John -Are there any fact checkers at the NY Times??? Times columnist David Brooks accuses Barack Obama of being an elitist, saying, "Obama's problem is he doesn't seem like a guy who can go into an Applebee's salad bar and people think he fits in naturally there." Hey, Mr. "Regular Guy" Brooks? Applebee's has no salad bar. Way to nail it
Kathi ---- My husband had rotator cuff surgery on Monday. If any of you have ever had to take care of someone after this, you know it's an interesting ordeal. I had to shave the back of his neck, cut his nose and ear hairs, trim his eyebrows, and change his dressings. Gross!
Yes, I did recite the marraige vows before I could do it!
John -Want your kids to get you thru your old age in the manner to which you would like to become accustomed? Teach them to play golf. The two highest paid athletes are both golfers. Tiger Woods is #1 at $128 million bucks. Phil Mickelson is #2 at a measley $62 million, but still manages to scrape by.
Kathi ---- Like mother, like daughter -- perfectly. Cherie Pieper never had missed a day of school when she graduated Indiana's Northeast Dubois High School in 1989. Now, daughter Arielle has done the same -- 12 years without a single absence. Arielle tells The Herald newspaper that if mom could do it, she figured she could, too. But it wasn't always easy. Cherie Pieper says her daughter sometimes needed coaxing and encouragement. But she adds her daughter's perfect attendance record is quite an accomplishment.
I don't know if you feel this way, but everytime I hear one of these stories at one of my kids' graduations, I always think about all the kids these people must have made sick when they came to school carrying something. Just so they could have a perfect attendance record. How can they never be sick?
John -Once more Back To The Future? Never! The reason Michael J. Fox will never get to re-enact "Back to the Future"? Low water pressure and an overwhelmed sprinkler system led to the fire that burned up the iconic clock tower. Lame, McFly.
Kathi ---- Let's all cheer against these guys!
Four men are trying to break the record for rowing across the Atlantic. The rowers set out from New York Sunday and hope to reach England in less than 55 days and 13 hours, the current mark. The rowers, who are all from the U.K., are taking turns at the oars. They'll row in two-man teams, two hours each. All that rowing burns a lot of calories. They've got 1,500 freeze-dried meals in their 29-foot boat and a device that converts sea water to drinking water.
Even if they do make it, our own Tori Murdin did it by herself and she's a female! It's not a big deal guys if you do it. She's the best!!
John -Airlift Northwest is a helicopter ambulance service. They say the number of obese people they are asked to fly is creating problems. Before they will pick up a patient now they need information including the measurements of the patient's abdomen when lying down. You know you're too fat when the helicopter ambulance institutes a new policy whereby your doctor must call ahead with your dimensions before they'll agree to pick you up.
Kathi ---- If you're from the area you know about Bearno's pizza. You can literally only eat one, maybe two pieces of pizza. It's so thick and loaded, you just can't do it. No way did they use Bearno's for this contest. Because Sal Carbone managed to down just over 15 pizza slices yesterday, breaking his own pizza-eating record. The Brooklyn man also retains his pizza-eating crown in an annual contest at Rocco's Pizzeria. Rocco's co-owner (Joseph Loccisano) says the runner-up chomped through a little over 12 slices. The event raised about $4,000 for the child-welfare organization MercyFirst.
John -I think my sister-in-law is a little over the top when it comes to AMERICAN IDOL. She says she is just a big fan. I say she is just weird. Here are the signs that scare me about her:
1. She calls both her kids "David"...and one's a girl!
2. She likes to Simonize her floors
3. She begins every sentence with, "If I may be honest" or "Yo, dog"
4. She can actually understand what Paula Abdul is saying
5. She decides what's for dinner by having the family vote on their phones
Kathi ---- Well it's finally in the theatres. The much-anticipated "Sex in the City" movie! " And it's getting really good reviews. Are you planning a night with the girls? I'm going with four girlfriends (no guys allowed). Just for fun we're meeting for Cosmos beforehand!
In case you haven't heard about the plot, the movie picks up where the TV series left off four years ago. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) is on the verge of marrying the love of her life, Mr. Big (Chris Noth). Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) must deal with some shocking news from her seemingly devoted husband, Steve (David Eigenberg). Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Kristen Davis) is going to have a baby. Finally, Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall) is now living in a different city: Los Angeles.
Have a great weekend and we'll see ya Monday! ---
John -I was reading that taking the junk out of your trunk can save gas! You can get like 4 miles per gallon more for every 200 pounds less weight you carry. So I took my golf clubs out of the trunk and got better mileage on my trip Sunday morning. Problem was I was heading to the golf course!
Kathi ---- I'm a big a fan of Lost, and I never knew they categorized certain groups of viewers. Did you know if you like Sawyer and Kate together you're a Skater? Jaters prefer Kate with Jack. Well no matter what you are, you surely know the season finale is tonight.
Co-creator Damon Lindelof says both Skaters and Jaters will have something to watch. He says the last episode "will have a bounty of romantic scenes" that will satisfy both sets of fans. He says Locke and Jack's conflict will also heat up and even the concept of time will change. Lindelof says all this will make fans anxious to see what happens when the series returns in January.
It has found a way to get millions of us to tune in this long.
We'll talk about it tomorrow. Feel free to call in and give your opinion.
John -You knew it had to happen sooner or later. Tire companies are now advertising "Gas Saving" tires. It's really nothing new. We've always been told that properly inflated tires got better gas mileage, so it makes sense. But just think how much gas you could save if you just removed your tires completely!!
Kathi ---- Just when you thought we were rid of him....He's Back! Sanjaya is about to spoof himself just like Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer did before him. He'll star in one of those "Life Comes At You Fast" commercials that Nationwide has previously aired during the Super Bowl. In this spot, Sanjaya will visit a monastery in India seeking the answer to life. He's told he needs a retirement plan -- and some work on his hair. Not to mention his voice!
John -I saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull this weekend. Good movie! But, I have to agree that Harrison Ford is getting a little too old to play that swashbuckling kind of role. A few signs in the movie that prove Harrison is getting older that you may not have noticed: he kept his left turn signal on throughout one of the chase scenes and there is an AARP sticker on the back of his jeep, check it out!
Kathi ---- You may be like me, where the bugs love you! If you are, you'll be excited about something new on the horizon. New mosquito repellents could last more than four times longer than the best now available.
Researchers for the Pentagon say they've tested chemicals on clothing that kept mosquitoes away for up to 73 days. Currently, the best repellent on the market, DEET, averages 17.5 days. One scientist says some of the new chemicals are "just phenomenal."
The researchers focused on what the most powerful mosquito repellents have in common chemically. The search was narrowed to seven possible repellents which will be tested this summer for safety. It's expected to be a few years before any are available commercially.
I can't wait to try it out when we go to Ft. Myers. Those no-seeums are awful there! We actually don't go there as much because it's so bad. I remember going to the store with shorts and people staring at me because it looked like I had chicken pox.
John -Slow Down And Save, Speed Racer! Drive more slowly: Did you know you reduce your car's fuel efficiency by 4 miles per gallon for every 10 mph you drive over 60? Get the junk out of our trunk: You cut your car's fuel efficiency for every 200 lbs. of crap you lug around in our trunks. Have a safe Memorial Day Weekend!
Kathi ---- How excited are you that its' a 3-day weekend?!!! Hope you have great plans that include staying outdoors. Remember to keep us on all weekend long for your chance to win Holiday World tickets. I'll see you all at the long lines at Sams. Be safe.
John -Forget sending Sex & The City star Kristin Davis a Cosmo the next time you see her out – not only is it a trite gesture, Charlotte doesn't drink. Davis told the newest issue of Health magazine, "I'm a recovering alcoholic. I've never hid it, but I've been sober the whole time I've been famous, so it wasn't like I had to go to rehab publicly. I get sent Cosmos. I never drink them." Let's all remember: what happens up on the screen is only pretend!
Kathi ---- What about that finale last night on American Idol! Didn't you think Archuleta was going to get it? I was shocked and excited that my guy Cook won it all.
Archuleta was asked about his plans and the teenager said he will try to keep education in the mix because of the uncertainty for anyone, of a lasting music career.
Cook said it was an honor to share the stage with Archuleta, who Cook said has more talent at 17 "than I know what to do with at 25."
Cook was asked what he thought the "Idol" win will bring him? He said, "I actually walked into this with no expectations and I'm walking out of it with no expectations. This show is a springboard," he said, "but it's still a crapshoot."
Now we have to wait until Jan. 2009 for the next installment. How will we fill our evenings?
John -According to a report by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, FAT PEOPLE are the newest and potentially most dangerous cause of global warming. Yep, this esteemed and august institution stated that obese people use more energy to get around, eat more and contribute more toward the Earth's warming than we had previously recognized. Furthermore, skinny people are far more likely to walk, as opposed to using some sort of energized conveyance and eat food that could otherwise go to starving people. So, they said crap like this wouldn't happen when those of us against a smoking ban predicted Fat People would be the next targets of the health Nazis. I really hate being right ALL The TIME!
Kathi ----We interviewed the President of Bourbon Barrel Foods Matt Jamie on the backside at Churchill Downs and I'd thought I'd pass along that he is hosting a grand opening of their new retail presence and manufacturing facility in the Historic Butchertown Market from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 30. The open-to-the-public event will include tastings of products, giveaways, tours of the facility and live music by Kentucky Fried Pickin' bluegrass band.
Butchertown Market, which is located at 1201 Story Ave., will also serve as a stop on the Frankfort Avenue Friday Trolley Hop taking place that evening.
They offer products that include Bourbon Barrel Aged Worcestershire Sauce; Bourbon Barrel Aged Soy Sauce; Bourbon Smoked Sea Salt, Peppercorns and Paprika; Kentuckyaki; and a line of Sorghums including Sweet Sorghum, Blueberry and Bourbon Vanilla flavors. The blueberry is my favorite!!! ---
John -Parade magazine asked Jerry Springer if he's proud of The Jerry Springer Show, he replied, quote, "I want to apologize for it. Sometimes I think I should have a show just called, I'm Sorry." Jerry wants to apologize for his show! Now all we have to do is get those three thousand jilted lovers and cross-dressing circus midgets to say they're sorry as well.
Kathi ---- John Ashton is a lot like Joan Kohler. She has found a way to scoot around high gas prices -- with a motor scooter. The 51-year-old South Dakota restaurant owner bought a candy-apple red Honda scooter last week. Kohler says her family was nervous about her new mode of transportation but she's promised to be careful. Kohler says she loves the 100 miles per gallon she gets on the little Honda. And she's not alone. Scooter dealers across the country say interest and sales are way up, as gas prices continue to rise. John is also considering buying one of these. If he can find one with a cup holder and an ashtray he's in. ---
John -Jessica Alba says she chooses her movie roles based on .....money. She's been without money and didn't like it. She's happy to be making money now. She likes money. No coincidence that her husband's name is "Cash Warren!"
Kathi ---- R-r-r-r-rip. That's the sound of Velcro's 50th anniversary. Yesterday, current and former employees of Velcro USA lined the streets of Manchester, New Hampshire, for a rip-roaring celebration. For more than mile, people ripped apart strips of the fastener that has gone the moon and helps to keep babies' bottoms covered. Didn't know if you knew, but Velcro was developed by a Swiss inventor, after studying the burs that stuck to his dog's fur and his wool hunting pants! I know... "Why didn't I think of that!" ---
John -Wisconsin postal workers in a West Side neighborhood near Owen Conservation Park are being attacked by wild turkeys. The manager of the Hilldale Station Post Office said about 10 of the birds have been pecking at the postal workers as they make their rounds, and some of the birds have attacked the letter carriers with the sharp spurs on their legs. One of the birds went through the open door of a mail truck and scratched the driver. The slogan says "neither rain nor snow nor dead of night...." Doesn't say anything about turkeys!
Kathi ----Yesterday, the stars of Sex and the City strolled down the red carpet for the premiere of the big screen version of the HBO show in... London?
Yep, the world premiere of the film happened in London, not New York, where the show is based and filmed. But CYNTHIA NIXON, who plays Miranda, says the big one is coming to the Big Apple before the movie's opening day, May 30th. She addressed the controversy, saying, quote, "We're having a kind of a smallish premiere here. We're having a smallish premiere in Berlin and we're building to the New York premiere, which is enormous."
And although there were delays in production and crowds of people getting in the way during filming Sex and the City the movie, SARAH JESSICA PARKER, who plays Carrie, doesn't mind being defined by her role. She says, quote, "Professionally it's been the best ten years of my life. I wouldn't have wanted to have done it any differently, with any different women or any different men, so it's been glorious."
Are you and your girlfriends going? My friend Lesia can't wait! Look for sales of Cosmo's to go through the roof during the film's run.
John -Kelly Preston says her husband, John Travolta, will be singing a duet with Miley Cyrus soon. Kelly says she doesn't think those Vanity Fair pictures of Miley are so bad. "We know her," she said, "and she's got a good head on her shoulders." And we all know just how cute those shoulders are!
Kathi ----Hope you had a great Mothers Day. I painted my daughters room for 6 hours! But it's done. Of course I can't move my head around 90 degree's...84 but not 90. HOwever don't you just feel great when you accomplish something! Yeah, for one of 10 completed projects!
John -A judge has ruled that Britney Spears can spend Mother's Day with her kids. Her kids are thrilled!! They've never been to a nightclub.
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY
Kathi ----One of America's most famous brother-and-sister duos will celebrate America's favorite mom this Sunday. DONNY and MARIE OSMOND host NBC's Mother's Day special America's Favorite Mom, which will award a quarter of a million dollars to a lucky contestant. Nominees were represented in five categories: Working Mom, the Single Mom, the Military Mom, the Non-Mom and Chairman of Everything Mom. The special airs on NBC at 7 p.m.
Hope you have a great Mother's Day!
John -If you think the Catholic Church is old fashioned, think again. The Pope will be texting thousands of young Catholics at World Youth Day 08. Messages expected to range from "Go God" to "b good or b sorry- no brkfast in hell."
Kathi ----I am almost as excited as $2.00 a gallon gasoline! Jason Castro has finally ended my pain of having to watch him on American Idol. I'm sorry, I did not get him at all. Syesha is so much more deserving. I would have thrown something at the TV, if Ryan had said he was through again this week!
Now we can have a good competition in the final weeks. Anyone leaving at this point, will be fine career wise. I can't believe how into this I am. Looking forward to the summer, where I'm not obsessed with these shows.
John -It's an election year which means politics is the subject on many of the talk shows on TV. Yesterday on Ellen Robin Williams (one of the funniest guys of our generation) said... "Look, I live in California, a 60% Hispanic state, and we have an Austrian governor, so we're up for anything. He's a basically Republican liberal, which is like a Volvo with a gun rack."
Kathi ----A Minnesota couple says their lives won't change that much, now that they've won a 180.1 million dollar Powerball jackpot.
Paul and Sue Rosenau appeared at a news conference where they accepted a ceremonial check. This is so cool! The winning couple says they already have everything they need, and they realize that money is "probably not as important as friendship and helping others." And that's what they plan to do.
Paul Rosenau is a heavy equipment operator and his wife, Sue, works at an agricultural research institute. The couple will take the prize from last Saturday's drawing in a lump-sum of 59.6 million dollars after taxes.
Their win came five years to the day of the death of a 2-year-old granddaughter who had Krabbe disease, a nervous system disorder.
Sue Rosenau says the family has been involved in trying to get a Krabbe test part of routine newborn screenings. Their winnings may go toward those efforts, but the Rosenaus haven't made any decisions.
John -The Derby interview we did not do backside was with Joe Camp, author of the new book The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd. The book is pretty much anti-horse racing. But now he has some nice things to say about Big Brown: Big Brown had lameness issues, cracked hooves, and hoof wall separation allowing him to run only three races prior to the Derby. His metal nail-on shores were pulled and flexible glue-on plastic shoes were put on, allowing his hooves to flex as Mother Nature intended. His hooves healed and he could run again. "A horse's hoof is supposed to flex," Camp said, "and that flexing acts like a secondary heart, pumping blood throughout the thousands of capillaries in the hoof mechanism, which keeps it healthy and provides a hydraulic-like shock absorption for the tendons, ligaments, and joints of the leg.
"This is huge!" Camp added. "It could be the impetus needed to get tons of metal shoes off horses' feet so the hooves can flex as their genetics designed them to do."
Kathi ---- This is pretty cool. Miley Cyrus and her mom are joining of a group of celebrities designing yoga bags to help women with breast cancer. It's part of a Mother's Day auction to raise funds for The Libby Ross Foundation. The yoga bags are uniquely decorated with Swarovski jewels and will be listed on eBay from May 5th through the 15th. Other celebrities who are designing bags include Susan Sarandon and her daughter, Hayden Panettiere and her mom, Courtney Cox Arquette, and Leah Remini.
The goal of the yoga program is to support breast cancer survivors and women who are undergoing breast cancer treatment. ---
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