I have a 20 mile, 30 minute drive to work each morning, so I tend to listen to the radio.  One of the best things about my new car is XM satellite radio.  My favorite morning show is Gayle King’s (Oprah’s best friend) show on XM 156, the Oprah and Friends network.  She generally starts out talking about current events or her plane trips from NYC to LA or how she “love love loves” Barack Obama, the color yellow, talking with people, her favorite son Will, and her favorite daughter Kirby.  The second half hour consists of interviews with different people of interest (recording artists, actors, authors, entrepreneurs, chefs, etc).  I enjoy her interviews and her show in general.  I also enjoy when they play the theme music to the once popular show “Charles in Charge” when her lawyer (Charles the lawyer) comes on the air.   Her show keeps me laughing and smiling on my drive.  Rodney Pete and Holly Robinson Pete also have a show on XM 156, but it comes on at noon my time, so unless I am in the car going to a lunch meeting, I usually miss hearing it.  Occasionally I hear the “Rabbi Shmuley’s Show also”.  Yes… he really is a rabbi and his show is about parenting, but often brings up some good points or things to consider.

Anyway… that’s my plug for XM Radio.  There are a lot of good stations, but I tend to listen to just a few.  When I am not listening to the Oprah and Friends Network, I listen to “Suite 62″.  Suite 62 is also what I listen to while cleaning the house (we have DirecTV, so we can get the XM stations on the television also).  I love it!

To say work has been busy would be a serious understatement. Most days when I get home, I simply want to veg out on the couch (or in my case… the oversized chaise lounge in our family room is my favorite “veg out” spot). Most times I look for light-hearted comedy or something I don’t have to think about to much after a full day of analyzing things. One of my favorite shows to watch and what I consider to be the best show ever to come on television is the Cosby Show. One day, I noticed that You Tube had clips from several of my favorite episodes. There are two episodes that I really consider to be my all time favorites that make me laugh so hard that I cry. One is the Gordon Gartrell episode where Denise tries to re-create a designer shirt for Theo. The other is the episode I like to call “eh mon!” where one of Denise’s dates really gets into the reggae song on tv. Click on the links to enjoy for yourself. I promise it will make you laugh and make you temporarily forget about your long day. I love the Cosby Show!!