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Friday, April 06, 2018

Beatrice

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We said goodbye this week to my beautiful old girl cat, Beatrice.  She was seventeen, nearly eighteen years old.  I believe I spent nearl...
Thursday, April 05, 2018

Self Help Radio 040418: Wells

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(Moments before Self Help Radio fell down the well.  Original image here .) Well, well, well.  Well, well.  Well, well, well, well.  Oh...
Wednesday, April 04, 2018

Whither Wells?

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(Image found here .) The corporate overlords of Self Help Radio wish to apologize to people who love & appreciate many different ki...
Tuesday, April 03, 2018

Preface To Wells: Never Been Down A Well

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Maybe I've told this story before, but during my third grade year, I had two amazing experiences that I thought would lead to more amazi...
Monday, April 02, 2018

Return To Form 1040EZ

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This is an exchange in the film Duck Soup between a prosecutor, & Chico Marx, who plays Chicolini, who happens to be on trial: Prosec...
Sunday, April 01, 2018

Well Comix?

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No, I'm not somehow employed by or otherwise promoting Extra Fabulous Comics but it turned out, entirely serendipitously, the author h...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

Self Help Radio 032818: Empires

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(The Self Help Radio Empire circa never.  Original image here .) The empire show rose & then it fell.  With not very much art or cu...
Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Whither Empires?

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(Image from here .) Not gonna lie, this one was a little tough to put together.  I don't know why I rushed it, honestly.  Usually I...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Preface To Empires: Fall Down Again

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Tonight I fell down again.  Let me explain. About a year & a half ago, I fell down & broke my arm.  I may have talked about it on ...
Monday, March 26, 2018

Supporting The Arts

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One of my fave Tumblr blog cartoonists, the guy who does Extra Fabulous Comics (subtitled "Comics Killed My Family") made a se...
Sunday, March 25, 2018

Polaroid

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Been so busy, maybe instead of looking here, you can look at this Tumblr blog which collects polaroids of members of Public Image Ltd (li...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Self Help Radio 032118: Keys

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(Original image here .) The world only heard  around 88% of this show!  If they heard it at all.  I didn't?  Did you? Well, then,...
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Whither Keys?

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(Image from here .) Gosh, I dunno.  Why a show about keys?  I remember a time when I was involved as a director of a radio station ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Preface To Keys: That Time My Keys Didn't Work

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This is a story about a very weird night in 1987.  It was Thanksgiving night, & I had stupidly come home to from Austin to be with the f...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Set Schedule

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It seems like I'm always driving these days (the downside of living in a sprawling place without decent public transportation) & whe...
Sunday, March 18, 2018

This Cursive Note

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Did you do anything for Saint Patrick's Day?  Me neither. One time a friend told me he thought Saint Patrick might be Patrick Stewart ...
Thursday, March 15, 2018

Self Help Radio 031418: It's A Reach

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(Original image here .) It's hard reaching out.  Especially if, for whatever reason, your arms are tired.  Even your metaphorical a...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Whither It's A Reach?

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(Image from this place .) The story of this week's show's theme is one of intrigue & thrills, which will take us to three c...
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Preface To It's A Reach: This Definition

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According to the Wikipedia , a reach (geography) is "a length of a stream or river, usually suggesting a level, uninterrupted stretch. ...
Monday, March 12, 2018

Good Lord What Is It With The Song "Take On Me"?

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Every time I turn around, I find someone online making another, somewhat specialized version of the song "Take On Me."  Here are t...