Looks like the series for Lord Stanley’s cup is the same as last year, The Pittsburgh Penguins vs. The Detroit Red Wings.  It all begins on the 30th, which will probably be before the NBA Finals get wrapped up, and will start in Detroit.  Hockey fans have to ask themselves…will it be as good as last year?  The Pens played GREAT hockey last year only to be dominated by a Detroit team that was well…better. 

Ah how the tables have turned. 

Pittsburgh beat the brakes off of Carolina to advance to their second Stanley Cup Final in as many years and the Red Wings took down the Chicago Blackhawks in 5 to advance to Cup Final as well.  Thing is, Pittsburgh looks destined to win and Detroit looked a bit tired of late…hell, they put Chris Chelios on the ice last night.  Do they allow wheelchairs on the ice?  The guy has to be at least 100 and I think he played hockey with Lord Stanley himself.  On a side note, please don’t beat me up Chris Chelios (he could still beat me like I owed him money).

So another Original Six Stanley Cup, that’s good hockey right there.  Question is…will you watch it? 

Ah yes, Disney World, Disney Land (not Euro Disney) and all things Magic Kingdom; as a child, there was no better place to be in the world. 

Unfortunately though, the voice of “Mickey Mouse” has passed away.  Wayne Allwine, the third voice actor of “Mickey Mouse” died Monday due to complications of diabetes, he was 62.  Allwine has done the voice longer than any of the voice actors before him.  Walt Disney voiced the mouse from 1928-1947, Jimmy MacDonald then took over and voiced him from1948-1953 and sporadically until 1977 when it was passed on to Allwine. 

If you want to read more information on Wayne, you can go to Legends.Disney.go.com.

Russi Taylor, his wife, was at his side at the time of his death and is the current voice of “Minnie Mouse.”  The couple were married in 1991.

Yeah, you thought I was talking about some odd Mellow Yellow Coke hybrid didn’t you?  Negatory Ghost Rider. 

I was reading the AJC this morning and saw a story about how Coca-Cola is creating what they are calling the “PlantBottle” that is easy to recycle (and cheaply) and will decompose quite quickly.  They are doing so under the scrutiny from some experts that the timing of said bottle has been a long time coming. 

At least they are finally making it is what I say.  Granted I’m not the most environmentally sound person, but I do believe in recycling and protecting our Mother Earth.  Everyone should be glad that the harmful plastic bottles are now being replaced with a more environmentally friendly bottle made with sugarcane and molasses.  Plastic takes between 450-1000 years to decompose while these new bottles take a fraction of the time.  My cousin in Hawai’i is apart of a similar crusade with styrafoam ‘to-go’ boxes. 

We need to protect our planet, we don’t need her pissed. 

In other news that I’m sure you are dying to know about…Ashton Kutcher was here to punk CNN by leaving 800 boxes of Ding Dongs on Ted Turner’s Ted’s Montana Grill and putting his Twitter name on the CNN logo downtown.  If you still care, you can read about it here.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/14/cnn.kutcher.prank/

I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged to you and I’m not going to make up excuses because there are no, I was slacking.  Not anymore, it’s time to air out the good old opinion. 

So Drew Peterson, former police sergeant of 30 years has been in the media as of late to tout off the fact that he’s engaged to a 24 year old (who by the way has been under a rock for said years).  Granted this will be Peterson’s FIFTH wife and I hope she’s taken out a life insurance policy because this guy’s track record isn’t so good.  His fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, is still missing. 

Peterson was arrested yesterday during a traffic stop and is being held on $20 million bond.  He’s being charged with the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.  The death of Savio was first deemed an accident by drowning, but after her body was exhumed that changed.  Peterson was always considered a suspect, like most husbands are when their wife, or ex-wife in this case, are murdered.  Savio was found dead in her bathtub with bloodied hair and a head wound just a few days before her divorce from Peterson was finalized.  A grand jury indictment alleges that “Peterson on or about Feb. 29, 2004 … caused Kathleen Savio to inhale fluid,” causing her death. 

What’s really sad is that Savio’s family has said that Kathleen had long feared Peterson and that if anything had happened to her it wouldn’t be an accident.  A woman should never have to live in fear of her husband. 

Recently, Peterson appeared on The Early Show with his son, Thomas, to proclaim his innocence.  Granted his attorneys believe they have a hell of an alibi, I beg to differ, something just doesn’t seem right.  His son said that Peterson was with them around the time of the death.  “I highly do not believe that my dad had murdered my mom. Because, first off, he wasn’t there, he was with us during that period of time,” Thomas Peterson said on the show.

I’m sure he was son, fear makes you say a lot of things. 

Here’s the kicker in this whole thing.  After they arrested him he told the Joilet Herald-News, “I guess I should have returned those library books.”  There will be plenty of time to read in the big house, Chief.

Insert your profanity here.

Ah yes, Austin Powers references are still funny.

So in case you missed some things over the weekend.  Miss Russia was crowed Miss World, Tim Tebow was denied his second Heisman (YES!) since Sam Bradford of Oklahoma won it and President Bush was greeted by two size 10 shoes at a press conference in Iraq.  The reporter, Muntazer al-Zaidi, shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,” before he was gang tackled by security.

Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki tried to deflect the second shoe, but Bush’s cat-like reflexes helped him to avoid being beaned in the head.  Bush is visiting Iraq for a last time before he hands over the controls to President-elect Barack Obama in just 37 days.

If you’re wondering why shoes, it is a sign of contempt against someone in the Middle East.  If you remember, the Iraqis beat the toppled statue of Saddam Hussein back in 2003 with their shoes.

Here’s the vid if you haven’t seen it.

Keep rocking Atlanta, life is good…and honestly…who throws a shoe?

Salutations fellow DaveFM lovers.

It would appear that I need to call upon you again to help a cause that will, hopefully not anytime soon, save your life.  I’m talking about giving blood.  I’ve asked before and will ask again since it is VERY important.

Just a few facts about giving blood that I think you should know.

1. Giving ONE (1) pint of blood will save three lives.

2. Someone needs blood every 2 seconds.

3. About 1 in 7 people entering the hospital need blood.

4. Shortages of blood happen around winter and summer holidays.  (It really is the ultimate gift)

5.  More than 4.5 million people in the U.S. and Canada need blood transfusions every year.

See, those are just a few things you should know to give you that little nudge to get to your local blood donation center.

Two ways to get ahold of the American Red Cross to donate blood (plasma and platelets too if you’re so inclinded).

1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543)

or

www.givelife.org

It’s the least we can all do especially with the holidays here and will only take ABOUT an hour of your time.  I’ve done it before and I will do it again, this time without passing out.  HA!

Keep rocking and give life Atlanta…that life you give will be good.

If a tree falls in the woods and no one is there to hear it, did it really fall?

Nah, I joke.

Here is the real question.  Now this isn’t one of those questions that is meant to cause a ruckus or to make anyone mad.  The last thing I want to do is piss anyone off, but what I have to ask is…

Do we really need a speed limit really early in the morning?

The reason I ask is that since I’ve been working in radio, my hours basically revolve around, let’s give the median time of 3:30am, and the roads are usually D-E-A-D.  Now this question only really pertains to the highways, not the back roads.  Back roads need speed limits, no doubt about that.

Also, this isn’t a dig to state and local law enforcement who are on the highways and freeways either, I have a TON of respect for them and wanted to be one when I was younger.

Here’s the reasoning behind it.  Nearly EVERY morning when I’m driving in, there are people just blasting by me going at least 85 mph.  I’m not saying that I drive the limit, I’ve been known to go a little fast from time to time, but these people are FLYING!  The kicker behind that is that the people going slower in the left lane or the middle lane cause the most problem driving at or a little above the limit.  Should you speed?  No.  Can you speed responsibly and intelligently?  I think you can.   Look at the Autobahn, there is no general speed limit, but the “recommended” speed limit is 81mph.  AND…the accident and fatality rate on the Autobahn is lower than other highways in Europe.  I’m not saying we need an autobahn here in the States, I’m just saying that MAYBE…and that’s a big maybe…we need to be a little more slack on the highways and freeways during the hours of 12-5am.

Again, this isn’t a post to piss everyone off or to get everyone riled up.  Safe driving is still the most important way to drive and when you DO drive…that’s all you should be doing.  No texting, no putting on make up, no reading the paper, no eating.  Just drive.  Let me know what you think, the more we talk about it, the more action and education we can derive.

Keep rockin’ and driving safe Atlanta, life is good.

Welcome back to reality, it’s good to see you recovered from your tryptophan induced coma.  I know I did.  Granted, that’s the beauty of Thanksgiving isn’t it?  Get together with a bunch of friends and/or family and eat so much that the human body actually says to you “ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?” 

My Thanksgiving, for example, was filled with frying turkeys, drinking (too much) and eating pounds upon pounds of food.  I, without exaggeration, ate 3.9 lbs of food.  My family is weird like that when we have to weigh what it is we eat…odd.  Either way, I powered it all down and was quite the content man. 

I do hope; however, that you enjoyed yours as much as I did mine because in these trying times, we do need to sit back, relax and revel in the more positive aspects of our lives.  Now I know Black Friday was a nightmare (with one confirmed fatality at a WalMart up north), but it’s the feeling of the coming season that makes things just a TAD brighter. 

More goodies to come for you as the week progresses and I’ll try to give you some EXCELLENT musical choices as well, things have been quite hectic. 

Keep rockin’ Atlanta, life is good.

On this day of gluttonous days, I just want to take the time out to wish everyone one of you a happy and safe Thanksgiving.  May you enjoy this day with family and friends and festivities with a happy heart and an empty stomach…because it’s time to EAT BABY!

So from me and mine to you and yours, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Eat, drink and be merry Atlanta, life is good AND full. 

Yeah, I said slobberknocker. Don’t ask me where I got it, I just thought it was pertinent to the game last night between our Dirty Birds and the Panthers. 45-28?! Really? Ouch. Nice job proving you’re top of the division Carolina. Looks like the Falcons are ready to take that spot and keep it. I’ll admit, watching the NFC South has been downright exciting. No matter what division game is on, it’s always a hell of a contest.

Here’s how the NFC South fairs today.

Carolina (8-3)

Tampa Bay (8-3)

Atlanta (7-4)

New Orleans (5-5)*

*Saints play the Packers tonight in MNF, so we could see a 6-5 team or a 5-6 team, we’ll find out in less than 12 hours.

Two words…GO FALCONS!

On a side note…the new Killers album drops tomorrow and it’s AWESOME! How do I know? I’m a Victim (it’s the fan club for The Killers); I’m also a huge dork and borderline stalker.

On ANOTHER side note (my ADD is kicking in), I’ve been really digging this Australian band called Eskimo Joe. Whether or not we play them on the station is another story, but they are pretty good. Three albums out and they’ve pretty much won all there is in AU and in NZ.

This is New York, its from their latest album Black Fingernails, Red Wine. You’ll like it although the video is JUST a tad like Coldplay’s The Scientist.

Enjoy and keep rockin’ Atlanta, life is good.