I want to wish everyone a happy Memorial Day weekend. Be safe and please remember our heroes.

This weekend will be “observed” by cookouts, pools, a great set of races and of course EVERY retail store will have a sale.

I wanted to find something that reflects a more serious representation of what Memorial Day SHOULD mean. Now, Trace Atkins may not be your idea of “good music”, I happen to like him and his songs. But even if you tend to lean away from country music you need to take a few minutes, soak up the images and the message in this video. Arlington by Trace Atkins is courtsey of Capitol Records.

Ok so I told you all that I was going to put the spot light on all the insane driving going on all over Woodruff road and I would expose those people who are causing so much traffic and stress for the rest of us drivers out there. Well congratulations we have our very first “WOODRUFF ROAD WEENIE OF THE WEEK”. This person  pulled off a classic today and let me share it with you. Ok people including myself are in the drive next to a tire store on Woodruff road to turn right onto Woodruff. Just before the drive we are all sitting in is construction going on on Woodruff rd. This traffic is blocking the right lane so that the right lane is wide open with no traffic and no reason for anyone turning right to have an issue or reason  not to just TURN RIGHT!. I was the second car back and as 1 minute turned to 2 MINUTES and the guy still hadn’t turned yet. I noticed that the car in between me and this idiot was honking his horn and waving his arms, I also noticed that there are now 10 cars behind me wanting to turn too. Still this guys couldn’t find a way to turn into a wide open lane with no traffic. Well I got out of my car, walked up to his window and pointed out that the lane was open and even a little child could see that! It was as if I had jus woke him up and he looked and me and….TURNED! As I walked back to my car I could see some of the people clapping and smiling after seeing what I had done!  Look this one guy made his own traffic jam just by not paying attention. Again I ask those of you who can’t drive and pay attention and have some common sense while driving, STAY OFF WOODRUFF RD! So if any of you see any of this kind of  stupid type of driving. Please let us know, you might have found our next WOODRUFF ROAD WEENIE OF THE WEEK!Here is our picture of the WEENIE OF THE WEEK!

 I mean the sad thing is he didn’t move for over 2 minutes and then when I got to where I could take his picture he was actually driving!

Yes I’ve had enough is the title of a great song from the Who but its also how I feel about you simpletons that come down and drive on  Garlington/Woodruff Rds. I Give you a break every Holiday season because there are so many of you that drive to the various shops we have around the area. But as a person who lives and works in the area around Garlington Rd, and Woodruff I have a message for you.STAY AWAY FROM HERE. I am so damn sick and tired of watching you all create so many traffic problems on this road. Lets do a laundry list of your stupid driving behavior, driving 30 in a 45. what the hell is that all about? weaving in and out of the lfet turn lane? Thats how a drunk driver drives! Pulling up and slowing down at every store entrance? Maybe you should know what store your going to before you drive out and get in everyones way. Pulling up to a red light in the right turn lane and then not turning right at the intersection but a block or to later.! THIS IS THE ONE THAT DRIVES ME MAD. Talking, txting, or putting makeup on or reading something while your driving? Stop putting my life and everyone elses around you at risk for the love of god. Or how about how when the light turns green and it take you up 5-7 seconds to actually start going.(I know it I time you everyday).

     Well I’ve decided to take matters into my own hands, As of today. when i see ANY OF YOU doing anything like what I’ve described above. I am going to take a picture of you and your car with my camera, and  publish that picture and your tag number right here on my blog page and the station pages too!So for all of you who block drive ways and not let people turn on to the roads, for all of you who won’t allow the employees at the station to pull out of our drive way and go home like everyone else , AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO BLOCK UP RIGHT TURN LANES AND DONT EVEN TURN, be aware, what I’m going to to do from now on. Oh and don’t think sneaking around the back way down Garlington and Roper Mountain makes you any better. Get on the damn Freeway and stay off our roads. It should NEVER take me 26 minutes to get to work when I live less than 2 miles from the station. An as the Late George Carlin once suggested, I’m going to propose that the city allows us to have stupid flags we can stick on the back of cars of peoiple who do all these idiotic things. See we can all have these little toy dart guns thet allow us to shoot a stupid flag that will stick to your car then when the cops see you have like 10 of them on your car they can just remove you from the road and take your keys away. I’m sure of it right now, more of you are going to die or kill someone else txting or talking on your phones in the next 12 month than drunk drives will!

Kiss has just announced a 28-date North American tour which will kick off on July 23rd in Cheyenne, Wyoming and run through September 24th when the band wraps things up in Phoenix, Arizona. Throughout the two month trek, Kiss will be making one-off stops at the North Dakota State Fair, the Indiana State Fair, and the Minnesota State Fair. Additional dates are expected to be announced soon.

Kiss North American tour dates (subject to change):
July 23 Cheyenne, WY – Cheyenne Frontier Days at Frontier Park
July 24 – Minot, ND – North Dakota State Fair Center
July 29 – Burgettstown, PA – First Niagara Pavilion
July 30 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center
July 31 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
August 6 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
August 7 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center
August 9 – Indianapolis, IN – Indiana State Fairgrounds
August 13 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
August 14 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon At Jones Beach Theater
August 15 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion At Montage Mountain
August 19 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
August 20 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
August 21 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
August 27 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheater
August 28 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
August 29 – Raleigh, NC – Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
September 2 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater
September 3 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
September 4 – Saint Paul, MN – Minnesota State Fairgrounds
September 10 – Toronto, ON – Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
September 11 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre
September 12 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH – Blossom Music Center
September 17 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
September 18 – Frisco, TX – Pizza Hut Park
September 19 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center
September 22 – Sandy, UT – Rio Tinto Stadium
September 24 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Wireless Pavilion

The debate over Illegal aliens continues and has grown more heated with the recent passage of the Immigration Reform Act.

The folks living in the big AZ are fed up with 2 things.
The flood of undocumented “long term visitors” from across the border and the lack of effort to stop / slow the flow by the federal government.

The situation has enflamed the passions of seemingly the entire state of California, who feels Arizona should handle aliens the say way they have…because of how well it has worked for them.  Maybe that’s not a good example.

The President of Mexico came to the states, addressed a joint session of congress, and lectured us on our laws. You know, the laws his former citizens have no hesitation in breaking. The same people that loved his laws so much….they left the country. Yea, that corrupt piece of suit crap demonstrated the number one trait shown by his countrymen……BALLS. Huge balls.

It’s in a time like this we, as a country, look to a true statesman to define the issue, explain the options, and then give us a clear path to resolution. That man is……….Ray Stevens.

Out today (May 18th) is the Rolling Stones’ long-awaited expanded reissue of Exile On Main Street. The 1972 classic has been issued in several configurations — a “deluxe” CD edition with the 10 bonus tracks: “Loving Cup,” “Pass The Wine (Sophia Loren),” “I’m Not Signifying,” “Dancing In The Light,” “So Divine (Aladdin Story),” “Soul Survivor,” “Following The River,” “Plundered My Soul,” “Good Time Women,” and “Title 5″ along with the “super deluxe” package includes the vinyl version, the 30-minute documentary DVD Stones In Exile, and a 50-page collector’s book with photos from the Exile era.

Got to attend the Open house for the new ECHL Hockey franchise for Greenville last night at the Bilo Center. Wow it was like a hockey Family reunion! It was so great to see all my old hockey friends and see all the Growwwl fans come out to show support the new team. And to see all the great crew I got to work with as the announcer of the Growwwl man it was a special night. I can’t say enough about Neil Smith and what a lucky town we are to have him decide to bring his Hockey team to Greenville. The one word that keeps coming up when I think of Mr Smith is CLASS! He truly believes in Greenville and all of us hockey fans, he wants to give us a team, a coach, and players to be proud of! We are so fortunate to have a real “Hockey man” owning this team, the man who brought Messier to NY to help the rangers win the cup, a true hockey legend! And for all of  us who love the game, well we all know how great it is and that as we held out hope a team would come to our city again, I don’t think we could have been any more lucky with who brought that team to town! But for all of you “skeptic’s” I only ask that you come out and try hockey. Come sit in the stands and see what a seriously entertaining game it can be. You don’t need to know the rules to love this game, you just have to see it for yourself and I know you’ll enjoy what you are seeing! I just want to say we have a great owner and his staff is top notch and I have total faith in whoever it is Neil picks for our new coach and the players and affiliations he brings to our franchise! And again thanks to all you folks who’ve told me you’d like to hear my voice as the P.A. announcer for this new team. All I can say is I would love to do it again and to be able to be a part of whats going to be a great time at the old ice rink for everyone in the upstate. And please share your positive support for me with the organization at hockeygreenville.com!  Can’t wait for the new team name, colors, and the season to start! Man the NHL season isn’t even over and all hockey fans in Greenville can think about is lets drop the puck on a new season! Thanks Mr. Smith for choosing Greenville for your team I know we have a loyal army of hockey fans who all feel the same and can’t wait tosee what you have to give us! Hockey night in Greenville, now thats sounds good eh?

EVERYONE need to see this, a couple of weeks ago, by my house on Highway 101 there was a big wreck where a girl was killed by someone that was texting. The person that was texting didn’t even hit the brakes when they hit the cars. Please watch this and tell what you think. WARNING! This is VERY graphic!

As I woke up Yesterday I turned on the news to see what was going on while I had been asleep, it was the same old blah blah blah, till I heard something that just made me begin to cry, Ernie Harwell was gone. Now for many of you here in the upstate you may or may not have known who Ernie was, but for those of us who grew up in the midwest, and in paticular Michigan, Ernie was like family to us. I mean there is no one in the state of Michigan who didn’t know who Ernie Harwell was. Thats because for 42 years he came into our homes, back yards and cars every night in the summer as the Voice of the Detroit Tigers. Simply put, Ernie was my Hero! He was so good at the craft of radio,his ability to put you right in a seat at Tiger stadium every night was wonderful. His charm came from being a regular guy on the air, a gentle sort of man who’s love of being at the ball park and the game of baseball just made him feel like he was your friend, or a your favorite uncle! I played a clip of Ernie doing a play by play call from the night the Tigers won the 1968 american league title, and dozens and dozens of former Michiganders called the show telling there tales of love for Ernie and how everyone of them had tears in there eyes when they heard the news. Ernie was such a part of all of our lives that it just seemed like he’d be around forever, But towards the end of last season Ernie came to Co-America park to speak to the fans, not on the radio anymore, but right there on the field. He came to say goodbye, cause he just found out he was going to die from cancer. Even after the announcement I don’t think any of us thought he’d pass. Some how this was just all wrong and that Ernie would beat this death sentence, no way could it be possible to not have Ernie Harwell around. So even with all this time to prepare for the loss, it still hit all of us like a bomb! I could tell you story after story of why Ernie meant so much to us all, but I would rather send you to the attached link so you can all expereince what Ernie Harwell was like and why we all loved him so much. He was my Hero, and he along with long time WJR Morning personality the late JP McCarthy are the reasons I followed my dream to be in radio. I was was one lucky person to have grown up Michigan and so privliged to have been able to hear these two talents execute to perfection the magic of radio! I feel as though someone in my family has died, and in a way it’s true. For Ernie Harwell was part of my life for 20 years, twenty summers of  Tiger Baseball, 20 summers I will cherish even more for the rest of my life! I will miss you Ernie, god bless your wife Lulu and your kids, and thanks for making growing up in Michigan so very special! Please click the following link to hear more on this wonderful man!               http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.squidoo.com%2Fernieharwell&h=14ad2