If you can get in front of your computer at 7:30 am EST tomorrow, listen to me get interviewed on IRIE radio (Ocean 98) on the "Bulldog and the Rude Awakening Show" in Ocean City, Maryland.
Looks like I’ll be having a lot of fun with Bulldog, The Dude and Snoopy. We’re going to talk about actress Rachel McAdams’ horrendous maple-syrup drinking ways, which I’ve written about three times previously here. Ocean 98 found out about me because flashnews.com ran a story based on a press release I wrote.
Meet Bulldog and his two sidekicks, as introduced by IRIE Radio on its website:
Bulldog
"Bulldog grew up in Chicago and spent way too much time hanging around radio stations. After freezing his ass off for 35 years he relocated to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten where he introduced his Rude Awakening Show to "the Friendly Island" on Laser 101.1FM. The show climbed to #1 in less than 4 months and remained there until he moved back to the states 6 years later. During his time in St. Maarten, he met Leighton Moore, owner of WOCM, through their mutual friend Mancow and had WAY TOO MUCH FUN to say "No" when Leighton offered him a position at WOCM."
The Dude
"The Dude was born in the backseat of a greyhound bus, rolling down Highway 41. He has been wandering around Delmarva his whole life. He’s been surfing this area for just as long. He is also trying to cross breed himself with a panther so he can run a little faster from the authorities. The Dude is also the lead guitarists from the band, ‘Lower Class Citizens.’ They are testing the realms of reality with every bone-chilling note. Inspired by Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Zappa, etc., the Dude looks to do serious damage to the music scene in the near future. Look out."
Snoopy
"I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus. No, wait, that was `Ramblin’ Man’– all that Allman Brothers that The Dude plays is starting to rub off on me. Let’s see: I was born raised in Pittsburgh, PA and I’m a diehard fan of the Penguins and Steelers. My parents named me ‘Snoopy’ because, as my father put it, ‘That’s as close to getting a goddamn dog as you’re ever gonna get!’ I’ve lived all over the country–due mostly to the fact that I can’t hold a job or maintain a relationship. Being the quintessential ‘hopeless romantic,’ I’ve been married 5 times and I only plan to stay married to Number 5 until Brad Pitt comes to his senses and dumps Angelina Jolie, realizing, of course, that he and I are meant to be together…" (Visit the IRIE Radio website for more on Snoopy.)
Here’s the article that grabbed their attention.
RACHEL MCADAMS’ MAPLE SYRUP DIET SOURS HEALTH EXPERTS
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) — "Red Eye" actress Rachel McAdams is dishing out diet advice that is tough to swallow for one fitness author.
In a recent survey, McAdams revealed she stays slim by drinking maple syrup until she’s so hyper she runs around like crazy to burn off the calories.
That leaves a bad taste in the mouth of Connie Bennett, author of the yet-to-be-published book "Sugar Shock!" because she says drinking syrup over time will lead to a blood sugar imbalance — and a crash bigger than anything in "The Wedding Crashers."
And some of the 250 doctors she interviewed for the book agree, like one M.D. who says "a diet top-heavy in simple carbohydrates can easily can easily lead to pancreatic insufficiency and/or insulin resistance, forerunners of diabetes."
As Bennett sums it up, "Telling people to drink maple syrup isn’t good diet advice. It’s a recipe for health woes galore."
Thanks ever so much to Myra Pinkham, assistant moderator of my KickSugar group, who pointed out the original AOL story to me in which McAdams professes her love of maple syrup.