Mid-Day With Gary Goodan

Because our spring started with another blast of winter, we can at least celebrate spring in spirit with the people of India! Their festival of Hodi, the festival of colors celebrating the colors of new plant life, is underway. Think spring and green and flowers...

As a closet supporter of ending our dependence on foreign oil, I thought this might be interesting, and I learned, among other things, that the diesel we pump into our buses and farm equipment was named after a guy named Diesel! I didn't know that...

Forget St. Patrick; this guy drove the grasshoppers out of Finland! Can we book him for this summer?  Find out all about him at his very own site.

This from the Associated Press: "UNDATED (AP) - Scammers already are trying to take advantage of the outpouring of compassion  following Japan's earthquake and tsunami disaster. Let it be a warning for the charity-minded to be on the lookout for phony aid appeals. FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer says one fraudulent scheme involves an e-mail claiming to be from the British Red Cross and see

The Associated Press reported this morning that the Beach Boys are finally going to release their "Smile" album that was supposed to be the follow up to their "Pet Sounds" album. That means that album has been sitting on the shelves for 44 years! Brian Wilson says he's looking forward to fans hearing the "beautiful angelic voices of the boys in a proper studio release.&quo

Our coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins Thursday night! I'll have scores of the early games on my show Thursday and Friday, then we'll join the Westwood One coverage at 6 those nights.  Saturday and Sunday mornings, Westwood One starts their broadcasts at 10, and we'll stay with the tournament until we join Super Gold Saturday night and Back to the 70s Sunday!

Today is Get Over It Day, invented by a guy who was having trouble getting over an ex-girlfriend. If you need help to get over something, there's a website to help! Be inspired by the Get Over It Day poem and videos, reinforce your resolve with a Get Over It wristband, and when you're finally over it, go back to the site to print your certificate, or send one to someone who just needs to Get Over

This week is Celebrate Your Name Week, and Namesuniverse.com has got 99 ways to celebrate, ways to learn what your name means, and a special celebration today of people with unique names! Namesuniverse.com has a lot of fun links and interesting trivia, so celebrate your name...

One of our favorite games celebrates a birthday on March 7, and if you think the game has changed with all the varieties over the years, you should read how the game evolved from the turn of the century until Parker Brothers took a second look at what was becoming a popular Depression-era game...

Thanks to Tom Bergeron (no, not the Dancing with the Stars guy) for a great story about the first high school baseball game with two female starting pitchers! The story is very well done, with an interesting angle about one girl who has received much notoriety for playing with the boys, while the other has even been attacked for her choice of baseball over softball...

Remember while you're booing referees and generally carrying on like your life will end if your team loses, it's just a game! A young man in Michigan collapsed on the court after hitting the game-winning shot. Read the entire story HERE

Check out "American Masters" on PBS tonight for what should be a very good show featuring Carole King and James Taylor! I'm told the show features a lot of clips from over the years, and could include footage of their most recent tour together...