I SHOULD BE DEAD

I read something I couldn't believe, that one hundred years ago the life expectancy was 47. I thought no way, not THAT recently. I googled life expectancy in U.S. 1900. First thing I see is this chart, year by year. This is crazy stuff. For a man, it was true. The reason this caught my eye so much is that I'm 46. So all else equal, had I been born back when, I'd be on my death bed. Wow. I knew I should have stopped paying the fucking mortgage!

Life expectancy in the USA, 1900-98

men and women

Year

M

F

1900

46.3

48.3

1901

47.6

50.6

1902

49.8

53.4

1903

49.1

52.0

1904

46.2

49.1

1905

47.3

50.2

1906

46.9

50.8

1907

45.6

49.9

1908

49.5

52.8

1909

50.5

53.8

1910

48.4

51.8

1911

50.9

54.4

1912

51.5

55.9

1913

50.3

55.0

1914

52.0

56.8

1915

52.5

56.8

1916

49.6

54.3

1917

48.4

54.0

1918

36.6

42.2

1919

53.5

56.0

1920

53.6

54.6

1921

60.0

61.8

1922

58.4

61.0

1923

56.1

58.5

1924

58.1

61.5

1925

57.6

60.6

1926

55.5

58.0

1927

59.0

62.1

1928

55.6

58.3

1929

55.8

58.7

1930

58.1

61.6

1931

59.4

63.1

1932

61.0

63.5

1933

61.7

65.1

1934

59.3

63.3

1935

59.9

63.9

1936

56.6

60.6

1937

58.0

62.4

1938

61.9

65.3

1939

62.1

65.4

1940

60.8

65.2

1941

63.1

66.8

1942

64.7

67.9

1943

62.4

64.4

1944

63.6

66.8

1945

63.6

67.9

1946

64.4

69.4

1947

64.4

69.7

1948

64.6

69.9

1949

65.2

70.7

1950

65.6

71.1

1951

65.6

71.4

1952

65.8

71.6

1953

66.0

72.0

1954

66.7

72.8

1955

66.7

72.8

1956

66.7

72.9

1957

66.4

72.7

1958

66.6

72.9

1959

66.8

73.2

1960

66.6

73.1

1961

67.0

73.6

1962

66.8

73.4

1963

66.6

73.4

1964

66.9

73.7

1965

66.8

73.7

1966

66.7

73.8

1967

67.0

74.2

1968

66.6

74.0

1969

66.8

74.3

1970

67.1

74.7

1971

67.4

75.0

1972

67.4

75.1

1973

67.6

75.3

1974

68.2

75.9

1975

68.8

76.6

1976

69.1

76.8

1977

69.5

77.2

1978

69.6

77.3

1979

70.0

77.8

1980

70.0

77.4

1981

70.4

77.8

1982

70.8

78.1

1983

71.0

78.1

1984

71.1

78.2

1985

71.1

78.2

1986

71.2

78.2

1987

71.4

78.3

1988

71.4

78.3

1989

71.7

78.5

1990

71.8

78.8

1991

72.0

78.9

1992

72.3

79.1

1993

72.2

78.8

1994

72.3

79.0

1995

72.5

78.9

1996

73.1

79.1

1997

73.6

79.4

1998

73.8

79.5

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

Just finished watching Hawaii beat Texas in a game that basically ended on a mercy rule. Hawaii now plays Japan tomorrow for the Little League Word Series Championship. In the history of the Little League World Series Hawaii and Japan have never played head to head in a championship game. And the immature part of me could only imagine the thought balloon over the Hawaii dugout filled with "This is for Pearl Harbor, BITCH!!!"

ELEVEN YEARS AGO

today, August 23rd 1999, was the first day Bill and I broadcast the show in Detroit. We had closed out our old show on the east coast only 3 days before on a Friday afternoon, moved over the weekend, and were living out of boxes and no furniture as the show debuted. Hell we didn't even know where our toothbrushes were when we took to the air here. Eventually we settled in and started having some real fun. There were more battles with management than I care to remember. What I'll never forget though is just how amazingly generous, spirited, funny, and just basically good metro Detroiters are. I wish we could all still talk every day. If you read my post of a few days back about why I stopped posting, then you know what's happened. Just want to say if we really never get the chance again to hang out through the coolness of radio, thank you for those years. Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for 'getting' us. If there's one thing the show did for a lot of folks it was made them realize they weren't alone. Each of you helped me in that regard too.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a shinebox to get.

POSSIBLY THE WORST SONG EVER

IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaQBrTROj2w

if this link doesn't work just copy and paste it and...enjoy?

I agree there shouldn't be a mosque at ground zero, but is this light

hearted, almost jingle sounding piece of dung the best they could to

for the cause?

WHY I STOPPED POSTING

My life got more complicated a few months ago. In addition to being out of work, I found out things that meant I had to file for divorce. I think many of you know how I feel about my children, so you would know this is about the last thing I'd ever want to happen but my hand was forced. That's all I really should say about it as it is ongoing. I had already been very hands on with my kids, but let's just say the last few months I've had to be even more so, and between taking care of them, the divorce itself, and looking for work, it's been pretty much all-consuming. I'm sorry I let so many of you down between the show disappearing, and then me disappearing. Also, I don't know that the show will ever return now, as I can't move from a hundred mile radius once this goes through, and unless an opportunity came up right here which doesn't look likely, it means I had to choose between my career of 25 years or my kids. I chose my kids. I hope everyone's doing great and if we see each other around town please don't hesitate to say hi, cuz I miss you guys, I really do.