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| 5:31
| There it is, the lively show open. When Buzz hears it he almost knows the lyrics. Perhaps one day Steve will write lyrics. There are going to be a lot of lyrics too, it feels like a lyric-heavy song. |
| 5:32
| Once again Steve turned the heat up in the studio in an attempt to make it cooler. Perhaps Mary could come in and fix it? How does this keep happening? |
| 5:33
| Everyday Steve comes in and looks at the numbers on the thermostat and thinks he's making it cooler. It's like how people say "Can you turn the air conditioning down?" Does that mean you want the temperature to go down or up? Maybe Steve's doing that in his own head. |
| 5:34
| Steve never wants it warm in the studio. He doesn't want to sweat because then he thinks about his body and he doesn't want to do that during the show. Mary brought the hammer down yesterday pointing out that Steve turns the heat up in the studio everyday. |
| 5:35
| Steve and Buzz are older gentlemen so they need to be kept cool. They're also both handsome so it keeps them preserved. When you die they put you in a cold morgue, not a warm room. |
| 5:36
| There's an article that Chef Hans left in the studio yesterday, about the solar taxi. We're never going to talk to the Swiss guy who's driving that thing around the world right? |
| 5:37
| If the guy is in town on a Wednesday then Steve will talk to him. That's how Hans always coordinates things. Steve should probably save this article then because Hans will ask for it. |
| 5:38
| Even though Steve doesn't want to talk to this guy Hans will schedule it so it's on a Wednesday. Hans' guests never want to talk to Steve either, they only want to talk to Hans. They're just up here for a free steak and those can be costly. It's worth the price and Steve and Buzz don't come with free steaks. You can see how Hans then becomes the most important person in the studio. |
| 5:39
| We do have a kitchen down the hall where we could start cooking steaks. Maybe Patrick Bertoletti could come in for that. At least that way we'd know what Patrick actually does for a living. He keeps saying he works at a catering place called Fredy's but he doesn't know what it is or what he does. |
| 5:40
| Patrick's job probably allows for him to travel to the various eating competitions. Charlie Trotter probably wouldn't be cool with letting Patrick go for a weekend pierogi binge. To Charlie's credit though, he does know what a pierogi is. |
| 5:41
| So Patrick will be calling in tomorrow then? Does Steve really have to talk to Patrick from Arlington? Steve will pencil that in, he's really looking forward to it. Talking to Patrick and 4 1/2 hours of no horses racing. |
| 5:42
| Steve got an email from a listener yesterday who suggested doing tomorrow's show when the horses were racing. We've been over that already. Arlington wants Steve out there tomorrow and he can't do a show in the afternoon. |
| 5:43
| Last week Patrick called in and he didn't know what he did at Fredy's. They make diet food but Patrick didn't know what kind of diet it was. At some point you have to think his career as a competitive eater will get in the way of his career as a professional chef. |
| 5:44
| And of course Steve and Buzz will be at Arlington tomorrow from 5:30 to 10 am. Breakfast will be served at 7:30 and the first 100 people get it for free. After that it's $7 for adults and $4 for kids. |
| 5:45
| One thing about Jill from marketing, she likes her food. So she puts together a really nice spread. There was a nice spread on St. Patrick's Day and the Levy Brothers cater the food at Arlington so Steve's looking forward to a good spread tomorrow. |
| 5:46
| The food is very important, especially in the morning. It was important when Steve and Buzz were doing afternoons too. In Mexico she had the 50 gallon vat of guacamole. At one point Buzz got in the vat to cool off. |
| 5:47
| Steve's not sure why we're encouraging kids to come out tomorrow. Steve doesn't like other people's kids and they usually don't like him. Just last night at the Sox game something happened that always happens when Steve meets a kid. |
| 5:48
| The kids that Steve meets are always put in the awkward position of knowing him because their parents listen. The parents always say "Do you know who Steve Dahl is?" and the kids always say no. Steve usually interrupts and tells the kid they probably don't know who he is. |
| 5:49
| Steve also heard one of his favorite things last night, someone asking him if he's still on in the afternoons or in the mornings. Steve tells the guy mornings and then the guy says "Well my friend says you're on in the afternoons" So that's two people who don't listen, great. |
| 5:50
| Then Steve gets to the top of the aisle and someone says "Hey, how's that people meter treating you?" So it's a great one-two punch for Steve. Luckily it was outweighed by many more people who say they listen to the show. |
| 5:51
| Why do people ask Steve questions like that? It's not like he's going up to people and asking how their billing is going at work. Why does that have to come up at a baseball game? |
| 5:52
| The Sox won that game in a fine effort, it was 5-1. The Cubs also won, it seems like they never lose. |
| 5:53
| Chef Fredy, according to the website, is a customer catering company. It doesn't say anything about a diet though. Fredy also spells his name with one D, that's unique. Buzz is on Chef Fredy's website and he's seeing a skillet with corn beef hash in it. Now he's got corn beef hash on the brain. We can ask Patrick all about it when he calls in tomorrow. |
| 5:58
| Hold on loosely Buzz, that's all you can do. If you love something set it free. If you're lucky it'll come back to you. |
| 5:59
| Chef Fredy makes diet meals for individual people and he does have a delivery service. Maybe Fredy can deliver some corn beef hash. |
| 6:00
| Steve sees that we've come to news time. There's some fresh audio in the studio right now. Steve went down to the newsroom right before the show started and Buzz and Jim were hard at work on the first of many newscasts. |
| 6:01
| News with Buzz |
| 6:02
| President Bush is challenging China, speaking out for a free press so the country can realize it's full potential. Steve feels that you're better off not saying this stuff to them, it'll just make them mad. Let them get a taste of Western culture, eventually they'll go along with everything. There's no need to keep pushing their hot buttons. |
| 6:03
| Instead let's just enjoy the Olympics and the dog-free egg rolls. Mia Farrow has unleashed a verbal tongue lashing of China because of there involvement in Darfur. Get an acting job! Isn't there genocide all over Africa, not just Darfur? Is Darfur the same as Hotel Rwanda? |
| 6:04
| A man wanted in connect with a road rage shooting death of a customs agent has been arrested in Florida. Police surrounded a dialysis center and arrested James Wonder. Wonder allegedly shot the man as they fought over a parking space, while the victim's daughter looked on. Steve knows the frustration of fighting over a parking space but you can't shoot someone in the head. |
| 6:05
| Federal officials have strong evidence that scientist Bruce Ivins was the only person behind the 2001 anthrax mail attacks. Five people were killed in those attacks. |
| 6:06
| Buzz heard that Ivins had developed an anthrax vaccine that made several people sick. After suffering some professional embarrassment there's speculation that the motivation for the attacks was so he could revisit his vaccine. |
| 6:07
| When Steve came down to the newsroom this morning Buzz had the Sun-Times open to a photo of Ivins jamming on a keyboard in a band. Steve wondered if the guy was in the band Anthrax or maybe wanted to be in the band. A friend said Ivins was often drinking liters of vodka on stage with his Scottish band and sending out rambling early morning emails. |
| 6:08
| Ivins was unhappy with the way his family was being harassed by the FBI. They showed his daughter photos of the Anthrax victims, offered his son money and a sports car to solve the case and came up to him in public and said he killed 5 people. |
| 6:09
| There's a guy on hold who wants to talk about Darfur. Buzz would like to see if the guy can state the case in 60 seconds. Buzz can remember 60 seconds for future reference when this comes up again. |
| 6:10
| Caller Dan says that the government is looking the other way while paramilitary groups are whacking people. China supplies weapons to the Sudanese government and that filters down to these paramilitary groups. The people in the Darfur region are nomads and everyone wants them out. And it's tribal, like the Hootsis and the Tootsis. They always have funny names which takes away from the seriousness of it. |
| 6:11
| So it's the government looking the other way, it's tribal and it's probably not going to stop even with the powerful Mia Farrow speaking out against it. Steve can't keep track of Africa. |
| 6:12
| The band Anthrax never had a keyboard player so maybe that Ivins guy was mad he couldn't be in the band. Sure it's great that he can make anthrax, maybe to hand out at shows, but they don't have a keyboard player. |
| 6:13
| The latest numbers show that Barack Obama is ahead of rival John McCain. A CBS poll shows that 44% would vote for Obama and 39% would vote for McCain. What about the rest of them? Do they just write in Ron Paul? |
| 6:14
| Is Ralph Nader on the ballot? You have to think that a lot of people are mad at Ralph Nader after the 2000 election. He basically took away all the college kid votes from Gore and he lost the election. Obama probably gets the college vote even with Nader. |
| 6:15
| All the stupid college kids that voted for Nader basically caused all of the stuff they didn't want to happen. If Gore gets elected there's probably no Iraq war and no huge budget deficit. Pat Dahl voted for Nader, even though he goes to Northwestern. Can't he add the numbers? Nader was siphoning votes from Gore. |
| 6:16
| People who would normally vote for Gore voted for Nader, he probably didn't get any Bush voters. People probably figured all that out and now Nader is being ignored. His press conferences are literally empty, it's just him and a podium. |
| 6:17
| Mary Kate Olsen will not have to talk, the Feds have closed the probe on the death of Heath Ledger. Did they think she gave Heath pills or something? |
| 6:18
| E! Online reports that Anderson Cooper showed no mercy when he criticized Living Lohan while guest hosting Regis & Kelly. He said the show was a train wreck and accused Dina Lohan and daughter Ali of mooching off Lindsay's fame. He also said that Ali looks like a 60-year-old woman. |
| 6:19
| Researchers at the University of California have found that marijuana can ease the pain of HIV and AIDS. You wouldn't want to legalize that though. |
| 6:27
| Before we get back to the news, although this is news, Neil Patrick Harris' says in the latest issue of Out Magazine that his celebrity crush is Anderson Cooper. |
| 6:28
| And how does Anderson feel about that? Neil's been a fan of Anderson's since season 1 of The Mole. Was Anderson Cooper the host of The Mole? And then he becomes a news anchor? |
| 6:29
| Anderson also carries the cache of being Gloria Vanderbilt's son. She's still alive right? Steve and Pete are of course wearing their Vanderbilt jeans with the embroidered swan on the butt. |
| 6:30
| Harris also said that he and longtime actor David Burtka wear bands around their fingers even though they're not married. Steve doesn't know how Anderson Cooper responds to this. He is rumored to be gay also. |
| 6:31
| Well if he's gay then good for him, Steve doesn't really care either way. It seems like it would be a waste if he was gay because a lot of women love Anderson Cooper. |
| 6:32
| Steve calls up to the office. Stephanie finds Anderson Cooper to be dreamy, but she also finds Neil Patrick Harris to be dreamy as well, ever since Doogie Howser. Jordan also finds them both dreamy. Can Steve talk to Jordan? |
| 6:33
| Jordan does find both of them dreamy. What about Steve and Buzz? Aren't they dreamy? Neil Patrick Harris plays a very hetero guy on How I Met Your Mother. |
| 6:34
| If Jordan brought Neil back to Hinsdale to meet the parents she'd be more interested in her dad. And she doesn't need to hear from her dad that Neil Patrick Harris is dreamy. |
| 6:35
| Jordan says that Stephanie's IM icon is Anderson Cooper. Every time Stephanie IMs Jordan she sees the Anderson Cooper photo. Is that all that goes on down there, do they just IM each other like Stephanie and Tina used to? Is Ed also IMing Jordan? |
| 6:36
| Some how Jordan got left out of that loop with Ed. She also emails Mary but not Steve. She could set up an iChat name for Steve so they can talk during the show and she can know when he needs his coffee. Can Jordan put Stephanie back on? |
| 6:37
| Stephanie needs to make sure that there's no iChat name set up for Steve. He'll end up in jail or at least divorce court. Stephanie is of course Buzz's ride to Arlington tomorrow. It's not his job to get himself to a remote broadcast! He would just take a cab if CBS would pay for it. |
| 6:38
| Anderson Cooper has never been married and actively avoids discussing his relationships, wanting to protect his neutrality as a journalist. Plus if you're that good-looking, why pick a side? |
| 6:39
| His privacy contrasts the life that his mother spent in the spotlight of tabloids and memoirs she wrote detailing her affairs with celebrities. Buzz was one of those celebrities right? |
| 6:40
| Murder rates in Chicago are going up. Well that's good news! if this trend continues Chicago could have over 500 murder for the year. That's not going to help with our Olympic bid. |
| 6:41
| Governor Blagojevich is considering putting cameras on the interstates. It's good that Steve just upgraded his radar detector. Steve calls up to the office again, did Stephanie return the old radar detector? |
| 6:42
| It's a miracle that Steve even saved the box and the receipt. They did charge Stephanie a restocking fee of $40 because the box is open. That's ridiculous! $40! They pay those Best Buy people $5 an hour, did it take 8 people to restock the radar detector?! Best Buy, get ready for a brick through your window! |
| 6:43
| Steve is incensed, as is Stephanie. They didn't even sell Steve the latest model, although the guy who sold it to him said it was the latest model. Steve is going back there today with Stephanie. Was the person mean to her when she tried to return it, because that makes it easier to be mean back. |
| 6:44
| This woman actually wasn't mean which really threw Stephanie off. There is a list of items at Best Buy which they'd charge a restocking fee for, the radar detectors are on there. |
| 6:45
| Steve was trying to find the website for the Escort Radar Detector and instead he found an escort service for open-minded people. That's Steve! |
| 6:46
| Steve's new radar detector also warns of speed cameras and red light cameras. It actually has a database in it that knows where all those things are. And if you find one that isn't in the database you can add it. |
| 6:47
| How can they put these cameras on the interstate? No one does the speed limit on the interstate, every does at least 15 over. |
| 6:48
| Steve is still incensed about that restocking fee. What would happen if he bought returned the old one and bought the new one at Best Buy would he still b charged a restocking fee? |
| 6:49
| Buzz heard about this restocking controversy weeks ago, everyone else has been enraged by it already. Steve doesn't exactly live in the real world. in case you didn't notice every time he calls his office he's got at least two girls in there doing his bidding. Plus he's got Mary, Pete, Brendan, Jim and Adam down here. |
| 6:50
| In the grand scheme of things the $40 restocking fee isn't that big of a deal. Steve's going to lose sleep over it just like everyone else. Steve needs to be isolated from this information, he's all upended now. |
| 6:51
| Speaking of upended, former alderwoman Arenda Troutman has plead guilty to bribery charges. |
| 6:52
| A man from South Wales has died after choking on 5 fairy cakes. That's what they call cupcakes over in Great Britain. The man became drunk and turned the cake eating into a contest. It's being ruled death by misadventure. |
| 7:00
| Live read: Townstone Financial |
| 7:01
| Steve and Buzz will be at Arlington tomorrow, just follow the posters of a horse making Steve breakfast to find them. Steve is hoping that a horse actually makes him an omelet. |
| 7:02
| CLTV has been running a story lately about a horse with a misshapen hoof, it almost looks like a human foot. Buzz saw a story about a stable that had been raided and there were some horrible hooves on TV. Two of the horses had to be put down. And Buzz thought he had bad feet! |
| 7:03
| There hoovers weren't trimmed according to the CLTV story. I did look like they could make omelets with those hooves. Steve demands an omelet made by a horse tomorrow! |
| 7:04
| Steve's radar detector has a subscription service with a database. That has all the speed cameras and traffic light cameras. It might not be crucial now but it will be soon. There's somebody, somewhere that has all the locations of those cameras. |
| 7:05
| If you don't stop behind the white line at a light, even if you come to a complete stop, they'll still bust you. Todd Cavanah, who is sort of like Steve's own Playboy advisor, recommended the Valentine radar detector which they did not have at Best Buy. He got the Escort which the sales guy said was the latest model but it wasn't. Then he got charged a $40 restocking fee. |
| 7:06
| Someone emailed Steve to tell him that he should tell the people at Best Buy that the item is returning is defective. It's too late for that now but it's good to know in the future. Steve calls up to the office, does Stephanie know about this? |
| 7:07
| Stephanie isn't really dishonest so she probably wouldn't say something was defective unless it actually was defective. Steve's more dishonest and he can live with it. Maybe it wouldn't trouble Stephanie if she was being dishonest on Steve's behalf. |
| 7:08
| No one is answering the phone in the office, are they both out getting Steve's sandwich? That's so cute. Buzz thought that he saw the intern up here. Is that Jordan? There are only two of them, you'd think he'd be able to keep track. |
| 7:09
| Jim was tutoring Jordan on how to keep the show log because apparently Jim will be at Arlington. Or not. Mary is laughing at Steve like he said something stupid. Jim won't be at Arlington, so what is Jordan learning to do? |
| 7:10
| Brendan and Pete go to Arlington so Jim moves into the studio and Jordan does the show log. We don't want Jim at the remotes because he's mopey. Steve doesn't need to look over and see his mopey face. |
| 7:11
| Steve calls down to the newsroom. Steve didn't think his gaffe was enough for him to be laughed at mockingly by Mary. Jim never goes on the remotes, doesn't Steve know anything?! The has 8 people working for him so he doesn't have to know anything. |
| 7:12
| Kudos to Jim on the mopiness, now he gets the hands on with Jordan. Jim has never been on a remote though, is that because of his mopiness? Even when Jim was an intern he didn't go on remotes and he wasn't mopey back then, just wide-eyed and naive. |
| 7:13
| Mary and Pete comfort each other at remotes but even before she was here Jim never went. He's welcome to come although someone has to stay here to run the board. Steve can't think of anyone else who should be doing it, it can't be Brendan, he'll screw it up. Stephanie knows how to do it but she needs to be at Arlington to get stuff for Steve and drive Buzz. It's not his job to drive himself to Arlington! |
| 7:14
| Buzz makes it work for himself too! Everyone else has to get themselves to Arlington but Buzz is like a movie star. It only took Jim 5 minutes to show Jordan how to do the show log? Steve would have milked that for longer. This is why Jim doesn't come with, he's no fun any more. He's no fun since he got hitched. |
| 7:15
| Adam is more fun than Jim and that's not something you want to hear. Adam was spotted dirty dancing at a Dave Matthews show, when was the last time Jim did that? It's been a while since he saw Dave Matthews. Did he get too cool for them? Jim used to see Dave Matthews a lot, he traveled with the band. But then he became too cool for them? |
| 7:16
| Jim could only see Dave Matthews so many times, why keep seeing the same show. So he doesn't like them because they're popular? Jim's not as bad as Pete though. Jim might be doing it to impress Pete. |
| 7:17
| Well Jim is more than welcome to come to a remote broadcast. Although Steve doesn't trust anyone at Jack running the board. All of the sudden Safety Dance will just come on during the broadcast. |
| 7:18
| There's a lot of other stuff for Jim to do so we need him here. He's the nerve center. |
| 7:24
| Steve probably doesn't need to call Penny down in master control. She did rat Steve and Buzz out to Todd for eating on the air. When Todd told Steve he kept waiting for Alan Funt to pop out. |
| 7:25
| Alright Jeff Joniak is coming up at 7:30, the Bears have their first preseason game tonight. That's also the subject of the web poll for today. Yesterday's question was "Did you ever make it with your RA?" If Steve had gone to college he would have made it with his RA. |
| 7:26
| Today's web poll question is "Which QB would you like to start for the Bears?" The options are Orton, Grossman and Favra. Orton is starting tomorrow which makes it seems like they've picked a QB. They haven't though because Grossman will get just as many snaps tomorrow. |
| 7:27
| One of these guys has to be having better practices right? Lovie Smith is saying not to read into Orton starting tonight, there's no rhyme or reason to it. No rhyme or reason?! Steve has already sent the Bears his money! |
| 7:28
| Steve calls up to the office. He's just going to call Stephanie all morning. He didn't want her to think he was talking to Jordan more than her. Stephanie knows that she's supposed to say stuff is defective when she returns it right? She should go back and say that about the radar detector. |
| 7:29
| When did Steve send his money to the Bears? It was in March, right after the season ended. So Steve doesn't want to hear that there's no rhyme or reason to picking the QB. |
| 7:30
| Steve's going to have to let Stephanie go because Jeff Joniak is on the line. Jordan wasn't really hogging the phone, Steve's just operating under the delusion that everyone wants to talk to him. |
| 7:31
| Jeff Joniak is on the phone, football is back and he loves it. We've got the big came coming up although it's just a preseason game. They still charge the full amount for a preseason game though. Jeff thinks that down the line that will change and they'll add 1 or 2 more regular season games and have less preseason games. |
| 7:32
| They might as well make those preseason games count, people still get hurt in those. So what's the deal with the QB situation? Hasn't one of them been better than the other in training camp? |
| 7:33
| Right now Jeff would say that Orton is slightly ahead but it's marginal. They've both gotten much better since the beginning of camp though. The entire offense got a talking to after their poor performance at the Family Night. |
| 7:34
| Didn't Rex get booed on Friday? That seems wrong at Family Night which is just a practice. That didn't sit well with a lot of players. It makes you feel bad for Rex. |
| 7:35
| What else should we look for tonight? Matt Forte is the guy on the team that everyone wants to see in a game. It would be great if he's good, it would relieve a lot of pressure on the offense. |
| 7:36
| Forte is a really smooth runner, he's very diligent and quiet and he's already earned the respect of his teammates. From what Steve can gather he knows the playbook and he knows all the blitz protections. Evidently he learned it in 3 days which is impressive. |
| 7:37
| You won't know for sure about Forte until he's in an actual game. He probably won't get 20 carries though. The good thing about having a little mystery in the offense is that you'll get to see the starters or probable starters play for a little longer tonight. |
| 7:38
| Steve is going to like Forte though, he's a big guy, a thumper and he's got a good eye to find the holes in the defense. Buzz remembers when we (and he says we because we're all Bears fans) drafted Forte, his college coach said everyone in Chicago will be so happy to have him. That's so good to hear. |
| 7:39
| What about wide receivers? To Jeff that's the most intriguing battle other than QB. Nothing is etched in stone for which 5 or 6 guys they're keeping. It's not going to be surprising in terms of who is staying and who is going but how they'll line up. |
| 7:40
| In Jeff's opinion the top wide receivers are probably Hester, Lloyd and Booker. Brandon Lloyd has had a very good offseason, he's resurrecting his season after a bit of a flat tire in Washington. A lot of vets have gone through Washington and had some problems because they overspend and don't have a plan. |
| 7:41
| What about that offensive line, are they getting that together at all? That's probably the biggest concern right now. The left tackle hasn't practiced in 11 days. |
| 7:42
| So what? Chris Williams has to get in there and start playing. He started having back spasms and no one knows why. In the meantime John St. Clair will stay at left tackle. |
| 7:43
| Chris Williams was the Bears first round pick, let's go! Does Steve need to speak to him tonight? At this point anything would help. He should be more positive about it, be encouraging. Steve can throw some names at Williams, as he ever heard of Stan Thomas or Curtis Enis? |
| 7:44
| Steve has not received his press pass, if Jeff sees Scott Haegl he should feel free to mention that. Without the press pass Steve won't be able to get down on the field for the pregame pep talk that the team always looks forward to. |
| 7:45
| Sometimes when Steve is down on the field he signifies with a few of the players. He feels that buoys their spirits when they see that he's there for them. Kyle Orton even took off his helmet and came over to talk to him during calisthenics. Steve used to do whatever it took to get out of calisthenics in gym class. |
| 7:46
| Who's the third string QB? It's a guy named Caleb Haney. Wasn't he a character on Green Acres? He's from Colorado State and he's got a strong arm, that's all Jeff knows about him. |
| 7:47
| The Bears will probably look to add a third veteran QB just in case. You can't go into the season with an undrafted QB as your third stringer. Are there any names floating around? |
| 7:48
| Now that the Jets have Brett Favre people are wondering what will happen to Chad Pennington. David Haugh floated his name out there. A few weeks ago there were rumors about Chris Simms in Tampa. |
| 7:49
| Everything looks good on the defense though. They said the same thing about the offense coming out of camp last year though. On paper there's no reason that the defense shouldn't be outstanding, if they stay healthy. |
| 7:50
| That defense has been playing together for 5 years now and there are no unhappy campers. After the Super Bowl there were some guys who were looking for some more money. |
| 7:51
| Devin Hester got his money and then a guy on the Browns, a pretty good return man but nowhere near as exciting as Devin, fired his agent. Last year he got a 5 year deal and 1 year in he wants to renegotiate. |
| 7:52
| The Bears are going to pay guys who perform and that's a good example to set for the younger players. It's a relatively new philosophy and Jeff likes it. Can we attribute that to Jerry Angelo? |
| 7:53
| The philosophy did change when Jerry came to the team. They did lose Roosevelt Colvin but they weren't really interested in keeping him. |
| 7:54
| Steve's going to try to come up to the booth and see Tom and Jeff tonight. It's really something to see Jeff fire things up, that's when you realize it's an actual Bears game that's going to start. |
| 7:55
| How has everything been going with Jeff and Tom? Has there been any pushing by Tom? Jeff has been carrying around a backpack that was called a man purse by many people, including Tom. |
| 7:56
| Jeff bought one of those water backpacks, took all of the hoses and the bladder out and was using that and loved it. He loved being hands-free. |
| 7:57
| A couple of weeks ago Tom came into Jeff's dorm room, threw a new backpack on the bed and told him to get rid of that girly one. There were also instructions for the backpack because there are a lot of pockets. Tom has great backpack awareness. he really knows how to organize that thing. |
| 7:58
| That's the generosity of a Tom Thayer though, he's the greatest. Jeff can't overdo it on the thank yous with Tom though. |
| 7:59
| Steve is excited for the Bears game now, even though it's preseason. He won't feel bad about leaving early since nothing really happens in the 4th quarter in a preseason game. |
| 8:00
| There are 49 new players on the Chiefs and a lot of them have crazy names. So it could be good for Steve to listen to as he's driving home. |
| 8:07
| Alright we've got the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell coming up and Steve needs a Taco Pal. Don't forget tomorrow Steve and Buzz will be out at Arlington broadcasting from 5:30 to 10 am. |
| 8:08
| There will be no human races. The more Steve thinks about it the more he becomes aware of wacky human races. |
| 8:09
| Is Buzz ready to do the news? He actually needs a few minutes? Steve's going with showbiz news then. Is Brendan ready? |
| 8:10
| Yesterday Steve had a meeting up in the office with everyone from the show. It's going to be a regular meeting and Buzz is welcome to attend. A lot of bad stuff is said about Buzz, at least he could be there to hear it. |
| 8:11
| Steve has a conference area that has an L-shaped couch. Pete was sitting in the corner giving off some very awkward body language. Who was that directed at, Steve or Adam? It looked like he was ready to take on the whole staff. |
| 8:12
| After getting that straightened out they had a good meeting. Steve likes getting everyone together just to talk about stuff. It'll be every week unless Steve gets tired of doing it. |
| 8:13
| One of the things discussed yesterday was a new showbiz theme, did we get that going yet? If there's a meeting on Wednesday and something is talked about Steve expects things to go into action on Thursday. Pete doesn't have the theme ready to go, we'll cover all that at next week's meeting. |
| 8:14
| It might have been Brendan's fault because he sent Pete several options for the theme. Pete's the most indecisive person Steve knows, except when it comes to being antisocial. |
| 8:15
| There will be no showbiz report until Pete and Brendan get a theme. This is why Steve had the meeting yesterday, so this wouldn't happen. Steve's going to take a break after talking to his Taco Pal. |
| 8:16
| Brendan sent his email to Pete and Mary with several options. Pete said they would all work as long as he can loop them. How is that moving things ahead? |
| 8:17
| Steve likes the music from The Hills, is that instrumental? Brendan didn't send any mp3s in his email. This whole thing is a train wreck, which Steve had the meeting to prevent. |
| 8:18
| It almost seems as if the meeting has caused the train wreck, which is ironic. This is why Steve doesn't like to have meetings and why Buzz doesn't go to them. |
| 8:19
| Alright it's time for the Eight O'Clock Taco Bell. On the phone is Matt, Steve's Taco Pal. Matt met Steve a long time ago, they were both still drinking. It was at Excalibur, in the bathroom. |
| 8:20
| Matt's going to need to be more specific, Steve meets a lot of guys in bathrooms. Was Matt able to enjoy Steve's wide stance? |
| 8:21
| Matt's going with three hard shell tacos and a steak quesadilla along with a Pepsi. Matt usually hits the Taco Bell in Munster or the one in downtown Chicago where he works. |
| 8:29
| The more Steve thinks about Brendan sending all those themes to Pete, and Pete's response, the more he thinks Pete has an alternative idea. |
| 8:30
| How does Pete answer those charges? Pete denies that, he thought he was opening a dialogue. |
| 8:31
| Pete wants to know what Steve would have done in his situation. He probably would have just picked a song. Or he would have asked Mary. |
| 8:32
| Steve likes The Hills theme but he doesn't remember what it is. Steve's fine with going back to Hooray for Hollywood. |
| 8:33
| Pete has a club mix version of The Hills theme but it might be too busy for Steve. Can he hear it? |
| 8:34
| Steve just wants something so that Buzz will know it's a bit, that's what he determined yesterday. This sounds fine to Steve, do we get to hear it today? |
| 8:35
| Maybe Steve should just start taping the meetings and broadcasting them the next day. You can hear everyone taking notes and then crumpling them up afterwards. |
| 8:36
| News with Buzz |
| 8:37
| President Bush has arrived in Beijing to attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics. He'll also attend a basketball showdown between the US and Chinese teams. |
| 8:38
| China has responded to Bush's earlier criticism of the country's human rights violations, saying their citizens enjoy a number of freedoms. It's the Olympics, can't we enjoy the gymnastics and the shot putting? Isn't the point of the Olympics to put the politics behind you? |
| 8:39
| On the campaign trail Barack Obama is deflecting criticism of his recent energy comments. Those comments were mocked by John McCain. |
| 8:40
| The ruling coalition in Pakistan has agreed to being impeachment hearings against President Pervez Musharaf. |
| 8:41
| Federal officials say there is no doubt that Bruce Ivins was behind the anthrax attacks of 2001. |
| 8:42
| Mr. T is dispelling charges that his UK Snickers ad was meant to offend homosexuals. Mr. T said on the O'Reilly Factor that he would never do an ad to offend someone. |
| 8:43
| A Mexican woman said she fought a 500 pound mountain lion with a machete. The woman and her niece were riding a donkey when the lion attacked the animal. |
| 8:44
| It's safe to drink the water in Chicago according to a new report. Low levels of pharmaceuticals were found in drinking water but that is of little concern. Steve read today that if you flush extra pills down the toilet you're supposed to do it with cat litter or coffee grounds. Who has extra pills though? |
| 8:45
| You're actually supposed to throw the pills out with coffee grounds or cat litter. Steve has the article here. |
| 8:46
| Put the pills in a sealable plastic bag when you throw them out. You can add water or crush the pills and mix that with something unappetizing like coffee grounds or kitty litter. Is that so animals won't eat it? |
| 8:47
| They say that's the green solution but you're putting it in a plastic bag. Don't those things take forever to biodegrade? |
| 8:48
| Caller Brian was telling Brendan that there are a lot of programs where you can drop off your unused pills at various municipalities. Steve and Buzz have that same program but they're only looking for uppers and downers. |
| 8:49
| Brian works for the village of Buffalo Grove. They take the pills and bundle them up in big bags and then a company comes in to incinerate them. |
| 8:50
| New York City is embarking on an anti-groping campaign on the Metropolitan Transit Authority. Isn't groping already illegal? It is hard to prove though, for years women have had to endure grouping on packed trains. Does that sound familiar Pete? |
| 8:51
| The MTA will distribute posters encouraging women to report any sexual harassment to transit workers. What's the point of that? You get off the train, you tell a cop and then the train is gone. |
| 8:52
| Are you going to ask the groper to get off with you? He's already getting off. |
| 9:00
| Don't forget, Steve and Buzz will be out at Arlington tomorrow for the big broadcast. Doors open at 5:30, don't get there any earlier. There's not much going on even when Steve and Buzz are there. |
| 9:01
| Alright, Pat Boyle is on the phone. Pat's glad we don't have to talk about Brett Favre any more. It makes sense for Brett going to the Jets over Tampa. Pat's not sure how Brett will fit in in New York though. |
| 9:02
| The league must love him in New York though. They forced Brett to go to Green Bay last week and have that meeting. Somehow Brett made the Packers look really bad. |
| 9:03
| The Packers did not handle this situation very well. GM Ted Thompson has wanted Brett out for a while and Pat can see his point when it was a few years ago and Brett was struggling. |
| 9:04
| Brett isn't totally blameless either, he was very indecisive about whether he wanted to retire. He was as indecisive as Pete, who's the most indecisive guy in the world. |
| 9:05
| Steve's excited for the Bears game. Usually football is a respite for baseball but things are going well with the Sox right now. Usually the seasons don't overlap too much though. |
| 9:06
| Steve remembers in 2005 everything was working well between the beginning of the playoffs for the Sox and then the Bears. |
| 9:07
| The Cubs won yesterday, they're just winning every game now. They always say "That's why you play the game" but the Cubs aren't even playing the games, they're just choosing which games they're going to win. |
| 9:08
| The Cubs have been totally dominant at home this year. The only concern there is that they have 9 home games in September and they've struggled on the road. They did pretty well in Milwaukee las week, they brutalized the Brewers. |
| 9:09
| Everyday someone different is stepping up for the Cubs. Sometimes it's Reed Johnson or Geovanny Soto, sometimes it's Mark DeRosa, like yesterday. |
| 9:10
| Steve didn't realize we had a tape to play here. He was mesmerized by Pat listing off the guys who have been stepping it up for the Cubs, then he wondered why the Sox didn't just start Nick Swisher at first everyday. |
| 9:11
| Steve feels that the TV guys don't have the same inflection as radio guys. Steve doesn't have a director to know when to hit the audio. It's not Pat's fault though. |
| 9:12
| Alfonso Soriano has been on a tear since coming off the DL two weeks ago. No one is complaining that he's hitting leadoff now. |
| 9:13
| The Cubs are off today before taking on the rival Cardinals this weekend. Is that why Kerry Wood had the bowling tournament yesterday? So everyone can cut loose a bit tonight and have some cocktails. |
| 9:14
| Hopefully they were organic cocktails or else Woody's wife would be upset. That organic food thing has Wood's wife all over it. C'mon Voody! |
| 9:15
| Billionaire Mark Cuban was also in attendance at the bowling event. He was trying to avoid any discussion about buying the Cubs. You know what the best way is to avoid that? Don't go to the bowling tournament! Blago also gave an endorsement for Mark Cuban. |
| 9:16
| Steve would like to see Mark Cuban own the Cubs. He also likes to see Sam Zell not caring about who Bud Selig thinks should own the Cubs. And you know the Major League Baseball guys have it all worked out beforehand about who owns what time. |
| 9:17
| Zell doesn't care, he just wants the most money. Right now it's at $1.3 billion and Mark Cuban will not be outbid. MLB owners have to approve Cuban but they will because then every other franchise is worth more. |
| 9:18
| Pat's not sure it's that easy. Jerry Reinsdorf says that he endorses Mark Cuban but would he really? If Reinsdorf is 11 miles away does he want a guy like Mark Cuban in town who will make the Cubs even more popular? |
| 9:19
| For the fans who are already in Chicago, they've picked a side already. The people who move to town always go Cubs anyway. They go up to Wrigleyville, get laid and they're Cubs fans. |
| 9:20
| We already have the two most dynamic managers in Chicago baseball, what will it be like to have Cuban? Speaking of that, Steve though Joey Cora threw down a nice post-game last night. |
| 9:21
| Joey Cora is 3-0 as the interim manager of your Chicago White Sox. He handled the press very well. He's Ozzie's wingman. Who's Lou's wingman, Alan Trammel? He's also very close with Matt Sinatro. |
| 9:22
| Steve thinks that the Cubs players were actually laughing at Matt Sinatro on Monday night during that lightning storm. |
| 9:23
| John Danks pitched a great game for the Sox last night, he settled down once he got that lead. And that came on the Jim Thome 3-run home run. Steve must be leaving extra muffins for Jim. |
| 9:24
| What did Steve think about that dinosaur they had at the game? Steve didn't see it but he heard it being described, some sort of dinosaur puppet threw out the first pitch. There's a dinosaur show at the United Center which Buzz is really looking forward to. |
| 9:25
| Caller Jim wanted to let Steve know that the Cubs were laughing at Matt Sinatro during that game on Monday. AJ said that the Sox have a tape of it and they've been watching it in the clubhouse. |
| 9:26
| They have got to stop with the shaving cream pies after the Sox game. Usually it's just Toby Hall but yesterday AJ was involved in getting Jim Thome. Jim Thome doesn't need a shaving cream pie and based on what Steve saw last night, Toby Hall needs to get in the batting cage. |
| 9:33
| Live read: Triton College |
| 9:34
| In case Steve didn't know, they're doing a live broadcast at Arlington's Terrace Cafe tomorrow. There's a free breakfast buffet for the first 100 people who arrive. |
| 9:35
| You'd think the station would just pay for breakfast for everyone who shows up. And speaking of picking up the tab, did Buzz see Feder's column today? |
| 9:36
| It features the one guy that Steve has held a grudge against for over 30 years, Joe Ahern. Steve's not going to make it right becuase it's not up to him. |
| 9:37
| You might recall that CBS 2 brought John Mellencamp to play a concert for the opening of their new studios at Block 37. But the studios weren't ready so it ended up becoming part of the CBS Early Show. |
| 9:38
| It's not cheap to hire Mellencamp either. That cause Steve to start ripping on Joe Ahern. Joe has actually tried to talk to Steve's bosses here to get him to stop ripping on him. He even had a transcript made of the broadcast and he was threatening to get Les Moonves involved. That's fine with Steve, he'd love a free trip to New York. |
| 9:39
| A few months ago Phil Rosenthal had a column about Joe showing off the new marble bathroom in his office. Earlier this week there was something in Feder about Ahern trying to expense a $5,000 lunch. But now today is something that's even better than that. |
| 9:40
| Staffers reportedly had to pick up the tab for a birthday party at Rosebud Prime for Joe Ahern's 63rd birthday. |
| 9:41
| When Joe couldn't get the party expensed CBS 2's comptroller went to each department head demanding that they help pay for the dinner. |
| 9:42
| Buzz remembers working at The Loop and someone came around collecting money to buy Jim DeCastro a $5,000 jukebox for his birthday. The guy was making more money than any of them! |
| 9:43
| There was another time when Kevin Matthews was trying to race money to get Larry Wert a lawn sprinkler system. He wouldn't have that lawn without Steve and Buzz! |
| 9:44
| It seems like there are some leaks over at CBS 2. It's clear to Steve that he's not the only person who doesn't like Joe Ahern in the company. Maybe it's someone still loyal to Diann Burns or Mark Malone. |
| 9:45
| Steve would have just paid for the birthday party if he couldn't submit it. Why would he make people who make less than him pay for his birthday? The birthday has nothing to do with TV either. |
| 9:46
| Steve had a 50th birthday party and he didn't make anyone chip in. He did chip in $500 for a birthday cake for Buzz's 60th birthday though. |
| 9:47
| Comcast has an outing at Navy Pier today, does everyone have to kick in for that? What's going to happen there, does Pat ride the ferris wheel with Mark Schanowski? |
| 9:48
| Steve's guessing they'll go on one of those boat cruises. At least they get an outing, we don't get those at Jack. |
| 9:49
| Steve doesn't consider Arlington to be an outing, it's work. Jill would probably consider it an outing though. We don't even get our own Christmas party, we have to share it with B96 |
| 9:50
| That's why Steve has those staff dinners from time to time. He doesn't try to expense those or try to collect money from the staffers though. |
| 9:57
| Live read: Woodfield Nissan |
| 9:58
| Alright Brendan is here for showbiz news but we don't really have time. Brendan can do it quickly though. Steve's never heard Brendan do anything quickly. First off, Jennifer Anniston is not getting married or having John Mayer's kid. |
| 9:59
| It turns out that Morgan Freeman is in the midst of a divorce and it wasn't his estranged wife in the car accident with him, it was a lady friend. |
| 10:00
| Finally, Jamie Lynn Spears has made her first public appearance with her baby. After going to the doctor her and the baby stopped by a Wal-Mart. Time to take out the white trash. |
| 10:01
| This music works and look at Brendan, moving like a freight train to keep up. Pete came up with some music on his own. He likes to collaborate with people though. |
