Is This Thing On?

Hello, and welcome to another episode of "Is This Thing On?" (Download MP3 or listen to the stream) *It's February, which means a few things. - First, I'm a year older. - Second, Valentine's Day is coming up. - Third, Estrella War is coming up. - Fourth, a bunch of athletes are hanging out in Torino. - Fifth, Mardi Gras will soon bring a city and a nation together again. * It is in the spirit of that last event, Fat Tuesday, Carnivale, and Mardi Gras, mon amies, that I wanted to have a special guest join us on the podcast. * Her name is Heidi Joy Niswonger-Dulom (aka Heidi Joy) from imagesinwords.com. - Also known as imagesinwords on VampireRave.com - She lives in Slidell, LA, near New Orleans. She's a writer and all around cool chick. * Before getting to the chat, I decided to carry on the New Orleans spirit with a sweet Zydeco song called "Voodoo Woman" by Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers. * So just how cool is she? Well, her cell phone, when you call it, plays "Save Me", the theme song to "Smallville". - Not just as a ringtone, but as a dialtone! - So right off the bat, that was our topic of conversation. - Then we talked about the new Superman movie which comes out this summer. * She served in the Marines - "Oorah!" - USMC 1992-2000 Sgt. Heidi Joy Niswonger-Dulom - She was a volunteer radio DJ for the Armed Forces Radio and Televsion Network in Japan for 2 years. - Her show was the "Way Back When Show". * She has 8 Piercings - 17 Tattoos! - We talked about these all in painful details. - No pictures on the net of them... yet. * Mardi Gras - Feb. 28, 2006 is Fat Tuesday! - Check out http://www.mardigras.com * Post-Katrina New Orleans. - The French Quarter was hardly touched and is ready for Mardi Gras. - She talked about the parts that are still in ruin. - People are still working together, volunteering, helping rebuild the city. * Heidi and her family were IN THEIR HOUSE when the eye of Katrina passed overhead. - They watched trees uproot around them, which shook their house, but miraculously their house was virtually untouched. - She talked about how 9-1-1 was out of order, so people were calling into the local talk radio station which the police were listening to. - She talked about friends and family and what they are going through. * Many of the hotels in and around the city are open now and are taking reservations for Mardi Gras and beyond. - Still a lot of people don't know that Mardi Gras IS going to happen this year! - Some of the parades begin this Saturday, the 11th. - http://www.nola.com/mardigras/parades/daycal.ssf - Parade schedule * We talked about the humid weather in New Orleans, and compared it to other places. - It is part of the atmosphere of N'awlins. - Michelle has attempted to explain Massachusetts heat. - I have no concept of humidity, but I know what heat is. -- Photo of the temp gauge in car reaching 122° on July 20, 2005 * Michelle's life lessons from Arizona: 1. If you ride a bike during the summer, don't wear shorts, or you'll scorch your inner thighs as they graze the metal of the bike. - If you learn nothing else from listening to this podcast, take this advice with you to heart! 2. Do not fall into the cactus. - We don't have flower beds here, we have cactus beds. -- They have cactus in Florida? * Though we didn't get to talk to her about this, Heidi is a poet and writer of stories and articles. - She's also written some excellent erotica under the pen name "Christina Soaring". - "Antonio" is still my favorite of her short stories, this one has a delicious twist. -- http://www.sensualvenus.com/romantic/christinaantonio.htm * She's also a self-published author. Her books: - "IMAGES IN WORDS, Volume 1" - "READ MY LOVE, The First Collection" (as Christina Soaring) * Her websites... - http://www.imagesinwords.com - Her personal website - http://groups.msn.com/HeidiCentral - HeidiCentral, her cultural/spiritual site - http://www.soulengravings.com - She's an editor for "A Tangled Script of Intangible Soul Engravings" - http://allpoetry.com/poets/imagesinwords - Her poetry at allpoetry.com - http://www.forumhost.us/lurkers/search.php?search_author=imagesinwords - Her posts on The Lurkers' Domain (we hope to see more of her there!) * We'll have to get her on again soon to chat about it. - Maybe after Mardi Gras to find out how it came together this year. * I wrapped up the show by playing a rockin' blues harp song called "Bad Mouth" by the Rockin' Jake Band. If you want to join us on our podcast, Skype me at IsThisThingOnPodcast. - We don't have a scheduled time yet, but watch the status on Skype of IsThisThingOnPodcast. If you have any comments about this podcast, feel free to drop a note at shaurette.net/podmail. Thanks for visiting. This Blog and PodCast are © Copyright 2006 by Dan Shaurette, under the Creative Commons "Attribution with No Derivatives" License. Some Rights Reserved. Music for this podcast was provided by the PodShow Podsafe Music Network. The theme music came from the royalty-free collection at http://www.musicloops.com. Technorati Tags:Podcast, Podsafe Music, GarageBand, Dwayne Dopsie, Rockin Jake, imagesinwords

I had the pleasure of interviewing Evo Terra of podiobooks.com and dragonpage.com, among others. Most recently he wrote PODCASTING FOR DUMMIES with Tee Morris. Click here to listen to or read the interview.