GETTING DUMPED SUCKS. Sometimes you don’t even know why you got kicked to the curb. Well now there’s a website called WotWentWrong…it’s for people who want advice on unsuccessful relationships, and they came up with the top ten reasons men and women get dumped.
When women get dumped, the top ten reasons are:
1. The guy isn’t ready for a relationship.
2. She has bad hygiene.
3. The guy doesn’t feel like he’s a priority.
4. They fight too much.
5. He thinks her sex drive is too low.
6. She’s always late.
7. He met someone else.
8. She’s a bad kisser.
9. The guy doesn’t see a future with her.
10. She’s too hairy.
OMG! Over the years, I’ve broken up with women for every single one of those reasons. I even dumped a girl in high school because she didn’t think Down By The River by Neil Young was a better song than Beat It by Michael Jackson! Granted I was only 17, going through my early Classic Rock phase and failed to see the genius of Michael…but certainly you must be able to see my reasoning. Sorry about that Cindy…you were a good girlfriend!
Here are the top reasons guys get dumped are:
1. She found someone else.
2. She thinks their eating habits are too different.
3. He’s too high-maintenance.
4. He’s too short.
5. He doesn’t make enough to support the lifestyle she wants.
6. He doesn’t make her feel attractive.
7. He’s always late.
8. She’s not attracted to him.
9. They fight too much.
10. She doesn’t feel like she’s a priority.
HE’S AN AMERICAN ICON…and in my opinion, a national treasure…CLINT EASTWOOD turns 82 today. Celebrate with 170 Clint Eastwood Quotes…but BE WARNED, the profanity is uncensored.
I’M NOT MUCH OF A SOCCER FAN. Oh sure I’ll go watch my boys play…but beyond that, I couldn’t care less. Well that all could change…if they would just let this guy go pro!
WANT TO SAVE MONEY? A survey by a coupon website found that one of the best ways to stretch your money is to BREAK THE LAW!
53% of us have done something illegal to save money. Here are the most-common illegal activities:
1. Switching labels: Of the people who admit to being shady to save money, 53% have replaced the label on an expensive item with a cheaper one.
2. Parking illegally: 41% of drivers have taken a chance on a parking ticket. OK…I’ll admit to this one!
3. Lying to friends: 32% of people have stuck friends with a bill by pretending not to have cash. Which isn’t illegal…but still pretty low.
4. Tricking the self-checkout scanners: Either by not ringing everything up, or lying about which item you’re weighing. I absolutely love the self-checkout aisle…but have never ever considered cheating it. However, 29% of people have.
5. Stealing: 8% of those surveyed had straight-up stolen something.
I can’t imagine doing something like this…no matter how tough things get. And over the last year, things have gotten pretty tough here at Casa Fox. I don’t even take the soap and shampoo at hotels…so I would never consider just straight up ripping someone off. All I can think is…you must really be desperate if you’re willing to steal. Kinda sad when you think about it.
ON THE SUBJECT OF THIEVES…police in South Dakota are looking for a guy who dresses up just like Robin Williamsin the movie Mrs. Doubtfire… then pickpockets people. They believe they know who he is, but no arrests have been made.
PAGING DR. SNOOKI! When you take your sweet young son in for surgery to fix his broken arm you don’t expect him to wake up and have turned into a pre-pubescent Jersey Shore bro…but that’s what happened. And it’s FUNNY!
HAVE A GREAT DAY…and keep checking out my Facebook pageand/or my Twitter page for a major announcement coming later this week! I promise this is BIG!
WANT TO BE SEXIER? Then get a dog…but not just any dog. The social network for pet owners…Klooff…did a survey to find out which dog breeds make you most attractive to the opposite sex.
Here are the five dogs that make guys more attractive to women:
1.German Shepherds
2.Golden Retrievers: Women are 10 times more likely to see a guy with a golden as marriage material than a guy with a pit bull.
3.Labrador Retrievers
4.Siberian Huskies
5.French Bulldogs: Those are the mini-bulldogs with the pointy ears that stick up. Apparently women see guys with bulldogs or pit bulls as mainly hook up material.
Here are the five dogs that make women more attractive to men:
1.Golden Retrievers: Guys are more likely to consider a girl with a golden to be girlfriend material than one with a Chihuahua.
2.Labrador Retrievers
3.Chihuahuas: Most men think Chihuahua owners are dumb, and are five times more likely to consider them for a one-night stand than a girl who has a Golden Retriever.
4.Poodles
5.Beagles
IF YOU WANT A SLIM MAN FEED HIM JUNK FOOD. According to a new survey, guys who aren’t consulted about healthy changes to their daily dinner menu by their wives are more likely to binge on fast food, when away from home.
The study focused on how men described the roles their wives played in shaping their eating behavior. They found that most guys are rarely consulted about how meals could be made less fattening and often disliked the healthy changes their wives made. However, instead of saying anything, the guys preferred not to say anything that might start a fight…and if you ask me, probably because they didn’t want to cook.
Instead of making a big deal out of the new diet, they eat it, but then when out by themselves they pig out on fast food. So ladies if you’re going to make your man’s diet healthier, at least talk to him about it…and maybe prepare one meal a week that feels like a dude’s meal.
TWO MOVIES OPEN TODAY…
Men In Black 3. Agents J and K are back…in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the MIB, but nothing…not even aliens… perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him…secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.
OK so it sounds a little like Back To The Future meets Men In Black, but I love this franchise so much that I’m willing to forgive that…and the fact that MIB 2 was horrible…to go see this one on the big screen. It also doesn’t hurt to hear from fans and critics that this one is really good.
Chernobyl Diaries. If you need a good scare…this is the movie for you. It’s from the same guy that did Paranormal Activity. The film follows a group of six young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme tour” guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat…the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor…now a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, they find themselves stranded…and discover that they’re not alone.
ENJOY THE THREE DAY WEEKEND…but let’s not forget the true meaning behind the holiday while we’re stuffing hot dogs in our mouths, tossing back a couple of cold ones, and hanging with friends and family.
This is Memorial Day weekend…a time to remember the sacrifices of the men and women who serve, and have served, our great nation…many of them making the ultimate sacrifice. So enjoy yourself, but take a minute or two to reflect on the real reason we’re free to celebrate.
IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER since I last posted…so let’s get caught up. The reason I haven’t posted since last week is because I had to travel out of town for a job interview. I can’t say too much at this point, but things went really well…and I hope to be able to tell you more no later than tomorrow afternoon. The best…and fasted way…to get the news is by going to my Facebook page and becoming a fan. I hate that word….because I consider you all friends and NOT fans…but it’s a Facebook thing I guess. Anyway, I’ll update my page AS SOON as I get the official word.
In the meantime…what did you think of the American Idol results?
If you saw my Facebook comments or my Twitter posts…then you know I predicted that Phil Phillips would win. I’m not sure what the judges were thinking throughout the season, but like a lot of people, I think the judges tried to sway votes toward Joshua Ledet. But, when he was eliminated a couple of weeks ago, suddenly, Phil was their guy.
Look…I honestly didn’t care who won. I wasn’t really impressed this season with any one singer. I thought they were all very similar and equal talent wise. There wasn’t any real “Wow Factor” about any of them. So Phil was as good a choice as any. And I suppose if I thought about it for a minute…I’d be more inclined to plunk down $15.99 for his CD before any of the other singers that made the Top 12. So congratulations Phillip Phillips!
DO YOU ACTUALLY DO THE STUFF ON YOUR TO-DO LIST? If you’re like me then you do one or two things on average and then you turn on the TV or raid the fridge! So here’s a trick from a psychologist to help you actually DO the stuff on your list. Make a WHY-DO list instead. List everything you have to do…then write one or two reasons WHY you should do those things.
So instead of writing “Do laundry,” write “Do laundry so my blue shirt is clean to wear on my date this weekend.” And if you can’t figure out a reason why for a task…then it probably isn’t important enough to be on your list.
ON A RELATED NOTE…here’s a little kid’s to-do list. I’m particularly fond of the last two!
MILFs GET ALL THE ATTENTION…but what about the DILFs? Well the editors atAARP the Magazine think guys over 50 are hot too…so they just came up with a list of 21 guys they call, MEN ON FIRE. Here are a few of the guys that made the list…
George Clooney, 51 Antonio Banderas, 51 Jon Bon Jovi, 50 Samuel L. Jackson, 63
NBC news-stud Brian Williams, 53
THE UNDISPUTED QUEEN OF DISCO, DONNA SUMMER, PASSED AWAY YESTERDAY. In a year that has already seen so many stars die, this one was more shocking simply because many of us didn’t even know that Donna had cancer. Reports are that she had worked hard to keep it quiet and out of the public eye.
Donna had an iconic voice, a bunch of big disco hits, and an unparalleled ability to get people on the dance floor. But here are six things you may not have known about The Queen…
1.Why She Stopped Singing Love to Love You Baby: In December 1975, Donna told Time magazine that she put aside her Christian beliefs to write the song that strong sexual overtones. Time counted 22 orgasms in the extended version of the song.
In 1979, she recommitted herself to her faith and stopped performing the song saying, “If I were to do that song like I did it in the old days, the fire department would have to be at the show!” She wasn’t joking either…at the height of her career when singing the song, riots broke out in Argentina and Italy.
2. Why She Wrote She Works Hard for the Money: Donna was at a Grammy party and went to the ladies room. On her way she saw an old lady… the bathroom attendant…sleeping at the end of the bar. At the exact same moment, a group of ladies walked into the room and started spraying their hair and fixing themselves up. Donna told Nightline that her first thought was, “God, she works hard for her money, that lady.’” Realizing she had a song, she went to get her manager, and they went back into the bathroom and started writing the song on a piece of toilet paper.
It’s also one of the first songs I ever played on the radio.
3.The Song That Inspired Her Career: In 2008, Donna told Nightline that Mahalia Jackson‘s I Found the Answer made her realize she was meant to be a singer. That was the first song she sang when she started singing solo in church. She was only 8 years old.
4. The Song She Sang When No One Was Watching: Marvin Gaye‘s What’s Going On. In the same Nightline interview she said, “When I go to my beach house I throw that on, and I’m dancing around the house by myself, singing out loud, screaming, nobody else knows I’m there. That remains, for one reason or another, one of my favorite songs.”
5.Her Nickname: Up until the end, the Queen of Disco’s friends called her the Queen. It started off as a joke but became so frequent that it just became like part of her name.
6.How She Influenced a New Generation of Singers: Beyonce sampled Love to Love You Baby on her hit Naughty Girl. Jennifer Lopez recorded a cover of On the Radio, Last Dance has been performed multiple times on American Idol, and for the season seven finale, Donna even joined in.
R.I.P. Donna Summer. We’ll think of you every time we hit the dance floor.
PEOPLE ARE MAD ABOUT LAST NIGHT’S AMERICAN IDOL RESULTS. While not mad…I am shocked.
There’s been a lot of talklately that the judges have favored Joshua Ledet throughout the season, and did their best to sabotage Jessica Sanchez. I’m not sure that’s true because I feel like Joshua has always been just a hair better than Jessica. My earliest prediction was Joshua and Jessica as the final two. I thought Phil Phillips was going to be eliminated weeks ago, and that Skylar Laine was going to make the Top 3.
So now the speculation begins…who will it be: Jessica or Phil? What do you think?
IT’S A BIG WEEKEND FOR NEW MOVIES. The summer blockbuster season is getting underway with the release of a couple of really big movies…
Battleship. An epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. It’s based on the classic naval combat game.
What To Expect When You’re Expecting. Inspired by the New York Times bestseller of the same name, this movie is a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood.
This is the movie that I want to see this weekend…mostly because the book was my personal Bible when my wife was pregnant with my sons. Plus it has a great cast and actually looks really funny.
The Dictator. Sacha Baron Cohen in a satirical tale of an oppressive, democracy-hating dictator and a goat herder…both played by Cohen…whose misadventures in America lead to a series of outrageous culture clashes.
I’M A MANSCAPER. I openly, shamelessly admit it. That doesn’t mean I shave my body like an Olympic swimmer, but I keep my body hair neat and trimmed. And whether they admit it as quickly as I do, a lot of guys do the same. So much that there’s a movie about the subject, Mansome, opening this weekend.
THE REAL QUESTION IS…what do women want us to groom? Because let’s just be real here…no man shaves his back because he cares how it looks. It boils down to what it always has for guys…will it help me score chicks? If the answer is yes, then we’ll do it!
Well a recent survey of random women came up with the 5 things they want us to groom, or in some cases not groom…
Our back: The overall feeling about back hair is that if there’s a enough fuzz back there to grab hold of…it may be time to shave or wax. However, they don’t want to know that we shave or wax it. So take a look in the mirror tonight, and if you could comb that mess with a part down the middle…shave it off. And if you can’t reach it…go have it professionally removed. Just don’t tell her you did.
Our chest: Personally this is a tough one. Growing up my dad, my uncles, and my grandfather always encouraged me to eat things I didn’t necessarily like by saying, “Come on eat it. It’ll put hair on your chest.” So consequently I ate a lot of things I didn’t like because I thought it would put hair on my chest…thus making me a man. Now I find out that a lot of women really don’t like hairy chests. Imagine my dilemma.
So what do women think? It appears to be generational. Younger females seem to like the smooth, silky softness of a hairless chest. While older women like a little hair against their face when snuggled up to their dude. The overall feeling from most women is keep the hairy chest, but make sure it’s trimmed neatly.
Our package: Unless your woman is really into porn movies…she most likely finds it extremely disturbing if your junk is completely bald. Ladies say it makes them feel like a guy is trying too hard…or he’s obsessed with looking at himself naked in the mirror. However, they also think they shouldn’t have to use a brush hog before engaging in any extracurricular activity in the region. So use trimmers or scissors to keep the playground neat and trim…just be careful when using your tools.
Our face: One woman summed it up the best; think of Bradley Cooper in The Hangover. That’s sexy! In other words, a couple days worth of stubble is good. Full on Zach Galifianakis beard is more of an acquired taste.
Our arms & legs: There’s no debate here…unless you’re competing in the Summer Games in London this year’s Olympics…don’t shave your arms and legs.
WOMEN LOVE A MAN THAT CAN DANCE…which is why every man should avoid watching Dancing With The Stars with their significant other. You’ll feel inadequate and she’ll keep looking at you with that look that says, “If you really loved me you’d take me dancing.” It’s a real lose/lose for everyone. So while your lady watches…you should be in the bathroom, clippers in hand, doing something about your hairy man-beast body.
Here’s what happened last night on DWTS.
Kind of hard to believe that despite a near perfect score on Monday, Maria was eliminated from the semi-finals. Now, Katherine Jenkins, Donald Driver, and William Levy will advance to the season finale next Monday night. The winner will be crowned on Tuesday.
THE JOB ISN’T FINISHED UNTIL THE PAPER WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED. Maybe that’s why a new survey reveals that toilet paper is one of the most pilfered items from work…beating out paper, pens, and highlighters!
Here’s the Top 10 most popular things to take:
1. Post-it notes 2. Tape 3. Scissors 4. Toilet roll 5. Photocopier paper 6. USB memory sticks 7. Notepads 8. Pens 9. Staplers 10. Highlighters
THANKS TO EVERYONE that gone to my new Fan Page on Facebook. I’m just a few likes away from 500. So if you haven’t “liked” me there yet…please do. And tell a friend. You can also follow me on Twitter.
MAYBE NOW WOMEN WILL STOP COMPLAINING about the gender gap. My wife is a rabid…umm, avid supporter of women’s rights, issues, and equality. However, I’m not so sure this news will please her.
I guess we can forget about Bonnie & Clyde…it looks like Bonnie is going solo. According to the FBI, the latest crime statistics show that women are pulling off nearly one in ten bank heists in the U.S….that’s almost double the rate from a decade ago.
Researchers say there are two primary reasons for the growth in female bank robbers. The first is more independence on the part of women. The second is because of the economy. In other words, females rob banks for need and not for the thrill.
One of the big differences between male and female bank robbers is the use of violence. Men tend to brandish guns, while females are more likely to use a note. Well, I guess that part might make my wife pleased…she hates guns almost as much as she hates inequity!
WAL-MART IS TRYING TO KILL YOU! A guy in Idaho was walking through the gardening aisle at Wal-Mart when he reached down to pick up a stick from the middle of the floor. The only thing is…it wasn’t a stick. It was a rattlesnake that latched on to his hand and bit him.
The guy says he screamed, then shook the snake loose and stomped it to death. His doctors expect him to remain hospitalized until Tuesday.
While we all should feel bad for the guy that got bitten…let’s not forget about the poor snake. Before he was stomped to death that poor snake was only employed part-time, but still working 39 and a half hours a week with no health benefits. Just sayin’.
FOX ANNOUNCED ITS 2012-13 SEASON SCHEDULE YESTERDAY. The biggest change with the returning shows is that Glee is moving to Thursday nights at 9, following The X Factor at 8. Touch also moves to Friday night as a lead-in to Fringe.
They’ve also picked up a couple of new half-hour comedies…The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate.
Both shows will join Raising Hope and New Girl for the Tuesday night comedy block.
FOX also added one new drama to the fall schedule. The Mob Doctor, is about a surgeon who is caught between her medical career and her family’s debt to Chicago’s mob. It will air Monday nights at 9.
SEVERAL MOVIES ARE OUT TODAY ON DVD. Here are three of the big ones…
The Grey. Liam Neeson stars as an unlikely hero forced to lead a group of roughneck guys in their fight to survive and return home when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling injuries and merciless weather, the men must escape the icy elements…and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt…before their time runs out.
One For The Money. Katherine Heigl plays the proud, born-and-bred Jersey girl, Stephanie Plum. Desperate for some fast cash, Stephanie turns to her last resort: convincing her sleazy cousin to give her a job at his bail bonding company…as a recovery agent. True, she doesn’t even own a pair of handcuffs and her weapon of choice is pepper spray, but that doesn’t stop her from taking on Vinny’s biggest bail-jumper: former vice cop and murder suspect Joe Morelli…the same sexy, irresistible Joe Morelli who seduced and dumped her back in high school.
Rampart. This is the movie that I can’t wait to rent. I’ve read some great reviews…and it sounds awesome. Set in Los Angeles in 1999, Woody Harrelson is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice…often blurring the lines between right and wrong. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. Filled with fear, anguish and paranoia as his world…complete with two ex-wives who are sisters, two daughters, an aging mentor dispensing bad advice, investigators galore, and a series of seemingly random women…starts making less and less sense. In the end, what is left is a human being stripped of all his pretense, machismo, chauvinism, arrogance, sexism, homophobia, racism, aggression, misanthropy; but is it enough to redeem him as a man?
THANKS TO EVERYONE that reads my daily posts…and especially those of you that leave comments on my Facebook page, and those that follow on Twitter.
SOME THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSAID…or at least not posted on Facebook. According to a national survey, 90% of us think people are sharing too much information online.
The top pet peeve? 59% say constant complaining. Hey, I get it…we all have issues to deal with and yes, occasionally we’ll all use social media to vent our frustrations. But really…who wants to log on to Facebook and see a constant stream of posts from someone complaining about how their life sucks? It’s just a huge buzz kill…and the fastest way for me to cut you from the herd.
Second on the list, at 55%, is inappropriate or explicit pictures. Amen! If you know me in the least bit, then you know I’m not a prude. But my kids will
occasionally look over my shoulder when I’m on Facebook, and I don’t need them looking at pictures that would make the producers of Girls Gone Wildblush. Keep that stuff private.
That sort of goes hand in hand with number three…53% of us say it’s inappropriate to share information they consider private. Again, I understand venting, but there are some things that should be dealt with in private, and shouting it to the world online probably isn’t going to help solve the problem. As a matter of fact it will probably make things worse.
All of this doesn’t mean that you should vacate Facebook or cancel your Twitter account. After all, almost a quarter of us feel we’re missing out when we’re not able to share or consume info online.
So keep the comments, the gossip, and the funny stories coming…just don’t share too much.
Like many…I was shocked to hear a sitting president say he supports gay marriage. Sure, Vice-President Cheney said he didn’t have a problem with it…but then again how could he? His daughter is a lesbian. What kind of dad would he be if he stood up against it? And quite honestly, he waited until after leaving office to reveal his feelings.
Politics aside…I just hope the presidents comments actually have some impact on equality.
DID YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW GET AXED? I’m still in shock that one of my favorite TV shows have been cancelled…despite being the second highest rated show on NBC! Solid writing, great characters, and an amazing cast couldn’t save Harry’s Law for a third season. And in typical fashion, the show’s star Kathy Bates made the announcement on Twitter.
The legal drama starring Kathy Bates as a Cincinnati lawyer was one of the networks highest rated shows except in the coveted 18-49 year old demo. In other words…it looks like old people liked the show! Well, I’m not old…as a matter of fact I’m in the 18-49 demo and LOVE the show. I’m really hoping that a network is smart enough to snatch up the show and bring it back. Are you reading this CBS or ABC?
THE ONE SHOW THEY SHOULD CANCEL is Survivor. I used to love that show. As a matter of fact, I don’t think I missed an episode the first five seasons. But then it just got old. Really…how many times can you bring back Boston Rob? Sure it was cool at first, but quickly lost it’s appeal to cooler, more relevant shows like The Voice, The Amazing Race, and of course American Idol.
Despite being the Myspace of reality shows, Survivor continues to…well, survive. Last night they actually crowned the winner of the latest season; Survivor: One World.
YOUR MOM CAN HELP YOU GET SOME ACTION…if you follow a few of the life lessons she taught you while growing up. So this Mother’s Day be sure to thank your mom.
Here are three of them.
1. Stand Up Straight. Good posture and a smile can make people more attracted to you. Our brains are hardwired to notice things like posture and facial expressions first, and things like looks and style second. Research shows that good posture enhances your mood, which means you’ll be more open to meeting new people.
2.Speak Clearly. In one study, people listening to voices that were clearly masculine or feminine rated the speaker as more attractive. It also shows that you’re more confident when you’re not mumbling.
3.Keep Your Reputation Clean. A team of researchers found that people believe what they HEAR about others even when it contradicts what they SEE. So, if you get the reputation of being a serial dater, you won’t attract people who want to settle down.
AMERICA FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT! We’re finally down to the Top 3 on American Idol.
THERE’S ONE REALLY BIG MOVIE OPENING TODAY…
Dark Shadows. In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America. But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas has the world at his feet…or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy…until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard. A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive.
Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets. Matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard has called upon live-in psychiatrist, Dr. Julia Hoffman, to help with her family troubles.
Also residing in the manor is Elizabeth’s ne’er-do-well brother, Roger Collins; her rebellious teenage daughter Carolyn Stoddard; and Roger’s precocious 10-year-old son, David Collins.
WHAT A CRAZY, BUSY WEEK IT’S BEEN! This is only my second post of the week because my schedule got thrown out of whack this week…which isn’t a bad thing…especially when I have the chance to spend an entire day with my son and his friends on a 4th grade field trip.
As many of you know, I’m continuing to search for a new job. Radio jobs are hard to find…good radio jobs are even harder to find…and when you’re a successful morning show host, believe it or not, it’s darned near impossible! I know that sounds crazy, but it’s true. Most Program Directors, Brand Managers, and Market Managers assume because you’ve been very successful in big markets that you won’t be happy in a smaller market…or that you’ll be too expensive. In my case, nothing could be further from the truth. Sure I can’t raise my family on $35,000 a year anymore…that’s just a fact…no matter where I live or how great the economy is. So that does eliminate some stations. However, I also don’t have to have six figures.
I’m not sure if I’m happy about it or not, but I’ve actually turned down three or four offers in the past few months. When people hear that, the first thing they ask is why. The answer is simple…it has to be the right fit. Not just for me, but for my family. It has to make good business sense AND good family sense.
The great news is that I continue to have a lot of interest from stations all across the country, I’ve been doing lots of interviews, and I’m VERY optimistic that it’s just a matter of time before one of them is a really good fit.
The reason there wasn’t a blog post on Tuesday is because I took an entire day to work on a presentation for a company that has a great reputation and some really good stations. So now I’m waiting and hoping that it turns out well.
Thanks to all of you that continue to pray, send encouragement and positive comments my way. I can’t begin to express how much strength I gather from you.
WITH THAT SAID…did you watch American Idol last night?
God willing this is the week that Hollie Cavanaugh finally goes home. I believe she HAS to be in the bottom two tonight along with Phil Phillips. Although I loved his version of Volcano last night.
As much as Phil has grown on me over the past few weeks…how can he beat Jessica Sanchez or Joshua Ledet? Especially after Josh pulled off what I think may be the BEST performance EVER on American Idol.
The only thing that concerns me with Joshua is that he occasionally comes off a little smug. Maybe it’s all of the attention going to his head. Hey, that’s normal and I understand how it could happen. But he needs to get over that quickly because in all seriousness, I’m not sure he’ll be as big a star once he leaves the show as he and others seems to think he’ll be.
While I’m not crowning him the winner just yet…I think he is a nose out in front of Jessica. I can’t wait to see what happens tonight.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE of why I love baseball!
ON THAT NOTE…it’s another busy day so I’m off to make the most of it. I hope you’ll do the same. I also hope you’ll go “LIKE” my new Facebook page and follow me on Twitter.
GETTING DUMPED SUCKS. Sometimes you don’t even know why you got kicked to the curb. Well now there’s a website called WotWentWrong…it’s for people who want advice on unsuccessful relationships, and they came up with the top ten reasons men and women get dumped.
Here are the top reasons guys get dumped are: 
