What?  You think I can’t read what you’re sayin’ here? 

I go outside and all, and even though I can’t catch squat, I hear things.  So what I’m heavy set?  Most of the nation is.  I don’t see you makin’ fun of cats without tails and stuff.  And where are all the Healthwatch 3 For Felines programs? 

Somehow I think all this ridicule started either when Trish came over for Christmas Eve and was shocked at my ability to block her exit with my sheer presence or that one time when I sat on Hazel and Jimmy and Child Protection was called. 

Anyway, just know that CALICO now stands for Cats Are Loved Inspite (sp) of Casual Obesity.  

If you share my affinity for Optimus Prime, you’ll be thrilled to know the new Transformers movie coming out this summer looks great!

An friend of mine who sweats cars sent me this link from Autoblog.  According to the author, someone secretly recorded the newest trailer at a special private screening yesterday and leaked it online.  I love that it wound up on a blog about cars. 

Transformers:  Revenge of the Fallen opens in theatres June 24th. 

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Tinker Bell has been reunited with her owners after a 70-mph gust of wind picked up the six-pound Chihuahua and tossed her out of sight.

Dorothy and Lavern Utley credit a pet psychic for guiding them on Monday to a wooded area nearly a mile from where 8-month-old Tinker Bell had been last seen. The brown long-haired dog was dirty and hungry but otherwise OK.

The Utleys, of Rochester, had set up an outdoor display Saturday at a flea market in Waterford Township, 25 miles northwest of Detroit. Tinker Bell was standing on their platform trailer when she was swept away.

Dorothy Utley tells The Detroit News that her cherished pet “just went wild” upon seeing her.

A new culinary innovation called LeWhif goes on sale Wednesday.  It’s chocolate you breathe.  It comes in mint chocolate, raspberry chocolate, mango chocolate and plain chocolate. 

Maybe this new way of eating, being touted as a way to curb your appetite, could breathe new life into unhealthy southern diets.

Think of the health benefits from inhaling chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy instead of actually consuming it. 

Just try not to think of how gross that would be.

By GARY HINES ghines@ktbs.com

Just like one of our commenters, Mel, said they would, they gave singing sensation Susan Boyle a makeover. 

What do you think about that? 

“I need to talk to someone with some sense.” –MC Operator 4/10/09

“What are we gonna do when the internet gets full?” –Mike Martindale 4/17/09

“I wonder if my seat being upright is gonna keep that monitor from falling on my a**.”  –Passenger 24C on AA flight 2778 on takoff as overhead monitor began shaking and loudly rattling.  4/22/09

“I snore like rolling thunder.”  –Randy Bain 4/22/09

(Las Vegas) - After a full day of in-your-face realizations that the broadcast industry has never gone through a period of change this intense, and that as soon as you implement a new way of doing things, another emerging trend demands your grasp, I run into this guy on the streets!  A true sign that some things never change.  Ever.

Elvis told me the economy wasn’t hitting his business as hard as others.  Then he said, “You know I get paid for posing in pictures like the one you just had taken.”  I handed him $4.00.  He, of course, said, “Thank you.  Then you very much.”

I’ll be on Facebook and Twitter and back here later with more on what we learn here at the National Association of Broadcasters and Radio-Television News Directors Association conference.  Today:  Legal issues on the web, The ethics of digital journalism, Video journalist time management, Tech trends on the way and their impact on broadcast journalism.

Yesterday, I met several people in the industry from Finland, Trinidad, Austria and Germany.  Some of the technology here is mind blowing, as is the increase in the number of people here looking for jobs.

(Las Vegas) - I’m here with several managers from the station for the National Association of Broadcasters.  More on that later.   Before I head to my first session, I wanted to share with you some things I heard and saw on the way here.

It was a very nice flight here on Allegiant, but the abruptness of some of the annoucements made me wonder how the need for them came to be. 

“There is nothing complimentary.”  I get it.  The economy.  When I walked in on a man in the restroom, I thought the airline was also cutting back on locks for the doors. 

“Please do not stand in our galley area or near our flight deck door.”  OoooKayyyy, never even considered doing that.   

The announcements reminded me of a quote from an irrate pilot on the Phil Hendrie Show:

“Oh, you want air, or you want us to refuel the plane?  We can turn on the air for you and you’ll be as cool as a cucumber as we sail that plane straight into the ocean!”

I’m shocked that Susan Boyle’s “talent surprise” was a shock to the judges and the audience!  Well, maybe not shocked, but disappointed.  Sure, it’s human nature to judge on appearances, but it makes me sad sometimes that we do that so instinctively. 

Or, is it the challenge of disbelief among the masses that sometimes drives us to reach our dreams?