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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Urban Ruins

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One of the strangest things that happens when a business fails is that they're not somehow required to clean up or otherwise alter the r...
Friday, June 10, 2022

Rain

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It rained all day today. You might be saying, "So what? It's Portland, man!" Yes, it rains here, but it's not often a cons...
Tuesday, June 07, 2022

Self Help Radio 060722: Knees

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How I wish I could say something interesting or pithy about knees!  The only thing I can think is, one day my knees will fail me.  I know se...
Monday, June 06, 2022

Whither Knees?

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(image from the Wikipedia ) Why a radio show about knees?  Would you believe it's because I did a radio show about socks?  But it's ...
Sunday, June 05, 2022

Preface To Knees: The Knee Of A Lost Love

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It may shock most people to know this, but I was young once, but then as now I didn't really enjoy taking pictures of me.  It was brutal...
Saturday, June 04, 2022

There's Always Something After The Show...

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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"

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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

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(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?

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(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

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(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)

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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

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(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)

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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)?

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(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?

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(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!

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(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

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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

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(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?

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(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!

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(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...