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| 5:33
| Alright, good morning everyone. How did Buzz handle the storm last night? Steve assumes Buzz was right in the eye of the storm after getting some panicky calls from Mike and Matt Dahl. |
| 5:34
| Buzz is aware of some upheaval in his neighborhood and he heard thunder. As usual though Buzz remains oblivious. Buzz is like the guy in that one war movie, he doesn't think about getting hit and he doesn't get hit. |
| 5:35
| Buzz was at home with Piper, reading her a story, and suddenly they heard a siren the likes of which he'd never heard before. Buzz turned to Piper and said "It must be aliens" Way to not scare your daughter Buzz. |
| 5:36
| After that they put their shoes on and went outside to check it out. That's what they recommend you do in a storm, go outside. Brant Miller was telling people to do that all night. |
| 5:37
| Buzz is pretty sure they have a tornado siren right across the street. He's glad he didn't know there were tornados spotted or else he would have gone to look for it. |
| 5:38
| The sirens went off in Steve's town but that's only because the people in Elmhurst panicked. Is Pete from Elmhurst? Steve always thinks he's from Elmhurst but he's from Hickory Hills, The HH. HH doesn't seem like it's Pete's area now though. It's a lot of Polish and Mexican people. That's some good cross-breeding right there, a guy who can mow your lawn and fix your roof. And think of the cleaning ladies that will come out of that. |
| 5:39
| Those people are all off the boat too right? Well not if you're from Mexico, you don't take the boat. Sometimes Steve feels like he's in Moscow or Krakow out by where he lives, like if he's in Burr Ridge, the BR. What's the deal with that? Steve thought the diversity was supposed to be downtown near Buzz. He's always asking where the diversity is. |
| 5:40
| Elmhurst got trigger happy and set off their tornado siren because someone thought they saw a funnel cloud. That has a domino effect because it's the same line of storms that eventually hit the city. That's why Buzz heard the siren. It was cool to hear the sirens on the news, at Wrigley Field. |
| 5:41
| Buzz isn't sorry he heard the sirens and he and Piper had a great conversation about aliens because of the sirens. It reminded Steve of being in grade school during the Cold War. Every month they'd have a siren test and you'd get under your desk and be told not to look at the blinding flash. |
| 5:42
| During the Cuban Missile Crisis they had air raid drills everyday. Steve kept asking what the range of these missiles were, how are they going to reach California?! Buzz was in high school at the time and they didn't even bother with the air raid drills. |
| 5:43
| When was the Cuban Missile Crisis? It has to be '60 or '61 because Kennedy was assassinated in '62 right? Or was that in '63? Well those duck-and-cover drills seemed pointless either way. |
| 5:44
| Steve was in the basement last night during the storm, watching CLTV. They had some great coverage. Then they went back upstairs and watched the rest of the coverage. Steve has a generator to keep the pumps going in his basement, otherwise it floods. |
| 5:45
| Then Steve was bemoaning the fact that he didn't have a whole-house generator. It's bad enough that they're the only house with lights on but still. Janet says it's illegal to have a whole-house generator and she's on the village board. Can't she pull some strings?! |
| 5:46
| Steve's generator goes on automatically but his neighbor has one that is more like a lawn mower. You have to pull it out, fire it up and then start plugging stuff in. He was getting some good light upstairs from the generator so he and Steve might be in some sort of competition. Steve's not even sure why they're in competition but this guy's going down. |
| 5:47
| The Cuban Missile Crisis was in October of 1962, Kennedy was assassinated the following November. So Steve was in third grade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Thank God he had Mrs. Endicott to comfort him. |
| 5:48
| That was when Steve was involved in the worst experiment ever, a class that mixed the smartest third graders with the dumbest fourth graders. So the fourth graders kicked the crap out of the third graders everyday. And they were the kind of fourth graders that had pubic hair and a family and drove a Camaro. |
| 5:49
| Half of Steve's neighborhood has power and the other half doesn't. At first Steve was mad because he thought everyone else had a generator. Over the years he's slowly worked up to a whole-house generator. |
| 5:50
| Did Pete's power go out up in the RP? Steve saw that there were some bad storms up there. When Pete left his power was still out but he didn't mind. Pete probably enjoys the silence and the darkness. |
| 5:51
| Pete was watching the Cubs game when that EAS test came on. Only it's not a test, it's the actual warning. It said a funnel cloud had been spotted, probably by the panicky people of Elmhurst. Then it said the storm was going to hit Rogers Park. |
| 5:52
| Last night on channel 5 Brant Miller was recommending that people get to an interior bathroom, get in their tub and cover themselves with a blanket. |
| 5:53
| Obviously Pete's alarm clock worked this morning, does he have that thing on batteries? Pete actually used his cellphone to wake him up. Steve's cellphone never wakes him up. Steve sent Todd Cavanah a text this morning, maybe it woke him up. It said "If I hear Too Much Time on my Hands by Styx one more time..." Steve hears that and Edge of Seventeen all the time. |
| 5:54
| Caller Dan was at the Cubs game last night. The rain was so thick that you couldn't see the scoreboard from his seats in the upper deck on the third base side. They made everyone get out of the stands and go on the concourse right? |
| 5:55
| They were trying to get people to go into the concourse but Dan just stayed because they didn't come to the upper deck. So he just stayed in the upper deck through the lightning? If Dan's going to die it might as well be at Wrigley. |
| 5:56
| Steve saw some fans sliding around on the tarp including some guy in an Elvis costume, because it was 70s night. Dan saw him being arrested, sans cape. |
| 5:57
| Well Steve's sorry about the game, the Cubs did end up losing. They didn't lose any ground because the Brewers also lost. And that Prince Fielder guy beat up one of his teammates! |
| 5:58
| Buzz saw some of that video, Prince Fielder pushed the pitcher but he didn't push back. Is that something that happens, do the pitchers not respond? Prince Fielder is huge and at some point the pitcher doesn't want to damage his arm, that's his livelihood. |
| 5:59
| Thousands of fans at Wrigley were evacuated to the stadium's concourse last night around 8 pm. Many other fans remained in their seats, like Dan, and some got on the field to slide around on the tarp. One of them was dressed like Elvis but he lost his cape. That's a bummer for him this morning, it ruins 70s night for next year. |
| 6:00
| Alright Steve's going to take a break and then some news with Buzz, a man who told his daughter that aliens were coming last night during the storm. Is he trying to make it so Aimee never leaves him alone with Piper? He has to be close to that at this point. |
| 6:08
| The Cubs players were laughing at Lance Berkman last night, he had his skeedaddlin' shoes on during the lightning strike. It's always good when you can make fun of one of the Killer B's. |
| 6:09
| Did Buzz see that fight between Prince Fielder and Manny Parra? Steve has it again if Buzz wants to see it. Prince pushes Manny a couple of times and then Manny just sits down. |
| 6:10
| Manny Parra had just given up 6 runs and Prince did not appreciate that, he's very intense. Sometimes you have to send a message like that. |
| 6:11
| Prince is a good baseball player. Last night they showed him jumping up to get a line drive and he got some pretty good air, he had the Michael Jordan pose. He got a lot of air for someone his size. |
| 6:12
| He has to be well over 300 pounds, right Pete? Mary's telling Steve that he's 260. That's not fair. Steve remembers 260 when he was 18. Prince is listed at 270 so that means he's way over 300. |
| 6:13
| So Steve's 30 pounds heavier than Prince Fielder? Pete points out that muscle weight is heavier. So he's saying Steve is more muscular than Prince Fielder? He's good with that. Steve needs to start blousing his jersey more, that's all Prince Fielder does out on the field. |
| 6:14
| How does Buzz like his Storm Watch, Tommy Skillethead or Bill Kurtis? If it's weather Buzz would prefer Tommy. Bill Kurtis isn't equipped with radar and all the other equipment. |
| 6:15
| The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for Northern Iroquois and Southern Kankakee. Didn't we decide last week that those counties aren't part of our coverage area? Does Tommy have to send Mark a map? |
| 6:16
| NWS radar indicated a strong rotation in a severe thunderstorm. The tornado will be near Clifton and Chebanse by 6:10 am. Where the hell is Clifton? Seek cover! Contrary to what Brant Miller said last night, don't get in the bathtub and cover yourself with a blanket, unless it's a lead blanket. |
| 6:17
| Caller Jeff is down in Southern Kankakee and they're hearing Tommy loud and clear. That storm watch was just canceled. Did Mark Czerniec cancel that in a fit or was it the National Weather Service? It's still raining so it must be a fit from Mark. He probably threw his atlas on the ground, poured himself another cup of coffee and grabbed a slice of coffee. |
| 6:18
| Jeff is on 57 right now doing about 40. Tommy's on crystal meth, you need it when you're up all night in the weather center. |
| 6:19
| Caller Carl is on 80 just coming up on 75. You can hear the weather on the other end of the call, OH MY GOD! Chebanse is near Bourbonnais so the Bears could be in danger. Carl called a guy he knows in Chebanse who lives in a trailer to warn him. A lot of people wouldn't admit that they know someone who lives in a trailer in Chebanse. |
| 6:20
| Tommy knows that a lot of Steve's relatives live in trailers but he'll never admit it. Carl's friend lives right on the river so if there is a flood you can just put some pontoons on that and float away. |
| 6:21
| Tommy's going to turn off the teletype and just listen to the weather on Carl's end. Listen to that! |
| 6:22
| Alright well apparently we do cover that area so Tommy will just stop bitching and read the report. The watch was canceled by the National Weather Service and not just Mark in a snit. |
| 6:23
| Well that's all Tommy has for now, he knows that Steve and Buzz want to get to the news. Weather is news though. We've got more storms coming but they won't be as bad. There are still a lot of people without power, Buzz will be covering all of that. |
| 6:24
| Tommy heard that Steve doesn't have power, nor does intern Jordan. She had to get dressed in the dark this morning. Tommy's excited just thinking about that. |
| 6:32
| News with Buzz |
| 6:33
| Com Ed now says 225,000 customers are without power. That's more than last night! Maybe they popped a few more people out who were behind on their bills. Half of Steve's subdivision is off and half of it is on. Steve's in the half that's out. It has the feel of an outage that's going to last several days, based on how early in the storm the power went out. |
| 6:34
| Buzz heard someone from Com ed say it could be a multi-day event. It's bad when even Com ed says it. They usually say it'll be a couple of hours. Steve wants to check out everyone else's power situation. |
| 6:35
| Pete's power is out of course but Brendan and Mary do have power. Mary is on the North Shore, they take care of themselves up there. Every time you turn on the traffic they start with the Edens. |
| 6:36
| Steve calls down to Adam's office, he has power in West Rogers Park. Pete is in East Rogers Park so it sounds like we have a bit of a class war. Pete's been on the show longer he should live in the better neighborhood. But Adam does. He's Jewish so he knows real estate. |
| 6:37
| Adam's power did go out briefly last night. A quick call to Bernie Stone probably fixed that though. Bernie Stone probably lives in West Rogers Park. Here's another real estate tip for Pete, try to live where the alderman lives. |
| 6:38
| Pete actually has a different alderman, Joe Moore. He's the guy who's always proposing crazy laws, like the foie gras ban or the ban on texting while walking. If you hear about a crazy law it's probably Joe Moore, he's the new Burt Natarus. |
| 6:39
| So Adam's power was just flickering. He probably found it romantic while he was with the girl he was dancing with at the John Mayer concert. We still don't have any information about that girl, Stephanie has been very tight-lipped about it. |
| 6:40
| Steve calls down to the weather center. Jim's power is also out, and he's in Bucktown. He also had some car damage, it knocked out the back window in his car. It? Like a thug? Jim is guessing it was a branch but his car wasn't dented. Maybe it was Pete or Brendan? |
| 6:41
| It could have been Pete, mad at Jim for not hanging out any more because of the fiancè. Jim says that Pete doesn't hang out any more either because of his girlfriend. Maybe it was Brendan then. |
| 6:42
| Between Pete and Jim which one is dating Yoko? Pete says it's Jim because of the architectural tour. Jim says that was his idea but that's just because he's under Yoko's sway. Jim and his fiancè are planning destination weddings all across Europe. Steve doesn't know what that means. When John and Yoko got married that had ceremonies all across Europe. He does know his rock history. |
| 6:43
| Steve calls up to the office. Intern Jordan had no power last night and still doesn't have it this morning. She had to get dressed in the dark and do her make-up in the car. Jordan lives very close to Steve and he has a generator. She's more than welcome to come over and get dressed at Steve's house in the future. |
| 6:44
| How does Jordan look today Stephanie? Does she have a lot of mismatched clothing on? Is her bra on the outside or something? Stephanie says she looks fine. Steph also has power and she's in Roscoe Village. Buzz has power as well. Steve's power went out as soon as the storm hit Aurora and it has the feel of never coming back on. |
| 6:45
| Why does Steve have the feeling he's going to be getting a visit from Jordan's dad this afternoon? |
| 6:52
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 6:53
| Steve still wants to hear Brant Miller telling people to get into their bathtub and cover up with a blanket during the storm. Pete actually played that already. He's so good, Steve must have been on a bathroom break. |
| 6:54
| Steve's not sure what lead up to Brant's bathtub tip. On Pete's TV it was the EAS warning but Steve got the whole thing. |
| 6:55
| OK back to Buzz in the newsroom. Storms swept through Chicago last night knocking out power and knocking down trees. The storm also set off tornado sirens even though no tornadoes touched down. |
| 6:56
| There were several reports of funnel clouds spotted within city limits though. Steve's still blaming Elmhurst, they jumped the gun and set the whole thing off. Then some old ladies hear the sirens and think they're seeing a funnel cloud. |
| 6:57
| Steve saw a wind report from the Harrison Water Crib and they had a reading for 94 mph. That's hurricane force! They also had 94 mph winds in the suburbs. Steve would like to know where that was. |
| 6:58
| Barack Obama was in Michigan yesterday on a campaign stop. He was calling for the release of more oil and energy tax credits. He also promised to help car companies better market electric cars. |
| 6:59
| That's campaign talk right there. Barack Obama was talking about filling up your tires to get better gas mileage. Then McCain was making fun of him and handing out tire gauges. Obama is right though, filling up your tires gives you better gas mileage. |
| 7:00
| Some new polls also show that the Paris Hilton Obama ads are having some positive effects for McCain. How could that ad actually change someone's mind? There are probably plenty of reasons to not vote for Obama but it shouldn't be because of that. |
| 7:01
| A man calling himself Clark Rockefeller is being held as a suspect in the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter. She was kidnapped last week during a supervised visit with her dad. Police believe he's using a fake name. Wouldn't everyone know his real name, including his ex-wife and daughter? |
| 7:02
| It was a three surfboard night at Nickelodeon's Teen Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus. Buzz simply doesn't have time to go through all the winners but our own Steve Carell was also a big winner for The Office. Is that because we like The Office? |
| 7:03
| Carell was at Second City so we can call him our own. He also won for Get Smart and thanked his co-stars including Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson. The Rock is actually a pretty funny actor. |
| 7:04
| Governor Blagojevich signed a bill yesterday giving judges power to order a domestic violence abuser to wear a GPS tracking device if they violate a restraining order. |
| 7:05
| It's called the Cindy Bischof Law after a woman who's ex-boyfriend violated a restraining order and killed her. Blago said you didn't have to thank him for signing a law like this. No one was thanking him were they? Maybe he should have signed it sooner. |
| 7:06
| Tinley Park police believe they know who's responsible for stealing a rare parrot from a pet store. The parrot was returned by someone hiding their face but everyone police arrive at the suspects house they hide. |
| 7:07
| And they can't get a warrant because the parrot was returned? There might be some evidence in there, maybe a feather or something. |
| 7:08
| Does Buzz want to hear about this tire inflation thing? Obama told a group of supporters that keeping your tires inflated and giving your car a regular tune up would save more oil than expanding offshore drilling. |
| 7:09
| Republicans quickly tried to link Obama's comments to Jimmy Carter telling people to save on heating bills by wearing sweaters. |
| 7:10
| The RNC offered reporters tire gauges as a stunt to mark Obama's birthday yesterday. McCain's campaign is also selling Obama Energy Plan tire gauges. |
| 7:11
| The EPA estimates that underinflated tires can shave up to 3% of a vehicle's fuel economy. That seems like a lot, it's more than what Steve read it was yesterday. |
| 7:12
| If a couple of hundred million vehicles are underinflated that ads up to 1.2 billion gallons of gas wasted in a year. |
| 7:13
| McCain's campaign is now being run by one of those mean guys, the guy behind the Swiftboat Campaign. They had even less to work with last time they were working with Bush too. |
| 7:14
| It seems like Obama's right but if you can make fun of him by handing out some tire gauges why not? |
| 7:22
| It certainly seems like it would be worth filling your tires up and getting regular tune ups. Or you could hand out tire gauges and make Obama look like an ass. |
| 7:23
| Steve and Buzz are going to be at Arlington Park on Friday broadcasting live from 5:30 to 10 am. The first 100 people will get breakfast on Buzz. Everyone else pays $7 for adults and $4 for kids. |
| 7:24
| According to the poster for the broadcast breakfast will be served by a horse. He's making a delicious-looking omelet in this poster. |
| 7:25
| So far there's no progress on the listener races. No one will listen to Steve about it, they won't even discuss it with him. Steve just wants one listener race, after the horses are practicing. |
| 7:26
| Steve's going to make more of an effort to make that happen today. After the show everyday Steve says to Mary "Anything else?" but she never brings up the listener races. |
| 7:27
| Adam just comes in and tells Steve to have a nice day after backing up his computer, then leaves. Todd Cavanah isn't even here, he's out in Montana with some record company execs. |
| 7:28
| What Steve would really like to see is smaller listeners riding bigger listeners like jockeys. Adam would make an excellent jockey, maybe this is the motivation we need to get him going on this. |
| 7:29
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. This is one of those ideas Steve has where people think if they ignore him it'll go away.This is reminiscent of the Wild Turkey giveaway. Turns out handing out free liquor is illegal and there's also a moral issue. |
| 7:30
| Adam has been in contact with the people at Arlington but he hasn't brought up the listener race. Why not? What else are they going to do there, there are no races going on! |
| 7:31
| The horses will be using the track to exercise all morning so the listeners won't be able to get out there. They're going to be exercising for 4 1/2 hours? Steve's going to need the name of Adam's contact out there. |
| 7:32
| Why hasn't Adam brought this up yet? Is it because he doesn't work for Steve? No wait, he does. Is it because he's not supposed to do what Steve says because he is! |
| 7:33
| Adam might be trying to save Steve from himself. Steve can handle the rejection of being told he can't do the races, that's OK with him. Adam doesn't think you can create events for people to bet on either. Sure you can, they do it in Vegas all the time! |
| 7:34
| What if Steve cancels the betting and just does the races? He's also going to be shoeing listeners at the broadcast on Friday. |
| 7:35
| Adam will bring up the race but he's not a good asker. He already thinks the answer is going to be no. Steve wants Adam's contact so he can call himself. |
| 7:36
| Caller Kevin used to work as an ambulance driver and they always had one stationed at Arlington. Those horses start racing before the sun comes up and they're done pretty early. |
| 7:37
| We've got a lot of people calling in and it seems like everyone thinks it's a good idea. Mary doesn't think it's a bad idea right? Adam might actually be angling for a job out at Arlington. |
| 7:38
| Adam might not be happy with the work he's been given. Steve's not happy with what Adam's doing. It almost seems like Adam is embarrassed with Steve. |
| 7:39
| Adam used to work for Jill at WCKG in promotions. She's now the promotions director for Jack although you wouldn't know. You never see Jill and you never see any promotions. |
| 7:40
| At these live remotes Jill is always more concerned with getting Steve into a big suite and having the food set up. Adam is from that school. That's fine when there are 10 races going on but on Friday it's going to be Steve and Buzz sitting by a chaffing dish. |
| 7:41
| Caller Joel was at a bar on Saturday with some friends and they were watching some horse race. In between races they had 10 women in stalls, all wearing numbers and racing. Could you bet on them? |
| 7:42
| Caller Monica thinks the listener race could be on the turf while the horses race on the track. A grass race would be easier on the listeners anyway. |
| 7:50
| Steve has to admit that he's eating his chalupa right now. He couldn't resist, it was just sitting there. So we can do the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell now or at 8. Steve can eat another chalupa. |
| 7:51
| Steve calls down to Adam's office. Steve is happy with the work Adam is doing and Adam is happy to be here. Turns out Adam might have been a bit squirrelly because he was afraid to tell Steve something. |
| 7:52
| Brandmeier was at Hawthorne for a broadcast and he did listener races with hot women. Johnny was on a camel because he's Lebanese, he was saying this about himself. |
| 7:53
| Adam can just tell Steve that in the future. He didn't want to get Johnny B credit for his idea. Steve did think it was a Johnny B idea but he still liked it. If you don't think of that idea you shouldn't be in radio. |
| 7:54
| Steve never thought about it before because at past Arlington broadcasts there were races going on. Now he's faced with a morning broadcast with no races. |
| 7:55
| Steve would like to pair up Adam and Pete. They would be called RP. Buzz could ride Steve too. Again?! |
| 7:56
| If there are no listener races that's fine. Adam could have just told Steve though. Because when Adam starts to get squirrelly then Steve gets squirrelly. |
| 7:57
| The listener races do lose some luster knowing that it's already been done. He did it with hot women though but we might not have time for that. It's not right either. |
| 7:58
| That doesn't really wreck it though right? Johnny had Hooters girls, he always takes it just a little too far. It would be funny with listeners and we could have Joe Kristufek handicapping everyone. |
| 7:59
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. Today Steve and Buzz are having Chalupa Supremes. The chalupa shell is Steve's favorite new thing in the world. |
| 8:00
| Caller Cindy has an idea for the race. What if Steve has the sponsors run instead? You could have David Hochberg going against a Taco Bell manager. |
| 8:01
| Alright Ben Gay is here for sports. He needs a minute to finish his Chalupa, it's Supreme! |
| 8:02
| Just one more second to finish, he loves the sour cream. He needs a sip of water before he starts. How did Buzz fare during the storm last night? |
| 8:03
| Buzz was relatively unscathed and he got to hear the tornado siren. He told his daughter it was aliens right? Buzz had never heard a siren like this, it sounded different from the usual monthly tornado siren drill. |
| 8:04
| The Kilman's have a different attitude towards aliens in their house so Piper was not scared at all. Ben was in a sensory deprivation tank for the entire storm. |
| 8:05
| Brian Moehler pitched 5 sharp innings before 2 storms rolled into Wrigley last night. The Astros rode the storm out and ended up with a 2-0 lead. |
| 8:06
| Cubs GM Jim Hendry thought the umps made the right call in canceling the game when they did. The Cubs sure do like to talk a lot about their drainage system. |
| 8:07
| There's a clip on the internet of Cubs players flinching at the lightning strikes but then laughing at one of the Astros players running off the field. |
| 8:08
| Kerry Wood could come off the disabled list today, he's been out since early July with a blister on his pitching hand. Those can hurt on your pitching hand. |
| 8:09
| Prince Fielder and Manny Parra, of the Milwaukee Brewers, scuffled in the dugout yesterday during their 6-3 loss to the Reds. Parra was taken out for a pinch hitter in the 7th and was heading back to the clubhouse when Fielder told him he should stay and watch. Fielder then shoved Parra twice before the fight was broken up. |
| 8:10
| The Sox are looking for better pitching this week as they host the Detroit Tigers this week. Yesterday they had the day off and did some charity event. They're cloaking themselves in sick kids. |
| 8:11
| The Bears depth chart has been unveiled, rookie Matt Forte will start at running back in the pre-season opener against Kansas City. Rex Grossman and Kyle Orton have been named co-starters. Are they worried about hurting Grossman's feelings? |
| 8:12
| Brian Urlacher reports that he's feeling better than ever now that he's learned a new stretching routine. A routine that was taught to him by Ben at a Champ's Sports Bar. |
| 8:13
| The linebacker starts on all fours and then kicks out his legs like a donkey. That has to look really weird. |
| 8:14
| Erin Andrews is startled by reports that she was being sexually suggested in the Cubs lockerroom last weekend. There are also naysayers about her sideline reporting but she's never thought her clothing was a problem. |
| 8:15
| According to a column by Mike Nadel Andrews put her hand on Soriano's bicep. She was also asked by Lou Piniella if she was going on a model assignment. |
| 8:16
| The column caused Andrews to ask her self is he was being suggestive. She said she was feeling Soriano's hand because of the bone he had broken. That makes sense right? |
| 8:17
| Andrews says that she's been reporting for 4 years now and she's old news to players. She ignored Lou's comment and says he looks at her more like a daughter. She's invoking some guy code there. |
| 8:18
| Erin Andrews is quite attractive right Brendan? Ben remembers hearing Pat Boyle talking about her last week, he doesn't like her but that's just because he's not cute. |
| 8:19
| Finally, two time Olympic discus champ Virgiligus Aleqna encountered a problem when he went to train in Lithuania. The entire venue was covered in dog poop after a dog show the previous day. |
| 8:20
| No one bothered to pick up after the dogs and he couldn't practice in those conditions. If he wanted to get back at the dogs he should have invited them to play frisbee and then thrown the discus. |
| 8:28
| Live read: Windy City Limo |
| 8:29
| That Beijing doesn't look that good. There's a lot of smog. They're supposed to seed the clouds so it rains before the opening ceremonies. |
| 8:30
| Steve's got a photo of Erin Andrews from when she was in the Cubs lockerroom. It's not a bad dress, it's a nice summer dress. It doesn't mean she can't do a good job reporting. |
| 8:31
| If you're a baseball player, spending all of your time in a lockerroom with naked dudes and their things swinging around you don't mind seeing an Erin Andrews. |
| 8:32
| Somehow this ended up in the news because of some columnist. Steve has been handed a blog from Brendan about the whole Erin Andrews thing. |
| 8:33
| Gatehouse News Service Columnist Mike Nadel critiqued Andrews' professionalism in reference to a Cubs/Brewers game from last week. They were both covering the game and Nadel called Andrews out for her interaction with players and how she was dressed. |
| 8:34
| Andrews overall reaction to Nadel's column is that it's sad that people are watching every move she makes. The bigger story here should have been the Cubs/Brewers game. |
| 8:35
| Can Brendan print up the original column? The standards for reporting seem to be different but it's also confusing. It seems like ultimately there are no standards. You can say whatever and hope that you're right. |
| 8:36
| In the meantime can Steve read Buzz a critique of their reporting from this morning? It's from a guy named Cliff. First of all he says that tornado sirens were going off in Bartlett long before they hit Elmhurst. Also, the reason to cover yourself in a blanket is to protect from flying glass. Won't the glass just cut through the blanket? |
| 8:37
| All of that was Tommy Skillethead. Cliff's taking his advice from a cartoon! Buzz is unfazed by this criticism. |
| 8:38
| Does Buzz want to hear the original Erin Andrews column? Mike Nadel said she was sauntering around the visiting clubhouse, flitting from player to player. Isn't that called interviewing? |
| 8:39
| She had a skimpy outfit on to accentuate her positives. Look at this Mike Nadel guy. Maybe he should put a nipple on his bald head, that's the only thing Steve can think of now. |
| 8:40
| Then he writes about the game. The Brewers claim of being unaffected by the series' results were unbelievable as Andrews' work clothes. |
| 8:41
| Andrews shook Ramirez' hand and said "Good for you" And this Mike Nadel guy doesn't like that? At one point she placed her hand suggestively on Alfonso Soriano's biceps. |
| 8:42
| Is Nadel reading too much into this? He doesn't think so, he's been a paid observer for years. He wasn't the only one who noticed either, two players were overheard saying "Hot? or just attractive?" |
| 8:43
| This went on for an hour and then Lou came out for his dugout media session. Lou was heard saying "Hey, hey, hey! Look at this! Are you hear for a baseball game today or a modeling assignment?" |
| 8:44
| The Cubs did go out and win the game so it doesn't seem like this distracted them that much. This article seems really unnecessary. |
| 8:45
| The guy from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune put a link in his blog to the Deadspin blog and they interview Erin Andrews. |
| 8:52
| Steve looked at the Deadspin blog interview with Mike Nadel and he and Buzz pretty much covered everything. It seems like the guy has some issue with Erin Andrews. The day Steve starts complaining about hot women in his blog put a gun to his head. |
| 8:53
| Alright it's time for the web poll. Today's question is " Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?" Time was tight and Kelly Shiner of Streeterville had a lot to do before leaving for vacation. |
| 8:54
| She marched north on Michigan at Illinois, walking quickly and typing away on her Blackberry. She's multi-tasking, it's a good way to get things done. Shiner doesn't know when she became a text walker but she knows some state officials, including Jesse White, want to outlaw texting while walking. |
| 8:55
| Why don't we crack down on people talking while driving first? Steve went out and got a headset but every time he sees bad driving someone is talking on the phone. |
| 8:57
| It's way more dangerous to have someone driving while talking. If someone gets hurt while they're walking and texting it's just them. If you hit them while they were texting it's not your fault. You pick up their phone, you finish the text message "BTW, OMG, I just hit your friend!" |
| 8:58
| Legislation that would outlaw texting while walking was introduced recently. Bill sponsor Kim Duncan says it's not a laughable law, people are getting hurt while texting and walking. Buzz says it's natural selection. |
| 9:00
| Who cares if people text and walk? What's the worst that can happen, they get hit by a car? |
| 9:01
| At orientation for U of I students, campus police warn new arrivals about texting while walking. They recommend you walk defensively. |
| 9:02
| The interim U of I police chief says that the school is a vibrant, bustling community with a large population in a small area. There's a reason this guy is interim, his vocabulary is too big. |
| 9:03
| The lakeshore path and Michigan Avenue are ground zero for text walking accidents. It's worse on the path because there are also bikers to contend with. |
| 9:04
| One common scenario on the bike path involves a person texting while walking their dog. THe dog goes too far out on the leash, the person isn't paying attention and then they're in the path of a bike. That's the real problem, the bikers. |
| 9:05
| Steve wants to see the drivers on their phones hauled in first. Steve drove to and from Detroit last weekend and every time he had to go around a bad driver they were on their cellphone. |
| 9:06
| News with Buzz |
| 9:07
| Com Ed is saying that there are still 225,000 customers without power. That's the same number as before so they've done nothing right? 103,000 of those customers are in Chicago. |
| 9:08
| The storms forced more than 400 flight cancellations last night so expect long lines at the airport today. Com Ed should have a website that has all the outages on a map. |
| 9:09
| A magnitude 6 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province killing 5 people. That sounds like an isolated earthquake. |
| 9:10
| Barack Obama unveiled new campaign goals at a stop in Michigan. He wants new tax breaks for consumers using the record profits being made by oil companies. How is he going to do that? |
| 9:11
| Closing arguments were made yesterday in the first-ever trial at Gitmo, for Osama bin Laden's driver. Steve is disappointed to hear bin Laden had a driver, he thought he was more down-to-earth. |
| 9:12
| Chances are Obama isn't anywhere near a road and doesn't need a driver. He's probably doing some spelunking now, thinking about what a good life he had. |
| 9:13
| There are reports that Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are set to marry. Lohan only recently confirmed there relationship and the pair could exchange vows soon in California. Word is that Dina Lohan is already planning the party. |
| 9:14
| What guys has Lindsay Lohan been linked with Brendan? There was that Wilmer Valderamma guy and also the guy in rehab. She's also been linked to several Greek shipping heirs. |
| 9:15
| Columnist Robert Novak has announced his retirement following his diagnosis with a brain tumor. |
| 9:16
| A search effort is underway in Colorado for a mountain lion that snatched a golden retriever right out of someone's bedroom. |
| 9:17
| A man claiming he was investigating children's underwear has been indicted on 17 charges. The man told parents he was working for a research company and proceeded to have inappropriate contact with children under the guise of measuring their underwear size. |
| 9:23
| Live read: Triton College |
| 9:24
| So Lindsay Lohan is marrying that girl, she says it's forever. It doesn't seem like it's going to be forever with Lindsay but who knows? Maybe she just needed a good woman? Doesn't she hate her dad? |
| 9:25
| Alright time for a mailbag. Remember a while ago Steve said that Com Ed should have an outage map on their website? Well Steve got a smart-ass who emailed to say that there'd be no point in having a map like that, if your power is out you can't get on the web. |
| 9:26
| Most laptops are wireless and they have batteries. Plus Steve is at work. OK George Carlin Jr.! Jumbo shrimp! Baseball is a pastoral game, it's played on a field. That's what happened when George Carlin stopped swearing professionally. Is that when he went lame? |
| 9:27
| The next emailer has a product just for Steve, an alarm clock that wakes you up with the fresh smell of bacon. It actually cooks bacon for you. That has to be fake right? |
| 9:28
| The next email is about Steve's last Trib column about gas addiction. Steve can't believe he didn't think of his himself. Emailer Ed wonders if gasoline addicts go to AAA meetings. |
| 9:29
| The next emailer has begun listening to the show on her iPhone while in a tanning bed naked. Steve saw an article about a guy in Indiana who was caught peeping at a tanning salon. Steve wrote back to that girl reminding her that the iPhone also has a camera but he hasn't heard back. Apparently he was out of line. |
| 9:30
| Either last week or the week before there was a story about a guy who was starving squirrels to death. Steve thinks he was catching vermin but you can't kill them so he just starved them. |
| 9:31
| Steve just recently discovered where the yellow jackets outside his house were coming from. Every time he went to throw out some garbage he would get swarmed by yellow jackets. Turns out they had built a nest on the underside of the lid. |
| 9:32
| Steve got back from Detroit on Sunday and went to throw some garbage out. There was one yellow jacket left after Pat Dahl sprayed it and that one stung Steve. |
| 9:33
| That doesn't sound like a bad place to live if you're a yellow jacket. They probably didn't thrive though because of the infrequency and irregularity at which the lid opens. Maybe it was just an outpost. |
| 9:34
| Someone emailed Steve about his comments regarding squirrels and rabbits. Capturing and starving them is not killing, it's torture. You can see where this email is going. |
| 9:35
| Steve's problem with the squirrels is that they eat his deck. According the emailer the squirrels and rabbits were there first, Steve built his house where they used to live. Indians also used to live where Steve lived at one time, it doesn't mean it's OK for someone to come in and scalp him while he's sleeping. |
| 9:36
| The emailer feels that all animals serve a purpose. Maybe for target practice. This is really an all-encompassing email. The writer things that at the rate mankind is going many animals will be extinct in our lifetime. |
| 9:37
| And that would make Steve happy right? As long as he has a nice lawn and deck he doesn't care if the poor little animal's homes were desecrated. C'mon! |
| 9:38
| The emailer won't be listening to the show but she was glad to hear that at least Buzz didn't seem to agree with what Steve is saying. Once again, Buzz gets off the hook. |
| 9:39
| That email just makes Steve madder. It makes him want to kill a a squirrel with his bare hands. Maybe one a day until this listener tunes back in. |
| 9:40
| Caller Colleen is anti-squirrel. Any normal person would be. If she had good aim she'd take them out. You can't though, you'd get arrested. |
| 9:41
| Colleen used to work with a guy who was a real earthy type and he had a pet squirrel, which he sometimes brought to work. Maybe it was a trained squirrel, like one that can water ski? |
| 9:42
| If Steve had water skiing squirrels in his backyard that would be a totally different story. He'd be fine with letting them stay as long as they're making a legitimate effort to learn to water ski. |
| 9:43
| Caller Kim's son works for a pest control company. They're only allowed to kill skunks, everything else has to be trapped. The raccoons and squirrels have to be relocated. |
| 9:44
| Kim's not a fan of the way they kill the skunks but if it was more humane she wouldn't mind. The squirrels get taken for a ride though, they're going into the witness protection program. |
| 9:45
| The skunks get killed by drowning. That doesn't sound so bad. Steve has heard of people who build little gas chambers in their garage and hook their car up to it. |
| 9:52
| Live read: Gladstone Homes |
| 9:53
| The 72-year-old guy from Berwyn who was trapping and starving squirrels is due in court on later this month. That seems insane to Steve, they're pests! |
| 9:54
| From Schererville, Indiana, a man was arrested for allegedly taking photos of a woman in a tanning booth. A St. John man convicted of public indecency in 2002 was arrested on Friday. |
| 9:55
| He was charged with a class D felony. If the letter is lower does that mean it's worse? This sounds like it's just a peeping tom. |
| 9:56
| According to an affidavit a woman had entered a tanning room when she noticed a digital camera aimed at her, after she had removed her clothing. She immediately dressed and told workers. |
| 9:57
| Smith denied any wrongdoing but later told police that he had taken photos and deleted them. |
| 9:58
| Steve tans in the winter for mental health purposes. He's not familiar with how there could be an area between two booths where you could put a camera. This sounds like a loose operation. |
| 9:59
| Just to be on the safe side you should always tan in a place that has floor-to-ceiling walls in each room. The machine that Steve uses is up in the front in a room with a window that has blinds. |
| 10:00
| Mike Dahl needs to concentrate on his work more, he's always making phone calls. Doesn't he have Comcast promos to cut? Mike took a photo of a tree that fell on a car and sent it to ABC. They ran the photo so he wanted audio of it. |
| 10:01
| So Pete had to go look for that? The boys were sending photos in while the storm was going on and Steve and Janet were huddled in their basement. Then the boys had to call their mommy afterwards. |
| 10:02
| The photo is pretty impressive, we'll put it up on Dahl.com. Didn't Judy Hsu from ABC call him Michael Dull? |
