Best Fan Letter EVER!!!

Dear WBACH,

My family frequently enjoys listening to WBACH. I often listen to the Bay Chamber Concerts presentations and appreciate that I can usually find good classical music programming on your station when it is not available elsewhere. While I am certain you regularly receive this sort of positive feedback from other midcoast residents and from around the state, I am equally certain you do not realize that WBACH is a highly effective means of controlling predators.

In 2002 we acquired a horse which we kept in our barn along with our rabbit and a flock of chickens. We were told by his previous owner that the horse was accustomed to sleeping with a night light and listening to a country music radio station. We quickly decided that our horse would instead be listening to WBACH. The horse is long gone, but WBACH has been playing non-stop in our barn since 2002. During all that time we have not had any predators attack our chickens. There are many coyotes in the area, as well as a fisher and other predators. We have occasionally left their door open at night, but we are convinced that the constant sounds keep the predators away. At the same time, our hens continue to produce beautiful eggs and have hatched and raised several generations of healthy chickens. We have thought about turning off the radio, but each time we enter the barn the hens exclaim "BAAAAACH, BACH, BACH." We assume they are letting us know how much they enjoy your station.

Thank you for keeping classical music programming on the air and for supporting the arts in Maine.

Sincerely,

Heidi ******* ***** (I censored the name)
Rockport, ME

Gung Hay Fat Choy

Happy New Year. So today is the beginning of the year of the dog. I was born in the year of the Rabbit, and I am sure you noticed there is no year of the Cat. Its not because they eat them.

Here is a funny thing about Maine...a few people have asked me.

"Chuck is it true that Chinese people eat cats? OR is that just a rumor WE HAVE IN MAINE?" I laughed my ASS off!

So basically that rumor has been around a while and it really has to do with an animal that is more like a weasal or racoon than a cat called A CIVET. (Or Civet Cat)

This animal may sound familiar because of two things. A few years ago in China they slaughtered tons of Civets because they were thought to carry or spread SARS. They are considered a delicacy in certain (rural) regions of China.

The other reason you have herad of a civet? COFFEE...NO SHIT!

Killing Two Birds With One Stone

As you may have heard, tensions with Iran are running high over their nuclear program. The US is about to reffer the matter to the UN. This is a ridiculous option. The UN is rooted in Positivist Idealism and won't do anything except perhaps sanction Iran. This would only encourage them to continue their program out of defiance in my opinion.

Here is the solution. Yeah, we have Stealth Bombers, and stuff, but they are definitely US Technology. Most of the powerful nations of Europe have advance weaponry like cruise missiles etc.

We need to Paint FRENCH FLAGS on a bunch of Crusie Missiles...and launch them against Iran at night. Send a few duds over so they find the cases with the French flag on them. Muhahahahahhahaha.

Quizzes

Pulp Fiction:

You talk fast, you think fast, you act fast. Stop. Calm Down. Drink some decaf and go back to hitting up liquor stores. Take the What Pulp Fiction Character Are You? quiz.

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Family Guy Quiz

Let's face it, a day spent slobbing out in front of the gogglebox is a day well spent in your book. You're Peter.

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And Peg:


Which "Saved By The Bell" Character Are You?

Heidi Klum News

News for Chuck -- and this really made the news:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of Heidi Klum's legs is worth less than the other. Klum's gams are insured for two-point-two (M) million dollars. She knows what you're thinking and she thinks it's "crazy," too. She says her left leg has a "stupid little scar" from when she fell on glass when she was a kid. So that leg is worth only a (M) million dollars, while her right leg is insured for 200-thousand more.

Obviously important news ;-)

I am Green Lantern!

You are Green Lantern

Green Lantern 80% Iron Man 75% Superman 60% Spider-Man 60% Supergirl 50% Catwoman 45% Wonder Woman 35% The Flash 35% Hulk 30% Batman 30% Robin 27%

Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.

Click here to take the "Which Superhero are you?" quiz...

Hamas to get image makeover

*I* did not make this up.

Hamas hires spin doctor to fix image.

From the article: Hamas is paying a spin doctor $180,000 (£100,000) to persuade Europeans and Americans that it is not a group of religious fanatics who relish suicide bombings and hate Jews.

The advice Nashat Aqtash gave to Hamas:

• Say you are not against Israelis as Jews


• Don't talk about destroying Israel


• Do talk about Palestinian suffering


• Don't celebrate killing people


• Change beard colour (if red)

Alaska!

Today I got an interesting offer from Alaska. An exclusive discount voucher for preferred residents of Alaska for a savings of 58%!

Of course they mailed me in Somerset, so I'm wasn't sure why they thought I was a resident of Alaska:



But then I saw the return address, and grew concerned about geography classes in Ohio:



...

Then I started to wonder if Maine had a magazine. So I googled it, and came up with Down East, the Magazine of Maine:



This month they have articles (I am not making this up) about staying warm, wintertime sports, lobsters, and Bruce Springsteen.

Chuck, they say that "The Cafe at Pat's" in Portland is the city's best kept culinary secret, located above a butcher shop.

Happy Birthday Popeye

Popeye first appeared on January 17, 1929.

Congratulations Millville

Congratulations for not only having their first spelling bee, but also for being able to have this line in an article:

Iron Maiden team member Amy Johnson, a teacher at Holly Heights School, was a ringer who got talked into participating.

Iron Maiden.... Excellent!

Chuck Norris

Top Chuck Norris Facts

• Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. But he is so badass, he has never cried. Ever.
  
• Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
  
• Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
  
• The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
  
• If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris, you may be only seconds away from death.
  
• There is no chin behind Chuck Norris' beard. There is only another fist.
  
• Chuck Norris once roundhouse kicked someone so hard that his foot broke the speed of light, went back in time, and killed Amelia Earhart while she was flying over the Pacific Ocean.
  
• If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, "Two seconds 'til." After you ask, "Two seconds 'til what?" he roundhouse kicks you in the face.
  
• In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Chuck Norris could use to kill you, including the room itself.
  
• When Chuck Norris plays Oregon Trail, his family does not die from cholera or dysentery, but rather, roundhouse kicks to the face. He also requires no wagon, since he carries the oxen, axels, and buffalo meat on his back. He always makes it to Oregon before you.
  

Additional Chuck Norris facts.

Fly!

Ten Bills has some random cool shirts:

Welcome Juicy Fruiter!

Just wanted to spend a minute to welcome The Juicy Fruiter to the blog. We are glad you enjoy.

For the other readers, Juicy Fruit is a park ranger who enjoys his job, but loves juicy fruit even more. I'm not really sure if that is some kind of innuendo or not.

What is even odder though then someone who likes Juicy Fruit that much is that there are several people who list Juicy Fruit as an interest on the blogger profiles.

Billboard

Driving through South Amboy today, Peg took a picture of this billboard.

We've all been abducted.

Obvious signs that you may have been abducted:

• Have had unexplainable missing or lost time of one hour or more.
  Shoot, that's me all the time.


• Have had a shocking UFO sighting or multiple sightings in your life.
  Ok, would have guessed this one.


• Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
  Ahhhh! Alyssa has been abducted!


• Have a secret feeling that you are "special" or "chosen," somehow.
  Teacher always said Chuck was special....


• Have awoken in another place than where you went to sleep, or don't remember ever going to sleep. (i.e. waking up with your head at the foot of your bed, or in your car)
  Hrm, well, sleep doesn't really apply much for me.


• Have awoken in the middle of the night startled.
  OMG! Peg has been abducted, too!


This two are great:

• Have an interest in the subject of UFO sightings or aliens, perhaps compelled to read about it a lot.


• Have an extreme aversion towards the subject of UFO's or aliens - don't want to talk about it.


• Have awoken with soreness in your genitals which can not be explained.
  No Comment.


• Have had back or neck problems, T-3 vertebrae out often, or awoken with an unusual stiffness in any part of the body.
  Stiffness? Check.


• Have frequent or sporadic headaches, especially in the sinus, behind one eye, or in one ear.
  They got JoJo, too! And she thought it was allergies!


• Have a difficult time trusting other people, especially authority figures.
  There goes Ted!

and of course.....

• Have many of these traits but can't remember anything about an abduction or alien encounter.

My Horoscope

It's entirely possible that you will feel out of place at work as 2006 gets going though. If so, start looking for something new right away -- speed will yield more interesting possibilities for you than thoroughness.

Interesting.
From Astrology.com

Apple's Latest

The hottest gift this holiday season -- iMeat?

ACLU in NYT

The ACLU is an organization whose goal is to protect the civil liberties of all Americans. They often get involved with controversial cases, because if liberties of the worst of us aren't protected, there will be nobody left to stand up for our liberties.

Any American should vigorously protect the Civil Liberties of all Americans.

Anyway, great ad from them in the New York Times: