Samantha Stevens

Ahem…a Valentine’s Day Poem (by Lee Ann)

Roses are red
Valentine’s day sucks,
A day to waste sentiments,
And spend lots of bucks…
For those who are single,
It’s a kick in the butt,
Ok I don’t have a Valentine,
Yeah, so what?
I’ve tried Lavalife,
It just didn’t work,
Met a couple of doozies,
One a complete jerk…
It doesn’t mean I’ve given up
or that I’m acting tough,
It just means I haven’t found one
that’s quite good enough!
Is Cupid watching over me?
I don’t really know!
The wee cherub took aim,
And shot his trusty arrow,
It flew through the air,
But my heart it did pass,
It skipped right on by,
And shot me straight in the ass….
Hey that’s funny,
It’s kind of clever,
Happy Valentine’s Day?
Yeah, Whatever!

 Happy Valentine’s Day Sam! No sad or bad stories, sorry!
Rick

 I met my wife at our company Xmas party in a bar we routinely took over, run by an ex-employee of the Corp. We hit it off right away, like love at first sight, and 2 dates later we both knew we were the one.
Long strory short; the followinbg Valentines day, yes 2 months later, we were in my basement apartment making some serious whoopie, and we were getting quite loud in the room.
For some reason, after we had round 1, we both thought out loud, Do you want to get married?
We both looked at each other, and agreed then and there, and then proceeded to go at it again, even more passionatly and loudly than before.
Within seconds of our racket starting, upstairs, someone decided to stomp on the floor really hard for a few minits, and yelled out KNOCK IT OFF!
We stoped for a sec, laffed like loons, and went back at it just for spite, making even more unnatural sounds.
We’ve been married for 13 years this summer, and still get silly over this one, but may not tell the 3 boys of ours about it till we hit 60, a long way off from now.  Yes, I’m taken; sorry!!

 I don’t know why we need a special day to tell people why we love them. It’s truly one of the most commercially created holidays, just like Mother’s day. I bet the chocolate manufacturers and card manufacturers created Valentine’s day to make extra money. As if they’re not making enough, right?

February 15 can’t come soon enough, I tell ya. That’s when I typically start looking for chick. From November to February 15, unless I have a chick, this time of the year is off limits for looking for one since they’ll get all gushy around Christmas and then again on Valentine’s Day. You can call me cheap, but I’m sure a lot of guys would agree with me.

To be honest, I can’t remember the last time i actually had a girlfriend on valentines day, I always seem to be single this time of year. On purpose?, can’t say for sure, but I haven’t had the headaches associated with “VD” day in a while,(god that sounds so rude but funny).So to all you single people out there, enjoy this stress-free day(& be sure to laugh at all the guys buying flowers at the local gas station)

hey sam, ive always been very good at valentines but last year was a bomb. i was very busy with work, didnt even realise it was valentines day till i was at work. on the way home my friend told me he hadnt bought anything for his wife so he was going to the dollar store on the way home. i ended up going with him to purchase the best romantic card i could find for a dollar. when we got in there , the pickings were slim. he found one straight away so i was rushed. i picked the reddest card with the most hearts on it. we wrote our little mushy loving words on the card and sealed them. i got home appologised to my wife and gave her the card. she opened it and threw the card at me. i should of read it as the verse inside ended with happy birthday darling. no action for me that year sam…. mike

Hi Sam,
You are right, Valentine’s is a sad day for many of us with no partner so I try to make it a little fun.
I gave my son a soap on a rope and a little cushion heart that said “You’re Special” for Valentine’s.
We have a wonderful man at work who looks after us all so well and has been tired of the on-going snowfall.-We love to tease him.
I brought the left over box and gift bag to work and filled it with snow.
I had someone signed the card to him and another take it to the office to have him called to pick up his surprise.-we thought he’d never get there and it would melt but he finally arrived and opened it.-he laughed his head off and is still wondering who gave it to him.
If you can’t have flowers at least you can have a LAUGH!
p.s.- I brought him a soap too but he may say I have to clean up my act.

I received sooooo many sad stories…..I’m glad the 15th is almost here for many of you…..I hope it turns out to be a great day:)  Use the word ‘thanks’ for some extra Jack Nation points.  It will be active until 9am tomorrow.

Have a great night!!

Sam

Here’s my plan for tomorrow…..some people view Valentine’s Day as a forced, commercial holiday….others love it.  I’d like to hear your stories of VD gone awry.  I will offer complete anonymity, and we won’t hack on anyone who is unable to defend themselves…we won’t reveal workplaces or anything telling…deal?  So, hit the comment button at the bottom of this little paragraph and send your story.  Don’t worry, it won’t ‘post’.  Those comments have to be moderated by me.  I’ll only print them off and delete when we’re done. 

The intention is to have a little fun with these stories, so, don’t be offended if yours doesn’t get read on air.

Thanks in advance for your time.  For your trouble and for your visit, use ‘hearts’ as a bonus code.  I’ll keep it active till 9am tomorrow.

Have a great night…..and, if Valentine’s Day is important to you, I hope you have a great one..

 Later,

Samantha

Ohmigod….it’s sooo cold….I’ll be leaving in a bit to go and replace the battery in my car….yeehaw.  I think I’ll jump it and run it up to the garage and get it replaced…the extra $ is worth it if I don’t have to freeze my fingers off.

I get a kick out of tv weather people in these times.  I love watching reporters during hurricanes and stuff…not to get hurt, but, you know the ones I’m talking about….

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgAmzaDyp-Q&feature=related

….poor woman….kinda funny though….

use the word ‘weather’ for some extra Jack Nation points.  Have a great night!!

Sam

..and…we need a top 5 list for the tv show this week…..considering the weather and time of year, how about ‘ways to be the February blah’s’?…..what do you do?

I was just in the process of preparing to update my blog…before doing that, I checked your ‘comment email’ that comes thru my blog…here’s what Sandra and Robert wrote:

sandra

are you and jeff brown having a contest to see who blogs the least.

Robert

Hey what’s up with your blog? You haven’t been updating your blog everyday - you used to be the only one that always had bonus codes for points. Are you feeling alright lately - is Jeff Brown rubbing off on you in this department - just checking.

 No, not in a blogging contest with Brown….just a little busy of late.  We’ve got a little bit going on at the station.  There’s two countdowns to be written and recorded, plus the taping of the tv Jack Nation Countdown…..so by Thursday, I’ve really had enough of composing something on my pc….hence the lack of blogs of late….

I’ll update this tomorrow (Sat) with the code from the Jack Nation Countdown. 

Andrew Burns is the dude helping me with all the countdown stuff…writing et al….he’s awesome….even though he enjoyed ‘The Spice Girls’ concert a couple nights ago….be sure to keep an eye on his blog for all things music…and bonus codes:)

Until Saturday…..

Sam

…Good Morning!  the code for this weekend’s Countdown is ‘grammy’.  We’re giving a bonus code away on the tv version of our countdown today, too.  It’s for Bon Jovi tix and the show is on at 1pm on CITY TV…we’re still going through some growing pains on the tv end, so, be kind if you get a chance to see it.  Next weekend we have Iron Maiden tix on the tv show….wicked eh?

My sis is getting married in June, so, I’m off to do some ‘dress shopping’….exciting eh?  ha.  Not so much.  Enjoy ‘Hockey Day in Canada’!!

…..and Dan, it’s near the end of the tv show…..

Later,

Samantha

Here’s the codes up until 3pm for the Mellencamp ticket blowout:

9  Authority

10am cherry

11am rock

12pm scarecrow

1pm check

2pm houses

Just be sure to enter them before midnight tonight in the bonus code section of this site…..we’ll post the winners before 10am tomorrow on the site…..and, yes, if you win, we’ll contact you too!

Good luck!

 Samantha

The Jack Nation Countdown is on television now.  Saturdays at 1pm on CITY TV.  We’ve added some extra stuff, like ’Top 5′ lists.  This week, I’m looking for your fave ‘Rock Movies’…..take a look at the list…..what do you want us to add? 

Rock Star  School of Rock

Here’s hoping that you managed to score a snow day on Friday….I wish you could see how excited everyone at 680 news gets when the weather forecast is nasty.  It’s pretty amusing…it’s their bread and butter though.  I guess you could liken it to us announcing that Led Zeppelin were planning to come to Toronto….if that were the case:)

 Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers will be here June 3rd (imagine how nice the weather will be by then…).  Steve Winwood is the opening act.  That’s more of a double bill, in my opinion.  We have a presale on the site here for tickets until Sunday night at 10pm.  I doubt that there will be tix available by Sunday night, though.  Good luck if you’re after tickets!!

The Jack Nation Countdown is set to go…..the code from the countdown is ‘compare’. It’s worth 1000 points.

Soooo, later today (it’s Saturday morning)….the Jack Nation Countdown is going to run on City tv.  It’s on at 1pm….and I’m a little nervous about it.  Anytime I’ve done television, I’ve always been the guest…..being the guest is the easy part, unless you’re OJ.  I did though, get to work with a bunch of really awesome pros.  They’ve likely made the show look good…at any rate, I’m going out…not going to watch it.  It’s pvr’d.  I may watch it later.  After 6 rum and coke;)

I’m going to a Big Brothers/Big Sisters Bowling fundraiser this aft.  It’s a media event, so folks from all across the city will be there. 680 News and The Fan 590 have a team….I’m going as a cheerleader…..our Jack peeps aren’t taking part in this one…I guess I better ‘get my ass in gear’ as The Dad would say.

Have a great Superbowl weekend. 

Til Monday…..

Samantha