The mouth is about to roar.

The moral of the story usually comes at the end, but, nonconformist that I am, I’m going to jump the gun, and put it at the beginning.
And that is this:

Be careful what you wish for…

You might get it!!!

I mentioned in my Friday night diary that i would have an announcement of great social and political import.
And I do! Oh, yes…..

On the jump, of course.

So…..we moved.
In June of 2005, I was transferred by my now-former employers from Bennington, VT, where I was fine, to Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.
Where I was less fine.
I think the clock was ticking on that the second I hit the ground.
I did, eventually, become better acclimated than I originally was. I started Cobalt6 and became involved with local politics to a certain extent, and gained a reputation as a fairly radical lefty, at least, by local standards.
Actually, by now, I’m probably fairly radical by most standards.
Remind me to tell you how that came about sometime.
Being a local radio personality, I acquired a knack for pissing off conservatives, and got my ass chewed off more than once.
But this did not deter me. Quite the contrary; if anything, it made me meaner.
I was mean to religious nuts, I was mean to Republicans, and I was mean to my sorry-ass excuse for a Congressman.

Repeatedly.

But still, something was missing. Namely, me. And my family.
We were still missing from New England.

So…..I fixed it. I managed to get a job at a talk station in Fall River, MA, as the production director, which is the guy at the radio station that they string up if the commercials don’t run. 🙂 (I don’t get strung up too often…)

But another responsibility that has been awarded me is the opportunity to fill in for my boss, who’s the afternoon host. And as you’ll see from these links, that opportunity will be quite frequent over the course of the next few weeks. In fact, you might stop by here and tell her what a prince among k357r3ls I am.
Then again, you might not.
And here’s the rub, though: I’ve never done this before. One of the few things in this business I haven’t done, that and sports announcing.
But sports announcing would be something I’d never attempt. I wouldn’t have a clue as to what to do.

THIS, however….well, I’m willing to take a stab at it.
Which is good, because Keri is throwing me into the deep end this Thursday at 3pm.
Sink or swim.
Now, I have a few ideas, which I’m going to move on to fleshing out a bit after I finish this diary, but I could use a few more. I have two people lined up (i ain’t sayin’ who yet) and a third in mind, and like five segment ideas.
I need to have twelve.
Now bumper music, I got. That’s the least of my worries.
Before you ask, there’s no stream, unfortunately. (#$%*&^%#$%^&^$!!!!)
But I’ll try and make pieces of it downloadable.
What I could use is some more ideas. Even if you can think of something odd and offbeat, (oddball? lol) or deadly serious and involved….lay it on me.
And wish me luck. I, quite frankly, am rather nervous….I think I may molt….