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Saturday, November 06, 2021

Don't - Not In The Grass

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Bad grammar & misspellings are slightly more fun to point out when they're in public places.  This picture was taken two years ago o...
Friday, November 05, 2021

Fold Like Origami

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(This image, from here , is the first that comes up in a image search for origami.) It is true that I don't much about that other radio ...
Tuesday, November 02, 2021

Self Help Radio 110221: Vacations

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Do you need a vacation?  Wouldn't that be nice, especially as it seems to have become cold & rainy despite all objections?  If you c...
Monday, November 01, 2021

Whither Vacations?

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(image found here ) Do people vacation in November? Can we say for the sake of a radio show that they do?  Thanks! Since people vacation in ...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

Preface To Vacations: Is Halloween Over Yet?

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(image by Mr. Joshua ) It's over, yeah?  The kids are all inside, deep in their sugar comas?  The parents have self-medicated?  We'v...
Saturday, October 30, 2021

Halloween Shows!

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As an FYI, there are quite a few Self Help Radio Halloween shows - basically every Halloween show since 2005, or a total of seventeen (17!) ...
Friday, October 29, 2021

Halloween Pumpkin Movies & Stuff!

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(image from here ) On this year's Halloween episode of Self Help Radio, we played songs about & talked about pumpkins. During that s...
Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Self Help Radio 102621: Halloween 2021 - Pumpkins!

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What's more central to Halloween than the venerable pumpkin?  Not ghosts not candy not scares not nothing! Whether you carve them or not...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Whither Pumpkins? (Hint: It's Self Help Radio's 2021 Halloween Show!)

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(People in Portland love their Halloween!) Every year, Self Help Radio celebrates Halloween with a show that tries to focus on some aspect o...
Sunday, October 24, 2021

Preface To Halloween 2021 - Pumpkins! Featuring Much More Pumpkin Content

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Though it appears to have fallen out of favor, Self Help Radio still has a Tumblr account (it's here ), & there are lots of Tumblr ...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

Lotsa Pictures Of Pumpkins # 2

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As I mentioned yesterday, I take a lot of pictures of pumpkins around the Halloween time when people have pumpkins out.  They're a very ...
Friday, October 22, 2021

Lotsa Pictures Of Pumpkins # 1

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It's true, when they're out, I take lots of pictures of pumpkins.  Here are some from when I lived in Kentucky.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Self Help Radio 101921: Radar

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(Original image here .*) It was almost certainly off your radar this week, but Self Help Radio's show about radars might've been a s...
Monday, October 18, 2021

Whither Radar?

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(image from here .) The normal way for me to think of a theme starts with coincidence.  I notice a particular theme recurs in the music I...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

Preface To Radar: O'Reilly

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(image from IMDb ) It's impossible to say the word "radar" in American culture without invoking two things - & I'll co...
Saturday, October 16, 2021

Handsome Chair

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This picture was taken on this day five years ago, doubtless in Fort Worth, Texas.  I titled it, "Handsome Chair." What else do yo...
Friday, October 15, 2021

A Couple Of Books About Eggs

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(both images from Goodreads ) On this week's show, our favorite librarian Carole came by to talk about two books about eggs.  You can se...
Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Self Help Radio 101221: Eggs

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The photo above, of painted easter eggs, was taken by me earlier this year.  The eggs were actual eggs, uncooked, decorated by a neighbor of...
Monday, October 11, 2021

Whither Eggs?

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In case you didn't know, I do another show, on Freeform Portland , called The Dickenbock Report.  It's very much like Self Help Radi...
Sunday, October 10, 2021

Preface To Eggs: The Chicken & The Egg

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(Image from here .) The picture is from this article which suggest there's a controversy about that question, which came first, the chi...