Diane Douglas's blog

In case you missed it this morning, Diane chatted with Jay from Fire and Rain Marketing about his close encounter with James Taylor yesterday afternoon.

Click on the link below to hear Jay  tell it in his own words.

http://www.wiky.com/content/james-taylor-fire-rain-story

Here's Jay with James Taylor

Diane here.....flying solo this week as DJB takes his daughter Amanda to freshman orientation at Ball State! It's hard for me to wrap my head around that, since I've known Amanda since she was in middle school. Her sister Kathryn will be a senior at Castle High School this fall. Time seems to fly by faster and faster each year, but it's been a blessing to see DJB's daughters grow up into the smart, talented and beautiful young women they are.
 

While the heat wave rages on with the temperature expected to top 106 degrees today, we're wondering if some relief is on the way. 14WFIE Meteorologist Byron Douglas says next week we'll have some temps back into the upper 80's and around 90. You know it's been brutal when the upper 80's will feel much cooler!

Some new movies in theatres this weekend include "The Amazing Spiderman," which is getting good reviews.  Katy Perry's concert film "Part of Me" is also out now.

It's a Thursday that feels like a Monday.....isn't it weird to have a holiday smack dab in the middle of the week?

We talked about Andy Griffith's passing. This is one celebrity obituary that really bummed out DJB and my husband. Both of them are big fans of "The Andy Griffith Show." One of Andy Griffith's later movie roles was in "Waitress." It also features Keri Russell and a pre-"Castle" Nathan Fillian. I can't recommend this movie enough....it's a little gem!

The fireworks on the Evansville riverfront were spectacular!

With the ban on persoal fireworks, we invited Mayor Lloyd Winnecke to join us to talk about that and also the Evansville Fireworks show.  He said that as of right now, the riverfront fireworks show is still on, but he's in constant contact with the fire chief and if the wind condition pose a real threat to public safety, he'll pull the plug. But as it stands now, the show will go on as planned in Evansville.  The Newburgh fireworks show, however, has been cancelled.

The big news out of Hollywood over the weekend was the report that Katie Holmes filed for divorce from Tom Cruise. She also filed for sole custody of their daughter, Suri....what is THAT about? I found this article interesting....seems that Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Holmes all filed for divorce from Tom when they turned 33! Coincidence? Hmmmm.

** Mother's Day is this Sunday, so we were talking about some of the best and worst Mother's Day gifts you've either given or received.  We heard from some listeners with some hilarious gifts, including frozen onion rings, a gift certificate to an exercise program and a pot holder set from her "EX husband!" One listener said she just got tickets to Blue Man Group and is very pleased.

**  Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers made major league history last night when he hit four home runs in a single game!

**  Check out Diane's brand new Flipped Out Flops!!

**  Did you happen to see the story of the woman in New York who donated a kidney to her boss, and was then fired? I know, pretty amazing, right?  Well, today is Administrative Professionals Day, so this story is very timely.  Here's the latest:  this woman, named Debbie Stevens now wants her kidney back!  But wait.....there's more!  Turns out her boss didn't get Debbie's kidney; HER kidney went to a patient in St.

** We had a fun discussion this morning about your cars....specifically, what is your dream car?  Diane has a few of them!