You caught my eye

A man is dining in a fancy restaurant and there is a gorgeous redhead sitting at the next table. He has been checking her out since he sat down.

Suddenly she sneezes, and her glass eye comes flying out of its socket toward the man. He reflexively reaches out, grabs it out of the air, and hands it back.

'Oh my, I am so sorry,' the woman says as she pops her eye back in place. 'Let me buy your dinner to make it up to you,' she says.

They enjoy a wonderful dinner, afterwards they go to the theater followed by drinks. They talk, they laugh, they share their deepest dreams. She pays for everything and asks him if he would like a nightcap. The next morning, she cooks a gourmet meal with all the trimmings. The guy is amazed. Everything had been SO incredible!

'You know,' he said, 'you are the perfect woman. Are you this nice to every guy you meet?'

'No,' she replies. . .'You just happened to catch my eye.'

The joy of January 8

One year ago on January 8 a terrible incident happened in Tucson.  The shooting in front of the Safeway at Ina Road and Oracle Road that left six dead and many injured including Representative Gabrielle Giffords.

The incident happened on January 8, 2011 at 10:11 a.m.  I was asleep.

I was Program Director of Mega 106.3 at the time and Dino, who usually worked Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. was in the studio when it occured, starting getting calls from station listeners asking what was going on.  He did an excellent job of getting information out about the incident.

It was one of the darkest days in Tucson's history.

I think most viewers of television, or listeners or radio, don't know the amount of work that is involved to generate programming that centers around unusual events.  It involves a lot of planning and coordination.

Now that I work in TV news I realize how stressful covering this sort of thing can be.

I'm sad for the victims... but glad its over.

Anthony ate a whole lemon cake

I know one person who didn't make a New Year's resolution to lose weight:  Anthony.

He doesn't need it to begin with.  He's thin.  But, if he'd made a resolution like that it would have already been broken.

We went to the grocery store last night and among the items purchased was a Pepperidge Farm Lemon Cake.

He ate the entire thing by himself in less than 18 hours.

All that is left is the box.

One man... three layers... one pound two ounces of lemon cake.
At least it had luscious lemon flavor.

Cracking 10,000

I hit a big milestone to start 2012!

More than 10,000 friends and followers on Facebook and Twitter.  In the media business... numbers and reach mean a lot.

As of this writing I have 2,568 Facebook friends and exactly 7,500 followers between my two Twitter accounts.

If you're part of that group... thank you.  I hope you find my posts / information helpful, informative, or you just get a good laugh.

I appreciate you!

New Years Eve 2011

2011 was quite a year in my life.

I didn't travel far last year (I think the biggest drive I made was about 30 miles and no airplane trips).  I didn't have to travel to have plenty of life adventures however.

The year included long hours working at Journal / Mega 106.3, moving in together with Anthony, guest hosting Cosmic Bingo, leaky roof issues in my apartment finally getting fixed, getting a couple of new digital cameras, my first call to jury duty since I've lived in Arizona, being nominated Tucson's Most Influential Man by Arizona Foothills Magazine (I came in third in the voting), my laptop dying and my brother Mike doing a rockstar job at fixing it, photos with Boyz II Men and the San Diego Chicken, getting a shout out from Patti LaBelle at her Tucson concert and I wasn't even at the show, doing stage announcements at the Old School Summer Jam in front of 5000 people, and the biggest bombshell of the year... getting let go from my six year job at Journal Broadcast Group... followed by quickly being hired at Fox 11 KMSB.

The last moments of 2011 were spent at Leslie's New Year's Eve party where at the stroke of midnight Anthony asked me to marry him.  It was amazing.  And I said yes.

The Kenparazzi photos:

Laura and Anthony

A little bit o' conversation

Holly turns her back on the half bottle of champagne she drank

Leslie and Aaron

Holly doesn't feel well.
I have a sad face... and an Elmo hat.
Holly takes medication.

Goat cheese coated in blueberries.
Or as I like to call it:  poop.

I'm still wearing the Elmo hat and Anthony's hand is stuck in my armpit.

Leslie's neighbors show up right before midnight to join in the festivities.

Holly blows... her noisemaker.
It gets excited.

Anthony sporting a crown lookin' thing.

Holly's still blowing the noisemaker.
She's wearing it out.

Toasting the champagne at midnight

Laura... spilling in the New Year.

Aaron and Leslie with a Happy New Year hug.
Awwwww.

Everyone yells Happy New Year!
I feel a tug on my pant leg... look down...
and this is what I see.
A man holding a ring.

I think this is meant for me!

Together nearly three years...
Anthony asks me to marry him.

I'm still in shock!

The ring is awesome!
And.... I said yes!

It does look good on my finger!

Pepperoni pizza is the rockstar way to bring in a new year!

The ring, the box in came in, and the foam thingy that holds cold drinks.
I may not be on that station anymore but I got the foam thingy for free.
And free is for me!

After eating snacks I need a paper towel to keep my hand grease free so it doesn't
mess up the ring.
Oops... I bumped my ass into Leslie.
That may... or may not... have been on purpose.

A pepperoni cheese French loaf thingy.
That's the biggest one of those... I've ever seen.