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Received some good feedback from Aaron V. on the Young and Free Alberta story… the chance for young Albertans to find a great job.  We asked about social media… and Aaron said “Social media is a means of comunication by which we express ideas, build society and educate lives.” 

Good job Aaron.  Keep those inputs coming to rosie.rock106@gmail.com.  Tell me, what Social Media means to you.

The idea of being a Spokester for Young and Free Alberta… is a pretty good one.  You get to travel around the province… and talk about you, and whats its like to be young… and free, in Alberta.  The one concern for me is the public speaking.  Everyone always says to me, “but thats what you do for a living?”   No I don’t, I don’t talk to an audience. I talk to one person sitting across from me.   But there are a number of people who ARE comfortable with public speaking, and THIS may be the job for you.

What does it mean to you to be part of Generation Y?   Email me your responses at rosie.rock106@gmail.com 

Servus Credit Union wants you!   Its the Young & Free Alberta Spokester contest, where they’re looking for someone between the ages of 17 & 25… to be there Spokester (politically correct for spokesman or spokeswoman).  There’s lots of perks that go along with the job… including a salary, and iPhone, and a computer.  Its pretty sweet to think you could be in your teens, and getting a salary for just representing Young Albertans. 

Now what?  Go to ROCK 106.ca, and apply.  If you don’t fit the criteria, you can still win iTunes gift cards by emailing me and tell me what “social media means to you?”  (rosie.rock106@gmail.com) 

Right now, we need candidates.  Lets go people. 

It was announced that myself and Rosie are seeking office. We would like to be your next Prime Ministers. Yes, simultaneously. That way we only have to work half the time. And we want to take turns living at 24 Sussex Drive. It would like having a time-share on the property.

To be honest, we haven’t really nailed down a platform for the campaign. We figure it’s more important to find the right theme song for the campaign first then the rest will just fall into place. So if you have any suggestions for not just a good campaign song but a GREAT one, then click the headline above or phone us up during the show (5:30-9am). We will announce the winner selection on the next show.

If you’re really creative and you want to make a logo for our party then we would forever be greatful and would easily give you all the perks possible should we get into office. We are the Independant Party of Vincent & Rosie.

Thank you for your support. As a token of appreciation, here is the link to watching the brother Noel of Oasis getting popped off stage.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to see comedian DJ Hazard at the Blarney Stone. Show time is 9pm.

Today on the show we proudly launched a new program called the Vince-and-Rosie-Make-A-Wish-Corporation-of-Institutions. While it may appear to be a branch of the Make-A-Wish-Foundation, it is in fact soley independent. The Foundation has a history of granting astonishes wishes for people. Rosie and I unfortunately don’t have that kind of clout but any business or program has to start small and build itself bigger.

So today was day 1. We granted a wish for Pam who really wanted to be a guest cohost on the morning show. Mission accomplished! She had fun and nobody got hurt which surprised me because Pam lives on the North side so she was obviously packing at the very least a knife if not some kind of pistol.

Now it can be your turn. Wish for whatever you want. If you accept that we have limitations than we’ll accept your request. Why wish upon a star when you can wish upon two of them - the Vince and Rosie Make A Wish Corporation of Institutions. Note: the word ’stars’ to describe myself and Rosie was used more for cleverness than for accuracy.

Make a wish and we will make it come true (maybe). Don’t be shy. Make your wish one of two ways. Either email Vince.rock106@gmail.com or call 403-327-7999 between 5:30-9am Mon-Fri to speak with the CEO of the Corporation of Institutions (which is me) or my secretary (which is Rosie). All we need is your name, your phone number and your wish. At the Vince and Rosie Make A Wish Corporation of Institutions our slogan is “We WILL make it happen, maybe.”

Vincent

Dave Freeman, co-author of “100 Things to Do Before You Die,” a travel guide and ode to odd adventures that inspired readers and imitators, died after hitting his head in a fall at his home. He was 47. Sure, he maybe didn’t cross off all 100 things on his list but the main thing is he lived his life trying to cross off all 100 things on his list. You can’t control your departure date. You can only try to accomplish what you can before that day comes.

Let’s hear from you. Give me 3 things you would like to do (or have already done) before you die.

I’ll provide some examples.

Write a screenplay
Rock a moustache
Own a motorcycle
Attend a NFL game
Learn an instrument
Convince Rosie that flip flops on guys is wrong
Travel Canada coast to coast
Fight a bear… or big foot (I’ll put this last on my list)
White Water Raft
Stand at the top of a mountain
Meet my favorite athlete of all time in person

Some of these things I have accomplished, others I have yet to do. Give me your list. I’m asking for 3 but feel free to ramble off however many come to mind. Just click the headline above to leave your list.

Vincent

Your bonus code for today: BIGFOOT

Here is a list compiled by MSN.com on HOW TO MAKE A MAN FEEL GOOD. I’ll add my insight into each suggestion (V:). You can do the same by clicking the headline above and leaving your comments.

HOW TO MAKE A MAN FEEL GOOD
01. Be very impressed with his uncanny ability to read maps and figure out shortcuts that shave a full six seconds off his driving time.

V: If somehow your man does feel good after you say, “Wow, you can read a map,” he’ll feel stupid once he tries to fold the map and fails.

02. When you catch someone checking him out, let him know (even if it’s another guy).

V: Well, the first part of this could make sense. Guys don’t know how to react in the 2nd scenario. Do I go up and say thank you or thwap him in the nose?

03. Mastery of power tools is a deep wellspring of male pride. Ask frequently to have things mounted, fixed, planed, hung, adjusted, what have you, and be flabbergasted at how quickly and professionally he gets the job done.

V: I admit , I fall for this one way too often.

04. Flirt with him in inappropriate places: family dinners, crowded elevators, parent-teacher conferences.

V: Never during a sporting event. We’re too busy watching.

05. Leave the lid up for him (even if it kills you).

V: You really believe we’ll see that as a ‘sweet’ gesture? We’ll assume we forgot to put it
down… and then proceed to put it down.

06. Lavish him with compliments that are obviously unique to him. Little things, like: he has sexy ears, or you love the way he slices an onion.

V: If you compliment his onion slicing he’ll have you committed.

07. When something’s wrong with your car, ask him to take a look under the hood, even if he knows diddly about cars. Afterward, tell him it’s running much better. Then drive straight to the mechanic.

V: This works for most guys.

08. Make a screen saver out of his most adorable baby picture.

V: Not even close. Instead go with a picture of him from his glory days of sport (old hockey, football, or baseball photo).

09. Every male has physical features he hates. Convince him that you find his sexy. As in, “Shoulder hair rocks my world” or “Rub me all over with that great big belly of yours.”

V: Seriously? Again, he’ll have you committed.

10. Challenge him to an arm wrestle (unless you can beat him).

V: I can see that one working. If you can beat, simply lose on purpose.

11. Compliment his driving. Use words like masterful and in control.

V: Yes. A man likes to think he’s a wizard with a wheel.

12. Tell him there’s something about his favorite athlete that reminds you of him.

V: This one is clever… unless you say, “You both have male-pattern baldness.”

13. Act jealous every now and then — even if you’re not.

V: May work for some fellas but it actually annoys me.

14. Call him in the middle of the night when you’re out of town and tell him you can’t sleep without him beside you. (Use sparingly.)

V: Bad idea b/c a) you’ll be waking him up and b) he’ll think you’re trying to make him feel guilty for being able to sleep without you by his side.

15. Don’t overlook the basics. Tell him he’s a terrific father. Tell him he’s smart. Tell him he’s handsome.

V: Of course.

16. Compare him (favorably) to your old boyfriends.

V: Personally I don’t care if I’m better or worse than the ex’s.

17. Rave about his cooking, even if Dinty Moore did all the prep work. Take a small first helping so he can see you go back for seconds.

V: Love it when my lady brags about my BBQing. Do it.

18. Boast about his latest accomplishment (say, the new sink he installed) to your friends while he’s there. Omit unflattering details (faucets reversed, U-joint spritzing water onto linoleum).

V: I use this trick with my wife. Do it.

19. When you overhear your kids bragging about him to their friends, tell him what they said.

V: Sure. This one I like.

20. Compliment his impeccable taste — in clothing, in films, and in women.

V: Other women?

Leave comments and suggestions (click the headline above) or if you’re just here for a bonus code: MAPKING

Vincent

Has your boss ever joked that a monkey could do your job? Turns out meteoroligists can be replaced by, not monkeys, pigs. Rather, pig intestines.

According to a very old (and wise) man in North Dakota, you can predict what the weather will be by consulting pig spleens.

This guy guts the pig and stares at the brown, glistening, foot-long organs on his kitchen counter to come up with his prediction.

If the spleen is wide where it attaches to the pig’s stomach and then narrows, it means winter weather will come early with a mild spring. A narrow-to-wider spleen usually means harsh weather in the spring. According to the pig spleen prognasticator, “The spleens are 85% correct.”

Not bad. If you consider that meteorologists seem to be about 15% right, they are 100% correct between the two of them.

For 2008, the pig spleens predict, “a normal year with no major storms. That’s what the spleens tell me.”

Bonus code today is “Pig Spleen”

Enjoy.

Vincent

Talked about this on the show and of course it was tough to run down the entire list of 60 so here is the link to the full list of sports ranked from TOUGHEST to LEAST TOUGHTEST.

Keep in mind, the ‘tough’ doesn’t necessarily mean muscular and good at fighting. They didn’t calculate the list by analyzing who would win a fight between a tennis player and a bull rider, for example.

“Tough” for this list means “difficult.” ESPN break it down to 10 specific categories and skills. So when you scream out loud, “How is Tennis tougher than Rugby?” the categories of evaluation will be the answer.

For the full list of 60 sports listed from MOST DIFFICULT to LEAST DIFFICULT, click here.

As for your bonus code, while I would like to make it the sport that finished first or even dead last, that would be ruining the surprise so instead we’ll declare it after the people responsible for today’s blog entry… “ESPN”

Vincent

Riders WIN the Grey Cup of 2007. And the Rider Nation is partying like it’s 1989, the year they last won the championship.

Ah yes… 1989.

The Simpons was a brand new show. Movie goers were excited about Batman, Back to the Future II and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Or maybe you were geeked out to see Ghostbuster II.

In music, the Seatle grunge hadn’t exploded yet. Pearl Jam didn’t yet exist. Nobody knew who Kurt Cobain was. In ‘89 Madonna was queen, The Bangles still had a career, Paula Abdul was making music rather than judging it, and my girlfriend loved the New Kids on the Block.

The new President of the US was George Bush… Senior.

I remember that was the year that the USSR pulled out of Afghanistan. The USSR, you ask? That’s right, the last time the Riders won, Russia wasn’t a country yet, they were apart of the the Soviet Union.

That reminds me… the last time the Riders won there was a Cold War. Germans in East and West Berlin were dismantling a wall that had been dividing the city

Here in Canada, we were still 2 years away from paying 7% of a Government Sales Tax.

The last time the Riders wond the Grey Cup, Nintendo began selling the Game Boy in Japan. It hadn’t reached North America yet.

I could go on but I’d rather ask you - what do you remember about 1989? Click the headline above to post your message.

Vincent

Bonus Code is RIDERS