Yesterday, as I was leaving my apartment, I saw a car parked outside with an out-of-state license plate. The state? Minnesota. The first thought that ran through my mind? 'Hey that's where Lino is from.'

I share this because I listen to The Catholic Guy Show as much as a college girl watches Grey's Anatomy (a crappy show, but it works in this analogy). And whenever anyone has this much time invested in something, they tend to go through highs and lows emotionally with the show. When something good happens on that show, the rest of their life tends to go well. When something crappy happens on the show, the rest of their life, totally unrelated to the show, is crappy as well.

Other parts of the show creep into my everyday life. I pay attention to the Minnesota Vikings football team more (Lino's favorite team). Whenever I have a date come over to my house, I always whip out..... Lino's Generation Cross DVD.

Some parts of the show I absolutely love, such as Priest Appreciation Day, the banter between Lino and Lou, and Lino's gift of helping people grow in their faith. Of course, there are things I absolutely despise about the show, the main one being Father Rob. I know he's a priest, so I should try to be respectful, but his appearances usually result in me turning off the radio. And since he poisons the entire Wednesday show, I usually don't listen on that day.

Regardless, someone asked me on the phone last night what was responsible for me converting to Catholicism. I must have sounded like a Sirius Public Relations representative after tellling her all about Lino's show.

With that said, hopefully the shows this week will be outstanding (and by outstanding, I mean locking Fr. Rob out of the studio). I'm definitely anxious to see if the segment "Who's More Catholic" will ever return, after Lino lost 6-1 on Friday to Fr. Jim (a priest who should be on more!).

Unlike those girls that watch Grey's Anatomy, I don't have to wait a whole week to get my fix. Thank God this show comes on every day. My spiritual life has benefited greatly.

I was going to doctor this photo up. But I just love the expression on the munchkin. And second I look so hack in my I LOVE NY t-shirt. My original blog idea was to base it around this photo. You know, claim Ron might be on the road to Sainthood. Offer photo as proof he can bilocate since he was both in Rome and at this campground. But then to quote a former producer (?) 'Things just got crazy".

Never got much of a chance to listen to Friday's show on the way home Sunday. My wife and I got into some great conversation. Maybe being Linoless for two days has somehow broken the psychological grip the show has on me. No problems. Work needs some one to do some traveling Monday and Tuesday. I volunteer. Can catch up on Friday's show Mon. morning. Listen to it live in the afternoon.

Friday's show, contrary to popular opinion, I thought was pretty good. Conversation with Ron A. from Rome was funny. Love the inquizzition. Bad Connection Bob was as good as ever. Even with the new headset that gave him a good connection. I honestly wish I could be as cool of a caller as BCB. Stoner Alex was a real treat. Of course, I had been Linoless for about 3 days, so maybe anything sounded good at the time. It's like when you give up something for lent. After a while any form of it will do. There is an old Eddie Murphy joke about Saltines vs Ritz crackers when it comes to "embracing" that is the perfect analogy here. I don't want to explain it. Well, because it is probably inappropriate and I am getting tired.

Let's move ahead to the start of today's show. Tune in about 5 minutes before. NO ANTENNA DETECTED. WHAT!!!!! Stop the vehicle. Check the connection. Good. Maybe it's a software glitch. Remove battery. Power up. Wait......wait.....wait.......HURRY UP !!!!!! IT'S 3:02!!!! DANG!!!!!! NO ANTENNA DETECTED!!!!! WHAT THE HEY!!!!!! As Lino often says "God, Why do you hate me?"

Now here is my dilemma. After messing around trying to figure out the cause, I think my vehicle kit it broke. I have a home kit that I could leave it in to record but that means I have no Catholic Channel while I drive this stupid trip for work I volunteered to do. My dream of 3 hours of uninterrupted CG is gone. My denial of my addiction to the show, gone. My sanity, gone. To much Lino on the brain. Kid's this is your BRAIN, this is your brain on Lino.