Live Blogging...whatever that is

My pal Mike Boon will be sitting in on the Big Broadcast Friday morning. He has asked to "Live Blog" the show and sit in on all the action.
It should be mildly amusing and I thought I'd pass the info on if you care to check it out.
Go to TorontoMike and enjoy the ride.

It's after 6 as I write this and I've just finished prepping for tomorrow's show. It's a strange life this Radio thing. Between family, friends, my other 2 jobs and the morning show I don't have a lot of time left over. In fact as I've written here recently, I can't remember a busier time in my life...certainly not in the last couple of years.
I must say I love being back on the air for a number of reasons-the people, the laughs and the challenges-but mostly I love the immediacy of the job. Talking about the economy, the election, the Leafs(Ugh), the search for a new Hockey Night in Canada theme, meeting different people every day and discussing things with fascinating guests. I realize now how much I missed it when I wasn't part of this world.
Things move fast and it forces you to move fast with it.
Oh there's the getting up at 3:30 thing but that's also quickly becoming routine again.
I go to bed at 10pm, wake up between 3:30-3:45, get in my car at 4:10, get to work at 4:40 and on the air at 5:30.
The thing I'd forgotten is the adrenaline rush of doing a live show everyday. It's exhilarating and exhausting at the same time.
I'd also forgotten the constant jet-lag feeling you have from mid-afternoon on. The job is relentless. It's a new show every day and no matter how well you did Tuesday you have to start over and fresh the next morning. But let me tell you I'm so thank-full that I got the chance to do it again. I really am.
When I got fired in July of 06 I told a few friends that I hoped I hadn't done my last morning show and after being off for over 2 years, I now remember why.