TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
FIRE IN MILFORD… more below…
Welcome to the read-it-out-loud-to-strangers edition of The Brian Smith News and Variety Show… the same Brian Smith from WICC 600 until The Great Layoff a few weeks ago… and before that, Connecticut’s number one morning show formerly on WPLR…To email Brian a hello or with a lucrative job offer… send it to: BrianSmithRadio and that is @yahoo.com… or see “EMAIL ME” in the column on the right of this page… click (here)…
WEATHER… today: clouds and wind 50F, tonight: clouds 35F, Tuesday: sun 60F, Wednesday: clouds, rain 53F, Thursday: clouds 55F… for more Connecticut weather information, click on CTWeather.com…
THE NEVER ENDING REMINDER… It’s been a couple of weeks since the layoffs at the Bridgeport radio stations… if you want to send an email to some of the participants so they have something to read while waiting in the Unemployment Line… here are the email addresses:
Brian Smith: BrianSmithRadio and that is @yahoo.com
Tim Quinn: TRQuinn46 and that is @sbcglobal.net
David Smith: DSmithExchange and that is @aol.com
Marylee: Televina and that is at @aol.com
READ THE LATEST COMMENTS… from the Connecticut Post article on the radio layoffs… click (here)…
POWERBALL… no one won on Saturday night, so Wednesday night… it is worth… $109 MILLION
MEGAMILLIONS… no one won Friday, so tonight… it is worth $43 MILLION
CONNECTICUT LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS… not a prediction… these are yesterday’s, click (here)…
BECAUSE WE’RE CURRENTLY IN A STATE OF … UH, RADIO SILENCE… feel free to email your friends (or enemies)… and tell them to check out BrianSmithRadio.com… thank you…
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY…
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OVER 10% IN 7 STATES NOW… click (here)…
HOW TO GET A JOB WHEN NO ONE IS HIRING… from Fortune magazine… click (here)…
WALGREENS TO START GIVING FREE CLINIC VISITS TO UNEMPLOYED AND UNINSURED… click (here)…
and…
FIRE IN MILFORD… smoke plume seen throughout Southern Connecticut and Long Island… started at around 9am… destroyed Milford Fabricating Company, on Erna Avenue, right off Boston Post Road… that section of road closed throughout morning… story from WTNH, click (here)… my clothes still smell like smoke…
CONFICKER… A COMPUTER VIRUS THAT MAY… OR MAY NOT CAUSE HAVOC TOMORROW… a very, very persistent computer virus may be on your computer and doing nothing… yet… but experts say it MAY be programmed to do something tomorrow, on April 1st… for the story, click (here)… and for what to do about it, click (here)…
ANGRY FRENCH WORKERS TAKE BOSSES HOSTAGE… happening this afternoon… click (here)…
BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR NUTS… now it’s pistachios that may be dangerous… salmonella found in some of them… read the story, click (here)…
1 1/2-YEAR OLD GIRL FALLS 40 FEET… CAUGHT… 2 men saved a little girl who fell from a 3rd floor window… in Lawrence, Massachusetts… click (here)…
CALIFORNIA I.R.S. AGENT ADMITS TO CHEATING ON HIS OWN TAXES… click (here)…
NEW JIMI HENDRIX TAPE GOES UP FOR AUCTION NEXT MONTH… said to show a “softer” side of his music… recorded in New York in 1968… could get between $70,000 - $140,000… story, click (here)…
and more…
“24″ GOES COMMERCIAL … JACK BAUER IN JAPAN… it’s Kiefer Sutherland in a series of snack commercials in Japan… portraying Jack Bauer… (although not officially, of course)… before YouTube, stars did commercials like this in other countries without much worry they would be seen here in the States… see them, click (here)… and (here)… and (here)…
10 MOVIES TO SEE… well, this is a list from AOL… and they would love you to BUY the movies from them… but here is the list… click (here)….
JET BLUE WORKER FLIES NY TO BOSTON IN BAGGAGE HOLD… an accident?… suuuuuuure… click (here)…and (here)…
OHIO MAN ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING… ON A MOTORIZED BAR STOOL… true… story, click (here)… and more (here) ..
and how about a visit to the WHEEL OF OUTRAGE…!
SHOOT TO GRILL: MCDONALD’S OUTRAGE… 2AM… drive-thru customer OUTRAGED because the menu changed over to breakfast items… blasts window with sawed-off shotgun… from Salt Lake City, Utah, read story, click (here)…
thanks for listening… see you tomorrow… -Brian
Welcome to Monday… it’s no more fun for the unemployed as it is for the employed, you know… Powerball is up to $109 on Wednesday…
BERNIE MADOFF’S METS TICKETS COULD BE UP FOR SALE… click (
ALTERNATE ROUTE: MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE IN NEW YORK MAY CHANGE… city wants to make more room for the balloons… click (
FOR SALE: HUGH HEFNER’S MANSION… right NEXT to the Playboy Mansion… priced to sell at just under $30 million… click (
WELCOME TO… the read-out-loud version of THE BRIAN SMITH NEWS AND VARIETY SHOW… the same Brian Smith from WICC 600 until The Great Layoff a few weeks ago… and before that, Connecticut’s number one morning show formerly on WPLR…To email Brian a hello or with a lucrative job offer… send it to: BrianSmithRadio and that is @yahoo.com… or see “EMAIL ME” in the column on the right of this page… click (
his waitresses are getting their baseball uniform uniform skirts out for opening day, and of course, most of them are wearing Jeter’s number… big on the menu for April will be hard boiled eggs on a plate with ketchup stitches… even his new menus look like a baseball program with the statistics listed for each kind of hamburger… today he sends us his weekly update with news, picks and pictures from the NCAA, the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NFL, boxing, UFC, tennis, NASCAR… and of course, the cheerleaders… read this week’s edition from THE VOICE… click on “SPORTS PICKS” on the right side of the page, or just click (
THE CHEVY CAMARO IS BACK FOR 2010… it was first announced at the 2006 auto shows… low-end version will go for around $25,000…. for more, click (
MEET THE NEW 3 STOOGES… Moe, Larry and Curly will be played by 
the 4,800 calorie burger… more on that below…
48-YEAR-OLD VALERIE BERTINELLI… BIKINI COVER GIRL… she lost 50 pounds… and is featured this week in a bikini on the cover of People Magazine… for the story, click (
85-YEAR-OLD BOB BARKER RETURNS TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT… after two years away from the set… he shows up as part of a showcase… plugging his new book… story, click (
MAN RUNS OUT OF BURNING HOUSE… doesn’t call for help… falls asleep… well, there is more… he was arrested for drugs… for the story, click (here)…
DATELINE: WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA… A 105-year-old woman will throw out the first pitch at a baseball game on April 2 at Roger Dean Stadium. The great-great-great grandmother stopped driving at 90… but still loves church… and baseball… story, click (
4,800 CALORIE BURGER… it’s being served at a Michigan minor league baseball stadium… it starts with FIVE beef patties and builds up from there… read more, click (
THE ELVIS DONUT… a peanut butter glazed doughnut… with bananas… and bacon… read more below….
HILLARY CLINTON, THE MOVIE… actress Julianne Moore will play Hillary… Dennis Quaid will play Bill… click (
OLDEST KNOWN PICTURE OF NEW YORK CITY UP FOR SALE… on auction Monday… expected to go for up to $70,000… shows farm on what is now the Upper West Side of Manhattan… story from Newsday, click (
The Meatlog
UH OH… that is an actual advertisement in Russia… read more below…
and finally… 
welcome to the read-out loud version of…THE BRIAN SMITH NEWS AND VARIETY SHOW…
NEXT BANKRUPTCY… EDDIE BAUER?… could be… click (
$2000 NEW CAR GOES ON SALE TODAY IN INDIA… it’s the Nano… The Tata car company has to sell 2 or 3 million of them to break even… details from USA Today, click (
ENGLAND: TWIN SAVES TWIN THROUGH “TWIN SENSE”… a 15 year old girl had “a feeling” her twin sister was in trouble… and rushed into the bathroom to find her drowning in the bathtub… called emergency and saved her… story, click (
FLIPPING FOR MARCH MADNESS… wrestling move comes to the NCAA… below…
THE VOICE took time out from behind the grill and flipping eggs and hash browns this morning at the Prognosticator Cafe to send us this week’s predictions and pictures… baseball… NFL… boxing… tennis… NASCAR… and of course, more cheerleaders… check out this weeks placemat pics from the kitchen of The Prognosticator himself… THE VOICE… click on “SPORTS PICKS” on the right, or just click (
LAID OFF?… VOLUNTEERING CAN KEEP YOU SHARP, HELP OTHERS, AND MAYBE FIND YOUR NEXT JOB… from the Wall Street Journal, click (
JOB FAIR THIS WEEKEND… AT A STRIP CLUB IN RHODE ISLAND… at The Foxy Lady in Providence… they’ve rolled back the drinks to 1979 prices… and they are looking to fill 25 to 30… uh… positions… not only are they looking for dancers, but also managers, waitresses and behind-the-scenes help… click (
PRESIDENT OBAMA ON THE TONIGHT SHOW LAST NIGHT… a lot of coverage today on the President’s appearance with Jay Leno… for an overview on what he talked about… with some video to click on if you prefer… here’s one take from MSNBC, click (
MARCH MADNESS… WRESTLING (OR JUDO) COMES TO THE NCAA… during the Oklahoma-Morgan State game yesterday… Morgan State’s Ameer Ali grabbed Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin and flipped him completely heels-over-head… Ali was ejected from the game, Griffin scored 28 points… for the written account, click (
FREE EDUCATION: TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING… it sprung this morning at 7:44am… facts on spring, click (
BRAZILIAN STORY #1… NEW JERSEY LOOKS AT PERSONAL GROOMING… VERY PERSONAL… there could be a state-wide ban on The Brazilian bikini wax… things will look a bit wilder at Wildwood if this goes through… those thongs may have to go back in the closet… click (
MARCH MADNESS: UCONN PLAYS THIS AFTERNOON… approximately around 3pm… on television on CBS, or watch online at NCAA.com, click (
BRA AUCTION TODAY… creative designers have come up with catchy names and clever bras to raise money for breast cancer today at Adelphi University… The Bronx Bombers?… The Mardi Bra?… yes, and more… click (
CHARLES MANSON: NEW PRISON PHOTO… updated prison picture shows Charles Manson at 74 years old… for the story, click (
OIL MUSEUM LOOKING FOR FORMER PENNZOIL MODELS… not quite Sports Illustrated… but a hit back in the early 1960’s… click (
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