Christmas & New Year’s: 12 Reflections
I love Andy William’s song It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, and feel sad at his passing this year. There’s such an irony in how we approach The Holidays or, more specifically, how we are expected to approach them. There’s all the music – EVERYWHERE. There’s all the decorations and there’s all the expectations. Yet, many families truly struggle with Christmas and New Year’s (as well as Thanksgiving). Introducing The Empty-Nest Road Trip Blues – B-Vlog, Part 1Given that I like to talk, I thought I might as well talk about and read my new book to you! I’m calling this a B-Vlog – a book-vlog! The book is titled, The Empty Nest Road Trip Blues: An Interactive Journal from A Dad’s Point-of-View. My good friend Dave Taylor wrote a glowing review as he really GOT it – find that review here: http://www.http://gofatherhood.com/2012/12/the-empty-nest-road-trip-blues/. Another great dad friend, Christopher Lewis also wrote a terrific review: http://dadofdivas.com/fatherhood/book-review-the-empty-nest-road-trip-blues-by-brucesallan Get the book by simply clicking on the book image below. It is currently available in several different formats – more getting added every day:
Our Annual Christmas SpecialThursday, December 20, 2012 Our annual Christmas special features music from 40 of the greats! Featured guests: Dean Martin, The Beach Boys, Brenda Lee, The Jackson Five, Jimmy Durante, Bing Crosby, The Sallan Boys, The Andrews Sisters, The Ventures, The Ronnettes, Kate Smith, The Drifters, Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox, Bruce Springsteen, The Dickies, Gene Autry, Bobby Helms, The Cadillacs, The Four Seasons, Darlene Love, The Crystals, Shedaisy, Chubby Checker & Bobby Rydell, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Boyd, Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, Peter, Paul & Mary, Jose Feliciano, Burl Ives, Eartha Kitt, and Spike Jones. How I Do My Radio ShowEver wonder how I do my radio show? My show airs on four AM stations and is done the old-fashioned way. We record it “live” in an actual studio. I have a producer/engineer and a real radio mike and I sit in the booth and talk away and interact, via my headphones, with my call-in guests or directly for those guests that come “In Studio.” Check it out. We’re coming up on 3-years of doing my weekly radio show and it’s been so much fun! Special Moment Christmas Songs
Five Tips to Stop Procrastination – Do It Now! Note: I wrote this column before the tragedy that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. Perhaps another lesson to be taken from this senseless act is related to procrastination. Don’t wait to tell those you love how much they mean to you. Don’t wait to do those things together as a family that you often put off. Put down your devices and LOVE your family now. The Evolution of Technology: Home Movies
by Professor David E. Weber and Bruce Sallan Our technology series continues a bit more on target by remembering the early days of home movies. We mean “movies” like in film, like in 16-mm, 8-mm and Super Eight, which were the primary sizes/forms when home movies were introduced. Professor Weber will lead off with his recollections and memories of this long-gone technology: A projector casting flickering images onto a flimsy portable screen in a darkened living room: we called it watching home movies, once the only way an amateur filmmaker or chronicler of family life could work with the moving image. Radio Show Open CommunicationThursday, December 13, 2012 Featured guests: Wayne Levine (BetterMenCoaching.com) for “The Men’s Room.” Pastor Drew Sams for “Teen Rap.” Special Guest, Dr. Jennifer Weberman (The Parenting Playground) for “The Women’s Room.” This show is up to my guests to decide what we talk about! We talk about Christmas Stress, Open Communication, Men vs. Women, and Money Issues. |
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