Did you ever see the “Simpsons” episode where Mr. Burns goes to the Mayo Clinic for his annual physical? I was sort of reminded of it today as I spent a full day at Anschutz Medical Campus for a kidney transplant evaluation. A kidney transplant–any organ transplant I would guess–is a very complicated procedure and … Continue reading All I Want For Christmas Is A Kidney
For over four years, I have been writing a variety of things for this website. Today, during our KCOW 4th of July music marathon, one of the sponsors was Wentyworld.com! I created two “commercials” for my humble little blog and they sound like this: Kudos to Herr Kroheim von Plugheim for helping me with these … Continue reading The Best (Or, If You Prefer, Least Worst) Of Wentyworld
I’m a Jack Benny nut. He’s my favorite dead comedian, and that’s saying something considering Johnny Carson is no longer with us! But Johnny himself would bow to the greatness of Benny, and was not shy about using some of Benny’s takes and reactions on his “Tonight Show”. Though not quite as obviously as this: … Continue reading “It’s An Hour Show!”: The Jack Benny Specials Part One
I think everybody has, once in a blue moon, an extremely vivid dream. I’ve had a few that have stuck with me for eons. One of them, which goes back darn near 20 years, is when I dreamed that KCOW was sold to the Japanese and turned into some other business. We were all leaving … Continue reading The Dreams Of A Geek
This little tradition started on MySpace, was transitioned to Facebook, and now rests on the ol’ blog. The first year I did this I was 33 years old, so I wrote 33 things for which I was thankful. I’ve added one new thing each year, and this year’s is at the bottom. A lot changes … Continue reading The Thanks Giving, 2021
This article is a delicate balancing act. And I’m a man who has tripped and biffed on the pavement at the rate of about once a year since 2014. So I’m at a disadvantage to begin with. This is going to be a balancing act because I don’t write about politics on this blog. And … Continue reading Six Months To Live
Since 2004 my pal Dangerous Dave and I have been making internet radio shows. Our efforts started before “podcast” was a commonly used word…but honestly “podcast” doesn’t reflect what these things are. We do scripted radio theater, with multiple voice parts, sound effects, music, the whole kit and kaboodle. Our sketch show, “The Dr. J … Continue reading “Scare On The Air”
I just got off the phone with Pappy Wentworth. Aka “Big Dave.” I had been chatting with my sister Johanna about the likelihood of my not traveling home for Christmas this year. But talking to Dad about it, and hearing him agree that this was not a good year to do it, put a finality … Continue reading Home For The Holiday (Easter Perhaps. Or Memorial Day.)
At the very end of 2018, I returned to work from Christmas vacation and had a very stressful day or two. There was just a lot of stuff piled up and some minor office drama on top of it…and I noticed my left eye was twitching. Just a little facial tic of the variety lots … Continue reading Botox Boy
This has been an unusual week for me. Most of the radio work I do falls under the category of what the BBC calls “light entertainment”. (That’s British Broadcasting Corporation, not Box Butte County.) I host a morning show where I do cheesy impersonations, make semi-humorous remarks and give airtime to a fictional basement-dweller. I … Continue reading Serious Radio, and Serious Idiocy
