Are You Ready for Some SOFTBAAAAAAAAAAAALL?

I am completely pumped.

There are a couple times of years that I truly love...Football Season, My Birthday/Christmas, and of course...Media League Softball Season!



That's right! This will be my third year ON the team...fourth year being around it. There is something exciting about getting out and playing a game of softball on a league...win or lose.

And yes, we've had our share of both...

Do I hate losing? Of course!

Do I have fun regardless? You betcha!

So with practice kicking off on Saturday morning - you can just call me the HAPPY PRODUCER!

Stand by Your Ham...

That's right...your ham!

Farmers in the U.K are trying a new way to bring attention to their issue, so they are hitting the Internet with a catchy new song. This is a parody of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man."

'Stand by Your Ham'

Right now it's hard to make a living
Rearing all your pigs for pork and ham.
The supermarkets make money
But we don't make any money
And that's quite hard to understand
But if they gave us a little more money
Gave us farmers a fairer share.
Coz we take good care of our pigs
We're so proud of them
To us they're more than pork and ham.

(Chorus)
Stand by your ham.
Sausages, pork and bacon
Help us to stay in business
Because our pigs are worth it.
Stand by your ham.
Sausages, pork and bacon
Keep givin' all the help you can
Stand by your ham.

But you have to seriously ask...can this be more than just a catchy song?

I think its a great effort, but I don't know that it'll actually make a difference in the price of feed for the Wilbur and the rest of the porkers.

Sorry Farmers...great song, but it ain't gonna help!

Way To Go Vols!

Just wanted to take a quick minute and congratulate the Tennessee Vols! I became a TN basketball fan after moving to Tennessee from Ohio a few years ago. When I first got to Tennessee, the men's basketball team had just hired Bruce Pearl as their new coach.

Pearl should go down in history as being one of the best basketball coaches! He took a team that rarely made it to the NCAA tournament to a few years later being the number one team in the country. Now in all fairness the team has only had that title for a day or so but it's a great accomplishment for a team that has never been number one!

Once again congratulations to Bruce Pearl and the team for a season well done! Let's hope they can take it all the way!

Picture Courtesy: SEC Sports

Don't Screw Up... I'm Watching You!

I don't like listening to the radio in the car anymore...if the dial goes anywhere near a country station. Why? Because there is a country song out that scares the snot out of me.

Its called "Watching You" by Rodney Atkins. If you haven't heard it before, download it - or ask someone who has it. Even if you don't like country...

And its not SUPPOSED to be scary...its supposed to be a feel good kinda song. But when I listen to the lyrics of the song, I get scared about growing up and being a parent.

Here's the chorus:

"He said I've been watching you dad, ain't that cool
I'm your buckaroo, I wanna be like you
And eat all my food and grow as tall as you are
We got cowboy boots and camo pants
Yeah we're just alike, hey ain't we dad
I wanna do everything you do
So I've been watching you"

This scares me. I feel like as a person, I'm an okay person. I have respect for my elders, and I try and be a good person - but having someone that looks up to me 24/7...

*Shudders*

I don't think I'm ready for this kind of responsibility. Not yet.

By the way...this is only the second song to ever give me the heebe-jeebes. The other song was "Hotel California"...when I was like eight. I used to hear the song and picture little gremlin-like, clownish creatures coming to get me and taking me away forever.

But that could never happen.

Right...?

Political Observations

While I normally shy away from politics... at least for blogging purposes, I had some thoughts this weekend. I was reading an article about the upcoming Presidential race and I came to two very different conclusions about two very different candidates.

The first was about John McCain. After reading an article in the New York Times it became apparent that the Times did what John McCain couldn't, get Republican backers for himself. After the article ran last week, accusing McCain of an inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist, GOP's came out of the woodwork to support him. These were the same republican leaders who had shunned McCain for not being republican enough. In the word's of my boyfriend, "Being attacked by the Times was like a badge of honor." Essentially now that McCain has been attacked by liberals, he's conservative enough for Republicans again.

The second thought was about Hillary Clinton. I don't think she'll get a fair shake when it comes to this Presidential Race. In fact I don't think most women would get a fair shake. As much as we'd like to say Gender shouldn't or doesn't play a role into politics, I think we all know it does. I think even more so than race.

Throughout the race we've seen several faces of Senator Clinton. We've seen the tough, loud, mud slinging, accusation throwing Clinton and we've also seen the crying, emotional Clinton. I think both sides are bad for her run. Let's be honest, there are words that people use to describe women like Hillary. It doesn't matter how capable a woman is, if she's outspoken and harsh, it doesn't settle well with men or women. But as soon as she tries to show a little emotion, to show she's not as hard as she seems, people say "see she's crying, that's why we can't have a woman president."

I'm not saying a woman president is not possible, I just think it would take a candidate that is charming, relatable to both men and women, tough but not threatening (especially to men). I hope one day in the near future there is a woman President, but I don't think Clinton is the woman who will get the job.

Just food for thought.

Skinny Fellas Need Not Apply!

That's right fellas...your wife might be harping about those few extra pounds, but the Florida Marlins want you, spare tire and all!

The National League baseball team is puting together an all-male, plus-size cheerleading squad to be dubbed "The Manatees." The team hopes to recruit seven to 10 tubby men to dance, cheer and jiggle during Friday and Saturday home games.



But the competition was not easy - these big boys still had to be agile!



The Manatees won’t be paid, but they’ll get tickets for the games they perform...and you have to imagine a hot dog or two.

Now, maybe I'm just biased...but I don't think these fellas have anything on the Suchan Shuffle!



Get down with your bad self, Chris!

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

We can't thank you enough!

This is our 100th blog to date! We weren't exactly a blogging bunch, but you guys really stuck with us (even when we took LONG Christmas break)!

We hope to continue feeling the love and support from you guys, and we love getting the feedback!

So keep telling us what you think by comment, email, or phone call! We want to keep hearing from you. You make us better!

So from the entire Morning Show and staff here at WBTV...Thanks!

It's the Mega Recession Saver Blog!

All week long we've been showing you some good tips on how to easily save a few bucks around the house.

Who knew you could just change a few things and save so much money!

So we've combined all our reports and have them here for you to watch one more time! Just click the pictures to see the video.

Day One


Day Two


Day Three


Day Four


Day Five


Now go out and save some money...and ENERGY!

Maybe I'm Just Green With Envy

Forbes Magazine, what did Charlotte do to you? I'm usually not one to defend a city I live in, just because I live there, but there are exceptions.

You may have heard on the news, Forbes Magazine has published an article naming America's Most Jealous Cities. Charlotte ranked number 2 on the list. According to Forbes, the list was made up of cities with the highest property crime. The thought is, if people are stealing, it must be because they are jealous.

I suppose Forbes makes a valid point, there is a lot of property crime in Charlotte. But my thinking is, it's better to have a lot of property crime, than a lot of violent crime! Maybe the magazine's next article could be "America's Most Hateful Cities" or "America's Most Laziest Cities" for cities with high unemployment rates. Seriously, it isn't nice.

I've heard a lot of people talking about how stealing has nothing to do with jealousy but instead with poverty rates. Honestly, I'm not that worked up on why people steal ( I don't defend criminals), I'm more upset that Forbes Magazine has nothing better to do than to beat up on Charlotte (AGAIN) and to make light of crime trends.

My question is, why doesn't Forbes Magazine look on the bright side of life? How about "America's Most Modern Cities" or "America's Greenest Cities" or even "America's Most Beautiful Cities." ... After all we are number 2 in the number of people who undergo plastic surgery.

What's the old saying? Something about people pick on you because they are jealous of you... Hmmm makes you wonder if it's Forbes Magazine that's got the jealousy Jones.

You're Only Crazy if You ANSWER the Voices in Your Head...Right?

That's right...its getting to that point where the anchors, Chris and Chuck are starting to hear voices in their heads.

I don't know if its the early hours, the lack of sleep or too much coffee - but you gotta watch out for those extra voices!

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