Carly Pearce was just at the Agora in Cleveland on Saturday and last night she performed her latest single "truck on fire" in NYC at Jimmy Kimmel Live! 

I'm often asked how my pup is doing; so, here's a brief update.

He's big! 

That's just about all there is to report. Seriously, this little dude just keeps eating! He's got to be close to 70 pounds by now.

Him and I love playing ball, as pictured, and he seems to have unlimited energy. He's a digger with a bunch of holes around the yard, too. He enjoys sprinting around, acting a fool. The wild times don't stop inside, either. 

Hank loves to be up on the couch with my fiancée, but the bed is off limits. I made that decision early on and am sticking to it. (To each their own.) He's always trying to slurp from the toilet and makes the occasional run towards the litterbox for some "treats" if we're not careful with the pet gate. He's crazy. 

Training is going well, overall. Each walk we take him on seems better than the last, and he's even learning how to roll-over now! He hardly ever goes inside anymore and is a certified good boy. 

We love Hank! 

It all starts tonight - the Cavs 2024/25 season: the preseason anyway. It gets underway tonight at 7:00 against the Chicago Bulls! 

Then, the regular season is right around the corner (2 weeks from tomorrow) in Toronto. 

Be here on WQMX tonight at 10:50 for the Sports Roundup - I'll have a recap of tonight's contest!

So... I have been irregularly playing the bass guitar for about a decade now. I never took lessons and I hardly practice, so I'm not really that great of a musician. 

Still, I love to play the strings, and I've got some cool instruments. My pride and joy is a Peavey Milestone II electric bass. It's black with a white pick guard and I've hardly played a smoother guitar. It's a nice jamming setup through my big Acoustic 200-watt amp. 

I also have a Yamaha acoustic guitar that plays beautifully. There's my dad's old electric SG-style axe, too. I even have a decent ukelele. 

I also have two more basses that are not a pleasure to plug in. One is a vintage bass that needs a proper restoration and the other was my first, which was a cheap starter guitar. 

For such a casual bassist, you'd think this would be enough. However, there's another four-string that I'm considering. I've always wanted a Gibson Thunderbird, and one just came up for a steal online. It's still A LOT of money for something I don't exactly need, but I've been looking for one and saving for it for a long while. Besides a budget acoustic-electric bass and some Reichenbacher I could only dream to afford, I'd be set forever. There's no other bass I want. I'd be totally stoked with that as my halo guitar, my "Trigger." 

With the big price tag, I probably shouldn't commit. They're firm on that number, too. 

I sure do love it, though. The timing might not be right for this one, financially, but I'll get my Thunderbird one day! 

If you made it out to the 5Kay race Saturday morning...THANK YOU! I hope you had as much fun as we did. Luckily we had excellent weather, and I heard so many people say this was their favorite course yet!

I enjoyed getting to quickly meet many of you while I was handing out the t-shirts. We had a wonderful turnout to raise money to fight Breast Cancer! 

What do you say? Do it again next year?....SURE! LET'S GO!

I know I've talked about Blue a lot.  He was my buddy. 
His health took a turn for the worse recently... at 16 he was a shell of his former self which broke our family's heart.

I know we usually keep things light on the station...  It is with a heavy heart.  This morning Blue received his doggy wings.   He was a good ol' stubborn boy with a larger than life personality and even bigger appetite.  I hope he has all of the heavenly walks, pettin's and many many treats!

You're My Boy Blue!!

It was a great weekend for some baseball! These Guardians are the light in an otherwise dreary Cleveland sports scene this year, it seems. They're crushing it, and regardless of how it all shakes down, we should be proud of this awesome season. 

On Sunday, I watched my fiancée play in her softball league. That was great, too! It was a little windy and a little hot, but those conditions sort of cancelled each other out for a beautiful early October afternoon. She played well and I was glad to have been there.

Batter up!

Tonight I will be featuring a special song on the New at 9. It is Eric Church's song "Darkest Hour" that he wrote about relief efforts after Hurricane Helene. 

Along with listening to the song, if you would like to help...click the link right here at WQMX.com and be sent over to the American Red Cross' website where you can make donations to help. I also mentioned a couple nights ago on-air that if you would like to be like Miranda Lambert and do what you can for the animals - pets and other shelter animals...please donate to the MuttNation Tractor Supply Relief for Rescues Fund.

Check out this new drawing I put up on the WQMX studio whiteboard! It's one of my best, I think.

I started out by sketching a pumpkin and the rest sort-of fell into place. It's a harvest theme, and it makes me excited to go out to a pumpkin patch and do all the fall things with my fiancée. 

I like it a lot better than that deer I replaced! 

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Coming up on Tuesday the 15th is our 25th annual Bosom Buddies benefit! You still have time to get your tickets at WQMX.com.

Chris Young and Chris Lane are joining us for an acoustic evening to benefit our Bosom Buddies charity - helping to fight breast cancer by providing free mammograms to people in the area who need them.

Get you tickets NOW before it's too late and we will see you on the 15th at the Akron Civic Theater for the 25th Bosom Buddies!