Links

▼
Saturday, June 04, 2022

There's Always Something After The Show...

›
This picture: was taken at the end of January on one of the dog walks the wife & I take (with the dogs of course) around the city.  I be...
Friday, June 03, 2022

"Tim's Front Yard"

›
On Self Help Radio's show about yards this past week, we presented six never-before-aired episodes of the beloved radio serial "Tim...
Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Self Help Radio 053122: Yards

›
(Yes, it's a picture of my backyard.) While there are lots of songs about lots of different kinds of yards - farmyards, schoolyards, cou...
Monday, May 30, 2022

Whither Yards?

›
(It's true, there's at least one yard in Portland mostly full of statuary.) In the years when I lived with my mother & siblings,...
Sunday, May 29, 2022

Preface To Yards: The Backyard Just Outside Austin

›
(image from here ) The Backyard was a music venue about twenty miles west of Austin in I believe the city of Bee Caves.  On this website , w...
Saturday, May 28, 2022

Fire Escape (Again)

›
There has been mention on this blog before of fire escapes .  I am fond of/in love with/borderline obsessed with them.  & I've never...
Friday, May 27, 2022

Flowery Films

›
(image from the IMDb ) On the last show of the KBOO Spring Membership Drive - which ends tomorrow so if you haven't given, give now! - ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Self Help Radio 052422: Flowers (Again)

›
Here it is, the last of the "Hive Drive" KBOO Spring Membership Drive shows - we've previously covered bees & honey & ...
Monday, May 23, 2022

Whither Flowers (Again)?

›
(A neighbor's buttercups.) Today is the last Self Help Radio of the 2022 KBOO Spring Membership Drive.  ( Help out here plz .)  It was d...
Sunday, May 22, 2022

Preface To Flowers: Again?

›
(Spring is lovely in Portland.) In the late summer of 2009, the wife & I (& our three dogs & two cats) had moved to Huntington, ...
Saturday, May 21, 2022

New Intro Time Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again Again!

›
(There's a sample from this movie in this year's intro! Image from IMDb .) For some reason, I make a new intro for my show every yea...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Random Friday Thoughts

›
This photo was just posted on the Self Help Radio Tumblr Blog  with the caption "apparently things in that tree need to calm the fuck d...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Self Help Radio 051722: Sting

›
(Original bee image here . Sting's face from here .) Sometimes the internet fails you.  I had hoped that someone would have made an imag...
Monday, May 16, 2022

Whither Sting?

›
(image from here .) As I mentioned yesterday, the theme this week is "sting" not "Sting," so don't expect songs by t...
Sunday, May 15, 2022

Preface To Sting: No, Not That Guy!

›
(image from here .) When I was a kid - I guess around the time I was a tween into my teenage years - I was pretty big fan of the Police.  Th...
Saturday, May 14, 2022

Home Sweet Portland Home

›
This picture was taken by me on this day three years ago.  I thought for a minute it might be the day we arrived in Portland, but nope! It...
Friday, May 13, 2022

New Shed

›
That's the new shed being built.  In late October.  Seven months ago. The new shed has been completed for a while now.  It's even be...
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Self Help Radio 051022: Buzz (Again)

›
(I found the original "image" on Tumblr so long ago I'm not sure where.) It says "Buzz (Again)" because it's th...
Monday, May 09, 2022

Whither Buzz?

›
(No, not that Buzz! Image from here .) Tonight's show has the theme "buzz."  It's a theme the show has explored before, bu...
Sunday, May 08, 2022

Preface To Buzz: Didn't You Already Do A Buzz Show?

›
(I made this image for this blog over nine years ago; I don't remember where the original image came from.) Hasn't there already bee...