Comic relief

My husband and I have fallen into a routine for our 50-minute commute to and from work.

There are so many "talk" morning shows on the radio to choose from. And while we could potentially enhance our intelligence listening to NPR, we choose not to engage our brains so early in the day.

When we first started the drive to Iola 4 years ago, we listened to Bob and Sheri. We got a little tired of all the whining losers on that show, so we were excited when a local station started carrying the Bob and Tom show. Granted, some of the content is a bit risque, but for the most part, it's pretty darn entertaining.

What we enjoy is hearing their comedic guests -- some people you know from TV and movies, most are just known on the comedy club circuits. Jim and I have seen quite a few of these when they've traveled through Wisconsin on the "Friends of Bob and Tom Comedy Tour." Tonight we were treated to two acts who actually stopped in Wisconsin Rapids.

Paul & Storm and Tim Cavanagh are musically talented comics who made us laugh for a solid 2 hours. My face actually hurt from smiling so hard!

Kind of strange to be out on a date in the middle of the week, but it was a great stress reliever. I'd recommend it to anyone. We'd also urge you to keep an eye out for one of their many comedy tours coming to a venue near you. Who doesn't deserve a break today?

By the way, the other half of our commuting routine includes our gripe session on the way home from work. We each get any problems or stressors off our chests and out of our minds so we don't have to think about work when we get home. (Yeah, right.) If that doesn't work, we blast a little classic rock until those thoughts dance right out of our heads.