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Fun Pix
by pyates , posted Sep 21 2010 9:55PM
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Hi  Everyone!      In case you're a  Glee  fan and haven't tried this yet,  check out this link that will put you in pictures with the cast! http://www.fox.com/glee/photobooth     I don't think you even have to audition.    Have fun and thanks for reading and listening. God Bless! Pam
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'Tis the Season
by pyates , posted Aug 28 2010 9:32AM
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Hello WRVR family and welcome to cooler temperatures.   This can only mean YARD SALE SEASON! Of course the big Countrywood sale is just around the corner (September 17th isn't it?). Maybe you're planning to have your own big sale.   Check out this web site for ideas   http://www.ehow.com/how_3391692_have-successful-yard-sale.html and let me (and other bargain hunters ) know when and where you're having your sale. Happy grassroots shopping! Thanks for reading and listening. God Bless You, Pam
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It Matters
by pyates , posted Aug 2 2010 1:16PM
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Hello fellow citizens!       I will make this short and sweet:                         PLEASE VOTE!!!     IT REALLY  DOES MATTER!!! Thanks for reading and listening.  God Bless! Pam
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"Love and Happiness"
by pyates , posted Jul 24 2010 7:37AM
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       Al Green is an ambassador.        All Memphis government leaders in all capacities should be required to attend an Al Green concert together before discussing  school funding, consolidation and any other tough issues.    Once you dance, sing along, and shout  "I love YOU!'  for a couple of hours, the world is a better place.      Thousands of people felt that at a sold out show at Memphis Botanic Garden last night.     Yes, it was hot and crowded and most of us had to walk a mile carrying our chairs and coolers.      But  after the sun went down and we enjoyed opening act Robert Randolph and the Family Band we were feeling pretty good.      Then Al Green and his amazing group took the stage and it was  a magical time.    For 2 hours everyone became best friends and just enjoyed themselves.     Animosity and differences just melted away.    Now imagine if  our mayors, council members, school board members and other city and county officials sat down to do business after experiencing a show like that.     Maybe they could  see through their differences and really communicate to come up with compromises on big issues and let the petty stuff go.                Big kudos to all the staff and volunteers at Memphis Botanic Garden.    They were all so friendly and helpful, smiling through their sweat.   What a great place to see a concert.    Oh and another pleasant surprise...free parking!   How often does that happen these days?      In case you haven't experienced a Live at the Garden show yet, you have two more chances this year.   Donna Summer is August 21st and the Blondie & Cheap Trick show is September 3rd.      Everyone repeat after Al Green :   "I love you! "       "I love YOU!"     Thank you Ambassador Green. Thanks for reading and listening.   God bless , Pam
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Enjoy Your Memphis
by pyates , posted May 19 2010 9:19PM
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       Hi.  This is the time of year you can really appreciate living in Memphis.      Please check out our events calendar and pick at least a couple of great Memphis things to enjoy.     There's the Memphis in May Sunset Symphony,the Memphis Italian Festival,   our next WRVR Listener Lunch, the Live at the Garden Concert Series,  Memphis Redbirds Baseball and lots of indoor stuff too!          Please  use and enjoy our city.    Go to the zoo, the parks, the libraries, the golf courses, the museums, the live theatres and other places that need our support.    Let   Mayor Wharton know that closing libraries and golf courses is not the way to save money.     Our city officials have to know we care about having these amenities and that we will use them.       The more we use and  appreciate all the great things in Memphis, the more we'll love our city. Thanks for reading and listening. God bless you and God bless Memphis. Pam
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All Shook Up
by pyates , posted Apr 17 2010 10:04AM
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          Hi guys.    This blog is not meant to scare anyone, but to reaasure you.    There have been so many major earthquakes this year that it's hard not to be concerned about the big faultline we live on.   After all aren't  they running out of faults?  Are we next?   The good news from at least some seismologists is that there really isn't a super epidemic of earthquakes this year.   The quakes are unfortunately happening in more populated areas, causing more devastation and leading to more news coverage.             As a native Memphian I have heard all my life that a  big earthquake could hit us at any time.     So what can we do?     Well, nothing really, except prepare to survive without assistance for 72 hours.     In the same way that we never  know when we'll be cut off in traffic, we can never know exactly when it will be our turn for a big earthquake.           So check out this website,  72hours.org    and other cool websites, get an emergency  kit together and relax.     Thanks for reading and listening. Pam
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Redirect Your "March Madness"
by pyates , posted Mar 27 2010 10:41AM
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Remember that great "Championship Feeling"
          There seems to be an epidemic in Memphis.    It's not swine flu or spring fever or even giant sinkholes.    It's  John Calipari bashing and I am just as guilty as you may be.      But another angle on the whole messy issue came to me the other day.    We should thank Coach Cal.    
            Okay, stay with me here.   Let's think back to the feeling that filled our city when our Tigers made it to the NCAA finals.     We were happy, excited, full of hope.   Complete strangers acted like best friends just because they were both wearing Tiger blue.   Do you remember?
             Okay, now let's be honest.   We would not have had that magic feeling at that time without John Calipari.    Regardless of all the other things he did, we got a winning team that gave us all something to cheer about.    So let's just say "Thanks Coach Cal"   and move on...to something more important.
              Go back and remember that great feeling again.  Got it?    Good.  Now, take that energy, enthusiasm,  and hope and channel it.     Teach someone to read...volunteer at a food bank...visit someone in a nursing home...have a cookout and get to know your neighbors...let someone merge in front of you on I-240.    Do something  nice for someone.    If all  of us who live in the Mid-South  would just do something, no matter how big or small to make our area better it would never be perfect, but there would be a ton of  "magic moments"  and we could all feel good about where we live because we are a group of people who care.
               You may have already shot this idea down for many reasons.      But think about  this...  All the energy you spend rejecting this idea could have been spent making someone you love ( or someone you don't even know) smile.
                Just think about it, or better yet just do it.   I'd love to read what you're doing with your "championship feeling".    Just  reply below.
Oh, and next time you feel the urge to bash John Calipari...try just saying thanks.
Thanks for reading and listening.
Pam
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Spring Cleaning
by pyates , posted Mar 18 2010 11:11AM
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Hi! Welcome to my blog. To say that this is a work in progress would be, well...accurate. I'm just flattered that anyone I haven't met personally would care about anything I write, so thank you. Spring is almost here and that means "spring cleaning". Why do we get the urge to clean at this time of year? Is it the warmer weather? The birds singing? The flowers blooming? Or is it because so many cleaning products "smell like springtime"? Whatever the reason, I hope you get a chance to enjoy the real wonders of spring in between cleaning out your storage shed and scrubbing the baseboard behind your refridgerator. Take five minutes (or more) on a sunny day to take a walk and listen to birds sing, watch squirrels scamper (I actually just used the word scamper in a sentence!), and just remind yourself you are a part of something bigger. Then you can get back to the cleaning and everything else you do so well with a fresh energy. This works for me. I hope it works for you too. Now, can anyone can tell me a good way to keep our cats from eating our houseplants? Thanks for reading and listening!

Pam

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Hello and welcome to my first blog
by pyates , posted Feb 4 2010 10:04AM
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Hello and welcome to my first blog.   The fact that your reading this means I have either figured out how to blog or someone has had mercy on me and put this on the website for me.  It's not that I don't like modern technology.  It's not that I'm not intelligent (actually, my IQ is pretty high).    It's not that I have a fear of new technology (not that blogging is exactly new).    It may just be that once I start something, this blog or a Facebook page for example,  I am obligated to keep up with said technology.  I don't want anyone upset with me because I didn't answer their friend request,  tweet , or blog comment.   But I  hereby commit to learn how to blog and even figure out how to respond to your comments.    I just hope I don't hit the wrong button and cause an international incident.   Please bear with me.   Thank you for reading and of course for listening to WRVR. Merry Christmas! Pam Yates
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