This weekend I went out to Theodore Roosevelt Park with my Dad and my nephew to do some hiking and camping.  Remind me later never to set my tent up on a slope like that again!  The best place we could find away from the water in the event of more flooding just happened to be this nice slopy little hill away from the trail.  Waking up in the morning practically surrounded by buffalo made it all worth while though. 

Keeping up with the Souris River flood in minot?  Please consider donating to the Minot Red Cross.  Make sure when you are making your donation that it is going to "Your local Red Cross Chapter" so that the funds stay in the state.

The following is from the Associated Press.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota National Guard officials report
no major incidents during their overnight patrols in areas of Minot
inundated by Souris River flooding.
     Guard Capt. Dan Murphy says crews worked overnight to build up
several dikes, including one along the Broadway Bridge that
connects the north and south sides of town.
     City Council President Dean Frantsvog says no flood-related
deaths or injuries have been reported. Officials don't yet have
estimates on the number of homes and businesses that have been
flooded.
     The river is expected on Friday to reach a record level and
officials say it could rise as much as 4 or 5 feet by the end of
the day. Nearly 11,000 people have been evacuated.

The City Council president in Minot says the
city has done what it can to prepare for an expected surge of
Souris River water in the next two days.
     The river is expected to reach a record level in Minot because
of heavy spring snowmelt and rain in both the U.S. and Canada.
Flooding has begun in the city and the river is expected to rise
about 5 feet by the end of the day.
     Frantsvog says the surge is expected to begin about
midafternoon. He says, "Today and tomorrow are going to be big
days for us."
     Frantsvog says crews continue working on dikes, and preparation
has included "what if" scenarios - in his words, "If the water
comes faster, the water comes higher, the water comes sooner."

Minot officials around midday hope to reopen
a closed stretch of the main north-south route through the city
being flooded by the Souris River.
     Crews worked overnight to build up a levee along the bridge on
Broadway, which was closed Thursday.
     City Council President Dean Frantsvog says residents are asked
not to travel in the city unless it is necessary.
     Flooding has begun in Minot and the river is expected to rise
about 5 feet by the end of the day. Frantsvog says the surge is
expected to begin about midafternoon.
     About 4,400 homes and 200 businesses have been evacuated and are
likely to be inundated. Frantsvog says emergency services are being
split on the north and south sides of the city in case the river
cuts it in two.

While we're waiting on flood pictures from williston, here's a lobster dog!

Good morning listeners, readers, and random visitors.  This morning we have been talking about the flooding here in North Dakota.  We all know some or most of the details so I won't drone on about all of that here.  But here is what YOU can do to help with the flood relief effort.  First of all, today you can donate blood at the Prairie Hills Mall on Highway 22 in Dickinson.  Because of the flooding, people being busy with sandbagging, etc ..  United Blood Services is asking for our help.  They are not getting the blood they need for needed appointments.  Call 1-800-917-4929 or go to www.unitedbloodservices.org for more information or to see if you are eligible to donate blood.

Also, if you want to help with the sandbagging in Bismarck head over to the Fairgrounds, The Old Bobcat Building or Northern Plains Commerce Center.

Good morning rock music fans.  This morning we talked about Vinnie Vincent's assault arrest.  That's right, former KISS guitarist Vinnie was arrested yesterday for aggravated assault.  Surprised?  We shouldn't be.  After all, Mr. Vincent isn't the first rock musician to be jailed.  At all.  Not even close.

WAR is coming to Prairie Knights Casino & Resort June 4th, that's next Saturday and I have tickets to give to you, the listeners!! Stay tuned this week and next week for updates, more information and your chance to win these tickets!!

This weekend was suppose to be the end of the world, May 21st according to Harold Camping was to be the beginning of the end ending finally sometime in October.  This is the closest I could find for footage...

Mr. Camping could not be reached for comment.  Their facility was locked up on Saturday.

Some people make their own bad luck ...



Some people were never lucky to begin with ...



Some of us benefit from the bad luck of others ...



Some people make bad luck happen for everyone else ..



And then there's the rest of us ... like John ....



Either way, who needs to be suspicious of a day just because of the number it falls on in our calendar?  We have enough bad luck as it is.

Try to have a lucky weekend, look on the bright side, stay positive and keep that radio dial locked in to Z92.

Happy Hump Day!  It is, of course, Wednesday.  We had some interesting things happen on the show today.  First, and foremost, The Morning Drive and The Morning Train joined forces in the 9 o'clock hour to bring to you a story about an Instant Heart Attack burger.  Of course, the actual story is a about a legal suit but we really weren't too into that, we just wanted to talk about the burger.  Scott and I have a shared idea here to go around SW ND and find THE BEST burger/sandwich/whatever in the whole area and then tell you all about it.  Thoughts?  Ideas?  Comments?  Log onto facebook and let me know what you think in the comments section below this article.  If you don't leave comments below, this guy will get hit by a baseball ....



So I was checking my email yesterday afternoon and found this in my inbox...

SHAKEWEIGHT!!

Do you want the little white one or the big black one??  (chuckle..)

Good day listeners and readers ... and isn't it a good day?  It's foggy and misty out, lightly raining around the studio and throughout town ... the occasional bolt of lighting and of course proceeding thunder rolling it's way through the hills.  Yes.  Just a beautiful day here in sunny, cheerful Dickinson, ND.

here's a dog really trying.  just for fun.

Happy weekend to all of you Z92 listeners out there and readers of this blog.  This week has been monumental to my life and a lot of interesting things are happening/have happened.  I know we're not usually suppose to get overly personal here or really delve deeply into the confines of our personal lives (us, blogging radio dj's that is) but I thought I might share a bit of what has been going on since I really can't think of much else to blog about.