St. Patrick's Day Ramblings

• From my post a couple of years ago St. Patrick's Day, An American Holiday: When I went to Ireland I ran across a contest some company was running over there. The 1st Prize was a trip to the St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City. Really.
• A couple of broadcasting giants died on this day, 46 years apart. Who? Here.
• Of all the posts on this blog, this one is my favorite.
• Listening to Lou Rawls I actually caught myself thinking "How can he be dead? He sounds so good!"
• Aurora is the big hospital chain in Milwaukee. In their radio ads they use a woman who has a very husky, I've-been-chain-smoking-for30-years kind of voice. Anybody else notice this?
• A question nobody is asking: So is the United Church of Christ OK with Barack Obama's pastor?
• Would you expect people who take vitamins etc to be healthier than most people, or less healthy? Do healthy people enjoy their health and want to protect it by taking supplements, or do they take it for granted? And do people with health problems take supplements in an effort to regain their health, such that they are the majority of people taking them?

Comments

[NonchalantSavant]

Re: the chain-smoking voiceover... A number of years ago one of our local radio station morning shows introduced a new traffic reporter. In a very smoky voice, this woman talked about how excited her daughter was that she was going to be broadcasting on this particular station as it was very popular amongst her friends.

I wrote an email to the show host that afternoon asking how many packs a day the traffic reporter smoked. I never received a reply, but she was never heard on that station again.

I certainly don't claim to be THAT powerful - but I've felt guilty about doing that ever since.