The Drive's New Year's A to Z-- Part 2: 'Under My Wheels'

TUSH--  ZZ Top

TUSK--  Fleetwood Mac

TWILIGHT ZONE--  Golden Earring

2000 LIGHT YEARS FROM HOME--  Rolling Stones

TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE--  Eddie Money

UNCHAINED--  Van Halen

UNDER MY THUMB--  Rolling Stones

UNDER MY WHEELS--  Alice Cooper

UNDER PRESSURE--  David Bowie & Queen

UNDER THE BRIDGE--  Red Hot Chili Peppers

UNDERCOVER OF THE NIGHT--  Rolling Stones

UNSKINNY BOP--  Poison

URGENT--  Foreigner

US AND THEM--  Pink Floyd

VASOLINE--  Stone Temple Pilots

VEHICLE--  Ides of March

VICTIM OF LOVE--  Eagles

VOICES--  Cheap Trick

VOICES--  Russ Ballard

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Got Fire In Your Veins Burnin' Hot But You Don't Feel The Pain."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Urgent"

The Drive's New Year's A to Z-- Part 1: (Now on the Letter 'U') 'Tube Snake Boogie'

Friday, December 23rd, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM,the Drive, started their annual New Year's A to Z where they go alphabetically through over 2,000 classic rock songs.  And, they're still going and in the letter "U" now.

It streams, so if these look good, give them a listen.

Here are the ones I've most recently been listening to:

TREAT ME RIGHT--  Pat Benatar

TROUBLE--  Lindsey Buckingham

TRUCKIN'-  Grateful Dead

TUBE SNAKE BOOGIE--  ZZ Top

TUESDAY'S GONE--  Lynyrd Skynyrd

TUMBLIN DICE--  Rolling Stones

TURN IT ON AGAIN--  Genesis

TURN ME LOOSE--  Loverboy

TURN THE PAGE--  Bob Seger

TURN THE PAGE--  Metallica

TURN TO STONE--  Joe Walsh

TURN TO STONE--  Electric Light Orchestra

TURN UP THE RADIO--  Autograph

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Women Think I'm Tasty, But They're Always Trying To Waste Me."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Tumblin' Dice"

Last Week of 2021: An Afternoon New Year's Eve Party at the Legion

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31

There goes yet another year, and boy did it go fast!!  Every year goes way too fast now.  They seem to last just 5 or 6 months.  Hey, and we have taxes coming up if all the tax preparation commercials haven't alerted you to that yet.

Still enjoying listening to the Drive's A to Z Classic Rock Countdown which started Christmas Eve Day and is still going.  They figure it will end sometime next week.

We went to the Fox Lake (Illinois) American Legion for our afternoon New Year's Eve party.  Being kind of old and having a hard time staying up past 11 pm anyway, this is a great way to get the experience without staying awake past bedtime.

The place was packed, of course.  Great to have it back after last year's didn't take place because of you-know-what.  Joe Kadlec put on his usual great job playing his guitar and singing.  The Legion provided Italian beef sandwiches and everybody brought a dish to pass, so there was plenty of food along with $2 draft beers and two really tasty jello shots and, of course, champagne.

Watched Alabama  and Georgia win the NCAA football semifinals and they will play Jan. 10th for the championship.  I went to Georgia for a year and have family members who attended so will be pulling Dawgs all the way.

We did not make it to midnight, of course.

--RoadDog

JSS: Crazy Weather-- Yellowstone, 1883-- the Drive's A to Z-- The Big Guy Up the Middle

JSS--  Just Some Stuff

1.  CRAZY WEATHER--   We certainly have been having some crazy weather around here.  Yesterday we had thunder, lightning, rain and snow.  There was quite a bit of snow on the ground.  Then yesterday, we got 3-4 inches of very slippery snow.

2.  YELLOWSTONE, 1883--  This past Sunday I was able to watch some episodes of Yellowstone and 1883 on TV.  Both are very good, but all that good acting is kind of negated by the overuse of the f___ word.  Come on, get a thesaurus and expand your language base.

3.  THE DRIVE'S A TO Z--  The Drive, 97.1 FM, is now up to the letter "I" in their annual end-of-the-year A to Z.  They are playing 2,000+ songs.  They aren't sure when they'll end, but for sure sometime after the start of the new year.  It streams.

4.  THE BIG GUY UP THE MIDDLE--  Last night, O enjoyed watching the Minnesota-West Virginia bowl game, when the Gophers put in offensive lineman 380 pound, six foot 4 inch Daniel Faalele in  the backfield to run a play.  You never saw a team call a time out that fast as the Mountaineers did.  It didn't help as he crashed right through the line like there was nothing there.

The commentators mentioned when the Bears did that with our Refrigerator Perry back in the 80s.  It sure reminded me of him.

--RoadDog

THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY:  Ahh ... I see the screw-up fairy has visited us again.

Good Listening Music This Morning, Saturday Jan. 2

A good time to turn on the old radio or internet if you're a fan of old music (and some new).

Right now:

WDRV, 97. 1 FM, the Drive (Chicago)

The Drive's A to Z where they are counting down over 2,000 songs alphabetically.  It started Christmas Eve and is still going and in the letter "S".  They just played Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer."  It will continue to at least this coming Monday.

WDRV, 93.1 FM (Chicago)

Right now, Saturday Morning Flashback to the year 1970.  Johnny Mars just played "Bridge Over Troubled Water."  It goes to noon, CST.

WVCO, 94.9 FM, the Surf

Beach Music Top 25 Songs until noon EST.

Of course, tomorrow it is WDRV's Breakfast With the Beatles with Terri Hemmert from 8-10 am and Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show from 9 to noon on WDRV.

All shows stream.

Love That Music.  --RoadDog

STUDENT TEST ANSWERS:  A mountain range is a cooking stove used at high altitudes.

The Drive's A to Z Now at Letter "R": 'Ramblin' Gamblin' Man'

Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM is now up to the letter "R" on its annual year end A to Z countdown.

RAINY WOMEN NOS. 12 AND 35--  Bob Dylan

RAMBLE ON--  Led Zeppelin

RAMBLIN' GAMBLIN' MAN--  Bob Seger     (Did he say "Funkin' World/")

RAMBLIN' MAN--  Allman Brothers

READY FOR LOVE--  Bad Company

REAL LOVE--  Doobie Brothers

REASON TO BELIEVE--  Rod Stewart

REBEL REBEL--  David Bowie

RED BARCHETTA--  Rush

RED HOUSE--  Jimi Hendrix

RED RAIN--  Peter Gabriel

RED RED WINE-- UB40     (Reggae, Mon!)

REELING IN THE YEARS--  Steely Dan   (Always reminds me of driving the Ramblin; Wreck back and forth between Palatine and Des Plaines when I was doing my student teaching in 1973.)

REFUGEE--  Tom Petty

It streams.  Give it a listen.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Was Born In The Back Seat Of A Greyhound Bus Rolling Down Highway 41."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Ramblin' Man"

JSS: A to Z Continues-- Snowblower Started-- Snow-- Didn't 'Woke' But Found My Gloves, Boots and Knit Hat

JSS--  Just Some Stuff.

1.  A TO Z CONTINUES

The Drive's Rock A to Z continues and is up to the letter "L" right now with Peter Frampton's "Lines On My Face: playing.  They are thinking it might end on Monday, Jan.5, at this time.  Great music done alphabetically.  It streams at www.wdrv.com.  Give it a listen.  "Listen to Her Heart" by Tom Petty right now.  "Listen to the Music"--  Doobie Brothers.  "Listen to What the Man Said"--  Paul McCartney & Wings.

2.  SNOWBLOWER STARTED

Always a scary thing this time of the year.  Will the snowblower start after sitting idle (and without gas/oil mixture with the two-stroke engine).  I found out the hard way about ten years ago that you HAD BETTER run the mixture out or getting it started the next season is not going to be easy.

Yesterday, it would not start.  Last night we got 3-4 inches of heavy snow.  Just a short time ago, it started on first pull.  Yea for me.

3.  SNOW

Like I said, the imminent arrival of forecast snow got me to moving on the snowblower project yesterday.  We've been fortunate so far this winter season and only had about an inch in one snowfall.  Last year we had two snowfalls of 5-6 inchers before December:  one on Halloween and one on Veterans Day.

We ended up with 3-4 inches of snow.

4.  DIDN'T "WOKE" BUT FOUND MY GLOVES, BOOTS AND KNIT HAT

Another tradition this time of the year is finding out where I put my knit hat, gloves and snow boots.   You tend to forget over the spring, summer and fall.  I have plenty of those hats and gloves because of many purchases in the past, but for some reason, they can still find a place to hide come search time.

But, this year I found one pair of gloves and one knit hat within a reasonable time.

--RoadDog

STUDENT TEST GUESSES:  The Pyramids are a range of mountains between France and Spain.

The Drive's A to Z-- Part 3: 'Good Times Roll'

Over 2,000 songs for over a week.  That's Music.  That's Music.

GOOD TIMES ROLL--  Cars

GOODBYE BLUE SKY--  Pink Floyd

GOODBYE STRANGER--  Supertramp

GOODBYE TO YOU--  Scandal

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD--  Elton John

GOODBYE TONIGHT--  Paul McCartney & Wings

GOT ME UNDER PRESSURE--  ZZ Top

GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU--  George Harrison

GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE--  Beatles

GRAND ILLUSION--  Styx

GREEN EYED LADY--  Sugarloaf

GREEN GRASS & HIGH TIDE--  Outlaws

GREEN MANILISHI--  Judas Priest

GREEN RIVER--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "When Are You Gonna Come Down?  When Are You Gonna Land?"  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"

The Drive's A to Z, 2020-- Part 2: 'Good Lovin' '

Continuing with the letter "G" in WDRV's A to Z.

GOLD--  John Stewart

GOLD DUST WOMAN--  Fleetwood Mac

GOLDEN SLUMBERS MEDLEY--  Beatles

GOLDEN YEARS--   David Bowie

GONE, GONE, GONE--  Bad Company

GONE SHOOTING--  AC/DC

GOOD DAY SUNSHINE--  Beatles

GOOD GIRLS DON'T--  Knack

GOOD LOVIN'--  Young Rascals

GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD-- Bad Company

GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING--  Beatles

GOOD MORNING STARSHINE--  Oliver

GOOD TIMES, BAD TIMES--  Led Zeppelin

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Nights Are Warm And The Days Are Young (Come Get Up My Baby)."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Golden Years"

The Drive's A to Z Rock Countdown, Dec. 28, 2020, the Letter 'G'-- Part 1: 'Godzilla'

This is Day 5 of the countdown and we're in the letter "G."  Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  It streams.

I have done some of the letter 'G' on my RoadDog's RoadLog blog from today, so it you want to see them, go to My Blogs on the right of this and click on that blog.

GIVE IT TO ME--  J. Geils Band

GIVE ME LOVE--  George Harrison

GLAD--  Traffic

GLASS ONION--  Beatles

GLORIA--  Them

GLORY DAYS--  Bruce Springsteen

GO ALL THE WAY--  Raspberries

GO NOW--  Moody Blues

GO YOUR OWN WAY--  Fleetwood Mac

GODZILLA--  Blue Oyster Cult

GOING MOBILE--  Who

GOING TO CALIFORNIA--  Led Zeppelin

GOING UP THE COUNTRY--  Canned Heat

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Like To Tell Ya About My Baby You Know She Comes Around."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Gloria"

Between 'A Christmas Story' and All That Christmas Music, Are You Ready for A to Z Rock?

I have been listening to my many, many Christmas albums, cassette tapes and CDs the last three weeks.  I love them, but am a bit to the Had Enough Stage. I put them away tomorrow until December next year.

Plus, since 7 pm last night I've been watching may favorite seasonal movie of all time, "A Christmas Story."  This sure takes you back to another time.  Imagine parents leaving their young kids in a line to see Santa these days and then going elsewhere in the huge store.  They'd be arrested in this day and age.

Anyway, I've seen the movie two full times and watched parts several more times.  I've almost got the dialogue down by now.

Yesterday, Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM started their annual end-of-the-year Rock and Roll A to Z Countdown.  It will go until sometime after the new year starts, they don't at this time know exactly what.  They add lots of songs every year, so its not the same old, same-old.  Lots of deep cuts as well.

They are up to the letter C  "Chicago, We Can Change the World" by Graham Nash right now.

I'll be listening to this a lot starting tomorrow.  It streams, of course.

TRIVIA TEASER:  What Everly Brothers song includes the lyrics:  "When I Want You In My Arms, When I Want You And All Your Charms."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"All I Have To Do is Dream"

The End of the Drive's A to Z: "Ziggy Stardust"

It started on Christmas Eve and went until last bight at 11:22 with the last song "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie.

The last songs:

YOUR LOVE--  Outfield
YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE--  Loggins & Messina
YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW--  Beatles

YOUR SONG--  Elton John
YOUR TIME IS GONNA COME--  Led Zeppelin
YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THAT GIRL--  Beatles

YOU'RE IN MY HEART--  Rod Stewart
YOU'RE NO GOOD--  Linda Ronstadt
YOU'RE SIXTEEN--  Ringo Starr

YOURS IS NO DISGRACE--  Yes
ZIGGY STARDUST--  David Bowie

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "If You Don't Take Her Out Tonight She's Gonna Change Her Mind."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"You're Gonna Lose That Girl"

The Drive's A to Z, Still in the Letter "S": "Street Fightin' Man"

STRANGE MAGIC--  ELO
STRANGE WAY--  Firefall
STRANGER--  Billy Joel

STRANGLEHOLD--  Ted Nugent
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER--  Beatles
STREET FIGHTIN' MAN--  Rolling Stones

THE STROKE--  Billy Squier
STRUTTER--  Kiss
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU--  Stealers Wheel

SUBDIVISIONS--  Rush
SUBSTITUTE--  Who
SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER--    Motels

SUFFRAGETTE CITY--  David Bowie
SUGAR MAGNOLIA--  Grateful Dead
SUGAR MOUNTAIN--  Neil Young

SUITE: JUDY BLUE EYES--  CSN
SUITE MADAM BLUE--  Styx
SULTANS OF SWING--  Dire Straits

SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts
SUMMER OF '69--  Bryan Adams
SUN KING MEDLEY--  Beatles

SUNDAY, BLOODY SUNDAY--  U2
SUNDAY PAPERS-- Joe Jackson
SUNNY AFTERNOON--  Kinks

This Sunday, Bob Stroud will be doing his annual Gone But Not Forgotten on his Rock and Roll Roots show on Chicago's Classic Rock, WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive.  It streams.  From 7 am to 10 am CST.  This will about those musicians who died in 2019.  You can also look at my Music Deaths in 2019 to get a more complete list.


Name That Tune (from the above):  "Got My First Real Six String Bought It At The Five-And-Dime."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Summer of '69"

Drive's A to Z, the Letter "S": "See Emily Play"

It continues from 6 a.m. to midnight until we reach the letter Z.  It streams at ww.wdrv.com for those of you not in Chicagoland.

SCHOOL'S OUT--  Alice Cooper
SEA OF LOVE--  Honeydrippers
SEAGULL--  Bad Company

SEASONS OF WITHER--  Aerosmith
SECOND HAND NEWS--  Fleetwood Mac
SEE EMILY PLAY--  Pink Floyd

SEE ME, FEEL ME--  Who
THE SEEKER--  Who
SEND HER MY LOVE--  Journey

SENTIMENTAL LADY--  Bob Welch
SEPARATE WAYS (WORLD'S APART)--  Journey
SEPTEMBER--  Earth, Wind &  Fire

SEVEN BRIDGES ROAD--  Eagles
SERGEANT PEPPER'S (A DAY IN THE LIFE)--  Beatles
SERGEANT PEPPER'S (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS)--  Beatles

SHADOWS OF THE NIGHT--  Pat Benatar
SHAKE IT UP--  Cars
SHAKEDOWN--  Bob Seger

SHAKIN'--  Eddie Money
SHAKIN' ALL OVER--  Guess Who
SHAMBALA--  Three Dog Night

SHAME ON THE MOON--  Bob Seger
SHARE THE LAND-- Guess Who
SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER--  Dr. Hook & the medicine Show

SHARP DRESSED MAN--  ZZ Top
SHATTERED--  Rolling Stones
SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE--  Thomas Dolby

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "I Read The News Today, Oh Boy, About A Lucky Man Who Made The Grade."  Answer below.  RoadDog


"A Day In the Life"

The Drive's A to Z, the Letter "L": "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)"

These are songs I've listened to since I sat down at the computer to do these blogs.

LOLA--  Links
LONELY BOY--  Andrew Gold
LONELY DAYS--  Bee Gees

LONELY IS THE NIGHT--  Billy Squier
LONELY OL' NIGHT--  John Mellancamp
LONELY PEOPLE--  America

LONESOME LOSER--  Little River Band
THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD--  Beatles
LONG COOL WOMAN (IN A BLACK DRESS)--  Hollies

LONG DISTANCE RUNAROUND--  Yes
LONG LIVE ROCK--  Who
LONG LONG WAY FROM HOME--  Foreigner

THE LONG RUN--  Eagles
LONG TIME--  Boston
LONG TRAIN RUNNIN'--  Doobie Brothers

LONG TWIN SILVER LINE--  Bob Seger
LOOK AT LITTLE SISTER--  Stevie Ray Vaughan
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME--  Boz Scaggs

LOOKIN' FOR A LOVE--  J. Geils Band
LOOKIN' OUT MY BACK DOOR--  Creedence Clearwater Revival

LORD OF THE THIGHS--  Aerosmith
LORELEI--  Styx


Name That Tune (from the above):  "I Just Got Back From Illinois, Locked The Front Door, Oh Boy."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Lookin' Out My Back Door"

The Drive's A to Z, Christmas 2019-- Part 2: The Letter "I", "In the Air Tonight"

It streams at www.wdrv.com.  This will continue until sometime after the new year begins and includes more than 2,000 songs.  They put it on pause between midnight and 6 a.m. (and tomorrow from 7 to 10 a.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.).

Here are some of the songs I've been listening to today:

IN A BIG COUNTRY--  Big Country
IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA--  Iron Butterfly
IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH REED--  Allman Brothers

IN MY LIFE--  Beatles
IN MY TIME OF DYING--  Led Zeppelin
IN THE AIR TONIGHT--  Phil Collins

IN THE CITY--  Eagles
IN THE DARK--  Billy Squier
IN THE EVENING--  Led Zeppelin   One of the problems with the Drive is way too much Zeppelin and Pink Floyd.

IN THE LIGHT--  Led Zeppelin
IN THE MOOD--  Robert Plant
IN THE SUMMERTIME--  Mungo Jerry

IN THE YEAR 2525--  Zager & Evans
IN YOUR EYES--  Peter Gabriel
INDIAN RESERVATION--  Raiders

INDUSTRIAL DISEASE--  Dire Straits
INSTANT KARMA--  John Lennon
INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN--  Tom Petty

INTO THE MYSTIC--  Van Morrison
INVISIBLE SUN--  Police
INVISIBLE TOUCH--  Genesis
IRON MAN--  Black Sabbath  One of the coolest-ever songs.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "If Man Is Still Alive, If Woman Can Survive."  Answer below.  --RoadDog


"In the Year 2525"

The Drive's A to Z, Christmas 2019: The Letter "D" "Do You Want To Know a Secret"

I've been up awhile now and listening to these songs on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM, the Drive A to Z which goes on to sometime after New Year.  They countdown all the songs alphabetically.

This morning's song:

DO IT AGAIN--  Steely Dan
DO THEY KNOW IT'S CHRISTMAS?--  Band Aid
DOO WAH DIDDY DIDDY--  Manfred Mann

DO YA--  ELO
DO YA THINK I'M SEXY--  Rod Stewart
DO YOU FEEL LIKE WE DO--  Peter Frampton

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN-- Lee Michaels
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET--  Beatles
DOCTOR MY EYES--  Jackson Browne

DR. WU--  Steely Dan
DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS--  Chicago
DOG--  Heart

DOMINO--  Van Morrison
DON'T ASK ME NO QUESTIONS--  Lynyrd Skynyrd
DON'T ASK ME WHY--  Billy Joel
DON'T BRING ME DOWN--  ELO

They have 18 more "don'ts" coming up.

It streams at www.wdrv.com.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "As I Was Walking Down The Street One Day."  --Answer below.  --RoadDog


"Does Anybody Know What Time It Is"

JSS: "A Christmas Story"-- The Drive's A to Z-- "The Last Jedi"

JSS--  Just Some Stuff

1.  "A CHRISTMAS STORY"--   My all-time favorite Christmas show starts in a few hours and runs a 24-hour marathon on both TNT and TBS.  I will watch it straight through at least twice and definitely will catch parts here and there.  Watch out for whose dogs?  We will be having out Christmas dinner at a Chinese buffet, a regular tradition, but no Chinese goose.

2.  THE DRIVE'S A TO Z--  It started at 6 am this morning and will run until sometime after New Years Day.  They do take a stop from midnight to 6 am.  There will be over 2,000 songs arranged alphabetically by title.  It streams at www.wdrv.com. 

First song was "Abacab" by Genisis.    They are up to "At the Station" by Joe Walsh right now.

3.  "THE LAST JEDI"--  The last two weekends, I have watched all the first seven "Star Wars" movies on TNT as I get ready to see the Rise of Skywalker after schools go back in session.  This Sunday they will run "Rogue One" at 1 pm, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" at 4 and "The Last Jedi" at 7.  I'll be recording on my VHS tape.

--RoadWalker

JSS: CCR-- Gone But Not Forgotten-- Beach Music-- A to Z Over

JSS:  Just Some Stuff

1.  CCR--  WXRT, 93.1 FM is spotlighting CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) all day today (along with Beck).  It streams.

2.  GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN--  I imagine Bob Stroud will have his annual Gone But Not Forgotten show on his Rock and Roll Roots show from 7 to 10 am Sunday, CST an WDRV, 97.1 FM in Chicago.   It streams as well.  This will honor musicians who died in 2018.

3.  BEACH MUSIC--  Listen to the current top Beach Music songs on WVCO, 94.9 FM in North Myrtle Beach Saturday at 10 am.  It streams.

4.  A TO Z GONE--  The Drive's A to Z started Christmas Day and ended earlier this morning at 3:05 am with "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie.  Sure enjoyed it.

--RoadDog

THINGS YOU LEARN IN 50 YEARS:  1.  The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.

JSIS: The Snake At Sears-- Flip This-- Car Commercials

JSIS:  Just Some Interesting Stuff.

1.  THE SNAKE AT SEARS--  The situation at Sears just keeps getting deeper.  Something is mighty wrong there.  That owner is worthy of a Trump.  Wonder how many billions he's going to walk away with?

2.  FLIP THIS--  Listening to the Drive's A to Z, I am constantly insulted with the commercials to flip those houses and how rich you can get.  Truly another Sears person here as well.  I could tell them what to flip.

3.  CAR COMMERCIALS--  And speaking of commercials, I don't remember ever seeing so many cars with big ribbons on them as I have seen this holiday season.  But the one with Santa and his puppy is a fun one to watch.

--RoadDog