Yes, the Morning Mix is in
need of desk and/or wall calendars for 2007, since the Corporate
Overlords have dictated another round of belt-tightening. It's like
this: our executive deputy vice president in charge of corporate feng
shui requires a new miniature Louis XIV fainting couch for his bichon
frise's vacation doghouse in Switzerland, and thus the rest of us are
making the necessary sacrifices for the good of the company. You
understand, we're sure.
We'll give a plug to every
local business that drops off or mails us a 2007 calendar. Our offices
are on Pendell Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie - but they're probably
knocking off early for the holiday weekend, so maybe you want to try
next week. Or you can mail the calendars to:
Those Two Nitwits
c/o Mix 97.7
PO Box 416
Poughkeepsie NY 12602
We'll see you on January
2...thanks for giving us another year of semi-respectable employment!
And tell your friends we'll be streaming The Morning Mix and the rest of
the Mix's programming really soon!
Wednesday-Thursday 12.27-28
Apologies for the light
posting. Mr. J is threatening to set his balky old computer on
fire working on a new post-holiday header graphic for this
page. (UPDATE: Using bigger hammer now.)
Tuesday 12.26
Miller's back tomorrow.
We'll be starting a brand-new 5 Question Quiz, too...so get in on the
ground floor for your best chance to win!
James Brown:
And, from the guest-booking
weirdness department, James Brown with Alfred Hitchcock on The Mike
Douglas Show:
Holiday Weekend 12.22-25
Programming note: the
Morning Mix is off on Christmas Day, and Miller is also off on Tuesday
12.26. But we'll still be posting here, so watch this space!
Here's the winning questions
and answers from today's 5 Question Quiz. Congrats again to Christine
from Beacon!
Q
Per capita, this country sells
more men's Speedo swimsuits than anywhere else on earth.
This product was the number one
revenue source for Dutchess County in 1907.
Americans collect ten million
tons of this every year.
Women lie more about the price
of this item than any other.
Seven percent of Americans have never done
this:
A
Iceland
Violets
Dog waste
Shoes
Bathe (or take a shower)
We'll be back with a new
round of questions on Wednesday, starting over with the pot back at $97.
Thursday 12.21
Reminder to everybody flying
over the holidays: if you're bringing gifts with you,
do NOT wrap them. Unless you like wasting time.
Wednesday 12.20
That list of the noisiest
toys from the Sight and Hearing Association is available
here.
Got a kid looking to go to
college? The federal Department of Education has a useful site to start
looking set up
here.
As it turns out, the big
power hogs in your house may be
the lights and the dryer. Interesting stuff from the Wall St.
Journal.
If you're a fairly recent
mother, here's the kind of article that'll drive you totally around the
bend: despite spending most of the past three years pregnant and still
looking insanely gorgeous, Heidi Klum says
giving birth is a breeze.
Weekend 12.15-17
The things you can find on
YouTube, I swear. This is a low-budget made-for-TV Christmas special from about 25 years ago
that the Mormons produced - yep, the people who keep showing up on
Miller's porch. It's called Mr. Krueger's Christmas. Can't go
wrong with Jimmy Stewart at Christmas.
Thursday 12.14
The babycenter.com list of
2006's top baby names is available
here. And we at the Morning Mix cannot say it enough: moms, include
dads in the naming decision or you could end up choosing something
incredibly embarrassing. A name that sounds cute on a six-month-old
could sound ridiculous on a grown adult, mortifying to a teenager, and
incomprehensible to your child's teachers. (We know lots of teachers.
One more bizarre alternate spelling of "Caitlin" and they're coming to
the maternity wards with pitchforks and torches.)
Some rules of thumb:
For baby boys - you want a
name that'll sound good being announced by Bob Sheppard: now batting
for the Yankees...number 2...Derek Jeter...number 2..."Brayden"
Jeter just wouldn't have the same zing. And never you mind that Bob
Sheppard will be 115 by the time your boy makes it to the bigs.
For baby girls - you do NOT
want a name that'll sound good at the end of this phrase: All right,
guys, put your hands together for the lovely...
For either: you want
something that'll sound right at the end of a phrase like ...the 2056
Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded to Dr. (your genius child's name
here).
Wednesday 12.13
Coming up tomorrow, a look
at the top 100 baby names of 2006 as researched by babycenter.com. There
are some...troubling...trends in baby-naming, so listen up tomorrow if
you've got a little one on the way!
BOB MILLER'S GUARANTEED-TO-BURN-YOUR-HOUSE-DOWN AND
POISON-YOUR-PETS CHRISTMAS TREE PRESERVATION ELIXIR
2 gallons hot
water
2 oz. bleach
1/2 teaspoon borax
2 cups Karo syrup
1 oz. Epsom salts
(Source: Cousin
Brucie's Big Book Of Wacky Morning Show Ideas)
MR. JONES'S
CHRISTMAS TREE PRESERVATION ELIXIR
2 gallons water
(Source:
Cornell
Cooperative Extension. Money quote:
"Do not use additives in the water, including floral
preservatives, commercial tree preservatives, molasses, sugar,
bleach, soft drinks, aspirin, honey, and other concoctions.
Clean water is all that is needed to maintain freshness.")
Tuesday 12.12
Congrats again to Colette
from Wappingers, who won the $412 grand prize in our Five Question Quiz.
We start over on Wednesday with $97 and five brand new questions. Here's
the questions and answers from the last round:
Q
This cost 13 cents in 1897
More metal is used to make these
than to build cars
51 percent of women say they
have used this substance on their hair
On average, this peaks at age 51
This happens most often between
4 and 5 in the morning
A
A ferry ride across the Hudson
(Newburgh-Beacon or Kingston-Rhinecliff)
"We're not hosting an
intergalactic kegger down here." - Men In Black
Rip Torn's mug shot, from his
drunk-driving bust in North Salem yesterday.
News here.
It's a great day for some
nice hot
chicken soup, even if you don't have a cold. But if you do, in that
link you'll find a recipe straight from the University of Nebraska
Medical center and researcher Dr. Stephen Rennard. Looks yummy, assuming
you don't have a bubbe who'll get mad if you don't roll with hers.
Monday 12.4
For the dad in your life
who'd rather not be seen in public with a frilly pink diaper bag, here's
one made out of
recycled tractor tires.
Weekend 12.1-3
AMISH OATMEAL
COOKIES
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups Crisco (shortening) (or lard!)
1 1/2 cups raisins
2 1/2 cups oatmeal (quick-cooking)
1/2 cup dark molasses
4 eggs
1 cup peanuts (salted)
1 cup sour milk or buttermilk
2 tablespoons baking soda
2 tablespoons baking powder
6 cups flour
1 teaspoon each of nutmeg, cinnamon and salt
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Use shortening to lightly grease cooking sheets (too much goop and the
cookies spread out too much).
Grind raisins and peanuts.
Sift together flour, baking powder, nutmeg, cinnamon and salt.
Cut in Crisco using a pastry blender; add sugar, oatmeal, raisins and
peanuts and mix well.
Dissolve baking soda in sour milk and add molasses and 3 of the 4 eggs
(beaten).
Chill one hour.
Using your hand, roll the dough into balls the size of a walnut and
press slightly flat.
Beat the last egg (add another one if you need to) and paint the top of
the cookie with egg.
Bake at 375 degrees until golden brown (8-10 minutes).
