Dance Chicken Dance

Two hours in the chicken suit taught me an important life lesson:
Always be willing to laugh at yourself.

I did alot of that yesterday as I paid off my chicken suit bet with Jared Castle.
The look on the faces of people (especially kids) passing by is worth the minor amount of teasing that comes with dressing like a great big bird.
Kids walking by in the early hours would not make eye contact with me. Others on buses laughed and pointed, mostly with a kind of confused look on their faces.
It looked like the youngins were trying to comprehend what they were seeing and describe the scene to the adults in the car. I wish I could have heard the reaction from parents and bus drivers....

We raised almost $200 for SMART from donations. Thank you! For more on the SMART reading program, go to www.getsmartoregon.org.

Best Moment: A little kid walking to school with his parents put 31 cents in my bucket.

Worst Moment: a dog coming to be on the radio (yes, that happens around here) reacted a bit strongly when the big bright yellow chicken moved his arms. Apparently the pooch wasn't afraid of a stationary chicken, but when I moved a little, he went kinda crazy. Jared made a joke about Foghorn Leghorn and we both funnied out.

Worst Moment II: After I had shed the suit, Adam Perason from the News Review showed up for a photo op. I put the thing back on, complete with my sign "My team laid an egg in the Super Bowl" for the good of the SMART program.