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Thursday, July 13, 2017

Self Help Radio 071217: Rubber

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(Original image from this video , which, oh why not, just watch it.) Yes, an entire show about rubbers.  Surprisingly, though rubber cl...
Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Whither Rubber?

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(Tapping a rubber tree.  Image from here .) For the past few weeks it seems like I've been hearing songs - not voices - I don't...
Tuesday, July 11, 2017

Preface To Rubber: My Early Experience With That Word

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Rubber is this word that somehow walked the line between clean & dirty, which made it frequently funny, when I was a kid.  I have a memo...
Monday, July 10, 2017

Speaking Of Traffic

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This happened yesterday in Fort Worth. Someone who knows better than I do must tell me why certain places are more prone to severe weather...
Sunday, July 09, 2017

Things I Really Hate # 1: Being Stuck In Traffic

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(This nightmare photo from here .) You know, I'm the sort of guy who doesn't hate things.  If someone I know says they hate a b...
Thursday, July 06, 2017

Self Help Radio 070517: Warnings

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(Original image here .) Here is an episode of Self Help Radio that should've aired last night, but didn't, most probably for re...
Wednesday, July 05, 2017

Whither Warnings?

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(A warning sign warning you to pay attention to warning signs*, found here .) Oh man, I have to apologize for how many times on the sho...
Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Preface To Warnings: Happy Fourth Of July!

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Hope you didn't blow yourself up today.   Apparently a lot of people do. Maybe instead on this day you take a moment to read the Decla...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Things I'm Really Afraid Of # 1

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These fuckers: Seriously, they scare the shit out of me.  One flew into our house last night - yes, they fly - & I just freaked out....
Sunday, July 02, 2017

Might I Share?

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Some of you may have noticed that I have subbed three different KNON shows in the past two weeks.  It was a punishment of riches - KNON deej...
Thursday, June 29, 2017

Self Help Radio 062817: Mercy

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(Found the logo at this logo-generating site .) What happened this week on Self Help Radio?  Did someone find oneself at the mercy of s...
Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Whither Mercy?

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(Probably not a real street*.  Image from here .) Why mercy?  Why not mercy?  Couldn't we all use a little mercy?  Just a little? ...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Preface To Mercy: The Most Famous Mercy Song Is...

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What do you think?  In my brain, when I heard the word "mercy," I immediately thought of this one: Which, I know, isn't te...
Monday, June 26, 2017

This Happened Today

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Someone from my past - someone I knew when I was a teen - friended me on Facebook tonight.  She said she joined Facebook just to find me.  S...
Sunday, June 25, 2017

Everybody's Got One

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When I was a kid, my brother Ralph* would sing songs that made prominently use of the word "love" replacing that word with the wor...
Thursday, June 22, 2017

Self Help Radio 062117: Venus

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(Original image here .) We went to Venus & back this week!  We took a goddess with us!  It was intense! & also quite silly.  ...
Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Whither Venus?

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(Nice map of Venus, in case you get lost on the planet, from here .) Trying to remember when I first thought of doing a show about Venu...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Preface To Venus: THAT SONG

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(image from here .) People have told me the classic song about Venus is this one , Frankie Avalon's Venus</รข>. Written by Ed ...
Monday, June 19, 2017

Poll Results! Something Else!

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Recently I put up a poll up on Twitter asking if this week's show, which has the theme "Venus," should be about the planet, t...
Sunday, June 18, 2017

Staring At NASA Photos All Father's Day Long

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(Like this one, from here .) Hey, if you haven't spent any time just wandering around the NASA image of the day page, you're m...