So a few weeks ago Jesse was gone and the rest of us were talking about Facebook.  I had mentioned that I really like reconnecting with friends from high school and college…and I do!  It’s fun to find out what people have been doing for the past 20 years, see pictures of their families, relive old memories, etc.

The discussion centered on who you “friend” and who you don’t.  A friend of mine from high school sent me a “friend suggestion”, which is where you suggest to someone that they add a mutual friend. The suggestion was for my high school girlfriend.  We were together for about four years from high school to college.  To say it ended badly would be an understatement, but I was under the impression we had made nice at least to the point where we were still friends.  I had left the request alone for a few weeks at the point of our conversation.  Had she sent me a friend request, I would accept - being the good guy that I am.  But if I sent the request, it would put me out there in an uncomfortable place.  I discussed it with the rest of the show, and Amanda and Chuck said yes send it… intern Ty said not to.

I went with the consensus and sent the friend request.  That was two weeks ago.  Today I was writing something on a different classmate’s wall and saw the ex-girlfriend’s picture in her friend’s column, so I checked the status. She has not accepted my friend request.  So, now I look like a tool.  This especially stinks because as high school sweethearts, we hung out with all the same people.  I should have just gone with my gut (and Ty’s advice) and just deleted it.

The moral of the story… don’t follow Amanda’s advice.

As a self professed fan of Harry Potter, the subject of which movies are “cult movies” or not is a recurring topic on our show.  My co-host Jesse seems to be under the impression that it includes any movie in which he has no interest that makes lots of money.  LOL.  Let’s take a second to clear up the confusion…

From Wikipedia: A cult film is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases Cult films often become the source of a thriving, obsessive, and elaborate subculture of fandom, hence the analogy to cults. However, not every film with a rabid fanbase is necessarily a cult film.

The term cult film is used to describe a film that has had little to no success commercially and critically upon its initial release but has later spawned a small, but devoted and usually obsessive fanbase.

So movies that Jesse considers cult movies
Dark Knight - $158 million opening weekend - $997 million total.
Harry Potter (we’ll just the first movie) - $88 million opening weekend - $878 million total.
Lord of the Rings (again… just the first one) - $47 million opening weekend - $870 million total.
Pirates of the Caribbean (yep… 1st one) $46 million opening weekend - $654 million total.

Movies he digs:
Friday Night Lights - 20 million opening weekend, 61 million total.
Road House - $5.9 million opening weekend - $30 million total.
Animal House - $276 thousand opening weekend.  141 million total.

So, if we are sticking to the definition of what cult films are rather than what is perceived to be cool… I don’t appear to be the one in the cult.  Ha ha ha…

I’ll check in with you next week, I have to go pick up my Hogwarts uniform from the cleaners.  Grif-fin-dor!

Shotgun Weddings are back this Valentine’s Day.  It’s one of my favorite events of the year.  If you’re new to the show or the blog, each year on Valentine’s Day I “tie the knot” for a few couples live on our show.  It’s a fun time for all of us on the show.  I perform the actual ceremony, Jesse is the Best Man and Vicky is the honorary Maid of Honor.

Jesse and I are both ordained ministers, but “Jesse Weddings” aren’t funny.  LOL.  The stations promotions department always puts together some great prizes from local clients and gives our winners a pretty terrific package.

If you are thinking about getting married, sign up to win at 925thewolf.com.  Already happily married?  Tune in for the fun Friday morning, Feb. 13th.

Every year it’s the same argument.  Which type of candy to kids prefer - chocolate candy bars or other flavored canides like Skittles and Sweet-Tarts.  While I concede that kids like ALL candy and will take whatever you offer them, I say kids prefer chocolate.

This Halloween, I’m going to have two bowls:

A) M&M’s, Kit Kats, Snickers, and Twix bars.
B) Skittles, Sweet-Tarts, Tootsie Pops, and Jolly Ranchers.

I say in this scenario, the chocolate choices will be picked 2-1 over the other bowl.  I can only go by what my kids do, but if I offer to buy them a treat at the grocery store, they will go for something chocolate every time.  Feel free to weigh in, I’ll find out for sure this Halloween.

As you’ve probably heard by now, our station has been re-branded as 92.5FM The JACKASS.  We are having some fun with the Democratic National Convention coming to town.  Regardless of which side of the political fence you fall on, you have to appreciate the Democrats choosing our fair city to dump the millions of revenue dollars they’ll spend.  As we like to say, it’s not THIS party or THAT party… it THE PARTY!  We’re having fun with it and I hope you do too.
 
I’m sure there are plenty of people who are a dumbass (pun intended) like me who don’t know how the Donkey came to be the symbol of the Democratic party, so I did a little research.

Borrowed loosely from Wikipedia: The Democratic Party itself never officially adopted the donkey symbol but has made use of it. Apparently Andrew Jackson had been labeled a jackass by his opponents during the presidential race of 1828. A political cartoon depicting Jackson riding and directing a donkey (representing the Democratic Party) was published in 1837. Then Thomas Nast used the donkey again in an 1870 political cartoon and it stuck. Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats, and the elephant to represent the Republicans.

Strangely, the Democratic party in some states use the rooser.  Thank goodness not here in Colorado… I don’t know if I could handle being on 92.5 THE COCK during the convention. LOL.

The WOLF is on vacation for a while as we welcome the DNC to the Mile High City.  If you love it, laugh along with us.  If you don’t… try not to take things so seriously.

Now crank it up and give us a bray!

Shotgun (aka “the Mule”)

Yesterday, Jesse James and I had a $20 bet on whether or not the lawn sprinkler watering days change from year to year.  He said yes, and I said no.  After the show I called my water company and gave them his address.  I asked if they also service his house with water.  They said they do.  Then I asked if the watering schedule changes from year to year and they said no.  Specifically, it has not changed in the past several years, and they do not anticipate any changes in the “foreseeable future”.  Sounds like a win to me.

This is why you don’t bet with Jesse James.  While a few bets are cut and dried as to who wins (usually him), on the rare occasion that he is wrong, you can count on one or more of the following:

1) He’ll ignore the bet as long as he can.
2) He’ll try to find a loophole that allows him to avoid paying you.
3) If you can actually get him to admit he lost, (fat chance) he’ll claim he’s paid you already with an excuse like, “I bought lunch yesterday, so we’re even.”
4) He’ll try to get you to go “double or nothing”.
5) Although he INSISTS that you have your money up front, he’ll wait to pay you until an opportunity arises where he can “just call it even”.

Notice that the topic never came up this morning.  I will never see my $20… and I won’t bet him ever again.  I mean it this time!

UPDATE: (Wednesday) Jesse says he has this year’s water card and is looking for last year’s.  He plans to bring it tomorrow.

I’m Distraught! Jesse accused me of “re-gifting” his birthday present this past spring. The worst thing is that he’s been thinking this since April and if it hadn’t come up in random conversation on the show today, I’d never have known!

Jesse tells everyone not to get him a gift. Not because he doesn’t want them, but because he doesn’t want to feel obligated to get YOU one on your birthday. I always get him something funny and inappropriate, usually from Spencer’s. This year I decided to do something more thoughtful. Big mistake! Now, as often as I get accused of not having my “man card”, I am still a guy. I went out the day of Jesse’s birthday, bought him a gift and a card, threw it in one of my daughter’s recycled gift bags and dropped it off at his house. The entire transaction took scarcely an hour and I never left my truck. (A man always keeps a pen in his truck in case he has to sign an emergency card. i.e. wife birthday, anniversary, etc.)

When it came up this morning and I swore it was a real gift, he says “Show me the receipt, then!” What an ass! I shred my receipts, as everyone should. I have pulled up the reconciled transaction from my Quicken account, though. Here it is…

My Quicken Ledger 

Notice the date, the store and the price. I went to the Aurora Mall, bought him a Packer hat that I thought looked cool and that he didn’t have and dropped it off. He claims it had cat hair all over it. I call bunk on that!

Let’s face it. If I was going to re-gift Jesse, I’d do something big, funny, and obvious, not try to sneak it under the radar. As with everything else, he’s going to believe what he believes and never come around. My honor is being questioned though, and I’m actually kinda bummed about it. I guess I’ll have to actually do what he’s been telling me too all these years and just stop buying him a birthday present.

Definitions:
schmo - “An idiot who doesn’t know what’s going on.”
schlub - “A person regarded as clumsy, stupid or unattractive.”

My cousin Kelly called me last Wednesday and asked me to go pick up 25 Colorado brochures and overnight them to her.  She explained that these would be handouts for her son’s class report on the state of Colorado.  I said “no problem” and went down to the Denver Visitors Bureau and got the stuff sent out.  I called Kelly that afternoon to tell her the job was done and when to expect the package.  While I was on the phone with her, she asked me if I would say hello to Tyler’s class on the radio Friday morning right at 9 o’clock.  She was hoping for about 9:15am, but I told her that we’re into our 50 in a row music sweep at that point and don’t talk.  She said she’d talk to Tyler’s teacher and get back to me.

I received an email from her Thursday afternoon saying everything was a “go” if I could do it.  I assured her I could.  Little did I know that they we re going to pull the kids in from recess 5 minutes early to make sure they didn’t miss it.  The appointed time came on Friday monring… and I spaced it.  Thinking about the weekend, Vicky’s new nickname of TROUT, I can come up with lots of excuses, but the bottom line is, I BLEW IT.  So I essentially left the poor kids sitting in front of his class, listening to our show, and NOT mentioning them.  I suck!

I feel terrible and I tried to make it right this morning by getting either the teacher, my cousin, or her son on the radio to give me some much deserved hell.  Nobody responded… which is almost worse.

Just over four bucks!  That’s what I have in my checking account right now.  This seems to be a recurring trend at the end of the month.  As Brooks & Dunn have mentioned in a few of their songs “too much month at the end of the money!”

It’s crazy!  I make a pretty good living and don’t waste money.  Between the 15th and the end of the month, I buy groceries and gas, and pay my electric bill, parking and my mortgage.  That’s just under $2,200!  Jesse was asking what each of us was going to do with our stimulus check.  I may have to use mine as a cushion in the ol’ checking account.

Ramen noodles for everyone til payday!  Everyone is feeling the pinch these days.  What are you doing differently to save money?

I created a Facebook page a month or so ago and I have to admit that I’m relatively clueless about it.  I filled out all the information, reached out to some friends, even added photos and videos.  Then the wierdness started.

I was poked by several people, even super-poked a couple times!  People started throwing things at me like chairs, cupcakes, and even the occasional sheep!  Writing on my wall!  Making comments about my pictures!  Mass hysteria!  And that’s not even the worst of it!  Everytime I log in, I find people have sent me new quizzes or games.  This is kinda cool I guess, but it forces me to add new applications each time - not cool!  So be forewarned that if you send me a smurf… I may not see it.

I guess I thought it would be more like MySpace with people emailing and chatting, but it seems to be more of a place to waste time playing random games.  Am I doing something wrong?