I couldn't believe..."IT"!

This past weekend marked
the beginning of MEMA's birthday week
so Judy and I
scurried down early Saturday
to help her celebrate.




















MEMA bought herself a new car
for her birthday... she actually
got it a few weeks ago...
you can do that
when you buy your own presents!

















"MEMA!
That thing has duelies!
...CHROMED to the max!

MEMA was already "Rocking"...
now she "Rolling!"

Nice "ride" MEMA!






















Anyway... back to the story...
MEMA wanted us
to go with her
to the Methodist church...
They were having a big Barbeque Supper (Eastern NC style) with Brunswick Stew, Boiled Potatoes, and all the fixin's. Then they were going to have an auction to pay off the building debt.





















We wanted to see
how much MEMA's vases
earned for the church
so we stayed for
the whole thing...
About half way through
the auction
I noticed
MEMA was starting
to scratch
her arm a little.

















I didn't think much about that until Judy said her head was itching like crazy. I had to discreetly scratch her head for her because she was scared she might accidently bid on something she didn't want. if you've been to an auction you know how it is.


















Next morning I went outside to pet "Big Red"...
(MEMA's dog she took in for company.)
Red was scratching like crazy!
AND THEN... it dawned on me...
"IT" has come EAST...
BUT HOW????

















While MEMA was scolding "Red" for staying out too late and sending him to bed early I decided to sneak a peak into his crib.


















I
couldn't
believe
my
eyes!

IBM..wifi...bluetooth!



















I can't figure
all this out but
somehow I know
it's linked
to Darren's
Buy "IT" now thing
on ebay

Somebody better come clean on this one... The bloggosphere has about had enough of "IT"

(BLOGGER NOTE: Back down a few blogs to find out how "IT" all began in Boiling Springs, NC.)

(BLOGGER Preview: Blogs Coming Soon...
Just in time for Christmas..."MEMA's Tickle-me-Elvis Doll" and other friends...
my exclusive interview with "Tile Lady" and my adventure on AMTRACK...
PLUS pictures of the wbfj studio makeover... stay tuned!)

SONY PS3...a line of things to come?

I saw where die hard gamers were waiting in line for the new SONY PS3 so I decided to drive by and catch a few shots for my blog...inquiring minds want to know....you know.

These folk got it bad!

As my eyes started scanning the crowd I was even feeling a little sorry for the gamers waiting in line because there's only a few available at each store... But down deep I was thinking, "nobody I know would put themselves through all this for a $600 game..."





















I can't believe THIS

And then my jaw dropped... when I saw who was waiting.

BUT WD?

Darren I can figure...he wants to get a PS3 and sell it on ebay. BUT WD...just can't figure that one!

(And that was a little bold guys to bring your own bench...

Darren better watch out for WD...he'll distract you with that OPIE Mayberry smile and his little "Itsy Bitsy Spider" thing and jump line... BETTER WATCH HIM...only 20 PS3's available!)

"Tamiflu"..."Rumfelt Replaced"...what's going on in the morning news department?

Somethings brewing...there seems to be an "EXTREME Extraction" going on!

What used to be Tami's desk is now... something else. I must be in the TWILIGHT ZONE!
















What is poor Tami going to do when she comes back and sees all this... they're even linking her to the latest flu strain... she definitely needs "Friends" so please email her an encouraging word.
















OOH...this is getting more scary by the minute!

















No...Tami you need to write the Attorney General... you have been hoo-dood!


















Never mind... We've got "Scarborough Country" (msnbc) on it... Your saintly buddy Bonnie Tsunami with an i is being interviewed right now... but looks like Joe is ragging on poor Bonnie Tsu... "Come on Joe... this has nothing to do with Tami's dilema"! Those media people!

I couldn't believe my eyes! Bonnie and Tami in a mini-semi !

I was floored! On my way into work this morning, this Mini-SEMI passed me and you won't believe who was in there! I could be wrong, but it looked like Bonnie driving and Tami riding "shotgun". They are supposed to be on a cruiseship with the wbfj family of listeners.
I thought
I must be dreaming
so I got a little
closer to the truck
and I couldn't believe
my eyes...
Bonnie written allover that truck!

I think Bonnie
has been
holding out
on us...
I knew she
liked plants
and all....BUT THIS!
Which makes one wonder...if Bonnie and Tami were in that truck...who is really on that cruise ship!

In Tami's absence, poor Verne had to bring in the family to help with the morning show. I want to tell you...come Wednesday... that Bonnie and Tami have some "splanin" to do! LOL.

Papa... are we almost there???!!!

HOLD ON

Sweetie...

There's

A REST AREA

just down

the road...



AND

I DO feel

your pain...

A TRIAD FIRST...the "Weatherscope"...only WBFJ Has it!

During
our studio
extreme makevover
all equipment
moved to
the production room
temporarily...

EXCEPT the WBFJ
Thermometer
(wire too short}...



Got a little
tired of
trying to
see through
the window
to check the temperature
on the thermometer
on the old wall...



THUS...

The WBFJ "WEATHERSCOPE"

was Invented.

It works! LOL.

Gettin' There ...looking better everyday!

COME ON!

Click on

the picture

and check out

the new furniture!

under construction...

Studio Rebirth... November 2006

After I voted Tuesday, the team and I began the long awaited studio makeover. What you normally hear coming from the main control room is now broadcast out of the production room we re-did a few months and a few blogs back.

RATS!

In 1990 when this studio was wired for WBFJ-AM all the wiring was really neat. But after adding WBFJ-FM and miles of wire and new equipment, it was like a rats nest of wires to remove...without shutting the station down...LOL.

By later in the evening I was left alone looking at an almost empty room. I thought back to 1990 when everything was new and we were all a lot younger. LOL. In those days we were dreaming of adding an FM station but it all seemed so impossible. We always believed and still do believe...if we are faithful, God will increase our borders.

ONE THING PUZZLING ME
AS I disassembled the old studio furniture I ran across a single little puzzle piece. This incident reminded me of the time I unknowingly started putting together an "incomplete puzzle". Someone had given me an APOLLO 7 puzzle and I remember how disappointed I was to find at the end that there were a couple of pieces missing.

DARREN MAYBE?

I had all kinds of thoughts..."man, someone would probably like to have this... they probably searched hours for it" and then I thought "who in the world would be putting together a puzzle in the WBFJ control room? Darren maybe? LOL

Careful...ONE PIECE DOES"T TELL THE WHOLE STORY

Anyway...I kept the puzzle piece just in case. One thing I did notice...you can't tell beans from looking at the puzzle piece but you can imagine it would have made a pretty picture after all the pieces were put in place.

Life is like that... you miss a lot by judging life or people by a few "pieces" without seeing the completed picture after GOD is finished putting it all together.
Maybe you're looking at your life through a few pieces. Trust me, it will make alot more sense if you just let GOD do HIS thing. I've noticed HE does a great job at being GOD, you know what I mean?.

REBIRTH BEGINS

Don't want to leave you with a sad empty room... Charles is filling it up fast with beautiful, new studio broadcast furniture built by CORILAM. Charles and his dad built that beautiful bradcast setup we take to the Dixie Classic Fair each year...so you've probably seen his work and didn't even know. In the next few days I'm going to show you pictures of one beautiful new studio!

The nuggets were a flying!

MONDAY.
SALVATION ARMY
WBFJ
GREAT STOCKING STUFF.
KICK OFF at CHICK-fil-a.
All I did was to tell
BONNIE she was the wrong
size to fit through
the exercise equipment in
the children's playground area...
the sign said so.
She took it
all wrong and started
hurling nuggets at me!
I tried to get away
but all I could do was
grab my laptop and use it
as a shield.
(NOTE: No nuggets were wasted
in this episode...caught and
ate 'em....gross... LOL)
Tami with an i
from the wbfj morning show
has reportedly been blogging
some contrary things
about this event. BUT you
know who to believe, RIGHT?
I have the grease spots on my
laptop to prove it!

NOTE: my grandson had no part
in this but if you're going
to be a good papa
you gotta get the
grandkids pictures in there
as much as possible
so a BOOYA from josh!

PREVIEWS of coming attractions....

Busy week...
but stay tuned
I'll catch you up
in a couple
of days...
starts with
"GREAT STOCKING STUFF"
Monday...
trust me...cows only talk
in the movies...
found that out
the hard way!


Then the WBFJ CONTROL ROOM
gets gutted for
a complete extreme makeover.
Lots of pictures ahead...
the puzzle
will be complete
on my weekend blog...
or will it????

Stay tuned!

Like GRANDPA used to say...

VOTE

EARLY...

VOTE

OFTEN...



Don't
forget
to vote
today.

Once
will do,
though!
LOL

DARREN..."IT'S" ok...Shame OFF you!

Remember...the picture of DARREN...he didn't want us to know...

There's a good reason... he was totally embarassed...he fell for "IT" and bought "IT" on ebay!

(Refresh your memory)
For some unknown reason
Cool Darren didn't
want us to know...
so he did his
"cow against the fence"
back scratch
against the chair back.
BUT he couldn't hide
the fact he had
"IT".


DARREN REBOUNDS

But there is somewhat of a silver lining to the story...DARREN confided in me that
first he was frustrated and embarassed but then got the idea to RELIST. So he has "IT" up on ebay right now with QUANTITY AVAILABLE: 100 and "IT" is selling like hotcakes.


SEMINAR HELPED TURN "it" around

DARREN attended the HONESTJOHN ebay seminar held last month where he learned... "IF YOU GET "it", you can always sell "IT" on ebay! At least that's what the commercial says! and you can believe anything you see on tv.

I have "IT"...I"ve Figured "IT" out! You won't believe "IT"!

This thing has been bugging me all weekend! To take a little break from "IT" I decided to watch a little tv. Actually I was nodding off when all of a sudden I looked up and was stunned to see a commercial pop up...suddenly I had "IT"!

Scratching like crazy, I realized somehow we got "IT" from ebay. (The ebay commercial said so!)

BUT HOW????

FIRST: gotta check with ebay. Did that. Seems like "IT" links back to an ebay auction conducted by an innocent college student in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

Here's what I've found out about "IT" so far.

A COLLEGE PROJECT

Apparently a student at G. Webb U involved in a college project to determine the GULLABILITY THRESHOLD of ebay buyers saw the ebay commercial and thought she would use the auction service to test her project thesis.

BESIDES, she had developed this itch from somewhere and decided it was time to get rid of "IT". PLUS, she could use a little extra gas money.

"IT" all ADS up

So MS. Richey listed "IT" on ebay...(great ad by the way)

GET "IT" NOW...just in time for the Holidays...get "IT" for yourself...share "IT" with your family and friends...a full 7 years supply of "IT" for only $9.95 with free shipping. "IT" will change your life... You can even give "IT" to your pets... your neighbors pets..the mailman...the uses for "IT" are endless! The BUY "IT" NOW price is only $9.95. (Leave positive feedack and I'll do the same...the "you scratch my back...I'll scratch yours" )

BUT THERE's ONE LOOMING QUESTION????

"WHO DUN IT?"

Who at wbfj bought "IT" off ebay?

I have my theory... stay tuned while DANA does an ADMIN HISTORY SEARCH on all station computers... we'll know soon!

CSI needed at BFJ...WHO (or WHAT) is behind "IT"?

HELP...
911
WBFJ
has
something
weird!

Kurt was
the first
to call
my attention
to "IT".



And poor Cindy
our newest member
had a massive
almost uncontrollable
attack
of
"IT".



Poor Jen
She scratched
herself silly with
"IT"


For some unknown reason
Cool Darren didn't
want us to know...
so he did his
"cow against the fence"
back scratch
against the chair back.
BUT he couldn't hide
the fact he had
"IT".



I thought to myself, "this is getting too close to home"...
I look over to my brother Verne Hill and I couldn't believe it.

Verne had
"IT" !!!



Deke thought
he had
stubble rash
but upon closer
examination
it turned out
to be

"IT".



Tami screamed out
"VERNE GAVE ME COOTIES!"

NO, Tami...

it's even worse...

you have

"IT"!


By now I'm really getting nervous.
I look inside Wally's office and there
he was... his cheek swollen ( I know he doesn't dip or chew)...
grabbing his hands, he has "IT", too!



I thought "IT CAN'T GET ANY WORSE"...
Until I saw poor Bonnie...
she was strumming her banjo (in her head) and singing "DIXIE".

Bonnie has lost it...she doesn't even have a banjo.

BUT she obviously does have...

"IT" !!!

What is "IT"? Where did "IT" come from?

WHO or WHAT COULD BE AT THE HEART OF THIS GRIEVIOUS ATTACK OF "IT"?

WE must get to the heart of "IT" before we're all skinless!

YOU Could have at least used duct tape...TAMI !!!!!!

Apparently the morning show shook the walls with laughter today because the thermometer that I placed on the wall MANY years ago and in a very permanent fashion apparently fell and Tami caught it by the wire and hung it back up. I guess it didn't stay well because when I saw it, there it was... stuck with a blanket of Scotch Tape all over it! I don't want to be hard here, but TAMI... you could have been a little neater! And you could have at least left me a note.

















Something
like this
would have
been fine...

















Now that
we've had
this
conversation
let's just keep it
beween us
because



The boss
looks like
he's in one
of his more
serious moods
if you know
what I mean.
And doesn't
want to be
bothered.

DEAL or NO DEAL?

OCTOBER WBFJ "Love Handles" Romantic Getaway Winners

Congratulations... "Punkin" (Wayne) and "Honey" (Robin) Frost of Kernersville.

Be sure to let us know how you enjoy your stay at the exquisite EMBASSY SUITES in Downtown Winston-Salem...

I know you're gonna love it!

Hey... we do this every month
so make sure you sign up...
you could be next!

Check out our wild tour of the Hotel...(a few blogs back) http://john893.blogspot.com/2006/10/scene-iithe-romantic-getaway-tour.html