...and it begins...

This should be interesting... for a couple of reasons. But let's start at the beginning.

Welcome to my new blog. I decided it might be a good idea to have a forum to expand on some of the things I discuss briefly on the show. I can also post a few of the things I use on the air (and maybe a few I decided NOT to, for obvious reasons!!) I'll also keep you up to date on the stuff we have going on at the station. You can check us out online, btw, at 989BigJohnFM.com, where you can also stream us live.

It will be interesting to see just how long I can keep this up... it gets a little busy in here.... but I will try to update at LEAST once a day. The OTHER interesting aspect is what will be posted here, and what you'd LIKE me to post here. I know the kinds of things I'D like to post, but I want to hear from you guys.... email me at stack@989BigJohnFM.com and let me know... or call during the show, weekday mornings starting at 5:30!

So, Yesterday, I was bitching on the air about what a crappy day I was having... I woke up and I wasn't feeling well, my coffee pot broke, my truck died (wow... kinda sounds like a country song in the making!) First of all, I want to thank everybody who called in with advice on the truck. Second, I kinda felt bad after I started my bitching, and I even SAID on the air that I was SURE there were LOTS of people out there having worse days than me... and I found a PERFECT example in this story I ran across this morning...

An unidentified 86-year-old man was admitted to the hospital in Peru. After running some tests, the man's doctors determined he had an infected ulcer on his RIGHT leg, and the only way to save his life would be to remove the entire limb. There was only one problem... there was some sort of communication breakdown, and the guy's doctors accidentally cut off his LEFT leg. Then, once they realized what they'd done, they went ahead and cut off his RIGHT leg too. In other words, the guy went in to have one leg amputated, and ended up getting them both chopped off...

...and suddenly my wonky truck and broken coffee pot don't seem all that bad....

...be safe...
-Stack