I hope this Memorial Day weekend(in the US) finds everyone healthy and happy. To all my friends around the globe, Cheers!

Great News! My wife is going home from the hospital today. Both back surgeries went off without a hitch, and she is doing fantastic! Thanks to everyone's kind words and well wishes, it definitely makes a difference! And I sincerely appreciate it!

There is a new Alt Rock station up in Baltimore called Channel 104.3. I am sending them a demo and hoping that I might have a shot at a full time gig as a DJ so I can finally leave Traffic reporting in the dust. But, even if it doesn't happen, my job beats digging ditches and I still think that I am one of the luckiest people around. Seriously, I actually get paid to talk for a living. And just to think all those years when my parents and teachers were always telling me to shut the hell up! LOL

Anyway, enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Hello All!

Sorry for the lack of posts and the fact that I am way behind on responding to everyone It's been pretty busy as my wife Kathy and I get her ready for her back surgery on the 20th. In the meanwhile, here's a neat survey someone sent me. Hope everyone is doing well! Take care!

You can only type one-two words. Send it to 7 people including the
person who sent it to you. I also added a question at the end. Please do the same.

I am very interested in your responses.

1. Where is your cell phone? Book bag

2. Where is your significant other? Work
3. Your hair? BROWN
4. Your mother? Virginia
5. Your father? Heaven
6. Your favorite thing? FAMILY & FRIENDS
7. Did you dream last night? Nope
8. Your dream? N/A
9. The room you're in? Studio
10. Your hobby? Reading/Xbox
11. Your fear? Being alone
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? FURTHER SOUTH
13. Where were you last night? AT HOME
14. What you're not? Frugal
15. One of your wish list items? STAY HEALTHY
16. Where you grew up? Northern Virginia
17. The last thing you did? LAUGHED

18. What are you wearing? Shorts/SHIRT
19. Your TV? LIVING ROOM/BEDROOM
20. Your pet? NONE

21. Your computer? HOME
22. Your mood? CONTEMPLATIVE

23. Missing someone? Dad/Brother
24. Your car? Cadillac

25. Something you're not wearing? Watch
26. Favorite store? Boerder's
27. Your summer? RECOVERY
28. Love someone? Wife & FAMILY
29. Your favorite color? Red
30. When is the last time you laughed? MINUTES AGO
31. Last time you cried? MONTHS AGO
32. Who will resend this? SEVERAL
33. How many sisters? 0
34. How many brothers? 1/deceased
35. How many children? NONE
36. Animal you'd like to be? Dragon
37. Ideal Vacation? ANY

38. Favorite Place? YET DETERMINED

39. Ideal Day? W/ Wife

Happy Saturday All!

The latest Top Five:

1. Newton Faulkner: Dream Catch Me
2. Duffy: Mercy
3. Patti Smith: Because the Night
4. Raconteurs: Salute your Solution
5. Foo Fighters: Let it Die

I know, I know...I went a little old school with Patti Smith. But, I got to meet her on Friday. She is in DC promoting the documentary about her career. I will hopefully have a pic to post soon. As soon as I can get it from the Promotions department.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend! It's just starting to rain here...a thunderstorm is also on the horizon too. Seeya!

Happy Saturday All!

Hope everyone's enjoying themselves. Just chillin' at my radio station spinning some cool tunes. My wife and I are going to see a performance of MacBeth at the Folger Theatre in DC tomorrow night. Can you believe that there is sleet in the weather forecast for tomorrow??? WTF???!!!

This will be one of the last times we will go out for awhile. My wife's back surgery is scheduled for Tuesday May 20th. It's a two stage process...first surgery is Tuesday morning, part two is on Thursday. She will probably be in the hospital for 4-5 days. Recovery time is approximately 4-6 weeks. Full recovery is about 9-12 months. It sucks, but this will definitely improve my wife's quality of life, which, as far as I'm concerned, is all that matters.

And finally, on a more important note...I want to get my wife a gift after her surgery. Something nice to make her feel good, and definitely to cheer her up. She's already told me no more Coach bags. I was thinking a nice piece of jewelry instead. Ladies, I'll am trolling for assistance! You help would be greatly appreciated. Already assume that I will get her more flowers than what she knows what to do with. After that, any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Take care all!

Rich

Hey Everyone!

Hope the weekend is going well, and if you celebrate, have a Happy Easter! Today's blog has two important items for review... First, you have to check out Riae's new set in the hopefuls section! She is totally gorgeous and deserves to go live with this set! Make sure you stop at her page http://suicidegirls.com/girls/Riae/ or the Hopefuls section and leave some love for her!
Second, my friend Candid is working with a band called Linton Hall here in the DC area and they totally ROCK!! Stop by their MySpace page, www.myspace.com/LintonHall, check them out and leave them some love too!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Here's the latest five songs that I need to have on the Ipod/MP3 player:

1. Robert Plant and Strange Sensation: "Shine It All Around"
2. 3 Doors Down: "It's Not My Time"
3. Kate Nash: "Foundations"
4. Presidents of the U.S.A.: "Mixed Up S.O.B."
5. Kiss: "Detroit Rock City"

The last is to celebrate the release of Kiss' album Destroyer on this day in 1976. Plus, I also caught Gene Simmons' reality show "Family Jewels" for the first time this past week on A&E. OMG...I had not laughed that hard in a number of years. His companion Shannon Tweed and their kids are hysterical and Gene is an absolute trip. I recommend it highly.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Seeya soon! Rich

I am going to try something new...every now and then I am going to post my desert island five...the five songs that I currently feel that I cannot be without on my Ipod. And of course, I want to see what everyone else is listening to as well...here's the first one in no particular order:

REM - Supernatural Superserious
Steve Winwood w/ Eric Clapton - Dirty City
Tool - Eulogy
Matthew Sweet - I've Been Waiting
Ashes Divide - The Stone

Hope everyone is having a glorious Sunday...I am off work at 5:00 pm and I am going to pick up some Chinese for Kathy and myself...Kung Pao Chicken from Pei Wei...Yummy! Seeya soon!

I found this today and thought it was so fun and amusing to do that I wanted to pass along my answers and invite you to post your answers as well!
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, first car) Fuzzy maverick
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Rocky Road Reebok
3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal) Red Cat
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Carlo DC
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name.) WieRi
6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Blue Vodka
7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers) Karl Heinz
8. STRIPPER NAME ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent,
favorite candy): Polo Jellybean
9. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher's last name, a major city that starts with the same letter) McConnell Munich
10. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday or flower) Autumn Pointsettia (that's a little stupid, isn't it?)
11. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you're wearing right
now): Banana Turtleneck
12. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Oatmeal Dogwood
Feel free to give it a shot...Quick medical update...Went to my sports doctor. He has narrowed my injury to three possbilities: 1. Stress fracture 2. Chondritis(inflammation of the rib cartilage) 3. Pulled or torn pectoral muscle (OWWWWW!) I have to go for a series of chest x-rays to try and narrow it down. I may also have to eventually get a bone scan or a CT scan for further diagnosis. (SIGH) All for being a clumsy ox. Enjoy the questionaire...Hope evrybody is having a good day! Seeya!

OK...I believe I have hit an all new lame-ass low. I've been back at the gym on a regular basis for a little over a month...started a new lifting program, trying to build myself up a bit and just get into better shape. I think along those lines, I've done ok so far.

So, I'm at the gym Monday morning, getting onto the lying leg curl machine, and I may have cracked a rib lying on the bench. I slid onto it a little awkwardly and caught the edge of the bench, just to the rigth of my sternum. Ever since, certain movements, and even breathing at times, has been a chore. I'm going to the doctor on Monday to get checked out. I suck!

On a more positive note..I'm going to do some slow cooker pork BBQ tomorrow, and I am also going to try doing my own Fish n' chips. I watched them do it on America's Test Kitchen, and I want to give it a shot myself. My wife isn't about to argue with that either. It won't even come close to what I've sampled on trips to the UK, but I'm hoping for success!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend so far! I do wonder if I'm approaching 44 or 84 every now and then...Oh well. Seeya!