March 27, 2012 Many of us take a nap now and then, and a new study has the facts. According to a recent Pew Research Center Study reported on Asylum.com, 34 percent of Americans admitted that they took a nap during the past 24 hours.
March 7, 2012 The mild winter weather has been a factor in many wild animals, such as raccoons being sighted out and about in residential areas. Now, a second case of a rabid raccoon has been confirmed in western Oneida County.
March 3, 2012 Trace Adkins is learning what all of us over 50's already know. No matter how hard you work to stay fit your body--or at least some parts of it--will eventually wear out. He recently admitted to Cowboys & Indians magazine,"I’ve been pretty hard on my body over my life. It’s catching up with me now, and I have to get stuff fixed.” The next thing to get fixed will be his knee with a full knee replacement operation likely sometime this year. The bum knee is only one of many insults Trace's body has received over the years.
February 28, 2012 It's a busy "Heart" week ahead, as this Thursday you can participate in the New Hartford Indoor Walk, and pre-register for "America's Greatest Heart Run &Walk". The American Heart Association's Heart Run & Walk is this Saturday, and the weekend begins with the 41st Annual WIBX Slocum Dickson Heart Radiothon Friday and Saturday.
February 24, 2012 There are a number of blood drives this weekend, and the American Red Cross needs you. It begins today with a Blood Donor Drive this afternoon at the New Hartford Fire Department on Oxford Road, New Hartford from 1 p.m. - 6p.m.
February 17, 2012 Ok, before we start breaking out the 12-packs, a new study now shows that beer may have similar health benefits as red wine. We've long heard that a modest amount of red wine a day may be good for our health, and apparently researchers are getting similar results with beer.
February 1, 2012 Get your mind out of the gutter. A survey of happily married couples conducted by Headwater Travel, the UK's top ranked travel company, found time together and time apart were keys to happy, long lasting relationship. The survey also revealed a good argument once a week was important too. (My wife and I have that one covered and then some.) Click read more for additional findings from the survey. And yes it's in there and more than once a week.
January 27, 2012 Two signature events of the Utica-Rome area are "America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk" and WIBX Slocum Dickson Heart Radiothon broadcast on our sister station WIBX. This year, the radiothon begins Friday, March 2 and continues on Saturday, March 3rd, the day of the run/walk. All of us at Big Frog 104 participate as "guest" hosts broadcasting a few hours on the air.
January 18, 2012 When the holidays are over, temperatures drop, the snow falls, and there isn't enough daylight, the winter blahs can set in. We at Big Frog 104 will do what we can to chase those blahs away.
January 17, 2012 The popularity of yogurt is proving to be a boom to upstate New York dairy farmers. With New Berlin based Agro Farma, makers of America's best selling yogurt Chobani, having already announced plant expansion plans and Johnstown's Fage USA--another yogurt maker--expanding its facilities the demand for milk from upstate farmers is bound to increase. The Little Falls Times reports that even more yogurt making production might be in the offing.
January 2, 2012 Losing weight is a common New Year's resolution. Although it's a good idea to become healthier, it isn't very realistic. Most exercise for the first few months or even weeks into the New Year before quitting. Why? Because exercising isn't fun. If it was, more people would do it. But what if you could make working out fun? Combine laughing and exericse. Now that may be something worth doing. It's a reality and it's called laughing aerobics. You laugh every time you move. It's funny at first, but I think after awhile this could get on youyr nerves. You be the judge.
November 29, 2011 No, this is not a hoax. J. Wilson of Corning, Iowa consumed nothing but water and dopplelbock beer, a hardy brew favored by an order of German monks, for 46 days. His purpose according to LA Weekly was not to experience a continual buzz but to test his willpower and exercise his spirituality. He has now chronicled his experiences in a book entitled "Diary of A Part Time Monk".
