Ok, now that I’m awake and after watching the USA lose to Canada in the Gold Metal Game of Olympic Hockey , I’ll give you all an update on the last couple of days.

The Radiothon for CMN went good. We raised $225K and still have the largest radiothon per capita in the US & Canada.

But at the tail end of the Radiothon I was on my last legs.  As we were finishing up the show, a wood plaque and a dry erase board fell from the mini castle we were broadcasting from in the South Plains Mall knocking me dizzy.

After the show was over, since I had been coughing up green phlem and some blood, my darling wife Joanna and co-worker Amy got me to the ER.

I have a tradition of being the first at the Radiothon and the last out.  I couldn’t do it this year.

After CAT-Scan and X-ray’s and other tests the doc told me the following :

Mr Donahue, you have a hole in your left eardrum (which would explain my lack of balance the last three days), you are dehydrated, you have a concussion , you are exhausted, your blood pressure is higher than normal and you have a case of severe bronchitis (which would explain why I have no voice). You need to rest.

So after getting medication and waking up to watch hockey (tail end of third period and OT) and now to tell my mom not to worry. I’m heading back to bed.

I’m probably going to be there till at least Tuesday.

Thanks to all of you for your calls and texts.

I’m ok, just did what I usually do, pour my heart into my work.

We have the car and now she will stop the 21 daily calls to me.

I can relax and prepare for Radiothon.

Canada will have to win 4 games in 4 days to win the Gold.

U.S.A. will have to win 3 games in 4 days to win the Gold.

Canada starts with Germany in a 6-11 match up.

USA will either play the winner of Slovakia / Belarus or a Swiss / Norway depending on the Finland / Sweden game.  Because of the 5-3 victory against Canada the US needs a Sweden victory or a Finland victory in overtime to gain the # 1 seed.  I’d rather see them play as the 2 seed and let Finland play the Slovakia / Belarus winner.  We’ve won against Swiss / Norway, and I’d rather play Norway.

Tonight’s game was a tale of 5 sections.

Section 1 : Quick US Score followed by Canada equalizer then the lead back for the US.

The US in the first period used counter attacking to a T and whenever Marty Brodeur decided to get away from the crease, he was punished with shots and two goals.

Section 2: Canada attacking with organized attacks as the US fell into the trap of defending a lead.  They gave up the equalizer and so many times Canada had open looks and Ryan Miller shut them down.

Section 3: The key of the game was here… ACTUALLY scoring on a Power Play.  The US can’t let the man advantage go away with bad passing and barely any shots with a man advantage.  Canada played inspired until the last PP.

Section 4: The Brick Wall of Miller.  You can’t see the Miller Time logo on the back of his helmet but Ryan was IMPRESSIVE! The Buffalo Sabre goalkeeper was everywhere in the crease and made several incredible stick and glove saves.  At any time Canada COULD HAVE tied it up, but every time they had a chance, Ryan just got enough of the puck to send it somewhere else.  By using the Brick Wall of Miller the US had enough counter attacking to change the tempo and momentum of the game.

Section 5: Empty Netter and celebration. Laying down to score a 5th goal may have seemed without value but that 5th goal could be the difference in seeding for the US team.  Now they sit back and get to ice down those injuries.

For the entire game I kept trying to explain penalties and players to Joanna.  All she wanted to talk about was pretty boy Sydney Crosby, and with the exception of the one goal was a  non entity in the game.

My three stars:

3. Chris Drury  Goal and overall attitude!

2. Ryan Miller 42 saves Nuff said.

1. Brian Rafalski 36 year old grandpa of the US team with 2 goals.

In other Olympic news, the US Curling team still sucks.  My favorite goat still found a way to blame everyone else but HIMSELF!  He even had the gall to challenge Brian Smith to make a tough shot and bet him $20 if he couldn’t make it.

Win consistently and then have fun with the side bets GOAT!

But then , that’s my opinion and I’m still waiting for the Goat fanclub to show up and tell me what kind of great guy he is.

AH here they are.

Look , if I can see in the Carfax report that it has been a “leased car from El Paso” and I can smell the faint smell of Mary Jane… I’m not going to be busted driving out the lot with it.

I don’t believe you when you say that the small spider web of glass that you tried to hide underneath a well placed visor was “fixed”.

I don’t believe you when you tell me that you want to be my friend.

I don’t care if you say that you served in Desert Storm, or help with your daughter’s Girl Scout troop.

I don’t care if you’ve listened to me on the radio for years and are my biggest fan.

I don’t care if that the “Boss” says that you have $15K in it when I knew you bought it from a car auction in Albequerque.  I’m not paying $21,700 when the value of the car is $16,900.

I don’t care if “it’s an error on the sticker” if something that you advertise is not in the car.

I don’t care if “I can get you a deal on some tires at (a local retailer) ” but won’t drop the price of the car even though the tires have chunks missing out of them.

I don’t care if you will let me take the car over the weekend but after talking to your boss require me to pay for gas to even leave the parking lot.

I won’t buy from you and in the end, the person I do buy from will have my loyalty.

People who screw me, lie to me and try to cheat me…(Ask me to tell you about the time he promised to have some things from the previous owner removed before we bought the house and we found them hid behind duct work.)

Will never get my business EVER.

And I will continue to tell my friends about the people who have hosed me!

I’ll talk about Divorce lawyers NEXT!

Schuster, you killed it, you BLOCKHEAD!

He said Thursday after a third straight extra-end loss, this time to Denmark, “I’ve let my teammates and USA Curling down.”

He then added… Good Grief.

Some of you asked, why my interest in curling?

Next to hockey it’s interesting and hockey will be boring until the US takes on Canada in both Women’s and Men’s competitions.

So now 0-4 I just wanted to find someone that is a bigger blockhead then some people I know.

So John Schuster, you may have won a U.S. National, but next to this person…

you still are the 2010 Olympic Goat.  See you in 2014.

No, not the USA Curling team who blew yet another game tonight.  WHY OH WHY did we let Charlie Brown skip our team? We’re the laughing stock of curling. Wait a min. That means nothing.

I’m working on Miracles in Audio for my favorite time of year, the CMN Radiothon at work.  I think I tug at the heartstrings enough.

Stand by on the 25th, 26th and 27th.  My job is to make people feel.

What do you think?

My creation

I would like you all to just do me a favor and say a prayer / send good thoughts and if in the Lubbock area consider making a pledge to the CMN Radiothon.

For those 3 days, I’ll be part of a team trying to raise $250,000 for the UMC Children’s Hospital.

And every dollar we get stays in Lubbock.

So be part of the miracle…

And if you aren’t in Lubbock, you can listen online.

This is the one time I break my rule about not posting about work on my personal blog.  But every year I ask, and I am amazed at the end result every year.

John Shuster?

After two miserable performances versus Germany and Norway I think we sent someone else…

Good Grief!

But we have great news from the insurance company…

They found that since we have evidence that there have been reports of problems with the traffic light and since there are multiple errors on the police report, plus a lengthy delay by the City of Lubbock to provide details from the traffic signal…

They will not pay ANY of the bills for the person who hit Joanna’s truck as there is enough evidence that she was NOT at fault.

WHEW!

That’s a relief!

Joanna’s leg is healing quite nicely and the search for a new vehicle is continuing.

So we take it one day at a time.

Whew!