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Sunday Stealing: Book of Questions

1. If you saw a dog locked in a hot car, what would you do? Sing a Christmas carol to it. There are no hot cars in New England in December.

2. Is it easy for you to accept help when you need it? Nope. You can take over any project from me. I’ll be napping.

3. Have you ever been in a fashion show? Do they have fashion shows that feature a 68 year-old guy that’s in a Beatles tee & jeans?

4. Would you like to be famous? I am. I invented this website. We use to get 50 players a week. But I had to really work at it. I contacted the website owner who I stole the meme from & invite them to play. I also went to other meme sites & invited there players to join us. Our record was 80 players. We never had less than 50. Of course, there was no other social media, blogs were it. It probably is too late any way too much work. THe 15 people here each week are very loyal, thanks to Bev’s work.

5. What is your most compulsive habit? Working with music. I have 16K in iTunes. Here’s a challenge: I don’t pay for music. And I don’t illeagally download it. How do I do it? (No I don’t borrow CDs)

6. What do you most strive for in your life: accomplishment, security, love, power, excitement, knowledge, or something else? Sex. That wasn’t a choice? My bad…

7.How close and warm is your family? We are a bit more fractured since my mom died. She was the matriarch. My sister who was heir apparent has taken a big pass.

8 Does that fact that you have never done a thing before increase or decrease its appeal to you? No. Should it?

9. If your friends start belittling a common acquaintance, would you defend that person? To my dying breath, so yes.

10. Do you make a special effort to thank someone who does you a favor How do you react when you aren’t thanked for going out of your way for someone? This question is a train wreck of two questions. I always “thank”. Worrying about non-thanks back at you is silly. If you do a favor, do it graciously, my dad taught me this.

11. Since adolescence, in what 3-year period do you feel you experienced the most personal growth and change? Life after a 20 year marriage. I was in my late 30s. I had a blast & learned a lot.

12. When you do something ridiculous, how much does it bother you to have other people notice it and laugh at you? Of course not. Or I kick them in the shins.

13. Do you believe in capital punishment? We need so much reform in a prison system that jails non violent crime folks. We have more prisoners per our population than any other country including Russia & China.

14. Do you find it so hard to say “no” that you regulalry do favors yo do not want to do? This question needs a serious spell check. I am very good at “no”. I just do what I want and pass when I don’t.

15. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about? Donald J. Trump.

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Sunday Stealing: From Pinterest

1. What don’t you share? My vinyl. Never have, never will. The only way you keep vinyl perfect is just using it yourself. John Lennon died today, 39 years later. I laughed when someone asked me to lend them Sgt. Pepper.

2. A reason to celebrate? Other than Xmas I got nothing. I just fouind out that I need yet another spine opperation. The celebration? I prooved my pc doc wrong.

3. Describe where you are now. It’s a Tape Radio studio named after my late friend Johnnie Walker.

4. A dream that seems impossible. Getting of opioids. I had just done it when I got shooting pains in my arms. My doc wouldn’t help me so I went to the practices PA. She saved me.

5. Something you hope for. Peace. And living in a post-Trump universe.

6. A tradition that makes you feel at home. Sunday Stealing.

7. The people who make your life better. My WTIT buds and my wife and children.

8. Someone you’d like to meet. Paul McCartney

9. A silly thing you’d really like. Chocolate covered cherries.

10. A book from your childhood. Catcher In The Rye.

11. Something you’re still not sure about. Health. Living without pain…

12. The best dessert to share with friends. No idea. But anytime you’re with friends, you are good.

13. A story that captures your imagination. Star Trek

14. Memories beside a fireplace. Only mine to share.

15. How do you spend a rainy day? Inside.

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Sunday Stealing: Free Talk

1. If you were offered a job in another part of the country, would you take it? I was offered a terrific radio job in San Francisco in the mid 90s. I was offered the same job in Boston, but loved San Francisco. I had lived in Boston for college and loved it too. But I had a connection with the San Fran job. But I had four kids and two were in middle school. So I chose Boston. I thought when my youngest graduated coollege I’d move south for better weather. But I can’t replace my WTIT friends and I am still near my two oldest kids and their kids. I love our house! I know I bored you enough yesterday.

2. If you were in a bank and someone started to hold it up, what would you do? Fall flat down.

3. If you found a suitcase filled with $1,000,000 what would you do? The same as you. If there was no ID I’d try and keep it. But I follow the law. I’d first talk to an attorney. Obviously if I knew who to return it to I would.

4. If you had a 25 hour day what would you do with your extra hour? Sleep. Like last night getting that bonus hour. I love sleeping!

5. If you had the opportunity to be different, what would you change? Nothing really comes to mind. The things I’d change are things that I really can’t. I’m estranged from my youngest, so I’d love to change that. But she is super close to her stepfather & there must be more. But ten years of writing letters was enough. I am done. I’ll always be here for her. But, she has treated me miserably for nearly 2 decades. She never articulated the issue. I’ve got sick of it. So she won’t hurt me anymore. I am so close to my other three kids. It is weird.

6. If you received a lottery ticket as a gift and won a lot of money, would you share with the person who gave you the ticket? Depends on the amount. If it were say $1000, probably not. But if it were millions, yes I’d cut them in.

7. If you spoke two languages and your spouse spoke only one, would you raise your children as bilingual? Yes. Why wouldn’t you? My daughter-in-law is Greek and speaks both. English was her first, so she hasn’t an accent. But they go over to Greece with her dad (Sadly her mom died after the birth of her first grandchild. She had dementia and died in her early 60s. That seems so young. I am 68 today. (Not to get you to say “Happy” but rather trying to extort money or gifts)

8. If you were candy, which candy would you be? Say what?

9. If you were a toy, which toy would you be? What type of vibrator? Hmmm. Nope. Surprise me.

10. If you were abducted by aliens, would you tell anyone? Yes. (Sorry folks. I got nothing funny to say about some of these questions. Some of these are might be a bit out there. So it would be spoofing a spoof)

11. If you could go to the moon, would you? Not now. When I was younger, sure.

12. If you had a time machine, where would you go and why? The future. I’d love to see the technology that my great-grandchildren will have. That is that far away. My oldest grandchild is 17. It goes very, very fast.

13. If you saw a robbery, would you report it? Of course

14. If you were to speak to a graduating class, what would you say? Follow your heart and dreams BEFORE you get married and/or have kids.

15. If given the choice between being given great wisdom or great wealth, which would you choose? At this point show me the money!
So another Sunday. The Mrs. is out shopping. I thinking she’s getting cake, but who knows? I’ve heard from my oldest son and got a text from mu oldest daughter. My younger sun is on the left coast in San Diego. What a beautiful day in New England! Got to wait until tonight to see my Patriots! See you soon! Peace & Love…

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Sunday Stealing: More than Tuesday 4

1. Have you ever known anyone that’s been on tv, including you? I worked about 25 years in radio and one in TV. The cable company I worked produced a lot of TV commercials and I appeared or did voiceovers a lot.

2. What do you find yourself buying all the time? Until recently it was Advent speakers. In the 70s they were THE brand. I hated my surround sound on my HDTV. I decided to junk the speakers and bought six advent speakers. I also bought the best speakers I have ever heard into my radio studio, top of the line Advents. These were bought from a guy who had just refinished the wood on the speakers. Inside, he has a friend who works for Metallica who refurbished the inside. I feel like the songs are being sung in the room.

3. When was the last time you got a real letter in the mail? 1968.

4. Have you ever lived in a house/apartment that has been broken into? Nope. The apartment we left was in a section of town with a lot of break ins. Bouncing Billy (A WTIT DJ) was a cop in my new house’s town for 30 years. He said they we never called to where I live. I sure liked to hear that.

5. Did you walk to school with your friends? Take a school bus? Ever have someone carry your books home from school? Yes to all.

6. Do you like pumpkin seeds? Do you carve the pumpkin and roast the seeds? Do you buy packaged, prepared pumpkin seeds? Kathy does the pumpkins. When I was working I ate the seeds a lot as I drove. I also had a lot of Slim Jims. I haven’t had one since retiring.

7. Does your car or did a family car have a name? The only car name I had was in high school. Everyone called it The Budmobile.

8. The first week of October was National Mystery Series Week. Do you sleuth alongside Nancy Drew or Miss Marple? Fan of Nero Wolfe? I like Dateline for all those reasons. No Drew or Marple. I read Agatha Christie in my 20s.

9. Have you ever spent ages writing something on your computer when it suddenly crashed and you lost it all? Of course. But now it’s easy to back up and usually when they go you can recover a lot.

10. Are you one of those people who can sleep through anything? No. My last place had sirens all night long. Here on the first night I asked Kathy if she could “Hear that”. She stated that she heard nothing. I said “Isn’t this perfect?”

11. What type or kind of art do you like? And do you draw or paint yourself? I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like.

12. If you went to London, where would you go first? I’ve been. It was my first wedding Honeymoon. I touristed everything. I would got the the country side.

Our 2018 picture. Candle for Johnnie who died in July of that year.

13 a candle for Johnnie who died that year. What is one quote that you love to quote? “No problem is too big, too complex or too complicate that it can’t be run away from”. Charles Schultz wrote it and I used it in my sign offs from the start of WTIT and on every radio station the I worked for.

14. Do you ever at times see the world in black and white? No. Just in movies.

15. Do you believe there is life somewhere else in the universe? Yes. It’s too vast not too. But how far away or whether we’d get that far in space, I doubt it.

I don”t usually suffer depression. Last week it was so bad I was gonna go to the doc’s. But I was out of some meds for the week and yesterday I got them. An hour later I was 100% loving life. It was not an opioid, it was a nerve drug for my back. I am on a opioid for my back. Fortunately I started with 40MG twice a day. Wanted to lower it I went to 30 MG. Then 20, now 15MG. I’m in a bit more pain but he gives me some oxicodone when it gets bad. I am going to a high school reunion next week. I only attended one year. The school I graduated from had its reunion a couple of months ago and I posted a pic from it. This one is for two public schools together. We are going to see if we can make some couple friends now that we live five miles from West Hartford where I grew up. We’ve scheduled our next recording session to the last Friday of this month. Our house is really coming together. We only bought two expensive item, two recliners for the den that’s outside my studio. Our new “show openers” have arrived from Radio Jingles Inc. They charged me $12. for 12 announcer bits. Hope all is well. We will return. Same time, same blog. Peace & love.

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Sunday Stealing: Colloquium

1. Last person you were in a car with? Godzilla. Talk about bad breath!

2. Any plans for tomorrow? I’m either gonna climb Mt. Everest or climb a pyramid. I’m still pondering.

3. Best friend or close friends? Whichever one comes with benefits.

4. Is tomorrow going to be a good day? It’s a Monday. In what universe is that a good day?

5. Ever thrown up in public? No. I’ve never met the president.

6. What’s on your mind RIGHT NOW? We moved. I know you know because of all the

Before I finished, so ignore the mess.

media coverage. I finished (almost) the WTIT Johnnie Walker Studio. It’s the largest since 1996 in Framingham, MA.

7. Who was the last person you talked to? Kathy. She asked where her drill is. I replied that I haven’t used one here. She is building the furniture. We went from a four bedroom house to a two bedroom apartment. Then back into a four bedroom house. We needed a lot of furniture.

8. What is the WORST subject they teach at school? Math. I have no idea of what they do now. How did I need algebra but not taught about filing income taxes, balancing a checkbook or save for retirement? I’m not sure I’ve ever used what I learned in geometry either.

9. Have you seen anyone lately that you don’t get along with? No. I drew the line with Godzilla. When he wanted me to drive him to King Kong’s for a play date, I drew the line.

10. What is your favorite color top to wear? A black Beatles’ tee never goes out of style.

11. Have you ever been in a car accident? Yes and it was fatal. I’m the ghost of Bud.

12. What’s the closest thing to you that’s green? The entire room. The Enfield studio was painted hunter green. I loved it. So my lady painted the room before we moved.

13. Where would you like to be right now? In a hot tub with Jill Hennessy.

14. Is anything bugging you right now? Yes. Whatever happened to the fucking Republican Party? God, country & apple pie? We now have Trump, his daughter and his 12 thousand lies.

15. Is life going right for you now? Other than my back aches. I should do nothing physical, but moves don’t work that way.

16. Is there someone you care about more than yourself? Just my wife, my four children and seven grandchildren.

17. What made you laugh today? Nothing. I am depressed about WGN losing the Cubbies TV rights. My dad must be spinning in his grave. He died just two years early. He hated that “lovable losers” tag. He thought they’d win it all and never forgave the Bartman.

18. What was the last movie you watched? I don’t remember. I want to see the Brad Pitt scifi flick. But the Pats play at one. So not today.

19. What was the last conversation you had about? The aforementioned tool box.

20. What were you doing at 7:00 this morning? Sleeping. That’s the middle of the night for chrissakes.

21. Do you like your hair long or short? It’s been long since I retired in 2017. My wife hates it, but I said I grown it back in my retirement. I’m just a child of the sixties.

22. Do you like the rain? Does “it love me”?

Well that’s another Stealing. Was it good for you? Nope. I’ll try to up my game next time. I bought a cd for the first time in a couple of years. It’s CSNY’s live Déjà Vu. I never knew it existed until recently. It cost $5 on Ebay. I am excited about my mates seeing the house. But the Studio is all that’s ready. Kathy is on a fast train. We don’t get our basement chairs until the first week of October. We will celebrate our seventh wedding anniversary in October. My closest family member (other than the wife & kids) was my sister. We have only spoke a couple of times this year. I wrote her to say if we don’t fix it, we will see each other at weddings & funerals. That was six months ago. She called and said “I gave her things to think about”. She must be a long thinker. She called this week to suggest we get together and talk. That happens next weekend. If I hear from her. You folks have a great week. We will see you next time. Same time. Same blog.

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Sunday Stealing: Music Asks

I don’t know them either.

A song you like with a colour in the title: “Color My World”. A song of at least a billion weddings, in the 70s. Chicago was and still is classic at its best. I saw them once in the 90s.
A song that needs to be played very loud: “Like a Hurricane” Neil Young. I first heard this song by a cover band in the early 80s do this song. I didn’t even have to ask who wrote it.
A song that makes you want to dance: Slow dance – “Reasons” Earth, Wind & Fire”. Fast: “Already Gone” by the Eagles. Glen Frey was my age when he passed. Far to young unless the first name is Neil. I have not seen either the Eagles or E,W&F.
A song to drive to: First beautiful late spring songs – Beach Boys. Any or all. I used to have a cassette tape of every song they did. First warm day, I blasted this. I’ve seen this band at least three times. In 1972 I went to two of their concerts the same week. (One is Boston, One in Hartford.)
A song with a number in the title: “One” Three Dog Night. “Chuck’s gonna sing it” as it was introduced on their “Live at the Forum” LP. I saw them live in the 90s but Chuck didn’t sing it. He was in rehab.
A song that makes you happy: Pharell Williams’ “Happy” from earlier this decade. I’m sure he’s great live, but not with me.
A song that makes you sad: “Jolly Mon” by Jimmy Buffett. My the eight year-old daughter and I sang this on the way to our diner on Sundays (for years). I haven’t had a conversation with her (except at a wedding or whatever)  in 18 years. I feel that loss every day. She’s happy & doing well. She recently completed her doctororeal. She has 2 kids.
A song that reminds you of summer: “Summer Wind” Seals & Crofts. No I never say them. Too many of their songs are whiny.
A song that you remember from your childhood: “I Want to Hold Your Hand” I heard it once and said to a friend that once I heard that song rock changed forever. I never saw the Beatles. I’ve seen Paul three times and Ringo once.
A song that breaks your heart: “Starting Over” John Lennon. He had finally both his act and marriage together. He never got the chance to start over.
A song that you never get tired of: “The Boys Are Back in Town” by Thin Lizzy. In the 00s our recording was one or twice a year, so I played this to start shows. By 2012 we had a regular recording schedule.
A song from your preteen year: “Rhythm of the Rain” by the Cascades. I love all rock. I even like Fogelberg’s cover of this.
A song that is a cover by another artist: “Tainted Love” most think Soft Cell did the original. The first time done by Gloria Jones.
A song from the year you were born: I just looked it up. I don’t do pre-rock questions.
A song that makes you think about life: “Leader of the Band” which reminds me of my dad. The last 20 years of his life he sang at nightclubs. He didn’t understand rock music. And then came the Beatles. He loved them. I thought he was hip then.
Your favourite song with a persons name in the title: “Sweet Baby James”. He still sings great. I saw him in Hartford in the 80s.
A song that you think everyone should listen to: “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.
A song by a band you wish were still together” Duh.
A song by an artist no longer living: “Keep Me in Your Heart” by Warren Zevon. I used it in the video that we made whenr Johnnie Walker died.  I miss him. Lots.
A song by an artist with a voice you love: Eric Clapton. He plays guitar, too. Did you know that? Of course you did. I saw him in 1974 when I worked for the rock station WTXL. It was when “Layla” first came out. Great show, as you might imagine.

Have fun this Labor Day weekend! Be safe. We still haven’t moved. The dude dying slowed it down. Our new move date is a week from tomorrow. Peace & love. We will return. Same time. Same Blog. – Bud.

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Sunday Stealing: Love Me Some Questions

1. Has anyone ever made fun of your taste in music? Not and lived. Seriously, Kathy has a unique taste in music. Example: She hates Billy Joel. I don’t get it.

2. Is anyone’s birthday coming up? Everyday. My daughter turns 45 on 9-19 and her daughter, my grandkid Lauren turns 17. I’m old as hell, no?

3. Do you remember who you liked in grade eight? Jane Fenton.was crazy about her but just made fun of her because I was insecure. We did slow dance for an houyr at a party once. The next year I met my first girlfriend, Debbie.

4. When was the last time you burned any part of your body? I have no idea.

5. If I gave you ten dollars, what would you spend it on? A ghost writer to do memes. Someone who is still funny & relevant.

6. What are you most excited about right now? Moving. We went from a four bedroom 3 bath house to a two bedroom apartment. Around Sept 1st we move back to a four bedroom house which is miles from where I grew up.

7. Does / did either of your parents serve in the military? No. We were a very “don’t trust the military” people. I have a lot of respect now, but I marched in peace marchers in the ;late 60s and early 570s. I was there in college when the Kent State massacre happened.

8. Are you somewhat of a perfectionist? No. Except for music. I keep adding songs and soon will need a new hard drive to handle it all.

9. Do you like sour candy? Yes. I wonder where those twins are now. Michelle & MaBelle were special.

10. Are all nighters something you have grown used to? Not at gunpoint. I sleep a lot now. But I love retirement.

11. Do you usually wear sunglasses when you’re driving? No. I wear underwater goggles.

12. Do you wear your shoes around the house? No.

13. What clothes are you most comfortable in? A Beatles’ Tee & jeans.

14. Are you good at painting nails? Sexist question, no?

15. Smoothies or slushies? Smirnoff. Rocks. No fruit. Don’t make it healthy!

That’s it for another week in paradise. My housekeeper’s coming tomorrow to help me pack. Usually Kathjy does it all because of my back. But this is our last move, short of a retirement home for the dying. The house (where we will live) is very special. More on that after were are settled in. Peace & love gals. We will return. Same time. Same blog.
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