June 9- More from Sven’s Desktop
Yesterday, we began a nice guided tour of the stuff that’s collected on top of my personal desk in our production department- the place where I sit to write these daily blogs for you. Let’s pick up where we left off…
There is a collection of bizarre foodstuffs here- none of which I’m, planning to ever put into my system. Not surprisingly, they are all gifts- one is a strange coconut covered dessert called “Sponch” that our editor and audio guy “Hit the Theme” Kevin gave me. It’s been sitting here for at least a couple years, and looks as fresh as they day he bought it. We had been joking about how long those “Snowball” dessert cakes last- we’d had one on my co-worker George Blaise’s desk for a while, and it eventually must’ve started to de-compose, letting off some gaseous substance that caused the cellophane wrapping to expand like a balloon! So far, no expansion on the “Sponch”- but we’re still hoping. Finally, there’s a tiny can of “RoadKill Brand Possum Parts” given to me by my good friend and former director from WFLD Shawn. Okay, I don’t think there really are any possum parts in it- it’s just a goofy souvenir thing- but, I might crack THAT open before I would the can of “Hogan Energy” drink my co-worker John left for me- yes, it’s Hulk Hogan’s personally branded elixir, complete with a drawing of a pumped-up Hulkster on the can (that does not mean it’s a drawing of him sitting on a toilet- please! Where do you GET those ideas?) Although I have a feeling that’s where I’d end up if I DID drink it….
Perhaps it’s best to continue our inventory of desk items- there’s a very nice plaque given to me by the folks from the famed access show “Chic-A-Go-Go”- as their heritage award for my contributions to Chicago’s cultural and TV landscape.
The fact that it was given to me by a rat puppet does NOT diminish how proud I am to have received it from some very nice people who are trying to continue the traditions of Chicago television!
There is , of course, the computer monitor that I am facing right now- adorned with some satanic rubber ducks, a picture of Homer Simpson as the Japanese product shill “Mr. Sparkle” and a headline from a newspaper article that echos the words of hack comic Kenny Bania on “Seinfeld”-referring to a joke-
“It’s gold, Jerry- GOLD!”
But wait- there’s MORE on my desk!(Or, is it a moron’s desk?) Let’s finish the tour in tomorrow’s blog!
There is a collection of bizarre foodstuffs here- none of which I’m, planning to ever put into my system. Not surprisingly, they are all gifts- one is a strange coconut covered dessert called “Sponch” that our editor and audio guy “Hit the Theme” Kevin gave me. It’s been sitting here for at least a couple years, and looks as fresh as they day he bought it. We had been joking about how long those “Snowball” dessert cakes last- we’d had one on my co-worker George Blaise’s desk for a while, and it eventually must’ve started to de-compose, letting off some gaseous substance that caused the cellophane wrapping to expand like a balloon! So far, no expansion on the “Sponch”- but we’re still hoping. Finally, there’s a tiny can of “RoadKill Brand Possum Parts” given to me by my good friend and former director from WFLD Shawn. Okay, I don’t think there really are any possum parts in it- it’s just a goofy souvenir thing- but, I might crack THAT open before I would the can of “Hogan Energy” drink my co-worker John left for me- yes, it’s Hulk Hogan’s personally branded elixir, complete with a drawing of a pumped-up Hulkster on the can (that does not mean it’s a drawing of him sitting on a toilet- please! Where do you GET those ideas?) Although I have a feeling that’s where I’d end up if I DID drink it….
Perhaps it’s best to continue our inventory of desk items- there’s a very nice plaque given to me by the folks from the famed access show “Chic-A-Go-Go”- as their heritage award for my contributions to Chicago’s cultural and TV landscape.
The fact that it was given to me by a rat puppet does NOT diminish how proud I am to have received it from some very nice people who are trying to continue the traditions of Chicago television!
There is , of course, the computer monitor that I am facing right now- adorned with some satanic rubber ducks, a picture of Homer Simpson as the Japanese product shill “Mr. Sparkle” and a headline from a newspaper article that echos the words of hack comic Kenny Bania on “Seinfeld”-referring to a joke-
“It’s gold, Jerry- GOLD!”
But wait- there’s MORE on my desk!(Or, is it a moron’s desk?) Let’s finish the tour in tomorrow’s blog!
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