped in an arts and crafts store? The next time will be the first.

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Fenway Park last Sunday. Jeter’s first of two at bats. I took this shot. The seats were awesome. A great father/son day.

9) When is the last time you took a bath (as opposed to a shower)? I had a wicked sprained ankle last week. And normally, we are not be active weekend people. But last weekend a former WTIT DJ and still great friend The Comic Commando’s (We call him Cos) daughter married. Cos is very well off and it was a huge affair. Kathy drove me and thanks to the “V” pill, I got through it. The next day I had third row seats to Derek Jeter’s last game at Fenway Park. My son drove and I made it through. Sprains are funny, I was in agony a week ago and I’m almost 100% a week later. Oh back to the fucking question. I almost did last week, but the next day I could shower.

I haven’t been around much. But then again for a blog I fucking retired, I’m around a lot. But I cut back to get WTIT back to regular recording. Now, we record in the odd numbered months. I’m going to do a podcast of our last recording. I picked the site, but haven’t done the work. Today I’m off to Boston to see my dad. We were asked the “do we just keep him comfortable” question this week. You have been through it know how you take that question. My sis is picking me up at 1. Hope your weekend is relaxing.

Bud

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