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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Whither Umbrellas?

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(Image from here .) Every week right before my show, I take a moment to reflect upon why this week's show is about whatever theme....
Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Preface To Umbrellas: A Short History Of Gary's Umbrellas

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The ephemera in our lives - the clothes, the shoes, the things we have - there's something weird about how ultimately little they mean t...
Monday, April 17, 2017

This Was In Our Neighbor's Yard This Weekend

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( Eek! ) That's a Great Plains Rat Snake.  This weekend we were in Dallas seeing Morrissey (this was the third time we'd bought...
Sunday, April 16, 2017

Now With Captions!

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Hilarity may ensue. You may perhaps know that Self Help Radio has a Tumblr page .  I am not entirely sure what Tumblr is or how it'...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Self Help Radio 041217: Blondes

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(Original, not-as-disturbing image here .) It's turns out that radio shows about blondes do  have more fun!  Well, at least I had s...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Whither Blondes?

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(Found here .) Do you believe the stereotype about blondes?  Are they naïve, ditzy, downright dumb?  Do they really have more fun?  M...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Preface To Blondes: One More Blonde Gary Picture

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Since you must've loved the picture of blonde Gary from 1988, here's one from maybe 1995, in my office in the computer lab in Batts ...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Here's A Picture Of A Twenty-Year-Old Gary With Blonde Hair

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Pick one: 1) I'm Sorry. 2) You're Welcome. & yes, as I discussed back here , my left ear is indeed pierced.  I believe I h...
Sunday, April 09, 2017

Angular Frequency

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This is a very boring post about driving.  I drive to Dallas now to volunteer at KNON more often than I ever drove to Louisville or Cincinna...
Thursday, April 06, 2017

Self Help Radio 040517: Diamonds

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(Original image here .) Here are the first few search phrases that pop into Google (for me at least) when I type in the word "diam...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

Whither Diamonds?

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(Image from here .) After a few shows that were kinda challenging - searches for songs about ferris wheels & tails yielded far fe...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Preface To Diamonds: No Jewelry On Me

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My mother, who really isn't all that morbid, but who lives with a cracked sense of what she believes is expected from her*, will often t...
Monday, April 03, 2017

Oh No I Forgot

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To Write Anything At All In The Blog Today Hashtag haiku Hashtag lazy poetry Hashtag late at night Hashtag taghash Hashtag hsahgat ...
Sunday, April 02, 2017

Big Black X On The Calendar

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In a fit of pique, you removed all the inserts & booklets from your CDs.  & you started stapling them to your walls. I said, ...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Self Help Radio 032917: Tails

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(Original image - & you can play the game! - here .) So many apologies for this week.  I am glad I was able to get the show done in...
Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Whither Tails?

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How I wish I could write about why this week's theme is "tails." Alas, a big storm knocked out our power last night & I am...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Preface To Tails: Who Has The Best Tail?

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We all have our favorite tails.  I may be partial to dogs' tails & cats' tails, since they're the tails I encounter most oft...
Monday, March 27, 2017

Found This Online

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Apropos this week's show.
Sunday, March 26, 2017

A Stray Observation About Alphabetation

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For no real reason, I've always felt it made more sense for X to come before W. Not necessarily right before W, but certainly after S ...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

Self Help Radio 032217: Smash

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(Original image here .) Another show in the can.  Was it smashing?  How would I know?  There are actors who never see their finished fi...