Comments for The Disorder http://www.disorderradio.com The Home of Talk Radio at its Finest Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:16:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on DR 2-5-12 by Aunt Sarah in Rogers Park http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=148&cpage=1#comment-482 Aunt Sarah in Rogers Park Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:16:06 +0000 http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=148#comment-482 02/07/12 Dear Eric at "The Disorder", f/k/a "Morning Sickness" You men are so helpless!!! Most females know to carry a little bottle of aloe vera lotion and spare bandaids for emergencies like a bleeding finger. In the absence of something like that, Sunday night, 02/05/12, David should have known - as all men should know from shaving - to run to the bathroom and sock a piece of tp on his bleeding finger; that would clot it. Of course, maybe nowadays when you-all use electric razors maybe you don't nick yourselves and bleed like you did in the days of BurmaShave. (And I suppose you guys are too young to know about BurmaShave signs along Route 66 - an early, popular form of advertising). But I have to tell you, Eric, if it hadn't been for David's bleeding finger, your program Sun., 02/05/12, would have been pretty boring. I don't watch cable TV. Channel 26 the "U" has everything I need in terms of entertainment - Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, the Paynes, old Abbott-Costello, Bing Crosby-Bob Hope movies and Bill Cosby-Huxtable and George-Weezy shows, except for also PBS/Live Well Channel travelogues, decorating or Maigret/Christie mysteries. My all-time favorite is "Cash Cab." If I watch "Cash Cab" on the "U" between 7-8 and then go right to bed, I sleep like a baby. Something about the challenge and stimulus of trying to answer those trivia questions clears the mind of anxieties about Medicare billing and neighbor antics and helps me sleep (!) The last movie I saw was "Gran Torino" with Clint Eastwood. I thought that was stellar. Before that, I saw "The Hours" (or was it called "Piano"?) with Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage, about Virginia Wolfe. For any other movies, I can always go to Evanston's wonderful "Video Venture" on Central or Chicago Avenue and get caught up. So, except for David's cut finger, your show Sunday was pretty boring. I never watch the Super Bowl or football, period. While I was married, I asked my husband to show me how to play football while there was a program on TV for wives learning the game from husbands. We had just gotten back from a long trip. His response was to slug me. Of course, it was bad timing on my part. But that ended any interest in football for me (!) It's such a savage game, anyway. About your previous week show: I overheard a juicy tidbit about the Italian Captain who abandoned Costa Concordia at an all female luncheon. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to quote or verify my source. But I heard he was entertaining a lady of the night in his private cabin when they informed him it had hit a reef. He went ahead and ordered dinner and then took off. He had probably promised her he would provide her dinner and get her safely to land irregardless of whatever happened to everyone else. That is so classic Italian (!) I believe the subject had come up at the luncheon because I was wondering aloud if there had been sabotage intended for Carnival Lines. Once before something awful had happened on a Carnival cruise. The toilets had all clogged up and people were desperate to land at a non-port of call before the cruise had barely got started. I wondered about the possibility of sabotage because I know this to be a highly competitive business and right before/during/after the Concordia debacle, there were ads on the radio for Norwegian Lines cruises. I was told, no, that probably was not what happened. It is a very complex business with contractors in multiple countries, etc. (I saw multiple Carnival ships docked down at Tampa when I went to Florida to visit a friend years ago; I assume that is their port of origin.) Is there any way you can allude to something like this possibility about what really happened on the Concordia without having to refer to your source? I realize the delicacies of the communication business. Please forgive me for being an old-timer who thoroughly enjoys your program. My dad did go to Northwestern. Your Fan, /Aunt Sarah in Rogers Park fethnbegora@gmail.com 02/07/12
Dear Eric at “The Disorder”, f/k/a “Morning Sickness”
You men are so helpless!!! Most females know to carry a little bottle of aloe vera lotion and spare bandaids for emergencies like a bleeding finger. In the absence of something like that, Sunday night, 02/05/12, David should have known – as all men should know from shaving – to run to the bathroom and sock a piece of tp on his bleeding finger; that would clot it. Of course, maybe nowadays when you-all use electric razors maybe you don’t nick yourselves and bleed like you did in the days of BurmaShave. (And I suppose you guys are too young to know about BurmaShave signs along Route 66 – an early, popular form of advertising).

But I have to tell you, Eric, if it hadn’t been for David’s bleeding finger, your program Sun., 02/05/12, would have been pretty boring.

I don’t watch cable TV. Channel 26 the “U” has everything I need in terms of entertainment – Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, the Paynes, old Abbott-Costello, Bing Crosby-Bob Hope movies and Bill Cosby-Huxtable and George-Weezy shows, except for also PBS/Live Well Channel travelogues, decorating or Maigret/Christie mysteries. My all-time favorite is “Cash Cab.” If I watch “Cash Cab” on the “U” between 7-8 and then go right to bed, I sleep like a baby. Something about the challenge and stimulus of trying to answer those trivia questions clears the mind of anxieties about Medicare billing and neighbor antics and helps me sleep (!)

The last movie I saw was “Gran Torino” with Clint Eastwood. I thought that was stellar. Before that, I saw “The Hours” (or was it called “Piano”?) with Meryl Streep and Nicholas Cage, about Virginia Wolfe. For any other movies, I can always go to Evanston’s wonderful “Video Venture” on Central or Chicago Avenue and get caught up.

So, except for David’s cut finger, your show Sunday was pretty boring.

I never watch the Super Bowl or football, period. While I was married, I asked my husband to show me how to play football while there was a program on TV for wives learning the game from husbands. We had just gotten back from a long trip. His response was to slug me. Of course, it was bad timing on my part. But that ended any interest in football for me (!) It’s such a savage game, anyway.

About your previous week show: I overheard a juicy tidbit about the Italian Captain who abandoned Costa Concordia at an all female luncheon. Unfortunately, I am not at liberty to quote or verify my source. But I heard he was entertaining a lady of the night in his private cabin when they informed him it had hit a reef. He went ahead and ordered dinner and then took off. He had probably promised her he would provide her dinner and get her safely to land irregardless of whatever happened to everyone else. That is so classic Italian (!) I believe the subject had come up at the luncheon because I was wondering aloud if there had been sabotage intended for Carnival Lines. Once before something awful had happened on a Carnival cruise. The toilets had all clogged up and people were desperate to land at a non-port of call before the cruise had barely got started. I wondered about the possibility of sabotage because I know this to be a highly competitive business and right before/during/after the Concordia debacle, there were ads on the radio for Norwegian Lines cruises. I was told, no, that probably was not what happened. It is a very complex business with contractors in multiple countries, etc. (I saw multiple Carnival ships docked down at Tampa when I went to Florida to visit a friend years ago; I assume that is their port of origin.)

Is there any way you can allude to something like this possibility about what really happened on the Concordia without having to refer to your source? I realize the delicacies of the communication business.

Please forgive me for being an old-timer who thoroughly enjoys your program. My dad did go to Northwestern.

Your Fan,
/Aunt Sarah in Rogers Park fethnbegora@gmail.com

]]> Comment on MS 4-24-11 by admin http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=95&cpage=1#comment-145 admin Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:27:02 +0000 http://www.morningsicknessprogram.com/?p=95#comment-145 And major props to the Media Geek Paul for fixing the phone lines. He saved our interview! And major props to the Media Geek Paul for fixing the phone lines. He saved our interview!

]]> Comment on MS 4-17-11 by admin http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=92&cpage=1#comment-144 admin Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:19:14 +0000 http://www.morningsicknessprogram.com/?p=92#comment-144 We're sure she'll agree with you. We’re sure she’ll agree with you.

]]> Comment on MS 4-17-11 by Eli http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=92&cpage=1#comment-143 Eli Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:26:04 +0000 http://www.morningsicknessprogram.com/?p=92#comment-143 4/23/2011 Let the half-brit talk more to get you out of jams. -Eli, Listening to WNUR since 2002 4/23/2011

Let the half-brit talk more to get you out of jams.

-Eli, Listening to WNUR since 2002

]]> Comment on Pilot Show Online Now!!! by Scott Herskovitz http://www.disorderradio.com/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-2 Scott Herskovitz Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:32:37 +0000 http://www.morningsicknessprogram.com/?p=1#comment-2 Your show rules!! Your show rules!!

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