Jerzei Collie's journal

I went to the monthly broadcasters' lunch today. The group talked about a possible duopoly with two of the local network TV affiliates. The CBS affiliate is being traded to the company which owns the NBC affiliate. The FCC would need to grant a waiver for this to happen.

I'll be getting out of the condo more often next week. I'll go to meetups on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.

I got my car washed after dinner today. I usually wait until I need to refill my gas tank to get a wash, but the car really needed it. I wanted to clean off all the pollen and bird splatters from the past week.

Pat Sajak's final Wheel of Fortune episode aired tonight. I added an old compilation of Wheel songs and comedy clips to this weekend's Rabbit Hole show.

I found a Saturday Night Live sketch that had eluded me two years ago. The season 12 episode hosted by Joe Montana and Walter Payton started with a parody of the "Super Bowl Shuffle" called "We Are the Kickers." This sketch and others were cut out of the episode on the streaming services I browsed. I was able to find the complete episode today on the Internet Archive.

I'm almost halfway packed for the trip to Furry Fiesta. I need to pick up a few more items today.

I made it to the monthly local broadcasters' lunch today. I let a few of the attendees know about my intentions to build a home studio. The crowd this time was the largest it's been as long as I've been attending.

"You're not perfect, but you're good enough for now."

I made an attempt to clean my bathtub after neglecting it for a while. I ran out of the cleaner and the sponge I used fell apart on me, but I got rid of at least half of the grime in the tub.

Just 6 days until I leave for Pittsburgh! My flight should land around 3:30 PM Thursday, then I should get to the hotel around 5:30-6:00. I'd most likely be able to meet with Boomer later that night, Friday afternoon around 2:00-5:00, or late Friday evening after 9:30. My singles group is having a 7:30 dinner on Thursday; I said "maybe" to that just in case. I wanted to be available Saturday night after the Pirates/Mets game, but I have an early flight on Sunday.

Pluto TV recently added two channels for game shows. Last year, they launched a channel called The Price Is Right: The Barker Era, currently showing episodes from 1983-1985. A new companion channel airs TPIR episodes from Drew Carey's first seasons. It's hard to believe Drew's hosted the show for 15-16 years already! Another new channel is airing Family Feud episodes from the Richard Dawson and Ray Combs eras.

I made it to the local broadcasters' lunch yesterday after missing the last couple. A fellow ex-KRCC broadcaster came to the lunch this time. The restaurant's meeting room had another group in it, so our group met at some tables near the back of the restaurant.

I was on the wait list for another group's meetup tonight. A spot opened for me a few hours ago.

A replacement cord for my Blue Snowball microphone arrived Wednesday. Using it with my old microphone didn't solve the problem, so the microphone itself is what's broken. The new microphone is scheduled to arrive on Sunday night. If it doesn't arrive by 6 or 7 PM, I'll just use my conference microphone for the Rabbit Hole*.

I actually found the Late Night viewer mail segment I mentioned yesterday on YouTube. It's from January 15, 1987, which was my 16th birthday.

I got home from the airport around 9:15 PM Sunday. I originally planned to nap until 1 AM then tune into Doggy Radio, but I was too tired. I woke up a bit after 4 AM and caught the show's tail end (because dogs.)

The temperature difference between cities wasn't as severe this time. Las Vegas was at 63° when I left, and Denver was at 41° when I arrived.

The flight home had some severe turbulence close to Denver. I was watching MTV's "Ridiculousness" on my seat-back monitor, and a collection of winter driving fails was playing while the turbulence was happening.

Catching up on e-mails, I see the medical device I ordered to help with my depression will arrive this week. Also, one of the radio stations in Denver asked me to fill out an application for a board operator position.

The job placement counselor I'm seeing found a few radio and TV openings doing web searches. I wish I could find other ways to connect with broadcasting jobs because the process of "look on the internet" is what I've always been doing with little success.

I met with the singles group for a meetup later. The old Ivywild Elementary School, which closed in 2008, was bought by a local brewery and turned into a bar, eatery and community events center.

I noticed my car had recently started shaking whenever I made a turn, but the shaking stopped after a few seconds. While driving home from Ivywild, the shaking became much more severe and continuous. All of my tires were fine, so I'm not sure what was causing this problem. Since I was less than 2 miles from home, I had the car towed to a shop and my dad was able to give me a ride home. I canceled a pair of catering deliveries scheduled for Thursday since I wasn't sure how soon I could get my car back.

Happy Birthday to Romeo Rabbit!

My therapist has completed and faxed the forms he needs to send to Vocational Rehab. I picked up a copy of the forms today.

I attempted to make kolaches at home using sausages, cheese and dinner roll dough. I do have a recipe to make kolaches from scratch, but I wanted to see if my "shortcut" method would work. The sausages I used were a bit too heavy, so I'll use lighter sausages next time.

Hearing that O.J. Simpson responded to the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident at the Oscars reminded me of how Norm Macdonald used to make O.J. jokes on Saturday Night Live. I imagined Norm reporting on this and saying "After hearing about the slap, O.J. said 'If that was me, I woulda just stabbed him.'"

139 days until DenFur!