Set to Roll Into Town!

It won't be long now until BILLY JOEL lets loose in Virginia Beach at the Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheatre. Yep, we do have more free tickets this afternoon between 6 and 7 pm on the Ken Carson show. The first Billy Joel Song played after 6pm is your cue to be the 7th caller at (757) 420-1013 to win free tickets to the show!

And Saturday after 3 pm be part of a LIVE broadcast with 2WD's Ken Carson before the big show! I will give you a chance to show off your singing skills with the amazing 2wD Kenny-Oake Machine. We'll have free prizes for our singers and will be rolling video. We might even post a portion of your Kenny-Oakie performance at 2WD dot com. Not to make you nervous or anything - but this could very well launch your entertainment career!

Obama: "No Public Funds"
McCain: "Really??"

This week Barack Obama made an announcement stating he won't participate in the presidential campaign public financing system. He stated the system 'had collapsed', and would put him at a disadvantage against Senator McCain. According to the New York Times McCain advisor Charlie Black said Mr. Obama had “broken his word.”

I realize our political system has some flaws - one being that you'll never see someone NOT rich running for president in the first place - but no public funds? You mean my tax dollars won't be used to buy negative ads? Isn't that a GOOD thing? If everybody's really broken up about this how about we take the 85 mil and use it to pay down the debt?

Wednesday June 18, 2008

To the MOON Alice!

Has your dream always been to go to the moon? Well sorry to point out theres a better than average chance that might not happen. But cheer up because now you CAN send your NAME into space with NASA's "Send Your Name to the Moon" program!

CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO THE MOON WEBSITE Your name will be stamped onto a microchip and installed into a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft. (The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is an unmanned spacecraft which will map the moon's surface and eventually pick out a site for a lunar outpost.)

As of yesterday, NASA had logged more than 830,000 names to send to the moon . . . but their goal is to hit the ONE MILLION mark before the June 27th deadline. Maybe your name will be launched into space this fall!

Tuesday June 17, 2008

Hooray for Rain!!

It happened late last night. First I heard the thunder, then the drops, and then a collective sigh of relief from every blade of grass on my lawn. Hey, don't look at me funny I'm telling you the lawn made a noise! Of course it was the middle of the night, so I very well may have dreamt that part. Either way it was great to see precipitation after three weeks of nothing! We currently have a large expanse of Mars-like dirt in our backyard that sits where our above-ground pool sat prior to taking it down this winter - and we ALMOST covered that expanse of bare dirt with sod a few weeks back. Needless to say with this drought that would have been a recipe for disaster since new sod needs to be watered almost constantly. Yet more proof that Ken Carson's THEORY OF INACTION holds true: Procrastinate long enough and most problem will resolve themselves. I hope my inaction serves as a lesson to us all.

Monday June 16, 2008

What a STINKY Father’s Day!

No, don’t get me wrong – Father’s day was GREAT- I’m referring to the thousand or so acres that have been and continue to burn at the GREAT DISMAL SWAMP near the North Carolina border. I actually don’t mind the smell too much. There are certain burning smells that really bother me, and other that I find almost pleasant. The stink from this particular fire seems to fall somewhere in the middle

PU!

Now I fully understand what Alanis Morisette was talking about! The blaze was touched off by equipment contractors were using to finish up a three-year project clearing 1,100 acres of trees damaged by Hurricane Isabel. One of the goals of the project was to REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE in the Great Dismal Swamp and they were just a couple weeks away from being done. Apparently it really ISN’T nice to fool Mother Nature. Oh but here’s the silver lining – the same contracting company that touched off the fire also specializes in PUTTING OUT FIRES. How convenient – They truly are a one stop shop for all your incendiary needs!

Isn't it Ironic?

But a little stinkiness wasn’t enough to deter Ken Carson from getting spoiled by the family this weekend. I got a new WALLET and a gift certificate for a MASSAGE and spent some time playing GOLF with my offspring at the Virginia Beach National Course. If you have kids who you think might enjoy golf the FIRST TEE program run by the YMCA of Hampton Roads is top notch! They have lessons, a driving range, pitching and practice greens, and a nine hole course all just for kids!

Click to Find out More about THE FIRST TEE

My dad just bought a Mac so I was also able to have a grandfather to father to grandkid video chat on Apple’s iChat. It’s pretty cool doing something you used to see them do on the Jetsons and all of a sudden here you are having a conversation with someone hundreds of miles away and you’re seeing each other eye to eye in real time. Jane!! Stop this crazy thing!!