Spiderman, Spiderman...

If you look closely you can see the terror in my eyes...
Then again...that may be doughnut sugar...

Tony

Easter Bunny For Easter Seals

I'm serious about Larry the Legbreaker...
I gave him your number and he's going to call...

The Drop Zone 2006

Well...I made it back to good ole' Terra Firma...
Safe & Sound...All In One Piece...
Once again, The Easter Seals Drop Zone was an incredible experience! Never once during my trip down the side of Moncton's tallest building last year did I think..."Hmmm...I'd really like to do this again..." But when Julia and the good people at Easter Seals came calling a couple of months ago I surprised myself by 'jumping' (sorry) at the opportunity to do it again. I thought as I went up the elevator yesterday..."This is gonna be a piece of cake". Once I was on the roof it was a different story. I was twice as nervous as last year! Thanks to the great people at RAT and Cape Enrage for their expertise and 'twitchy bull' calming techniques. Thanks to my cheering section...It feels great to hear your name being chanted from 20 stories below. And a special thanks to everyone who called in to vote for Shelli's Easter Bunny costume idea. I wrote all of your names down and will be selling the list to my friend Larry The Legbreaker. Seriously though...great experience...if you get a chance to participate next year I'd highly reccommend it.
Check it out online here: The Drop Zone

Thanks For Listening!
Tony Smith

The Dixie Chicks Double Date

Had a great time at The Dixie Chicks show in Saint John recently. My wife and I had a terrific evening with our winners Gail and Larry Breau of Riverview. Thanks again to HMV, Sony Music and The Three Mile (Great food!) I hope you can come next time!

Thanks for listening,
Tony Smith

The Concert On The Hill

Just wanted to say that Moncton pulled off another huge event this past weekend and except for some intervention by Mother Nature (pounding rain & some really wild thunder and lightning near the end) it was a terrific day. My buddies and I rolled up at about 5 o'clock, just in time to see George Canyon. He was great. So was Sugarland & Brooks and Dunn, but Alan Jackson was definitely the highlight. He put on a terrific show. He and his production team showed that they do their research too. Plenty of well placed local mentions and photos during his performance. His tune "Where I Come From was accompanied by a massive photo and video collection of local street signs and concert goers, local beer and team logos and even some shots of Canadian military personnel. Great job by AJ. Also wanted to say that I think it was CTV's Jodi Cook who emceed the evening...she's going to be a big star.

Thanks for walking home in the rain with me,
Tony Smith

Project Rebuild

By now you've probably heard of the horrible fire that ripped through Sackville this past Friday night. It damaged and destroyed several local businesses and left dozens homeless. My friend Joel has let me know how we can help. Check out the link below if you would like to donate to, or help out with Project Rebuild:

http://www.projectrebuild.mtasac.ca/

Thanks,

Tony Smith

Breastfeeding Fracas...

An American magazine has unleashed a firestorm of controversy with their latest issue...The cover story is about breastfeeding and the photo is a very tasteful shot of a nursing baby. WELL! You'd think they had published HARD CORE DIRTY! Apparently the magazine's offices have been inundated with calls, letters and e-mails calling for somebody's head!

-- ONE READER SAID "I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE A GIANT BREAST ON THE COVER. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED THE MAGAZINE FACE DOWN" -- A TEXAS RESIDENT WHO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER 13-YEAR-OLD SON SEEING THE MAGAZINE.
-- SHE SAYS "I SHREDDED IT. A BREAST IS A BREAST-IT'S A SEXUAL THING. HE DIDN'T NEED TO SEE THAT" --SHE DOES ADMIT SHE BREAST-FED ALL HER KIDS.
-- THE MAGAZINE'S EDITOR SUSAN KANE WAS SURPRISED BY THE RESPONSE: SHE SAYS "THERE'S A SQUEAMISHNESS ABOUT SEEING A BARE BREAST. IT'S NOT LIKE WOMEN ARE WHIPPING THEM OUT WITH TASSELS ON. MOSTLY, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE DISCREET"...

Thanks for your calls this morning...people sure are funny aren't they?

Here's a little more on the controversy at MSNBC

Thanks for Listening!

Tony & Shelli

The Stupid Egg

Thursday morning Shelli had this story in the news...

"It could be an answer to the prayers of people who, quite literally, cannot boil an egg. Or at the very least, a godsend for a new generation of students struggling with the most basic of culinary tasks. Revolutionary "self-timing" eggs designed to overcome the perennial problem of how to avoid runny whites and overcooked yolks will appear on supermarket shelves in England in the coming months. The eggs are marked with "thermochromic" invisible ink, which turns dark when it reaches a certain temperature. Inks have been created to appear after three minutes to indicate a soft-boiled egg, after four minutes for medium and after seven minutes for a hard-boiled egg. The project was launched by the quality assurance scheme Lion Quality Eggs in response to thousands of people asking how to boil eggs properly."

I call this invention "The Stupid Egg".
I think if you don't know how to boil an egg you shouldn't be allowed to operate a stove.

Here are Tony's 7 Simple Steps to Egg Boiling Success!

1. Place the egg in a saucepan. (Do not drop the egg in the saucepan...the egg will crack and you will then need instructions on how to poach an egg and we're not getting into that here this morning...)
2. Run cold water into the saucepan until the water covers the egg. (If water starts coming out of the pot...the pot is full and you can turn off the tap)
3. Place the saucepan on the stove. (On a burner...It will not work if you place the pot in the middle area of the stove...)
4. Turn stove on. (Make sure the burner you turn on is the one that has the pot on it)
5. When the water comes to a boil turn burner to low. (Once again making sure that the burner you turn down is the one with the boiling pot...)
6. Let eggs simmer...2 to 3 minutes for soft-boiled eggs...10 to 15 minutes for hard-boiled eggs. (Boil for 25 minutes plus for the 'Tony-Style Egg'...
7. Remove the egg with a spoon or ladle and let it cool slowly, or run cold water over it to cool it more quickly. (Do not remove the egg with your hand...or if you do...just make sure it's not your hand you are removing it with...)

For more in depth on egg boiling...See the neat website I found: Mr. Breakfast

Thanks for Listening!
Tony Smith

Tony's Dream

This morning on the show I told you about that freaky dream I had last night during the storm...I'm a big football fan and I dreamed that I was kicking the ball at the Super Bowl...
All of a sudden my wife shakes me awake and informs me that while I was dream football kicking I had actually booted her in the rear! Whoops!

Thanks for your freaky dream and sleep related calls this morning.

Here's a website that you can use to interpret your weird dreams: www.dreammoods.com

Thanks For Listening!

Tony