This is going to be one of those “grumpy old man” essays. Winter tends to gin up the grouch in me, even if there’s no snow. I decided a few weeks back to plan a little weekend getaway. Three days and two nights in the Mile High City, the highlight being a live stage performance … Continue reading Does StubHub Make You Feel Like A Schlub? Join The Club!
(SFX: phone rings…twice…three times..) JILL: National Weather Bureau, this is Jill, how may I direct your call? WENTY: I would like to inquire about the possibility of weather counseling. JILL: Weather…..counseling? WENTY: Yes. You see, over the last few days our town has experienced 65 mile an hour wind gusts. And as a result of … Continue reading A Foul Wind Doth Blow
Once a month I get a blood test to make sure my outstanding, super-duper, best of all time kidneys are still doing okay. (I think it helps that I say “Who’s a good kidney? You are! You are!” at least once a day.) I always get a report after the blood test, and God bless … Continue reading Wenty: Now With Less Sugar!
I read an interesting book today called “With Love, Mommie Dearest” by A. Ashley Hoff. It’s about the creation and legacy of the motion picture “Mommie Dearest.” “Mommie Dearest”, if you aren’t familiar, is a movie based on a book written by screen actress Joan Crawford’s adopted daughter Christina. Joan Crawford, you see, was….nuts. She … Continue reading No Wire Hangers…Ever!
Sometimes I look around and realize that I am inundated with Blu-Rays and books and CDs. I don’t do this on purpose….it just happens. There are just so many good things! And I have zero sales resistance. So this weekend, I threw my own little one-person film festival. The program consisted of three movies, two … Continue reading Saturday Night At The Movies
In the last five years, I have written over three hundred posts on this here blog. Three hundred! And maybe 20 or 30 of them are worthy of being something besides a bunch of 0s and 1s on a website. WIth that in mind, I have taken the initial steps to publish a book which … Continue reading Wentyworld: The Book!
“I am going to curb my enthusiasm for 2023, because 2022 was one of the best years of my life.”-Wenty, 1/1/23 “I was right to curb my enthusiasm.”-Wenty, 12/30/23 Okay, so I think it goes without saying that 2023 has been a real kick in the gonads for your humble blogger. I’ve written enough blogs … Continue reading Wentyworld 2023: The Year In Review
In July of 1998 my Dad and I traveled to Alliance Nebraska, where I would be starting a new job at KCOW. As we approached the city, I heard KCOW for the first time. And the first voice I heard was that of Mike Glesinger. I’ve worked with Gles for 25 years. He’s a coworker, … Continue reading Glesless
It’s my favorite holiday movie. I first saw it on television in the 80’s. Then one Christmas I got a VHS copy. A couple of Christmases later I got a super-fancy deluxe edition with shooting script, soundtrack CD and VHS. At this point, I have purchased this movie in one form of media or another … Continue reading 12 Things I Love About “White Christmas”
July 27th is the 25th anniversary of my first day at KCOW Radio. In the summer of 1998, with college behind me, I sent out cassette tape demos to several stations that had openings. One of them was KCOW. I had a telephone interview with General Manager Mike Garwood and Kevin Horn. They also talked … Continue reading Twenty-Five Years: Holy Crap!
