This week, Ashley and eschewed our normal format to tackle the two hot topics of the day: Boobies and baseball.

Seriously we had so much to say about Susan G. Komen, Planned Parenthood, the Rangers, Josh Hamilton, and drinking as a recovering alcoholic or a pregnant lady… that we didn’t have time for anything else!

So forgive us this one time for doing Two Hot Topics from Two Hot Chicks instead of our regular Top 7.

We’ll see you guys next week with seven topics, live from CPAC in Washington, DC.

Happy listening!

I got to spend Friday afternoon hanging out in Hugh Hewitt’s office. His radio office, that is, not his law office, which I have no desire to visit as I hope to never need a trial attorney. But if I did, I’d try to get Hugh Hewitt to represent me, because dang that dude is smart.

But I’d rather not need a trial lawyer.

Anyway. I got to bum around the recording studio for the Hugh Hewitt Show, which was being guest-hosted that day by my friend Larry O’Connor. Friday morning, when I was in the middle of doing Top 7 with Ashley, Larry pinged me to ask if I wanted to do a segment on the show. Um, hello, yes please.

So I said something along the lines of, “YEESSSSS!!!” and then told him that next time he hosted to give me some notice because I wouldn’t mind driving up to LA to go in-studio. Larry told me that it was Irvine, not LA, and I had an invitation. Irvine is way closer to San Diego than LA. It just so happened that Leif was working from home, so I didn’t have to worry about the kids, and I asked him if he minded if I went, and he said, “Go! Be smart. Be funny. Be cute. Be you.”

Side note – I love that man.

Wrapped up Top 7, hopped in the shower, did some quick hair and make-up, then hit the road. When I got there, it was 2:55, and the show started at 3. I called Larry to find out where exactly I was going, and he came out to get me, and then we RAN back to the studio, where he fell into the chair behind the mic just in time to start hosting a nationally syndicated talk radio show.

Sometimes my timing is impeccable.

Hugh wasn’t there, but his crew was, and it was lovely to meet them. I’ve been following his producer Duane Patterson for a while on Twitter, but I didn’t think he’d have any clue who I was, because really, why would he?

“Hi, I’m Jenny! Nice to meet you!”

“Duane,” he said, shaking my hand, and then added with a wink and a smile, “This is Salem. You can’t say dipsh!t on air.”

In case you didn’t know (and I didn’t until last summer), Salem is the Christian broadcasting network that runs The Hugh Hewitt Show. And on Thursday night, Duane had been on Larry’s regular Internet radio show. And Thursday is when I do my weekly Quickie with Jenny on The Larry O’Connor Show. And I had said that particular cuss word on that particular show, which is actually pretty unusual for me. I rarely cuss on air or in print, saving those words for the most impact when the situation calls for it. It totally called for it on Thursday.

So now I’m apparently the girl that says dipsh!t on the radio. But I do know better than to do that on a Salem drive time show. Give me some credit, Duane!

It was all kinds of awesome watching the behind the scenes stuff … Adam with the hand signals from the room with all kinds of technical-looking equipment, Duane with the 30-second warnings in the headphones, Larry forgetting to push the button to bring a caller on, because he’s used to his producer Meredith Dake doing that for him … it was very cool.

During the second hour, a real-live congressman came in for a live interview, and I got to sit right next to him. Representative John Campbell was a peach, and it makes me happy that there are people like him in Congress. When he came in, Larry introduced me as a Mom Blogger, which is basically what I am, which also means that while I was listening to the show in Hugh Hewitt’s office, I was on my laptop tweeting, chatting in the Hughniverse chat room, and taking notes for an article I have due Monday morning on the whole Newt vs. Mitt thing since that’s what they were talking about.

When we cut to break, Congressman Campbell looked over at me and asked, “I don’t mean to be nosey, but what are you doing over there?”

‘This? This is what I do. Talk to people on Twitter and in chat rooms. Write stuff. I’m going to be on the radio in the next hour, I do that too. I. Love. My. Job.”

Then we talked about Twitter a little bit more, and I told him he should use it more to communicate, and also warned him against ever sending DMs, because as Anthony Weiner knows, sometimes you mess up and send pictures of your junk out to the world instead of as a DM. It’s better to just avoid it if you’re a public figure.

Then again, John Campbell doesn’t seem like the type to do that anyway.

So I finally got to go on the radio with Larry, and what did I end up saying?

“I’ve been lobbying my husband for a sister wife.”

“Newt makes my eye twitch.”

“She insists on looking like a dude, and I don’t understand it.” 

Clearly, I am a ridiculous person. But y’all already knew that, right?

Happy listening!

Jenny on Hugh

This week, Ashley and I talked about:

1. The State of the Union
2. More Solyndra and Green Energy Fail
3. Death Row Inmate Mocks Taxpayers
4. Who’s the Racist Now?
5. The Power of the Private Sector (in Vegas!)
6. Rand Paul and the TSA
7. French Elle, Michelle Obama, and Fashion in the African-American Community

This week, Ashley and I talked about:

1. California Crunchies at the Farmers’ Market
2. So, You Want To Be an Iranian Scientist?
3. The GOP’s Super PAC War
4. The Supreme Court Sides with Religious School
5. Marines Pee On Dead Terrorists (And This Is a Problem?)
6. School Dress Codes … For Teachers
7. Bacon = Cancer

This week, Ashley and I talked about:

1. GOP Primary Update After the Iowa Caucuses
2. Facebook Apologizes For Removing Abortion Instructions
3. The Economy and the Latest Jobs Numbers
4. Parenting (and MTV)
5. The Department of Transportation and Transparency
6. Sharks Fins You Eat
7. Hybrid Sharks That Will Eat You

This week, Ashley and I talked about 2011 – the good, the bad, and the ugly. And between Anthony Weiner and Charlie Sheen, there was a whole lotta ugly last year. Instead of 7 topics, we covered 7 categories during this two-hour special.

Happy listening!

This week, Ashley and I talked about:

1. Tim Tebow vs. The Crazies
2. Paul Ryan, Ron Wyden, & Medicare
3. The Final GOP Debate Before the Iowa Caucus
4. Obama Asks Iran to Pretty Please Give Us Our Drone Back
5. The Geezer Bandit
6. Automated Border Patrol Crossings
7. Jenny’s New Favorite Show: Sherlock

So every few weeks, I get into this strange mood where absolutely everything and anything bugs the crud out of me, and even though I know I should just let the nail polish spilled all over the bathroom by Thing 2 go, I end up softly banging my head on the wall while counting backwards from 100.

Then I remember that I’m a chick and I have hormones. So I pour a glass of wine and lock myself in the bedroom while the children proceed to absolutely destroy the house and I attempt to regain my sanity. As a warning, I might even g-chat Leif at work:

I am nothing if not considerate.

Then Ashley will ping me with some fascinating factoid about the dangers of sex swings (so she’s heard*) and how real friends will help you move bodies. In five-inch heels. In the mud. Everyone should have a friend like Ashley. But you can’t have her. She’s mine. Go find your own Ashley.

See? I’m totally moody. And apparently possessive.

Then Larry will ping me and tell me that my segment on his show is popular, and that will cheer me up, and also remind me that I have actual work I need to be doing, like writing about the crazy train that is Glenn Beck, but then the kids need feeding, cleaning, and tucking into bed, which requires another glass of wine and not a small number of deep breaths and then they’re down and wow two glasses of wine when I forgot to have lunch is a bit much so maybe I’ll make a sandwich first because I’m obsessed with sandwiches and that sounds perfect and tasty and delicious — and oh my gosh just go to bed and stay there!**

Finally finally finally get the kids settled (I think they were a wee bit skeered of Mean Mommy), sandwich made and consumed, and sat down at my computer. And then this post came out of my head instead of the one I was supposed to write.

I was going to write more (maybe) but Leif just came home. With more wine.

I’m outs.

*Don’t worry Ashley’s mom. It was purely contextual, I swear.

**This is what us professional writers call a run-on sentence. I’m using it purely as an example here of what you should never do when writing professionally. Or something.

This week, Ashley and I talked about our half-marathon in Las Vegas (she totally beat me, as predicted. I’m going to go ahead and blame my kids for my lack of training) and some actual news stories so that you can get your think on before you get your drink on. Tune in to hear smart, snarky commentary on:

1. A Fast & Furious Update … Plus Eric Holder is a Douche Canoe
2. Why Europe Hates British Prime Minister David Cameron
3. Plan B ‘Birth Control’
4. The Obama Family: Climate Change Deniers by Way of Vacation
5. Sesame Street Goes to Pakistan
6. The Worst Post-Date Letter Evah
7. 80-Year-Old Granny Faces Charges for Feeding the Ducks

This week, Ashley and I talked about:

1. The Real Unemployment Rate
2. Barney Frank’s Impending Retirement (and Also Scott Brown)
3. Santa School (Yes It’s a Real Thing)
4. Horse Slaughtering in America
5. Newt Gingrich’s Ego
6. The Ugly Meter App (I scored a 7.7! I’d care more, but apparently it’s random)
7. The Pro-Life iPhone