Ramblings, Incoherent Thought and Family

Ya know...I love the holidays. From frigging Halloween I start thinking about Christmas. What am I gonna get Deb? What's Deb gonna get me? What's my parents gonna get me? What's my sister gonna get me? What's my friends gonna get me? You get the idea... Seriously though...I do love this time of year. Yeah it's busy. I remember back the first week of November and going through the calander and seeing what each weekend consisted of. We had PRETTY MUCH every weekend but 1 mapped out till the end of the year. When you're sitting and looking at 12 weeks of plans you start to get a little overwhelmed I think...I know I did. So here we are...10 days out. My last ten days in my early 30's...from here on in it's a race to 40 and for the life of me I can't imagine my life any different. This week alone I had a meeting last night, tonight is a meeting with Deb to see where we're at with Christmas, tomorrow is actually open, Thursday is Men's...

Ya know...I don't have a whole lot to gripe about. I sit here tonight...11:00 on a Thursday and this time tomorrow I'll be halfway through what could be the final chapter of a dream I've had for years. Doing a (what I hope is) quality radio show regularly...playing music I enjoy and being entertaining. It was always something I thought about in my mid-20's. I listened to guys like Don and Mike and occasionally Brother Wease and thought "I can do that...sure I'm weird...but I can be funny." Four years ago...I got the shot. After being a regular guest on Uncle Samoo's Zoo as the third wheel...and doing some voice calls...I got my own show. Samme handed me The Living Rock. I admit for the first year I didn't know WHAT to do with it. The show lacked focus and direction. I went in...played my chart (in no discernable order) and did some mike breaks in between. I had a few 'co-hosts'...but they didn't pan out. Rollin Joe was ok...b...

Well it happened... Last night was the big meeting...they herded us all into a room and at 7:05 PM Karey Pine got up who is the head of RIT's Student Organizations...and reminded us all to be civil to each other no matter what is said. It was at that point I knew what was coming... Well...I mean I knew it before that...the writing was on the wall. I managed to corner the program director on Friday while at the station. He was there after Hockey doing his new show "Skank On"...and when I spoke to him I asked him Man-to-man whether The Living Rock would continue. He wouldn't answer me...he looked up and to the left when I asked again and said "We haven't made any decisions yet"...a sure sign he was lying and I knew then. However I still had hope and last night the hope was dashed. The Living Rock is one of the cut shows by WITR. Along with Weathered Steel, Uncle Samoo's Zoo, Histories, Axecalibur, and Jeff and Jeff (However as of this morning...I un...

Hey Guys; The below is what I wrote on our Facebook Group's discussion board. (If you're a fan of the show...join Modern Music...No More save WITR). Short short version is the current management of the station (run by college students) wants to make some changes...this impacts the community members' shows...and at one point they wanted to bounce us ALL off the air. We had a meeting last night with RIT administration and the below are my thoughts on it... ***OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER*** These are my own thoughts/conclusions from last night's meeting. These are written from MY POV...and with my conclusions. They're TOTALLY open for discussion but wanted to get SOMETHING on here. ****End Disclaimer**** Last night a lot of community members met with Kaity Werner, Karey Pine, Mike Saffran and Carol Reed as well as I believe the HEAD of Student Government (his name escapes me...but his presence unannounced didn't fill me with warm fuzzies). My initial reaction to HEARING of...

It's finally happened. I have turned the corner and the journey has begun. As of Monday September 21, 2009...I have begun the diet. It's weird for me. I wasn't ALWAYS a fat man. I wasn't ALWAYS a tubby...I was a VERY skinny kid...to the point where I (along with my sister) used to be able to convince our Grandmother to make us pancakes cause she thought we weren't eating enough. (I loved her pancakes...). Even in High School I was a little guy...started getting a BIT of a gutt my senior year...but for the most part wasn't big. Then I hit college. The Freshman Fifteen became the Freshman Forty. I made a great friend in Samuel Adams and the rest as they say is history. Thing about it is though...that never bothered me. I didn't care. I was HAPPY the way I was. I still got dates, I still had fun, my family loved me...I made friends...I was productive. So I was a little heavy. Big Deal. That mindset carried me 14 years...then I married Deb and I added...

Ya know...it's not often I put people on pedestals. I have met some awesome and famous people in my time. I met Jim Kelly once at a party for a company I was working for. I introduced myself as "Hi Mr. Kelly, I'm Will Benson...Systems Admin. I'll be making sure everything is running technologically sound. Is there anything you need?" To which he replied "No Lou, thanks Lou, Good to meet you Lou." Jim Kelly thought my name was Lou and repeated it three times to make sure he remembered it. And people wonder why I'm a Dolphins Fan. Another time I met Kelly Ripa on the streets of New York. This is BEFORE she was with Regis and just some soap actor I thought my Mom would dig me getting a picture with. We got the picture and she was very kind and nice...and dug the Marvin the Martian slippers I had just bought at Warner Brothers. I was jonesed for the pic because NOONE would believe this happened. My Roommate TOOK the picture... It didn't com...

Wow...time sure is fun when you're having flies. I've often wrote about how awkward I once was as a kid...I had a big head (and little arrrms), a bigger mouth, and a complete lack of what was funny or acceptable. I had friends but I was more of the 'tag along' then part of things. It was a good time...high school probably at one of its best for me...and when they all graduated (I was a year younger)...my senior year didn't seem the same. We hung out a bit during summers in the 90's. I think the last time we all hung out was when Denise's family was selling her house so we had a party over there (if I remember correctly)...but since then we all kinda went our seperate ways. Staying in touch with a few but for the most part moving on. Fast forward to the last year when Facebook blew up. All of a sudden we found ourselves talking and remembering. Some with rose-colored lenses...but for the most part enjoying the shared experiences. Then Denise finally up and do...