Ken Hayes

George Jones passed away today, and he will continue to be one of our biggest legends and most influential country musicians ever.  Pretty much all of our country artists would have to say George Jones was a major influence on their career and life. 

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Cathy and I were talking this morning about how people are so distracted by smartphones, tablets, etc.   It seems like we spend so much of our lives staring at screens and hardly looking at each other.  It's also not really considered quality family time either when all of you are staring at your smartphones, so my wife and I came up with the "No Screen Day" idea.

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If you haven't seen Darius Rucker's new music video for "Wagon Wheel," you should probably check it out below.  The gang from the wildly popular A&E show Duck Dynasty star in it along with Darius.  (Also in the video, you'll see Charles Kelly from Lady A. )  Besides having them in the video, Darius and Jase talk about maybe going duck hunting together.

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I've been a Netflix subscriber for quite a few years now.  I use Netflix a few times a week, primarily when I work out and want to watch something interesting, instead of stumbling on a cable channel.  I stuck with the company when they divided the mail in option and the streaming option into two separate plans.  Considering I always forgot to mail in the DVD's anyway.  But, there are new changes coming to Netflix.

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It's hard not to love Ellen DeGeneres.  She is so funny, witty, and she has the best interviews.  One of our favorite country stars, Kenny Chesney, appeared on Ellen an talked about  his Blue Chair Bay Rum that will be coming out soon.  So to celebrate, Ellen had a drinking game set up for Kenny.  Check it out, it's hilarious!

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This morning we were lucky enough to chat with Kellie Pickler about what really goes on at Dancing With The Stars.  I was awestruck, as Kellie is my celebrity crush, but I was able to pull it together with the help of Cathy and find out some really interesting stuff.   For example, Kellie will be in MN tomorrow and dancing partner Derek Hough will be traveling with her so they can rehearse!

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I previously mentioned how if you're a fan of the World War Z book by Max Brooks, you shouldn't give up on the Brad Pitt movie.  Well apparently I was wrong.  The second trailer strays even further from the book, and this looks like a pile of crap.  I hate to say it, because I would have loved to see the actual story of the book made into a movie.  Not this one man saves the day kind of crap.

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For the first time that I can remember, we are in actual danger of not having open lakes for fishing opener.  No one can say for sure, but we are definitely cutting it close if they do thaw out.  Local reports in the Northland have ice thickness anywhere from 2-3 feet.  That would be comparable to usually mid February thickness.

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Warning, this is obviously swearing.  AJ Clemente got his first job on and his first words were "F--g --S---t.'  Oops.  I feel so bad for this guy.  What he said was obviously wrong, and I don't blame the station for immediately firing him.  But here's a guy who has worked to get to this point at the very start of his career and it all goes up in smoke.  He was even mocked on Letterman.  What a disaster.

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Cathy informed me yesterday that we will be interviewing Kellie Pickler this Wednesday morning.   I'm a little nervous.  Ok, so I'm actually freaking out.  What am I going to ask her?   What am I going to say?  Will I freeze up and say something stupid, or blurt out "You have a pretty face!"

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Today I woke up like any other Earth Day, not realizing that it's Earth Day.  I mean, it's something we really don't look forward to unless your big into planting trees.  So I thought back on how I've mistreated the earth this last year.  It's almost always by accident, but still it wasn't good for the environment.  I'm not a litterer, and I recycle... most of the time.  But here are some things I'm sorry about.

1.  My boat motor.  It's old, it leaks, and it's not good for the lakes.  I've tried and actually improved it, but man it's spilled its fair share of gas. 

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Yesterday my wife and I went and met our obstetrician for the first time, and got to hear the heartbeat.  It didn't sound like anything I thought it would!

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