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Tuesday January 6th
Is it ever wrong to do the right thing? The answer is a big YES!! Great calls today...including one from a listener who works somewhere inside Dominion Power...who has to do the right thing everyday, a certain thing that makes her feel very wrong!! Shutting off the power when you don't pay your bill. It's a huge moral dilemma for her. Jenna and Mark felt for her because it bothers her so much, but she has to follow the rules. They also got an email from a listener in Hampton whothought she was doing the right thing by telling her best friend that her fiance was cheating on her...and the friend took it out on her instead. So is it ever wrong to do the right thing? Just ask Linda Tripp...that whole Lewinski thing will haunt her til the day she dies...click below
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2008/01/21/abcs-shipman-slams-linda-tripp-lewinsky-gate-anniversary
Monday, January 5
Welcome back to the first work week of 2009! Have you broken your New Years resolutions yet? Jenna didn't even bother to make any...and Mark's was simple. He promises to be good to himself...a bit selfish, but an easy one to keep. That wasn't good enough for the toughest chick in radio. So, Jenna took the liberty to make a few for Mark, like finding him a wife in 2009!! How 'bout Jenna being nice to Mark in 2009? She already broke that one before it was even made. The more things change, the more they stay the same :)
FROM THE ARCHIVES!!
Wednesday, December 17
Jenna found an ad online posted by some guy's mom who's trying to find him a new wife! His name is Jason and he lives in Tampa. His mom, who lives in Blacksburg, posted an ad to find his son a new woman...and only three have responded. Two of which are other moms looking for the same thing!! Yikes. So, Jenna put Mark on the spot...by calling his mom and asking why he's still single, and if his mom would do the same thing.
wwde.radiotown.com/audio/marksmom.mp3
Jenna & Mark present...The Lamest of 2008!! From Plaxico literally shooting himself in the foot (and figuratively in the thigh) to an Italian adventure junkie quitting on his rowing expedition across the Pacific 9,500 nautical miles into his trip...with only 65 nautical miles to go!! They also included the most crooked CEO of them all...the loser from Merrill Lynch, who insisted on getting his 11 million bonus. He quickly came to his senses and has since refused the money...what a guy...Read more about this creep by clicking the link below...
http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2008/12/08/daily17.html
And they even included Time Magazine for their LAME "Name Your Own Person of the Year" promotion. Maybe it's not so bad...remember when they named "You" person of the year, and had the makeshift mirros as the cover? That was odd...
Monday, December 15
President Bush had to show off his ninja skills in Iraq when a reporter threw his shoes at him! Very bizzare!! It's all over the internet, including right here.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/bush.afghanistan/index.html#cnnSTCVideo
And the ice storm in New Englad is the worst in decades...this video says it all.
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=12972&from=hp_video_1
Friday, December 12
How much are you spending on your kid(s) this holiday season...that's our latest poll at the top left of this screen. We took a few calls regarding this subject. As tight as things are out there, you're still going above and beyond to ensure your children have a great Christmas. We even heard from a man who spent over a grand on his 42 year-old son! Mark asked if he could be adopted, and the man said "I'll check back with ya next week!" total BURN!!! Jenna loved it. Don't forget to vote in our poll.
Thursday, December 11
Here's something that will hardly ever happen again...Mark leaving Jenna speechless! It's TRUE!!! When Mark asked who her favorite child is, Charlie or Teresa, uums and ahhs were all we got from Jenna...a classic moment! To turn down the heat on herself, Jenna called her parents in Philly and asked them who is the favorite out of all the Kehoe sibblings...and Jenna's mom said "why you, of course." We all want to know how Jenna BRIBED her to say that!!
So, Friday is a big day for you! A lucky Christmas club member will get a $250 Gift Card to do some extra holiday shopping at McArthur Center or Chesapeake Square Mall...it might be you, if you signed up. Do so now by returning to the main page.
Wednesday, December 10
More great calls regarding money for "A"s...It's a debate that surely needs to be revisited again soon. But during the show, Mark discovered that Jenna seems to favor certain members of her family...like her oldest nephew, who was on the show explaining why he's not getting paid for his A's...because it's expected. But at the end of the call, Jenna called him his favorite...and Mark wanted to know why. Jenna simply said the oldest on each side of the family is her favorite. So, get ready for tomorrow! Mark will try to get Jenna to fess up and say which of her 2 children are her favorite!
Tuesday, December 9
We struck a nerve with this topic. Paying kids for getting "A"s in school. Mark thinks there's no harm...Jenna strongly disagreed...and the calls were split down the middle. Check out www.gradefund.com This is the website that will help students find a sponsor who will pay them for each A they get. Go to that site and investigate for yourself. More on this tomorrow.
Monday, December 8
With all the greed and corruption that IS the root of our economic woes...like what we're hearing about the big three auto morons. Jenna and Mark stumbled upon a story that is truely inspiring. We want to share an amazing story with you that's all about GIVING BACK!!!
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/D2A6E9468EEF4BF1862575170013B297?OpenDocument
Friday, December 5
Is Barbara Walters losing it? Her annual 10 Most Fascinating show had Jenna & Mark scratching their heads. Will Smith, Michael Phelps, Tom Cruise, Barack Obama...good choices. Frank Langella? The pregnant guy? Miley Cyrus? WHAT?!?! 2 very poor choices, so Jenna & Mark decided to rip apart Barbara's interview of these 2 by asking their own questions...like why Frank has such a deeeeeep voice and over-inflects every word out of his mouth. By the way, Barbara was eating it up!!! She has the hots for Frank Langella! That's the only reason why he made the list...pretty sick if you ask me!! And this pregnant guy, what a waste of time. Hey Barb, It's a girl with a beard...end of interview. Why not interview Hula Hoop Lady at Wards Corner in Norfolk...She's a million times more entertaining than "pregnant thing". and Miley Cyrus? You're about a year late on that one...Get it together, Barb!!!
Thursday, December 4
A 9-year-old kid has women all figured out? Read for yourself. Alec Greven of Colorado wrote a book called "How To Talk To Girls" and it's selling like crazy at Amazon.com. It started out as a pamphlet that Alec sold at his school's book fair. But it became so popular that publisher Harper Collins decided to print it. So what kind of advise does Alec offer in his book?
*Stop trying to show off to women
*Don't give women too many compliments...or you'll seem desperate
*Look out for pretty girls who are like "cars that need a lot of oil" (???)
*Comb your hair and dress nicely. Never wear sweats.
*Avoid pick up lines. A simple hi will do
So simple that it's brilliant! Oh, and for the worst pickup lines of all time, visit Askmen.com They are God Awful!!! If you want a copy, just go to Amazon. com and type in the book title.
Wednesday, December 3
You can buy me gifts! Go right ahead...Jenna's wish list is at Keller Jewelers, and Mark's is at Home Depot! Many folks are registering for gifts, and they want the whole world to know! There's no shame, baby...go here to get in on it.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/12/01/lw.gift.registry.trends/index.html
Tuesday, December 2nd
Would you subject your kids to a DNA test to determine which sports they would excel in? Mark said "Absolutely not!" Jenna was open to the idea...now we ask you. Would you do this? Would it be just to make sure they would have fun playing? Or are you thinking "scholarship"...here's the link to this website selling the DNA kits. www.atlasgene.com And free holiday gift cards as early as tomorrow! Listen to win...
Monday, December 1st
It's Parents vs. the toy industry...The letter-writing initiative was launched by the Boston-based Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, which says roughly 1,400 of its members and supporters have contacted 24 leading toy companies and retailers to express concern about ads aimed at kids.
"Unfortunately, I will not be able to purchase many of the toys that my sons have asked for; we simply don't have the money," wrote Todd Helmkamp of Hudson, Ind. "By bombarding them with advertisements ... you are placing parents like me in the unenviable position of having to tell our children that we can't afford the toys you promote."The Toy Industry Association has responded with a firm defense of current marketing practices, asserting that children "are a vital part of the gift selection process.""If children are not aware of what is new and available, how will they be able to tell their families what their preferences are?" an industry statement said. "While there is certainly greater economic disturbance going on now, families have always faced different levels of economic well-being and have managed to tailor their spending to their means."In recent conference calls with investors, toy company executives said they expect to suffer some holiday-season impact from the economic crisis, yet suggested their industry would be more resilient than many other sectors. The toy industry is commonly viewed as recession-resistant, due largely to the parent-child dynamic."Parents have trouble saying no," said Allison Pugh, a University of Virginia sociology professor. She says parents often buy toys to avoid guilt and ensure their children feel in sync with school classmates.
thing parents give up," said Pugh. "They'll contain their own buying for themselves before they'll make their child feel different at school."
Amanda Almodovar says she encounters such families in her work as an elementary school social worker in Alamance County, N.C., where homelessness and unemployment are rising.
"I had one parent who said she'd prostitute herself to get what her child wants," Almodovar said. "It's heartbreaking. They feel inadequate as parents.
"I try to tell them, worry about your home, your heating bill — but they're the ones who have to look into children's faces, the children saying 'I want this, I want that.'"
Even in some households not in fiscal crisis, there's a sense that this holiday season is different.
John Schenkenfelder, a financial adviser and father of three in Louisville, Ky., wrote a blog entry this month urging families to scale down their gift-giving and spend more time playing together.
"This has been bugging me for years, even when times were great," Schenkenfelder said in a telephone interview. "Maybe people will get it this year — they're so unprepared for this debacle. They're shell-shocked."
In Columbus, Ohio, Erin Beth Dower Charron has been trying to brace her 4-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter for more subdued gift-getting this year as the family begins financial belt-tightening.
"My 8-year-old is still holding out hope that Santa will get her that one special gift, but understanding this year may be different," Dower Charron said. "My son doesn't understand. Everything he sees, he wants."
Toy ads on kids' TV shows make the process harder, she said. "The onslaught seems to be more intense this year."
Dower Charron was among the hundreds of parents who took up the suggestion to write to toy companies.
"Help me understand why your toy is the better one for my child, and why it should be one of the few I can afford," she wrote. "Don't leave that up to my children."
The director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, psychologist Susan Linn, said she and her colleagues don't expect toy companies to stop advertising — rather, they want the ads directed at parents.
"It's cruel to dangle irresistible ads for toys and electronics in front of kids — encouraging them to nag for gifts that their parents can't afford," she said. "It's just not fair."
The big toy makers aren't likely to redirect their ads for one fundamental reason, according to Richard Gottlieb, a New York-based consultant to the industry.
"Toy companies advertise to children because it works, to be brutally honest," Gottlieb said in an interview.
Gottlieb also contends that it's good for children to encounter toy ads — even in cases where products later turn out to be disappointments.
"It teaches, for very low stakes, how to navigate in our consumer culture," he said.
"They are going to have to spend the rest of their lives listening to every kind of marketing approach, and childhood is where they will learn to cope with it."
As for the economic pressure on parents, Gottlieb sounds a fatalistic note.
"Believe me, there are families with much bigger issues on their plates right now then worrying about whether their child will be unhappy because they did not get a particular toy," Gottlieb wrote in his "Out of the Toy Box" blog. "Delivering disappointment goes with the job of parenting." Ouch...not much compassion coming from the suites. What are your thoughts? email jenna@2wd.com mark@2wd.com
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On the Net: Here are the links to both sites we discussed
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: http://www.commercialexploitation.org/
Toy Industry Association: http://www.toyassociation.org/
Wednesday, November 26
More holiday survival tips to avoid awkward moments with the in-laws. The best subject to jumpstart the conversation has to be "conspiracy theories" Jenna's family always went back and forth with all sorts of stories at the dinner table. Mark's family always kept it controversy-free...with his parents always asking the kids what was fun and exciting in their world. Jenna also loves NASA stuff...she loves all the stuff happening at the I.S.S. Including the experiments wit the spiders!! Wanna see web spun in zero gravity? Here ya go.
The zero gravity made it very difficult for this guy to do his best work...looks like he had too much eggnog.
One more work day to go and we are HOME FREE!!! Can you smell the turkey right now?
Tuesday, November 25
You know it's coming, the awkward moments at the dinner table with the relatives this holiday season. Jenna and Mark to the rescue! The next few days we'll help you out with some "out of this world" advise to make any dull moment down right fun and interesting...If your in-laws have a sense of humor! Today we hit on the "awkward silence" you may encounter. If things get painfully quiet at the table, try some of these topics...like the 60-year-old woman in the U.K. who has a condition that makes it impossible for her to recognize the sound of anyone's voice, including family members. She has a neurological disorder called Developmental Phonagnosia, and the only way she's knows who's talking to her is to see the person face to face. But there's only one voice she can ALWAYS recognize...Sean Connery! Seriously. He only has the most distinctive voice in the world...So get your best Connery inpression ready to roll!!! Maybe you can try this? There's a group of dwarves in Ecuador who might be immune to Cancer and Diabetes! For the last 25 years, a doctor has been studying this group who have a rare disorder called Laron dwarfism. And all this time he has not come across a single case of Cancer or Diabetes in this group. It may have something to do with a hormone called Insulin growth Factor...or IGF-1. This hormone plays an important role in childhood growth. But in Laron Dwarfs, IGF-1 is somehow blocked, and researchers believe this blocks the spread of cancer and diabetes, this is actually an amazing study that could one day save us all from these diseases! This is a great story to share!!! But, if it's more humor you crave, there's always this...making up names for Sarah Palin's autobiography!!! Here are the CLEAN one's the big boss said we could read on the air:
"You Might be a Redneck If...You Are Me
"Mavericking for Dummies"
"Shootin' Stuff is Fun"
"You're Welcome, Tina Fey"
"Eat This, Katie Couric!"
There will be no more dull moments at the dinner table with these hot topics...promise!
We also hit portions of Ashley Dupre's interview on 20/20 regarding her affair with Eliot Spitzser. To see the interview, click the link below...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=6302149&page=1
Friday, November 21
Can anyone help us make sense of the federal bailout? The answer was a big fat NO!!! Jenna even started to mix it up with Charles, one of our listeners...He had his opinions, and Jenna told him why he's got it all wrong!!! It was beautiful!! So, we think Jenna and Charles would be PERFECT for one another...stay tuned!!
We had a great time at the grand opening party for the new ABNB Federal Credit Union branch in Va Beach. (3550 Buckner Blvd.) ABNB is our primary partner for our One Warm Coat campaign. Drop off those coats you want to donate at any ABNB branch, and we'll make sure they get cleaned and sent off to the Salvation Army.
Jenna with some of the ABNB brass
ribbon cutting ceremony
Details on some BIG winning comes your way Monday
Thursday, November 20
Today is the International Space Station's 10th birthday. And to celebrate, they're getting a new bathroom!! A $250 million dollar bathroom, complete with a very special device...a machine capable of converting urine into drinkable water! No joke...Jenna thinks it's an amazing invention...yea, kinda like the Bladder Buddy from American Inventor...You know how that went over with the judges, don't cha??? Mark couldn't keep a straight face every time he heard the word "urine"! The whole idea of drinking something that was inside your body freaked him out big time! Wuss. The price tag for all this is, well, through the stratosphere! And while the astronauts were make preparations for this and other work, they forgot about a $100,000 tool bag that floated into outer space!! Soooo, while they're in the mood to waste money, we came up with more suggestions...thanks to Sky Mall Magazine!!! How 'bout a $500 Teak Bath stool to decorate that multi-million dollar bathroom? Or a $500 towel warmer?!?!? And we can't forget a handy-dandy $150 dollar Power Grip Fog-Free mirror...thanks for shopping :)
Wednesday, November19
We posed this question...What amount of pain are you willing to endure for $1.2 Million? And the phones just lit up!! Click the link below to hear some of the answers.
million_dollar_question.mp3
It all started with a story out of Florida. A maintenance worker was awarded 1.2 million when a batting cage machine went haywire and accidentally fired a 60mph fastball right into this poor guy's groin! The company that made the machine has been ordered to pay him the 1.2 million in damages. Are you willing to go through this to score the cash? Jenna, as tough as ever, was willing to have her ring fingers cut off for 1.2 Million. She said she really doesn't need those anymore! Mark was a little less willing to maim his body for money. Wuss!!!
Hey, here's your chance to meet Jenna and Mark in person. Catch up with them this afternoon at Farm Fresh, 1200 North Military Hwy in Norfolk for day 2 of our Turkey Drop food drive. Bring us a frozen turkey...or even buy one at that Farm Fresh location for the foodbanks of Hampton Roads. And stop by the new ABNB Federal Credit Union branch, 3550 Buckner Blvd. Va Beach tomorrow between 12-2p for the official kickoff of our One Warm Coat drive. We will trade cool prizes for the coats you don't use anymore and we will get them to the Salvation Army.
Tuesday, November 18
Our future First Family is moving ahead with their "puppy plans" when they move into the White House in January...allergy-free, of course. Jenna is watching to make sure The Obamas don't spent hundreds or thousands of our tax money for the little critter...Mark believes our new First Family will hold true to their word and find one in an animal shelter. But all this puppy talk got them thinking of past presidentioal pets...and it's a fascinating list!
Benjamin Harrison (the 23rd president) had two pet opossums.
William Taft (the 27th president) kept a milk cow named Pauline
Woodrow Wilson (the 28th president) owned a flock of sheep
John Quincy Adams owned an alligator and kept it in theWhite House!
Calvin Coolidge had the most bizzare collection of White House pets. 6 dogs, a cat, a goose, a donkey, a bobcat, two lion cubs, an antelope, a walloby, and a 600 pound hippo named Billy! Wow!!
And of all 44 presidents, including Obama, only our 14th president, Franklin Pierce, and our 21st president, Chester Arthur, had no pets in the White House.
Some parents are saying ENOUGH to the marketing tactics of toy makers. The message: Please, in these days of economic angst, cut back on marketing your products directly to our children.
We had some fun with Newschannel 3's Kurt Williams this morning. He heard Jenna talking about how she borrowed some of his tools to remodel her kitchen! How 'bout that! Jenna can do it...and Mark doesn't know how to help!! Keep that guy away from tools!!! Kurt is lending Jenna a hand, thank God, and he told us to watch Newschannel 3 tonight for his report on getting FREE FOOD. Anyone can do this...Kurt will show you all these neat shortcuts we always overlook to help you save a ton!.
They also gave some helpful info on the new versions of Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games. These new versions are a bit pricey, but if you look hard enough, you'll find the deal you need to stay within your budget. Click the link below for more info...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27685403/
