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Friday, December 13, 2013

Whither Gary's Favorite Music 2013

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Every year, the same old thing.  I sometimes think I should do this like a list or a countdown - but that's so hard to do.  Until I time...
Thursday, December 12, 2013

Preface To Gary's Favorite's 2013: Other People Know Better

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I can only conclude, after a short sampling of "best of" lists, that I am really almost completely out of touch with what people t...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Today's Figure Of Speech: Bdelygmia

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Spellcheck don't know this word: bdelgymia.  & why should it?  It's a heartless, unthinking, unfeeling, crappily compiled, moron...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Self Help Radio 120613: A Touch Of Velvet

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Beginning a new tradition: radio shows about fabrics!  I can't wait for some enterprising deejay to do one about gingham! Show is a...
Friday, December 06, 2013

Whither A Touch Of Velvet?

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I promise, I had this show planned before dear old Lou Reed left us.  I can't say what I had been listening to that brought me to the de...
Thursday, December 05, 2013

Preface To A Touch Of Velvet: RIP Nelson Mandela

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As I started to write this, I learned that Nelson Mandela has died .  It's hard to be serious about a dumb radio show in light of such n...
Wednesday, December 04, 2013

The Invention Of The Glitch

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Meet Elmo Notio, the inventor of the glitch. Before Elmo, they say, things went off without a hitch! (Mainly because no one knew Price Rob...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Self Help Radio 112930: Magda's Birthday Show 2013

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Wife: It's my birthday! It's my birthday! Me: Happy birthday! Wife: Not good enough.  Radio show, please. Me: But...  I've ...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Whither Magda's Birthday Show 2013?

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I am contractually obligated by a deal I made before my marriage with my wife's lawyer to celebrate my wife's birthday on the air ev...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Preface To Magda's Birthday Show 2013: What Else Is Going On?

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I have a typically secular problem with a holiday like Thanksgiving, because I don't have an invisible friend to give thanks to.  Though...
Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Thanksgiving Holiday Ha Ha

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This week is going to be tough for me, because I am subbing three shows - one today, & two tomorrow - & still need to prepare this w...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Self Help Radio 112213: The Blame Game

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The show is shorter than usual!  I blame Chloe, the trainee who needed practice! Nothing is my fault!  I'm blameless! Show: Self H...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Whither The Blame Game?

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Do you know this is one-thousand-seven-hundredth post on this blog thing?  I started it long ago.  I will probably continue it into the futu...
Thursday, November 21, 2013

Preface To The Blame Game: 1699

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Tomorrow will be 1700 posts on this site since May 23.  I think around that time I reduced the number of posts per week written here from fi...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

I Wrote A Villanelle

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Yes, for last week's show I wrote a villanelle. As Wikipedia explains, "a villanelle (also known as villanesque) is a nineteen-l...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Self Help Radio 111513: The Wonderful Show

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W is for WRFL.  O is for Oh Look A Radio Show.  N is for Nimrod.  D is for Disc Jockey.  E is for Evergreen, a song that touches me deeply...
Friday, November 15, 2013

Whither The Wonderful Show?

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Please note that simply because the show is called "the wonderful show" does not mean it will be wonderful at all.  I just think i...
Thursday, November 14, 2013

Preface To The Wonderful Show: Self Help Radio Has Never Been Wonderful - Why Start Now?

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The dictionary defines wonderful as "excellent, great, marvelous."  Those are three words that no one has ever used to describe Se...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Accents

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There is a show called Accents on WRFL, but this isn't about that show.  It's about actual accents, defined as "a distinctive ...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Self Help Radio 110813: The Automatic Show

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This note has been automatically generated by the Self Help Radio Bot 1900.  You have requested information about a Self Help Radio radio ...