It's Oscar Time!
2/3/2010 - Written By Dr. JoyAnd the Oscar Nominees are…..: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Bastards, Precious, Up In The Air, Invictus, Up, Blind Side, District 9, An Education, and A Serious Man. Best picture is between Avatar and Hurt Locker. Did you know the two directors of these two movies, James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, were once married! This might cause some family feud! Best actor I think will be between George Clooney and Jeff Bridges. Best actress is between Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep. I think it will end up being Meryl Streep. Best supporting actor I think will be Christoph Waltz. Best supporting role will definitely be Mo’nique. There are not many surprises with the Oscars this year except there will be ten categories rather than nine. Stay tuned for when we get closer to the show we will discuss more.
Volunteering and Popping Inflatables
2/3/2010 - Written By Dr. JoyThe downtown location of where I broadcast from is very diverse. I try to be a part of some of the charity organizations around the area. When I used to be in Midtown I would help out with Women’s shelters but down here I am involved in the New York Rescue Mission. The mayor proclaims “Souper Week” every year the week before the superbowl. They bring in top chefs to make delicious soups. I went last night and fed 150 men and several women. I served twenty gallons of soup! Mark and Joanne Gastineau were supposed to be serving with me but they had some car troubles and were late. They had this huge football and made me do the kick off. I kicked it alright and made a huge hole and it deflated! The Gastineau’s ended up showing and Mark told me I should join the team. I bought them a new football and all was fixed! This was a wonderful way to literally ‘kick off’ super bowl Sunday. Stay tuned for more…
Protect Your Digits
1/28/2010 - Written By Dr. JoyYou know, we should all be thankful for 800
numbers, because after all, 800-544-7070 is what you, the public call me
on. And after all, they are what have
made syndicated programming possible to begin with. Imagine if you folks in Canada had to call me up on a local New
York City number? Now I know you like
my advice and all but I can’t imagine you’d want to shell out that kind of cash
for just a few minutes of air time.
Phone numbers and the evolution of telephone use has really changed the
world as we know it. Back in the day
you could conduct an affair from your home phone late at night. But no no no, Tiger Woods, caller ID and
monthly phone bills have the evidence right there in black and white. And don’t forget about *69 and *67. But I’ve got another phone fact that’ll
actually help you or save you some money as well as some irritation. You know, starting February 1st you
will be billed for all incoming calls and that includes telemarketers. So if you want to avoid getting charged for
all of those relentless telemarketing calls then you should register with “The
National Do Not Call Registry” to block those pests permanently. Register online at www.donotcall.gov or call toll free 1 888
382 1222 from the number you wish to register.
Human Bed Warmers!
1/27/2010 - Written By Dr. Joy
Bed Warmers
I have one of those stories that will warm the cockles
of your heart. You ready? Now how do
you guys feel about human bed warmers?
Well, I guess the Brits are ahead of us on this one because in at 3
select English Holiday Inns on a trial basis you can request, if you want, for
someone dressed in an all-in-one fleece sleeper suit to get into your bed and
body heat it up for you. The suits come equipped with a built in thermometer so
the human bed warmer knows when your bed is at perfect toasty temperature for
your piggly wigglies. Doesn’t that
sound sort of appealing? Certainly
beats the daylights out of a hot water bottle.
Now I guess, my producer Vince, thinks this concept is kind of
creepy. Having some strange person in
your bed just before you get in. But
I’m not so sure. I mean, they’re in a
one-piece and their hair is covered….and having faith that these people are
morally sound and won’t try anything, what’s so bad about it? I know I would like to live in a world where
we can trust people enough to warm our beds for us out night. Wouldn’t that be nice!
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished!
1/26/2010 - Written By Dr. JoySo my accountant forgot to file for some of the donations I gave to
charity this past holiday season and there is not much I can say but
that "no good deed goes unpunished"
It's just one of those sort of "givens" in life (pun intended) that all
of us "do-gooders" don't always reap the rewards for our deeds. But
this is not all bad luck and the world rearing it's ugly head at us.
Most of the time this sort of thing happens because good people believe
that they are always on the side of the angels because of their
"do-gooding", so therefore they don't have to be prepared or organized
or have follow through. We believe that because we are doing something
nice, everything will simply fall in to place, and we don't have to
worry about how we go about things. For example, I went to a
benefit the other night, and the chairman of the organization (whom I'm
sure is a very nice and well-intentioned man) thought he could totally
just wing his speech. He was totally unprepared and looked like a
blubbering fool. Now I'm sure he was thinking to himself "well, here
we are at this beautiful benefit for charity, and that all just speaks
for itself". Well, no sir, it didn't. No matter how nice you are, and
how well you mean, you've gotta work just as hard as the rest of the
world. Even Mother Theresa had to dot her i's and cross her t's.