January 21, 2023

Former Portland Trailblazers broadcaster Bill Schonely has died

I have fun memories of listening to him on the radio. People would attend the games and have their radios with them, he was that much fun to listen to.



https://www.kptv.com/2023/01/21/legendary-blazers-broadcaster-bill-schonely-dies-93/

Bill Schonely has died at 93 years old.

The report comes from long time PDX sportswriter Kerry Eggers who co-wrote Schonelys autobiography.

Schonely is probably the most famous and beloved broadcaster in Portland history and the long time voice of the Blazers who coined the phrase “Rip City”.

January 17, 2023

The Mandalorian new season 3 trailer

Really looking forward to this! With The Last of Us and The Mandalorian, we have 4 months of Pedro Pascal.

January 13, 2023

Jenna Bush Hager interviewing Judy Blume

At the 4:36 mark, she comments to Judy Blume that she gave a copy of her book “Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret” to her daughter. Her daughter asks if she could read it and Jenna replies that they have to ask daddy. This comes right after they discuss book banning and book burning. It totally rubs me the wrong way. If you want your child to read an important book about menstruation and puberty and she wants to read it, why the need to also get dad’s approval? I read this book as a young girl and really appreciated it. So did many girls I grew up with. This made the rounds along with a lot of her other books.

January 1, 2023

Rolling Stone 200 Greatest Singers of All Time

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-singers-all-time-1234642307/

Taylor Swift? She’s popular yes, but really, of all time? Billie Eilish? Hmmm, I don’t agree.

They left out my favorite John Denver and also Neil Diamond and Celine Dion…

Who would you add to their list? Who do you think shouldn’t be on there?