February 7, 2012 Things I've Learned Okay, maybe there's three. Posted by Warvel at 9:15 AM

February 7, 2012 Things I've Learned The two best things in life involve your face. One is the wind in it while you're riding your motorcycle. The other is a puppy licking it. Posted by Warvel at 9:00 AM

February 6, 2012 Things I've Learned Okay, is it just my cynical little self or is the Super Bowl starting to slide into the same trench as New Year's Eve, Christmas, birthdays and weddings? Those would be things you really look forward to and have a certain, perfect vision of in your mind, but reality seldom fails to come close. It's a lot like when a parent is introducing their child to me and says, "Do you know who this is? We listen to him and Jessica every morning on the radio." The look on the child's face is usually a mix of confusion, apathy, disappointment and perhaps a bit of apprehension. Apparently I'm not what the kid had imagined and their reaction is not exactly encouraging for me, but I find it entertaining nonetheless. I guess that means I'll be watching the "big game" again next year. Posted by Warvel at 9:00 AM

February 3, 2012 Things I've Learned I think I shared this story some time ago but a JCPenny commercial we're currently running took me right back to that moment in college. In the commercial you hear an auctioneer, but he's lowering the prices instead of going up. It's funny because that would never happen, right? I know better because of Buzzo. Buzzo was a really...uh, "unique" wild-haired, bearded guy who owned a music shop in Geneseo, N.Y. where I went to college. As I understand it, he was a gifted trumpet player who went to one of the top music schools but somewhere along the line, back in the late 60's or early 70's, he decided he'd rather own a record store in a small college town. Anyway, I had gone to his shop to buy an inexpensive guitar to fool around on and he showed me one that cost $75. I said, "Perfect. I'll take it." As we walked toward the register, he spun around and said, "Okay...$70, but that's as low as I'll go." I said something like, "Uh, um...okay." We got to the register and as I was pulling out my wallet he said, "Fine...sixty dollars!" So that's what I paid for a guitar I had agreed to buy for $75. Why did he do it? Who knows? But I always wondered if there were any clues in his name or the name of his many bands which ranged from "The Sweet Buzzo Boogie Band" to "Buzzo's Bandits" to "Buzzolio's." Maybe the Buzzo moniker had something to do with the late 60's or early 70's. Guess I'll never know. It'll be one of those great mysteries that will forever puzzle mankind...man. Posted by Warvel at 9:00 AM

February 2, 2012 Things I've Learned I was just reading that Kodak is asking to remove its name from the famous theater in the heart of Hollywood. It's the theater where this year's Oscars will be handed out in three weeks. The Rochester, New York-based firm has paid "a significant annual fee" for the naming rights since the Kodak Theater opened in 2000. If you didn't know, the pioneer film and camera company has filed for bankruptcy protection as it struggles to find its way in the digital age so they could really use that cash. Anyway, there's a lot of that going around...the wanting to remove the name thing. I have a very good friend who would like to remove a name that somehow got tattooed on her wrist and somewhere in the forest behind my parent's old house there's a tree with my name carved in it with a declaration of undying love for Audrey. Ok, maybe Kodak and Jess...I MEAN MY VERY GOOD FRIEND...feel their situations are more important but I don't want a rumor to get started that might affect Audrey. Posted by Warvel at 9:00 AM