 | What Is It & Why Do We? Audio Embed: PRI & WNYC's program The Takeaway 1/25/11, Host: John Hockenberry. |
Monday, February 7, 2011
Smile
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Packers 31-25, BTW
Ken would never rack up frequent flyer miles at the barber shop. Most of the time his hairdo was a don't. He'd leave it alone for awhile and then lop off whatever seemed to stick out too far for more than a few days in a row. Whatever you'd call the result, it was self-inflicted.
Born in the NW corner of Indiana to a family with several generations of mill workers and not enough vowels in their last name, he rooted for "da Bears." Nobody else... Not even other steel makers.
When they made the playoffs this season, Ken showed his solidarity with a rare trip to the barber... And came back with a "full Urlacher." It didn't help his team, and he didn't like the eventual match up for Super Bowl XLV.
"It's like Rae Dawn Chong (Steeler DB Troy Polamalu) is playing against Fabio (Packers LB Clay Matthews)... I can't watch."
I saw Ken a few times during the run-up to the game, in which he'd rebounded from "cue ball bald" to something in the Bob Hoskins - Phil Collins range. Then right after it ended, I ran into him at the elevator and asked if he knew who won the game.
"Probably Suave, or whoever sells the most conditioner," he mumbled.
Too soon... It's still about the hair.
Born in the NW corner of Indiana to a family with several generations of mill workers and not enough vowels in their last name, he rooted for "da Bears." Nobody else... Not even other steel makers.
"Probably Suave, or whoever sells the most conditioner," he mumbled.
Too soon... It's still about the hair.
Fighting For The Bones
About 10,000 people gathering this weekend at his Presidential Library in California to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of the patron saint of conservatives. They include Dick Cheney, the Beach Boys and Sarah Palin... Authors from historian Douglas Brinkley to his biographer/son Ron Reagan, say many who would claim his legacy misunderstand and/or misrepresent it.
Outgoing President Ronald Reagan looked back at his desk one last time before leaving the Oval Office for the last time on 1/20/1989. (Jose R. Lopez/The New York Times)
Outward amiability camouflaged the man's enormous inner ambition.
Reporters Recall Reagan
 | The President From Central Casting Audio Embed: CBS Radio's Osgood File 2/3/11. |
Outward amiability camouflaged the man's enormous inner ambition.
Reporters Recall Reagan
Through The Snow
Courtesy of the "Prop" Department
A Russian inventor has a recipe for your left-over lawn mower engine.
A different way to enjoy winter, off-road in the Maine woods.
Not that kind of snow, Charlie!
A Russian inventor has a recipe for your left-over lawn mower engine.
 | On Fat Tires We Go Audio Embed: Weekend Edition Saturday 2/5/11, Reporter: Patty Wight. Host: Scott Simon. |
Not that kind of snow, Charlie!
Charlie Lines
More Than Just An Album
Charlie Sheen's Unfunny Life (Fixed in Post)
Three Hookers and A Philly Cheesesteak
It sounds like Charlie Sheen's Super Bowl takeout order...
But it's really the title for the next episode of Two and A Half Men.
Top Ten Excuses
Late Show with David Letterman 1/31/11.
Three Hookers and A Philly Cheesesteak
It sounds like Charlie Sheen's Super Bowl takeout order...
But it's really the title for the next episode of Two and A Half Men.
Top Ten Excuses
Late Show with David Letterman 1/31/11.
Super Bowl, Super Payoffs?
In Las Vegas, they'll be able to tell you down to the dollar what they handled in Super Bowl bets... But the overall impact will bleed into the rip-offs that surge with hosting a mixed martial arts championship & Cher concert within the celebratory afterglow of Chinese New Year.
In Arlington, TX who wins doesn't matter as much as what's spent, and how much Super Bowl host cities actually benefit from the big game.
 | How Big A Windfall? Audio Embed: WBUR & NPR's Only A Game 2/5/11, Reporter: Karen Given. |
2/8 Update: A combo Packers win & "over" with a point total of 56 for the game added up to a net loss for Las Vegas sports books.
Super Bowl Ads Generating Super Buzz
New wave of Super Bowl ads target social media audiences first.
Look At Them Puppies!
Packers & Steelers compete against Puppies & Lingerie.
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