Merry Christmas from ToddOnAir.com

I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

See you on the radio soon.

Police Stop My Car

Just a quick post....As heard on the show today... enjoy!

Mission: Bolt!

The Radio City Rockettes were in town with a lovely Christmas show.  But, there was no way us fellas were going to go the girlie rockettes show.  We sent momma, while we went on our own adventure.   The Louisiana Boardwalk was OUR territory for tonight's escapade.  

Our mission tonight: to see the new movie Bolt! in 3D!  But first, a stop by the arcade to shoot some video game baddies.  Trale found one game where it was his transformer against another transformer.  After 5 rounds, that other transformer didn't know what hit him... It was a Trale, master of the video game universe!  Booyah!

Off to the theatre.  But first, a pit stop to the lobby concession stand, take out loan, buy popcorn and candy.  Now we're ready for the adventure of Bolt! in 3D.  Glasses on: we're ready.  Mason was unfazed by the characters, weapons, and other projectiles that looked like they would hit him through the 3D specticles..  This was not Trale's first 3D movie, so he too was not going to let a big dog bark him out of the theatre.

With Popcorn and candy successfully down the hatch, the movie ended.  Another successful night out with my gang.

Mission accomplished.

Back in Action...

...for one more week anyway...Christmas is next week!  Whoo hoo!

Did I rest on my time off?  Get away from stress?  hmmmm....

The KRMD Transmitter caught fire!  That's right!  I have pics of our burned up radio transmitter here.  We are still on the air, just at a lower power.

Other than that...

I broke my one day geocaching find record with 16.  (The old record was 10.)  Saw the shuttle while hunting with my wife and 3 year old.  That was pretty cool.  Mason about flipped out in the back seat when he saw it.

Went to the station Christmas Party.  I won Mudbugs tickets in one of the door prizes!

Getting ready for a big break next week, heading to Texas to see family!  Do you have big plans for next week?

Riding off into the sunset...

Tonight I'm taking some time off for a couple of days to recharge. Since I've been moving around so much in the past 12 months, the end result is that I haven't taken any vacation time in nearly two years! I know, it's my fault, but I am still fried from the experience!

In other news, It snowed in Houston today... that's right Houston! James Anthony came in and told me about it so, I immediately called my Dad up and the first thing he told me was that it was snowing hard right now. I couldn't believe it! He was driving down the road at the time and said the snow was starting to slow down traffic. I guess so! It only snows once about every 2 to 3 years...maybe.

Back on the blog Monday!

Not your typical Christmas tune.

Thanks to my buddy Leslie for jogging my memory.  One of my favorite Christmas tunes is "Merry Christmas From The Family" from Robert Earl Keen .  Christmas, Texas style!  You may have heard the Montgomery Gentry version of this song.  The REK version is the original and, in my humble opinion, the best.  So, get your celery and can of fake snow and enjoy!

KRMD Redneck Wedding

Special Thanks to American Rose Center and all the couples who participated!
Here's a picture slide show:

And some random video taken:

If you are one of the participants and want a CD burned with the pictures and the video, just call the station and leave a message for me. 549-8500.

**I'm working on a better version of the video too.

Stop! Grammy Time!

Grammy nominations are out!  Rapper Lil Wayne took home the most grammy nods at 8. One of the big nominations for a country artist came in the Best New Artist Category with Lady Antebellum. L.A. was the only country music artist nominated in that category. Well deserved! They are amazing!

Here's the round up of Country Music Grammy nominations.  Leave your comments below with your favorites country artists and other spout off's about the Grammy's.

BEST FEMALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
--"For These Times", Martina McBride
--"What I Cannot Change", LeAnn Rimes
--"Last Name", Carrie Underwood
--"Last Call", Lee Ann Womack
--"This Is Me You're Talking To", Trisha Yearwood

BEST MALE COUNTRY VOCAL PERFORMANCE:
--"You're Gonna Miss This", Trace Adkins
--"In Color", Jamey Johnson
--"Just Got Started Lovin' You", James Otto
--"Letter to Me", Brad Paisley
--"Troubadour", George Strait

BEST COUNTRY PERFORMANCE BY A DUO OR GROUP: (With Vocals)
--"God Must Be Busy", Brooks & Dunn
--"Love Don't Live Here", Lady Antebellum
--"Every Day", Rascal Flatts
--"Blue Side of the Mountain", The SteelDrivers
--"Stay", Sugarland

BEST COUNTRY COLLABORATION: (With Vocals)
--"Shiftwork", Kenny Chesney & George Strait
--"Killing the Blues", Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
--"House of Cash", George Strait & Patty Loveless
--"Life in a Northern Town", Sugarland, Jake Owen & Little Big Town
--"Let the Wind Chase You", Trisha Yearwood & Keith Urban

BEST COUNTRY SONG:
--"Dig Two Graves", Randy Travis
--"I Saw God Today", George Strait
--"In Color", Jamey Johnson
--"Stay", Sugarland
--"You're Gonna Miss This", Trace Adkins

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM:--"That Lonesome Song", Jamey Johnson
--"Sleepless Nights", Patty Loveless
--"Troubadour", George Strait
--"Around the Bend", Randy Travis
--"Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love", Trisha Yearwood

Todd and Mic, Episode One

...and maybe the only episode...

Post #200 and Thanksgiving

Lookie here! 200 posts! 200 Ramblings! 200 paragraphs of non-sense! 200 thank yous and many more for checking out the "Todd Blog" for the past couple of years! Woop Woop!

In my current writing, where I repeat myself to make a point...

We are at the cross-roads in the time line of our great country. Take time to be thankful for the family and friends you have in your life. Take time to think about what you can do to help your fellow man. Take time for a cause bigger than you! It's been a tough time for many, but together we can rebuild this nation, both financially and politically. We the people...

Happy Thanksgiving!! Back with my ramblings on Monday.

A Willie Nelson Christmas Song

...well sort of...

Just call him - Dwayne

Tim McGraw's agent has been trying to get him on to host Saturday Night Live for 5 years!!  He's in a new movie that might have helped him finally get that hosting spot.    If you missed Tim McGraw on SNL this weekend, here's a sample for you.   Tim, um... I mean Dwayne plays some cards with James Bond.

Tim also does a fantastic job as a turkey!

It was bound to happen sometime...

We took jobs as elves... now go elf yourself!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Don't stack dominoes near a 3 year old!

Yesterday, we made a visit to the Sci-Port , or as my two boys like to call it, "The Sci-porium"

It was pretty quiet yesterday, not crowded or anything.  Well...it was quiet until we showed up!

An older gentleman and his (12 year old?) grandson were in "the zone" stacking dominoes to topple on a play table.   Mason spotted it quickly and ran over there to see what they were doing.... he took a look and walked away to do something else.  After a few minutes, and after Daddy walked away to look at the "self-lifting" chair,  I hear this crash!  It was a noticeable noise. It was Mason, who ran over back to the domino table, destroyed an afternoon's work of domino stacking.

I figure they didn't want the dominoes to topple just yet.  The old man and his grandson looked at each other and at me in astonishment... like somebody stole their puppy.   Embarrassed and also chuckling inside, I took Mason, briefly said sorry and ran to another room to play.

Sorry to terrorize your dominoes, but really... it's a kids play table.  Was it that unexpected?

I'm sure there are other kids out there who terrorize the public?  Got any stories?

Room with a view

It's not the most spectacular picture, but the sunset this afternoon was amazing from the KRMD studios today at the Louisiana Boardwalk .

And another...

The Kevin Bacon Movie Club

This is awesome!  Enjoy!

And just for fun:
The Kevin Bacon Game!

Happy Veteran's Day

There are nearly 326,000 veterans in Louisiana , which includes the 27,000 currently serving our country.  Remember to take some time today to thank a Veteran.  Thank them for the service to our great country.  ...and don't forget to remember those Veterans who paid the ultimate price for our freedom!

My Dad served our country in Vietnam as a medic.  I always make it a point to give him a call to say thanks and talk some politics too.

Happy Veteran's Day!

State Fair Fun

The State Fair Of Louisiana wrapped up this weekend. Throughout all the madness: the 8 hour carnival ride binge with my kids, the demolition derby, the Kevin Fowler show... I had a ton of fun for my first State Fair experience!

Speaking of the Kevin Fowler show... it rocked! The man can perform! He was super cool back stage too. My wife Holli had been neglected of Kevin's stage antics for over three years and was starting to see the onset of "Crazy Wife Syndrome" or CWS.  It's a real disease where the wife goes crazy.

The State Fair weather bubble held up nicely since it hardly rained in the past three weeks.

I even saw a green gorilla... Amazingly, there IS a woman behind this green furball. It's not a real gorilla, just so you know... nobody was in danger.

Louisiana Sammich!

I was eating my lunch today... and noticed I made a state.

Running on Todd Power!

Miles-per-gallon in car sales have been largely amplified since the surge in gas prices this summer. Ever wonder how many mile-per-gallon you get? Not your car...you!  I found an online quiz that estimates how far you would be able to walk on one gallon of liquid food before you pass out.
Here's my HUMAN miles-per-gallon...
30 miles per gallonTake the quiz and comment your HMPG below.

Death-defying Russians

How to fix A/C units 16 floors up, Russian style!

Bonus for Wall Street?

What would happen if you did a really bad job at work?  REALLY bad... like you need a $700 Billion bailout?  You probably wouldn't have a job, let alone a bonus, right?  That's exactly what 2/3's of the workers on Wall Street are expecting.  A bonus. 

The average bonus for those on Wall Street?  $262,000!  Some bonuses are in the 7 figure range.  Seems a little crazy given the recent financial turmoil.  Maybe I just don't see it.  Do you see it?

School Lunch Lacking

If you did your learning at a public school, you probably hurled at some point in time after eating the mystery meat served at the school cafeteria.

Recently, two Louisiana parishes sampled were the only school districts out of the 20 surveyed in the U.S. that failed!  Caddo Parish was one of those surveyed that received an "F" for the lunch served to its pupils.   According to the survey, it was mainly because Caddo schools didn't meet the standards on fat content, food choice, and lack of food group balance.

A couple of weeks ago I ate a tray lunch with my son Trale at his school.   The boneless chicken wings were a little dry, but it wasn't so bad.   It had great veggies, fruit, and milk too.

When I was in school, I remember the brocoli was brown and my favorite day was pizza day.   I always got strange looks when I ate the salisbury steak.

What was your favorite food you -would not- eat at school?

You Can Hassle the Hoff Yourself!

There are no words to describe the hilarious-ness in this video game preview.  

Yes, it's real.  Enjoy!

David Hasselhoff will be one of the characters waiting to be whooped in this video game for PS3 coming soon.

Adios Spaghetti Brain

I have no idea why I remembered this or how it got stuck in my brain today. It's so old, and if you're not from Texas... you may not remember this anyway. It's Texas Governor Rick Perry saying some choice words to a reporter.  Enjoy this flash back!  It's funnier the more you play it.

Brad Paisley Arrested?

What did Brad do this time? Check it out!

Big congrats also to Brad Paisley who's going to be a pop again this spring!

Palin on Saturday Night Live

The REAL Sarah Palin showed up on Saturday Night Live tonight... Preliminary numbers for Sarah's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" are already in . . . and, as usual, she was a huge draw. Some reports estimate SNL averaged around 14 million viewers, including 17 million for the first half-hour.

The Sarah Palin Rap...Whoop Whoop!

Bag O Milk

Trale has been bugging me for a week about going to this book fair they are having at school.  Holli suggested that I go have lunch with him then go to the book fair.  What a great idea!  So I got to school, stood in line, and got my tray lunch.  It's looked tasty enough, but one thing was significantly different than when I went to school.

Remember when you went to school and you got a carton of milk or chocolate milk?  Ever had a bag of milk?

It was literally a plastic bag of milk.  I had to ask Trale, "how do you drink this?"  He said you poke it with the straw.  That sounded easy enough, but he had to show me how.  As you can see, you just poke the milk in the middle.  The boneless drummy sticks were pretty tasty with a BBQ sauce, vegetable medley, mashed potatoes, fruit and a slice of bread.

We got an ice cream from the snack bar and picked up a Pokemon book and reptile book at the school book fair.  It was nice to see how Trale spends his day at school.  He's such a cool dude.

Full Moon Freak Out

Is it me, or are people today a little more touchy and moody? The folks here at the radio station are acting strange. The wife is having out of body moments. I'm not quite myself either.

At lunch a co-worker says the full moon is making people go crazy! I said, "Reeeeaaallllly? Is it full moon? That explains everything!"

I checked. Full Moon is tonight at exactly 8:02pm.  Folk lore has it that full moons cause temporary insomnia and insanity.   Even though scientists say there is no strong evidence for effects on human behavior around the time of a full moon, ask a police department or hospital.  They'll tell you the lunitics come out on full moon.  I believe it!

So enjoy your night of lunacy, but please return to your normal state of sanity soon.  Thanks!

Cash Does Impressions

Check out this rare video of Johnny Cash doing an impersonation of another famous singer. You may have to click "refresh" if the video doesn't work properly.  Enjoy!

Fun with audio

Had some fun today going through the Todd Archives today.

Listen to today's Blogcast to hear what I uncovered

It's the red audio player on the right side of this page.  It's updated regularly too.

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Have a great weekend!

Country By Costner

Did you know that Kevin Costner sings?  Me neither.  Word has it, before he was a big movie star, Kevin did some singing and songwriting with a band called Roving Boy.  Well, now that he's done the whole movie star thing, Kevin's got some time to do some music with his new band: Kevin Costner and Modern West.



Here are a few live cuts of Modern West.  Also, check out their myspace page  to listen to some studio cuts. Oh!!... and the Video.

With the barrage of crossover pop acts like Jessica Simpson and Darius Rucker into country... are you ready for actor crossovers too?

I'll have another weekend like this please

Ever sit around the house... eye twitching... feet tapping... knee slapping... wanting to do something OTHER than sit around the house?  On a typical weekend, that's me.  Knee slapping and all.  Really.  Itching for SOMETHING to do.

Not this weekend.  I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.

I sat in my lazy boy for the better part of the weekend.    I napped at leisure, watched movies, and played around the house with the kids when not sitting in said lazy boy.

I stayed off the computer.  Myspace/Blogger/Email was never lonelier than this weekend.  Amazing what you can find to do when you plan to do nothing.  Like teach my oldest son to ride his bike, catch up on the newest movies... even watched an indie movie!  Well, I guess I did do some things.  I truly enjoyed having just an open weekend and not trying to fill my calendar with something to do.

My work schedule, most of the time, does not allow me these luxurious time filled weekends.  I might plan one of those weekends again very soon... maybe from the comfort of my couch next time.

Happy Friday!

My wife told me last night that my blog has been too serious lately.  So I thought I'd share some goofy stuff today...
>>Have you noticed that over the past few weeks, a select group of people have lost their minds over Sarah Palin.  A farmer in Ohio, etched her image into 16 acres of corn.  Enjoy.

How 'bout another look at KRMD's Derek James in Pink Spandex

I hate social sites

But for some reason I can't get away from them. They keep sucking me back in. I even tried to delete my myspace page, but a simple problem with my email address keeps me from throwing it in the trash. 

So I figure I'll bring'em all back...for now. As a disclaimer, don't expect me to be prompt in returning comments or posting those funny pictures or poke you. :) Haha!! Just sayin'.

My focus will be my little website here. But if you feel like you must stalk me on myspace/facebook/etc, look under the blogcast player on the right.

KRMD's Free Concert!

Going down as the biggest show of the year!!   We did it just for you, our KRMD loyal listeners.  Check out the highlights...

See more pics of the show here at Photographer, Kevin Johnson's page.

Emmy's This Sunday

I know...the Emmy's, big deal right?  Apparently all the hosts of the upcoming Emmy Awards got in a little scuffle.  Check it out!

Kimmel is awesome!  He has a prime time show just before the Emmy's on Sunday night

Media Race

Louisiana Downs held its annual Super Derby Media Race today. KRMD's Derek James and myself participated in the race... check out the highlights below.

We weren't much competition to the others in the race. I almost came in last place! I'm really whooped after the 100 yard dash. At least I knew what it was like to be a horse for a while in the block. It was fun, even if I didn't win it!

Thought Process Pudding

Ever start reading something or search for something on the internet and an hour later forget how you got to the current website you were looking at?

Here's my thought process from today:
** Looking through the Shreveport Times for some good local info to talk about.

** Clicked on the page about cheating in school.

** Found out that you can scan and reprint a coke bottle label with answers embedded in the print.  Instructions on YouTube.

** Searched YouTube to learn how to reprint a coke bottle label.

** Found Mythbusters Video about turning a 2 liter bottle into a bomb using only dry ice and water.

** Remembered to search for last year's Super Derby Media race video on YouTube.

** Remembered I was supposed to be finding interesting things to talk about on my radio show today.

Happen to you?

SNL Back!

Saturday Night Live was able to talk Tina Fey into coming back to portray VP Candidate Sarah Palin.  I have no idea why... 
This was pretty funny.  Enjoy!

Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging.

Didn't ike Get The Memo?

Hurricanes aren't supposed to mess up the weekends.  Didn't Mother Nature get that memo? Hurricane Gustav already robbed us of Labor Day... now Ike hi-jacks another weekend?  'Sup wit that?!

If you are into Weather websites.  I got a couple of cool weather sites that'll make you drool.

Click here for a site that scans the web for just about every radar image and computer model for incoming storms.

This site grabs a bunch of different sites and puts them together in one screen.  Complete with streaming video!

My other weather nerd sites:
www.weatherunderground.com
www.ktbs.com (for local weather)

Stay safe!

7 Years Later

I remember when it happened.... watching every moment on TV in total disbelief.

Now 7 years later, I wonder every year.  Should we keep doing some sort of tribute on the air?  Is it a big deal to keep bringing this up?  Would it be a big deal if we just did nothing in tribute today?

No doubt, the worst disaster ever.  Is it ok, just to say, hey I remembered today.  Is it necessary to do the whole salute with songs, sounds, and stories from 9/11?

I want to say, this is it...The last tribute today.  Until next year anyway.

I will always remember.  We won't forget.  What a day.

What is this word?

My first grader, Trale, made this word out of the magnetic letters on the refrigerator this morning.  He tells me, "Daddy!  Look at this big word I just spelled"  Do you know what this word means?

Comment your "guess" below.

Mona Lisa in 80 Nanoseconds!

One of my favorite shows on TV, The Mythbusters, created a contraption that can paint the Mona Lisa with only paintballs in 80 nanoseconds!  The slow-mo is really cool!

I have some other science talk on today's blogcast on the side of the page.

Yeah! It's Monday!

Errr... not really that excited about this Monday.  Check out the Todd Audio on the right side of the blog to hear about today's particular Monday.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.

The sun is back.  Whoop Whoop!

It's been a week since we started getting freaked out over Gustav coming to Louisiana.  We got a ton of rain, it stuck around for days.   We were under cloud cover a lot.  Making me lazy, backed up at work, and for some reason, it seems, I forgot my vocabulary.  Well, at least, when I need the words for conversation.

Simple sentences... gone.  Simple objects... gone.

I blame the... uh....um.... whatever it's called.

Thanks Gustav...

TV Commercial Music Addiction

You ever hear these strange songs on TV commercials, and then they get stuck in your head. You have no idea who sings it, let alone a title. The Target "Dorm" TV spot gets in my head and won't leave. I'm walking down the hallway strutting to the beat, when somebody asks, "whatcha singin'?" I never know the answer. I went on a conquest to find answers to a couple I know you've heard.

The Target "Dorm" Commercial: Enur - "Calabria"


How about that Apple Ipod "1-2-3-4" Commercial: It's by Fiest, called "1-2-3-4"

Strange songs, terribly addictive. I'm sure there are others I'm missing...

Comment below!

Whoo! It's been busy!

It all started last week... with pink spandex at Pink Friday, then it was Hurricane Gustav...on Labor Day.

Next thing I know, It's like I haven't worked in five days!  Even though it's been so busy I can't think.  I don't know how that happened, and now my desk is piled high with stuff.  And my blog hasn't been updated in over a week.   My apologies.. here's a quick blog catch up.

1) KRMD morning guy, Derek James in Pink Spandex. I will have nightmares for years to come.

2) We dodged a bullet or storm... or insert which ever storm cliche you'd like to use here.

Big kudos at to our friends at KTBS 3, who did a bang up job on the storm coverage.

3) That's it!?  I thought there was more.  Anybody want to help with the big stack on my desk?

Two Years Of Blogging Ramblings

Two years ago, I cranked up the Todd Blog.  I know... is there something better that I could be doing? Sure, but what fun is that?

While I got you here, I wanted to let you know about the new stuff on the site. The left side of the blog is for the blog, of course... but the right side of the page has all kinds of new cool stuff to check out and click on.
**I've got a new widget to the right that allows me to do mini-podcast and drunk dial my blog. Click play and your ears will be joyful.

**I get a ton of video content from CMT, and occasionally put up my favorite videos.

**Links - Lots of great local sites that I update regularly.

So as a present for being loyal to the Todd Blog (now ToddOnAir.com) I give you cheese.

Thank you for your support and reading my ramblings for the past two years.

-Todd