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Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent...

Someone once said you gotta celebrate the little victories because the big ones are so rare.

Today, as I do every year, I'm celebrating the end of January.

I'm fully aware that winter is nowhere near over. Still, once we get out of January, you can start to see the light. In a sense, we've bottomed out and are now coming up the other side.

For someone who hates winter as much as I do, that's a victory.

If that doesn't lift your spirits a little, maybe this will:

27 days until Spring Training...

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Mon Frere Pierre

I see where Pierre Robert (pron. pee-YARE roh-BEAR) has reupped for four more years at WMMR/Philly. Pierre is one of the industry's genuine good guys, on and off air. When the "shockjock wars" were going full tilt in Philly (circa 1990) and everyone seemd to be trying to out-Stern one another, Pierre stuck to his warm, gentleman-hippie persona...and won big.

Living proof that sometimes, even in radio, nice guys win...

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Welcome To Ought-Seven

I hope the transition into the new year went smoothly for you. Lissa and I went out on the town and partied with this guy. He's actually pretty good; go see him if he ever plays your hometown. And welcome to the new year; hopefully it won't be the same ol' same ol'...