free radio show prep: Looking for love? Get a dog; the happiest states in the Twitterverse; and what makes a happy workplace for a woman?

ShowStarters for Friday Feb 21st, 2013

The bad news: This is the last day you'll find prep on this blog. I know, very sad.

The good news: The fun continues on my PrepForOne.com website. Just sign up for my email list and you'll get a password for free show prep.

This page will not go dark, though. I have too many people checking in to let it fade away, so I'll keep it updated as much as I can.. I'll be working hard to get PrepForOne.com to be the kind of website that is needed in our industry. A site by a radio personality, for radio personalities. There are plenty of websites for showprep, industry news, and consultants, but very few, if any, for just us. I'm going to concentrate on making that happen.

An example of the kind of stuff you'll read on PrepForOne.com is my most recent tip on using Evernote to mine for prep while surfing the web. Check that out here

Have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday on PrepForOne.com!

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• Drew Barrymore is 38
• Daniel E. Smith from John Q turns 23
• Announcer Don Pardo is 95

Today is Be Humble Day

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ABC: Last Man Standing is new followed by Malibu Country and Shark Tank, both new

CBS: Undercover Boss is new followed by the premiere of CSI: NY and a new Blue Bloods

NBC: Dateline and Rock Center are new

FOX: Kitchen Nightmares and Touch are new

CW: Nikiti is new

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Friday mash up -- these three songs were all hits in (what year)?

PLAY

• Chumbawamba "Tubthumping"
• 'N Sync "I Want You Back"
• Backstreet Boys "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)

Was it 1996, 1998, 1999?

Answer: 1998!

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Two barbershops were in red-hot competition. One put up a sign advertising haircuts for 7-dollars.

His competitor put up one that read, “We repair 7-dollars hair cuts."

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Ladies, you have a choice, more money or more flexibility....   actually, no need to answer because we already know...

In one word, what keeps female employees happy at work? Flexibility! 50% of female workers said flexibility keeps them engaged and happy at the office. The relationship they have with their bosses and co-workers also plays an important role when it comes to overall job happiness. Source

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Stop wasting so much time online. If you really want to meet someone, get a dog. It turns out that one in four dog owners have met dates while walking their dogs. A third have at least made new friends. We trust their people-meter, too. 40% of dog owners say they would think twice if their pets and dates didn't get along. Source

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If you ask Twitter where the happy people are, it'll tell you the state of Hawaii and the city of Napa. Researchers uncovered the happiest places in our country based on how often we used negative and positive words in our tweets. Happy words include "lol," "haha," "good," "nice," "sleep," and "wine." "Rainbow" was the happiest word; "earthquake" was one of the saddest. Based off that, here are Twitter's happiest states:

1) Hawaii
2) Maine
3) Nevada
4) Utah
5) Vermont


Top five saddest states:

1) Louisiana
2) Mississippi
3) Maryland
4) Michigan
5) Deleware

Researchers discovered that wealthier areas had higher happiness levels while areas with high rates of obesity were "sad."

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Spontaneous combustion is being examined as what caused an Oklahoma man to burn to death. Either that or he needed to be a bit more careful about lighting up a cigarette after siphoning gas from his neighbor. (JokesByJim)