The State of the Onion...

As a special service to our viewers... Papa John's Place gives you special coverage of the President's State of the Union Messsage and the Democratic response. The papajohn approach is non-partisan and light on content... the focus will be on flow, expression and reaction... I'll leave the heavy commentary to Cambell Brown, Tim Russert et. al....


Everything got off to a good start and everyone was wide awake and excited....
especially during the warm-up exercise...


I thought it was neat how the President had everyone to turn their heads "left" and then quickly turn their heads "right"... some had trouble keeping up but it was a nice touch.


Another neat thing was the honoring of the late Johnny Cash with a special section reserved for the "Men in Black"...


The chamber was a little hot and stuffy which apparently made the room very conducive to a moment of "meditation"...

The Vice-President led the way with the first "nod"...

The senator from Arizona was next... (someone aptly defined meditation as man's way of chewing of the cud"... maybe explains the senators tongue-in-cheek look)



Senator Obama and Senator Kennedy apparently got hit with the bug and slid off...


Unfortunately ... everybody on the platform took a little nod at the same time... it's ok..no one snored or did anything like that...

NEXT...

THE REACTION: the men... obviously mixed....


(Something struck a special cord with Senator Leahy... )


NEXT:
The LADIES Reaction... not necessarily happy campers...


AND FINALLY:
The Democratic Response...

After this commercial about something...

The Official Democratic Response was given by Senator Webb of Virginia...

All in all a good night in America...

If I were giving the State of the Union ADDRESS I would be tempted to say..."The whole world is in a mess right now BUT with God's help and nationwide repentence we'll triumph! God Bless America as SHE Blesses Him!"

And that's all I got to say about that...pj

O Mary, did you know...

It's that time of the year again for the WBFJ "Sweetheart Surprise"... and as before we solicited the help of our intern MARY to prepare the collection boxes to put in the Lowes stores all around the area to collect your Valentine Cards for the Senior Citizens in our area retirement homes.

Getting the boxes ready is not all that hard once you get them put together and the holes cut on top. The final step is to spray the giant labels with adhesive and stick to the boxes.

Hence : THE PROBLEM!


We started noticing that as Mary got a little more evangelistic with the spray, Cindy at her desk behind the project was becoming a little more antimated and vocal than normal...


then we noticed Cindy's hands were sticking to the keyboard... (a picture is worth a 1000 words here...Cindy usually has a smile on her face).

The good news we are still wiping down our walls, monitors, and keyboards and little-by-little it is all coming clean.

And Mary, thanks for your help... sorry this was your last day...we'll miss you. AND...

O Mary did you know...that if you use hairspray at school that you should go outside to do it...

intern Nolan might disagree but...

the rest of us think you and spraycans are not safe in the normal enclosed world we live in!

And everybody...

Don't forget to drop off your Valentines real soon at Lowes's Foods and think about "Suffering Cindy" when you do! ha ha...

NOTE: No interns were harmed while doing this blog though we did consider the torture options for a split second...lol.

A day in the life of...

Our Missionary to Africa....Carol. You met Carol a few blogs back but I felt like we need to go into a little more detail about her life and service. So I emailed Carol and asked her to send some more pictures so I could do a more detailed blog.

I just heard back with a new set of pictures but unfortunately no commentary. So Carol, I hope you don't mind as I create Papa John's Place's review of a day in the life of missionary Carol.

Apparently everyday starts with eating. But Somebody had to fix all that tasty looking food. And that means Carol had to first make a trip to the grocery store...

I guess the drive-thru wasn't open today...

Apparently this is Carol's neighbors fixing a little tomato and rice dish... you think there'll be enough to go around? that sure would be good with a little chicken...
or with a LOTTA CHICKEN! LOL... maybe the COLONEL ought to take a hint and change his bucket to a barrel deal.


Speaking of chicken... apparently a VERNE HILL look-alike is doing the "CHICKEN Dance" with the kids while the ladies prepare this big spread of food for the evening...


Apparently the "Chicken Dance" was a bummer for this little guy...I mean if you can't walk, you sure can't do the "Chicken Dance", right...little guy?

What's wrong with this picture? The ladies are fixing this hughmongous chicken and rice meal and here you guys are licking on lolly pops! Don't you know that's going to spoil your supper!
I guess kids are the same everywhere you go.

Thanks Carol for the update..if I misunderstood any of the pictures just drop me an email...
PS.... I don't want to be a Mr. Smarty Pants but I couldn't help notice you got that look like you're heading back to the grocery store... forget that drive-thru... apparently it's only open on special occasions! LOL!

PS2: EAT MORE CHICKEN!

Not your grandpa's church...

It's a wonderful life... at least for 30 seconds!

For a 30 second version of George Bailey

who didn't jump off the bridge... in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" ?

click HERE... (once at the site..double click on "BEGIN")

"Lord, HELP...we have a TWEENager!"

"Lord, it seems like only a year or two since I held this tiny one-hour old grandbaby in my arms and prayed you would bless her in a special way and prosper her and use her in a mighty way to do your will. And now look at her!"

Our Hannah is a TWEEN-ager!

I must be getting old too cause I just can't write this without my eyes tearing a bit.

To be honest we started celebrating right after Christmas... that means more presents! One good thing about getting older, clothes and jewelry are no longer boring gifts... lol.

I picked out this "12" Angel... it's a little unusual... but hey, papa looks out for the unusual...lol

Happy Birthday, HANNAH "B"...

YOU ROCK!

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NOW... if you are new to Papa John's Place, before you go, there are more grandchildren to celebrate...

Joshua David... my main man... looks like he might be a radio guy someday... (looks like Josh would fit right in on our morning show)

Josh will be our next "TWEENager" in a year or so... I know Josh... that was also my reaction when I suddenly realized I was getting old... but that's ok...LOL.

Audrie Michelle..."my belle"... never met a stranger. she gets that from her dad and her Grandma Judy...

And our newest arrival... she was born in the "Build-A-Bear" bearternity ward... we were there at the miraculous moment when she was stuffed, fluffed, and clothed in a matter of moments! She hasn't begun to talk yet but any day now!

So whether you are regular to pj's place or a newcomer you are now up-to-date on the grandchildren!

Thanks for letting me be a little indulgent... if you'd like to know more, Grandma Judy and I would be glad to come over and show you all our thousands of pictures and tell you a lot of long stories... just let us know. LOL.

"Ain't no drag...papa's got a brand new..."

You see that computer screen at my left with all the colored blocks...

That's our "Super Ipod" (LOL)... it's one of the 6 computers that contain all the music, announcements and just about everything you hear everyday on WBFJ AM and FM...

Before you yawn out on me there is a reason I'm telling you all this.

This week we'll be transferring hours of music and data from these computers to new replacements and we would seriously appreciate your prayers.

Goofing this up would be something like crashing your Ipod and losing your 900 songs you downloaded one-by-one. Not exactly a perfect comparison but hopefully you get my point.

AND hopefully you won't hear many glitches on air but just know there will be alot going on this week behind the scenes at WBFJ. Please pray by Friday everything will be updated and we'll be set for another 7 years without a major redo.

Thanks.

Give me a break...

Nolan our intern... THEN
and NOW...

Which I suppose goes to show...raise up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. "True That"

Donna spottings from all over... but FINALLY!

The last few hours we have received word of "DONNA" sightings from all over the place...

emails... calls... you name it!

We never realized how well-known the Roseannes are...

We received one picture taken by a young lady in Rocky Mount of "Donna" in the Mall...

Turned out to be Tami's cousin VINNY-etta... a blonde... but not THE blonde!



Baby and I decided to stay on our original track and
we made a second trip back to Donna's "agent" office...

and there she was!


After telling about all Baby and I had done to find her and the family she was elated.

Donna confirmed...the rumor is true. The Roseannes have moved back to Chatham County!

This was an emotional moment for all of us... Judy (Baby) and I could hardly speak... about all I could get out of my mouth was a little pithiness... "Donna, just remember chickens come home to roost" and "apples usually drop close to the tree... and that's OK."

I'm not exactly sure what all that meant but it seemed to hit a cord with Donna.

After Donna filled us in on all the family news, Baby and I had to bid Donna goodbye.

I know you want to hear more but...

Too much to tell here but maybe more later after they get settled in good.

It is true... Rosie and the gang are back!

Case closed!

PS...Donna confirmed that CHIA keyboard was a Christmas gift from husband John. We told her how much we loved it. Verne Hill likes his a lot too.

Still on the trail...Rosie's CHIA spotted...it won't be long now!

One of the big challenges of the holidays was trying to track down former morning show personality Donna Roseanne and family.

The first trip to the capital city of Chatham county a few days ago got us closer than we realized.

My assistant Judy (Baby Baby) had left notes and business cards all over the place in hopes someone would call us if they knew the whereabouts of the Roseannes.

Well, it payed off!

By the time we had returned home there was an anonymous message on our machine stating Donna and John were "Agents" in Chatham county and gave us an address.

Next day at dawn's first light Baby and I got in the van and rushed down I40 to 64... we were so excited to solve this mystery.

It took us over and hour... we pulled up to a medium sized office building just like the message had stated and sure enough...a small sign on the door..."ROSEANNE ________ AGENT".

No one was in the office but after I explained it all to the maintenance guy he thought it would be ok for us to go in and wait.



It was a wild office with post-it notes all over the place. Baby commented, "THIS HAS TO BE DONNA"S OFFICE!"



After I spotted Donna's "CHIA Keyboard" I added, "You're probably right...only Donna and Verne Hill have CHIA Keyboards"!



BUT then came the clincher!

As we checked out the adjoining office
all doubt was removed. When I spotted John Roseanne's silver-lined "Spartan" NASA approved, clean room office with dual monitors, I knew we had found them! YEAH!



So close yet so far away... we waited for hours and still no Donna...I guess some things never change..LOL.

I liked Baby's suggestion..."Let's go shopping in Siler City and continue this later".

It won't be long now...Roseannes... we are hot on your trail!