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Actually I've been so daggone busy I haven't been able to post on this thing.  So, to stop being the slacker, here I go!

Things at MIKE-FM have been hopping!  When I started on the morning show there, we were #7 in the market.  Right now according to the numbers we are #2!  (#1 here we come!)  And I've been rewarded (or punished, depending on your definition) with a promotion - Creative Services Director.  Time to make the promos, imaging, and all them there things.

Coming up in about a month - Common Ground!  Lots of great artists and fun for 8 days at Riverfront Park in Lansing.  Tim is once again the master of ceremonies for the festival, so I'm sure I'll be there to help out and do the artist schmooze thing.  Plus in July I'll be doing a remote from Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant.  Ought to be fun - I promise not to gamble away the appearance fee.

Well, another busy and fun week with the MIKE-FM Morning show.  Tim finally got his chair back - making him one happy camper!  And a good thing too, because we had a lot to do!


TIM GETS BACK HIS CHAIR!

This week we had two contests/giveaways.  We started a new contest called "MIKE'S Home Town Trivia" where Tim gives a clue about a Lansing landmark and the first caller to guess the landmark gets dinner for two at the Golden Rose.  Also we're giving away passes to the sneak peek Thursday 11/16 of the new animated feature "Happy Feet" at the Celebration Cinema's IMAX 3-D theatre (B, the kids and I are going - it'll be cool!  The kids are soooo geeked to get to see it!!!).  Next week we start the "Secret MIKE" contest where we give clues to where listeners can find our "Secret MIKE" in the crowd at the Silver Bells Parade in Lansing next Friday 11/17.  First listner to find the "Secret MIKE" wins $1,000!

Also this week we had phone-in interviews with Joan Collins (of Dynasty fame) and Chip Taylor (a.k.a. Voigt as in Jon Voigt's brother - the writer of the song "Wild Thing" done by the Troggs).  Joan is coming to town next week with Linda Evans to star in the play "Legends" at the Wharton Center. (Linda is calling in to the show this coming Monday 11/13).


Well, 've gotta go.  Another busy weekend at the Holder ponderosa.  I'll check in next weekwith updates on the Happy Feet sneak peek and the Silver Bells parade.  Ciao for now!

Well, things are progressing nicely on the MIKE-FM Morning Show with Tim Barron.  We are really clicking together on the air and have already started doing wacky things around the station.  The other day, after a frosty night, the sun began warming the leaves on the trees in back of the station and they began to fall of the tree 'en masse'!  This totally freaked out Tim, since he had never seen this phenominon before (though I have experienced it myself several times in the past)!  So I tell him, "If you think the sight is awesome, you should check out the sound it makes!".  So, Tim preceded to go out back and stand under one of the trees, grinning from ear to ear and shaking low branches to speed up the process.  The station owner just happened to glance out his office window at that moment to witness Tim shaking the tree.  Hilarious!!!  Wish I had gotten a picture - it was a sight to see!  I'm going to start taking my camera to work with me every day to capture future 'moments'!

And, then, my Tigers.  Yes, I'm sad they couldn't duplicate 1968 against the St. Louis Cardinals.  But I'm still proud of how far they had come!  Yes, our youthful inexperience showed in the World Series, but they are still a talented bunch and Jim Leleand did a supurb job managing a team to go as far as they did after having the worst record in baseball a couple years ago.  I can't wait until April 2007 to see what the Tigers can do now with that World Series experience under their belt.  I'm sure they're hungry now to win next year!!!