Schadenfreude

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hi Kidz.  I know this is late but, I got up at 5:38 AM on Sunday, did a radio show, and my brother came over, I had a fridge full of beer, and THAT..?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDSPhqp3Ja0FRQYSaPPqwc18y08U5yxBQPj60mjXHbWG3-3QJw5jxFzuxJ0I1RbcuO64dmdxvP9pPjDzjH88O4R5zDQPWN_pZQYw7PR-SQT4VTxVGLljnfG69yz3wZdQAo-sAjp5YiUA/s1600/IWS+Stupid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyDSPhqp3Ja0FRQYSaPPqwc18y08U5yxBQPj60mjXHbWG3-3QJw5jxFzuxJ0I1RbcuO64dmdxvP9pPjDzjH88O4R5zDQPWN_pZQYw7PR-SQT4VTxVGLljnfG69yz3wZdQAo-sAjp5YiUA/s400/IWS+Stupid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />That is not a good combination for meeting a Midnight deadline.<br /><br />Anyhoo, here’s the thing.  We’re Number One.  IWS Radio is Number One today, was yesterday, and looking at yesterday’s initial show numbers, that show will be Number One in the near future.<br /><br />Hell.  Our shows have hit Number One in the Blog Talk Radio Comedy category every day for the past month.<br /><br />But…Success is a double-edged sword.  While many folks love us, others who burn with inglorious envy, dream to take us down, and invoke the self-serving power of…<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Schadenfreude</span></i></a><br /><br />Yes my friends, during yesterday’s IWS <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/im-with-stupid/2012/10/28/open-line-sunday" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">Open Phone Line Sunday Show</span></i></a>, hundreds listened live and several inglorious bastards called-in in order to belittle us, throw us off our Number One game, and denigrate us.<br /><br />It was, in a word, hurtful.<br /><br />However, we adapted, overcame, and sallied forth with our mission of providing quality entertainment at a fair price.<br /><br />Being the professionals that Jayman and I are, phone calls sullied with contempt for our achievements cannot keep us from filling your Sundays and Wednesdays with a smile, nor a laugh, or merely a chuckle.<br /><br />We…are…that…good.  And Number One as well.  Have I mentioned that?<br /><br />On the upside, our IWS friend and uber-hottie Missy, had her daughter Regan call-in and tell us of her trick and treating exploits which was quite nice, and…<br /><br />We spent some time talking to the baaaaaaaad boy of Social Media, <span style="color: blue;"><i><a href="https://twitter.com/drmikesevilla" target="_blank">Dr. Mike Sevilla</a></i>,</span> who while not providing a diagnosis for our sickly friend Schmoop, was as charming as always.<br /><br />So, if you care to hear what a Number One BTR show sounds like, listen to yesterday’s show and hear why others of lesser talent are hating us, envying us, and want to be like us.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3940827&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D3940827&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;"><br /></div><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><i><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a></i><br /><i><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a></i></div>

Schadenfreude

Hi Kidz.  I know this is late but, I got up at 5:38 AM on Sunday, did a radio show, and my brother came over, I had a fridge full of beer, a...

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