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STEVE SHANNON

CONFESSIONS FROM A DENTIST CHAIR
Tuesday 04-06-2010 5:10pm CT


I went to the dentist For the first time in two years today.

There I admitted it.

Normally,I only go to the dentist if I have a toothache. I've always thought that dentists always find things wrong to keep you coming back.This time I was checking out a new show sponsor. Dr Daniel's ads will soon be heard on the show. I had my teeth cleaned & got x-rays. I have a couple cavities to have treated. Dr Daniel does sedation dentistry. I'm kind of looking forward to this experience.I hear you will never do it any other way. I also hate to floss. You should floss daily. I told the hygienist I routinely floss. I think she knew better. Finally,I'm getting my pearly whites whitened too. I liked my experience at Dr Daniel's office. The staff is awesome. Doc has a nice manner about him.I like these people. You should,in the spirit of full disclosure, know that the dentist's lovely wife gave me a cake from the famous Marta's Bakery. So now I have a dentist and cleanings scheduled every 6 months.
 
Gotta run...time for my late afternoon flossing.
TIME FOR A DIVORCE
Sunday 04-04-2010 4:20pm CT

American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, marxists and Obama supporters, et al:

We have stuck together since the late 1950's, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly, this relationship has run its course.

Our two ideological sides of America cannot and will not ever agree on what is right so let's just end it on friendly terms. We can smile and chalk it up to irreconcilable differences and go our own way.

Here is a model separation agreement:

Our two groups can equitably divide up the country by landmass, each taking a portion. That will be the difficult part, but I am sure our two sides can come to a friendly agreement.  After that, it should be relatively easy!  Our respective representatives can effortlessly divide other assets since both sides have such distinct and disparate tastes.

We don't like redistributive taxes so you can keep them.

You are welcome to the liberal judges and the ACLU.

Since you hate guns and war, we'll take our firearms, the cops, the NRA and the military.

You can keep Oprah, Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell (You are, however, responsible for finding a bio-diesel vehicle big enough to move all three of them).

We'll keep the capitalism, greedy corporations, pharmaceutical companies, Wal-Mart and Wall Street.

You can have your beloved homeless, homeboys, hippies and illegal aliens.

We'll keep the hot Alaskan hockey moms, greedy CEO's and rednecks.

We'll keep the Bibles and give you NBC and Hollywood ..

You can make nice with Iran and Palestine and we'll retain the right to invade and hammer places that threaten us. You can have the peaceniks and war protesters.

When our allies or our way of life are
under assault, we'll help provide them security.

We'll keep our Judeo-Christian values. You are welcome to Islam, Scientology, Humanism and Shirley McClain.

You can also have the U.N. but we will no longer be paying the bill.

We'll keep the SUVs, pickup trucks and oversized luxury cars. You can take every Subaru station wagon and Toyota Prius you can find.

You can give everyone healthcare if you can find any practicing doctors. We'll continue to believe healthcare is a luxury and not a
right.

We'll keep The Battle Hymn of the Republic and the National Anthem. I'm sure you'll be happy to substitute Imagine, I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing, Kum Ba Ya or We Are the World.

We'll practice trickledown economics and you can give trickle up poverty your best shot.

Since it often so offends you, we'll keep our history, our name and our flag. 

Would you agree to this? If so, please pass it along to other like minded liberal and conservative patriots and if you do not agree, just hit delete.

In the spirit of friendly parting, I'll bet you can answer which one of us will need whose help in 15 years.

Sincerely,
John J. Wall
Law Student and an American

P.S. Also, please take Ted Turner, Sean Penn, Martin Sheen, Barbara Streisand, Madonna
& Jane Fonda with you.

P. S. S.  And we won't have to press 1 for English.

BREAKING NEWS
Wednesday 03-31-2010 5:25pm CT
I love it when we break a news story and the competition is clueless. Today they promoted there would be breaking news in 1 hour. It ended up being a story we had earlier this morning! Frankly,I'm old school when it comes to "breaking news". I like the old days when radio & tv interrupted with a BULLETIN ! When we heard  BULLETIN we knew it was big. Everything stopped for a BULLETIN. When news breaks out...we break in...with a BULLETIN. And that's the way it is...
GET OVER GAMBLING
Wednesday 03-31-2010 9:53am CT
I'm sick of hearing about and talking about bingo. I recently moved here from St Louis where we had many nice casinos with all forms of gambling. The world didn't end. The crime rate near the casinos did not skyrocket. There wasn't an outbreak of gambling related suicides. Nobody ever forced me to gamble. I frequented the casinos on occasion. I won a little. I lost a little. I enjoyed nice meals and entertainment when there. So,the world won't end in Alabama whether we have gambling casinos or whether we don't. If you're morally opposed,then don't participate.
Amazingly some folks oppose letting people vote. Simply let us vote yes or no to gambling. It should be up to us.
If it passes,then tax & regulate the stew out of it. If it fails,then shut up about it.
Do you favor legalized gambling in Alabama? Yes or No.
We've wasted far too much time on this issue.
JOINED A GYM...LOST $500
Tuesday 03-02-2010 5:48am CT
Several months ago I was motivated to join a gym. I eagerly took the tour,met a trainer,and signed on the dotted line. I soon discovered my new gym had made unauthorized charges to my debit card. After weeks of the run around,I finally took my problem to the corporate office. They apologized and returned the money to my account. I was disgusted and let them know I would not be seeing them in the future. The last thing I needed was another excuse to  avoid the gym,but I thought I had cause this time.  Weeks passed and I've just discovered a monthly charge to my account. Here we go again! These gym contracts can be tricky. I wonder how many people pay unauthorized charges and don't realize it.
Gym clients beware!
HEY BIG GUY!
Monday 02-22-2010 5:31pm CT
A friend of mine,built like Barney Fife,never fails not to greet me with a "hey big guy". I'm tempted to respond with "hey bag of bones".

I know I'm fat. I don't need to be reminded. Seems the only thin thing about me is my skin. Friend always reminds me I've been on a diet as long as we've known each other.

He's right of course.

I recently listed all the diets I've tried. They include Nutrisystem,Jenny Craig,Atkins,South Beach,Optifast,Herbalife,the Grapefruit diet,the Cabbage Soup diet,and the Mayo Clinic diet. I even got my ear stapled once to lose weight.

I'm thinking about trying something totally insane for a change. This plan simply requires eating less and exercising more. I've got to learn more about how this one works. In the meantime,I may meet my friend at Bright Star and talk it over. If he calls me "big guy" I'm gonna sit on him till he screams "SWEET MERCY" like a frightened school girl.
I HATE PICTURE DAY
Sunday 02-21-2010 2:52pm CT
We just completed picture day at the radio station.I hate picture day. If I liked being seen I don't guess I would be in radio.

I wore all black because when you're fat that's phat.

There was a hair stylist (from Prissy Hen in Trussville) and make-up person available. We got our do did and face painted. 

Leah looked hot,but hates having her picture made. She complained the entire time.

I just sweated a lot and took it all in stride.

Today reminded me of when I was a kid and we had picture day at school. I always seemed to get pink eye or a pimple on picture day. Sometimes I got pink eye and a pimple. That's hot huh? Luckily,todays technology can work miracles. By the time you see these pics I will look tan & toned. At least that's what the photographer promised.
EAZE EVERY TING OTAY?
Monday 01-04-2010 8:58am CT


I saw a sign once that read "Never Trust A Skinny Cook".
I say never trust a skinny food critic. So,yes I'm qualified to pass judgement on restaurants.
My destination was FRONTERA GRILL-Mexican Cuisine,beside Hoover's new Super Target, 5651 Grove Blvd. Mama always said if you can't say something nice,then don't say anything. This new restaurant is conveniently located  beside the very busy Hoover Super Target. FRONTERA GRILL is clean...really clean. The word sterile comes to mind.
A black ceiling is covered with strings of tiny white lights.  Lots of bright paint colors adorn the walls. The attentive wait staff is dressed in black.
Sadly,the taste of my food was as bland as a new house with all white walls. Okay,that was harsh. My shrimp quesadilla did contain fresh tasting shrimp,wrapped in a flour tortilla,covered in a pasty white cheese sauce.
The rice & beans were,well,rice & beans. This meal could have been grabbed from a grocery store frozen food section & nuked. When they warn us "this plate is hot"...our microwave alert shouid alert. I expect a spicy option in a mexican restaurant. Bam...kick it up a notch and all that stuff ! My taste buds slept right through this meal.
Every restaurant needs a signature dish or something that makes it special. There is nothing special about FRONTERA GRILL.
What is the best Mexican restaurant in the Birmingham area? Tell me at  bear110@tmail.com
Tuesday 09-15-2009 5:50pm CT
                        THE "R" WORD

You are RACIST! It seems this card gets played more and more frequently.
The Democrat National Committee just suggested that Obama critics are
RACIST. The DNC suggests that some people can't handle having a black
President. Forget the fact that you wouldn't support a left-wing,
liberal democrat, motivated by the socialist notion of redistributing
wealth,even if he were PURPLE.
Obama is black,so if you oppose him you must be RACIST.
By the way,the RACIST charge doesn't work in reverse. Don't expect
Reverends Sharpton or Jackson to show up to support Taylor Swift,after
her "dis" by Kanye "George Bush Hate Black People" West.
Don't expect outrage when two black students repeatedly assault a 17
year old white student on a school bus in Bellville,Illinois for simply
tying to sit down. It happened today.One must wonder if these two punks
ever even heard of Rosa Parks.
Remember the false rape accusations,lies,told by a black female about
Duke athletes? Where were the right Reverends Al & Jesse in that case?
Were there any marches? No!
Let a white police officer  use some degree of force to apprehend a
black person fleeing cops for whatever reason...key word fleeing...and
prepare to see the video repeatedly on 24 hour cable news channels. The
white cop must be RACIST.
Racism stinks plain and simple. Skin pigmentation should be irrelevant.
The double standard also stinks. It is too bad that the "R" word is
played so often these days by victim wannabees, that the power of the
word is now weakened.
Some may think I'm  RACIST for even expressing these thoughts.
Let the e-mailing begin now!
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