“Hi. I’m Marge. I just carb-loaded for the weekend by eating 60, yes 60, King’s Hawaiian Rolls. Two whole packages! And the big packages you get at Costco! I’m excited, but everyone else seems a little miffed at me.”
Walked to my car in Downtown Minneapolis tonight. Still fairly light at 8pm. And there were a lot of people out on the street tonight. Happy people. More people than I’ve seen in a long time. And happier people than I’ve seen in a long time.
Thanks to all the new followers here monitoring
#SnowCone
.
A little about myself, while there is a lull in the storm, I am a talk show host on
@wccoradio
(on right now! Tune in!) and I am an Emmy winner. It’s a regional Emmy, but still looks cool.
Lake City’s Taylor Heise:
Minnesota Ms Hockey
Patty Kazmaier Award (best collegiate player)
and now playoff MVP in first ever PWHL season.
Pretty good..
The happiest of birthdays to my radio partner, the wonderful
@JordanaWCCO
!! As she knows more than anyone, every birthday is a blessing, and she is a blessing to me and our
@wccoradio
family! 🥳 🎂 🎉
Fantastic show! Loved
@Harry_Styles
, my kids REALLY loved it. And my oldest played Kacey Musgraves on the drive home without provocation. I’m doing something right! 😁
SAD NEWS.
#Gophers
Former U running back Jim Carter passed away Thursday, the
@PioneerPress
confirmed Saturday. South St. Paul native was leading rusher on Minnesota's last Big Ten championship team in 1967. He had eight-year career as a linebacker on the Green Bay Packers.
Thrilled beyond belief for this opportunity and thrilled to work with
@JordanaWCCO
. Extremely tough decision to leave my role with
@ChadHartmanShow
. But I can always hang around in studio to annoy him. 😁 More to say at noon on
@wccoradio
!
My ex-wife is an ED nurse at
@HennepinHC
. We are no longer married, but I continue to honor her and all nurses, who are not only on the "front lines", but often are the only voice of comfort for people in the worst moments of their lives. God bless them all.
#NationalNursesDay
Sad news. His family tells me longtime Gopher hockey coach Doug Woog has passed away. He was 75, and had battled Parkinson’s the last several years.
#RIPWooger
A
@wccoradio
listener just called me and ordered $200 worth of Girl Scout Cookies from my daughter that will be sent overseas to our service men and women. How cool!
I’m actually a very kind person. A young man once stopped me for directions in Downtown Minneapolis. I didn’t know how to get to where he wanted to go, but I didn’t have the heart to tell him I didn’t know. So I just made something up.
For two decades the US has had tunnel vision on Islamic terrorists, while all but ignoring the home-grown extremism. It appears that bill is coming due.
Told my 9-year old that I got a deer this weekend. She thought I actually purchased a deer. I explained that I actually killed the deer. She then asked, “What did the deer ever do to you?” 😂🦌🤔
Just found out a friend from hs who lives in another part of the country is in hospice. Cancer is just the fucking worst. She’s battled it for 20 years. TWENTY. When are we going to say enough!? Want something to bring this country together?
#EndCancer
@TCparkresponder
@ADLavinsky
Try again. He’s not going into someone’s home. It’s a staged protest on public property. Don’t want your face shown, don’t show up.
My son Quintin. He is amazing. He has
@DYRK1Aorg
which includes Autism. He deals with significant health challenges every day and never, ever complains. I tell him all the time, I love you to infinity and beyond. He’s my hero. Q is pure joy.
#WorldAutismAwarenessDay
So the Lobster 🦞 scored pretty good seats after waiting hours on presale. My feelings are either FOMO of the show or the money she could have made on resale.
Join me in wishing
@ChadHartmanShow
a very happy birthday. Chad has taught me so much about radio, but more about what it means to be a caring and empathetic person who stands up for what’s right. Now if he could only help my golf game…
5pm update, Day 2: Suddenly realizing that a traffic cone may not be the best tool to measure snowfall.
Also, can’t help but feel
#SnowCone
is somehow mocking me…
To all the restaurant/bar owners who have been bending over backwards to make accommodations for a safe plan to reopen -- this ain't helping your cause.
Alibi Drinkery, in Lakeville was standing-room only Wednesday afternoon after opening in defiance of Gov. Walz's COVID-19 restrictions on bars and restaurants. His address, which announced changes to those restrictions, was broadcast on TVs around the bar.
@StarTribune
Friendly reminder
@wccoradio
is a NEWS/TALK station. Anchors, editors and reporters are separate from hosts and producers. Hosts and producers can bring on anyone they wish. Our news department has no control over talk show guests nor the questions those guests face.
Love this culture where so many feel the need to take to twitter to criticize someone who has just died. Give it a day. Or two. You want to ramp down the incivility? Let’s start with that.
Honored to join my leukemia-surviving radio partner
@JordanaWCCO
to emcee the
@LLS_MN_ND_SD
#VisionariesOfTheYear
gala last night! 3/4 of a million dollars raised for research, advocacy, and family support! 🩸🔬✊🏼
I just haven’t heard enough about Deion Sanders coaching Colorado. I’m glad 60 Minutes is shining the spotlight on a story that continues to be neglected.
Michael- never heard of you so I looked you up.
Google says your expertise is in adulterous affairs and driving while drunk- nothing about politics.
Might want to sit this one out bud.
1/ My first year at WCCO Radio, I was working a weekend evening news shift. Congressman Jim Ramstad was in-studio for a Sunday night interview. When he finished, he came down to the newsroom where I was working alone and told me how impressed he was with my news delivery.
EXTRA SOUND: State Senator Foung Hawj expresses his genuine pride for
@sunisalee_
calling her performance their "Miracle on Ice" moment.
@WCCO
h/t
@SeawrightSays
In 21 years
@wccoradio
, easily the most substantial and impressive person I interviewed in-person was Secretary Albright. I don’t remember the specifics of the conversation, but I simply remember attempting to not look like an idiot.
#RIP
RIP Doug McLeod. Great pipes.
Remember his call of a North Stars-Blackhawks game, when, after a questionable call, Hawks fans started throwing cups onto the ice.
“The cups are empty of course,” McLeod said. “Chicago fans wouldn’t waste a perfectly good glass of beer.”
Dan and I started at
@wccoradio
at the same time. He’s a friend, a fantastic producer, and a caring and empathetic individual. Extremely happy for this significant life achievement! But now he wants me to address him as “Your Eminence..” 🤔
So I did a thing...
5 years, a lot of hard work and more than a few "am I crazy's?!" along the way...
But tonight I got to celebrate earning my Master of Divinity degree from
@BethelSeminary
Thank you to all who have blessed and supported me along the way!
I only offer this because I see a lot of tweets trashing the journalism of our station. From many who’ve probably never even listened to our station on purpose. I work with six other journalists who bust their asses to report accurately and fairly.