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Friday, December 01, 2023

Self Help Radio 113023: Magda's Birthday Show 2023

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This was an actual conversation between my wife (who is the person for whom I do birthday shows this time each year) & me about this sho...
Thursday, November 30, 2023

Whither Magda's Birthday Show 2023?

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Every year around the time of her birthday, my wife gets a radio show. From me. I've been doing it for almost as long as I've known ...
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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Preface To Magda's Birthday Show 2023: The Old Complaint

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Every year around this time I am faced with the knowledge that there are a finite number of birthday songs I liked (as opposed to an infinit...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Mirror Universe

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That's a picture I took on this day five years ago. I was living at the time in Fort Worth, Texas. It might explain why the trees have s...
Monday, November 27, 2023

Something Something Sleep Something

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Do you sleep? What's that like? Do you sleep many hours in a night? Do you dream? Do you remember your dreams? Do you dream of places yo...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Self Help Radio 112323: Wool

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(Original image from the Wikipedia. ) Well. Wool. Here's a radio show about wool. I almost wrote "not everything you ever wanted to...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Whither Wool?

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(Quick! Make me a coat! Image from here .) Hey! Happy Thanksgiving! I think I'm glad Self Help Radio is on a Thursday but know I have to...
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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Preface To Wool: Wool Puns

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(Image from this page , also where the puns are.) You know I occasionally make interstitial bits for my show, hoping to be funny or entertai...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Movies For Chameleons

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(Chuck didn't talk about this movie even though it was about a chameleon. Image from the IMDb. ) Our resident cinephile Chuck stopped by...
Monday, November 20, 2023

A Brief Word About Dying Twitter

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(image from here ) A year ago, I tweeted something about the state of Twitter, & the paraphrase is something like, "The saddest thi...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Self Help Radio 111623: Chameleons

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(original image here ) No matter how much it tried, Self Help Radio could not change colors today & blend into the radio landscape. It, ...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Whither Chameleons?

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(A frightened chameleon turns black! From the Wikipedia page .) It's going to sound dumb but. After I saw the Chameleons in September, a...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Preface To Chameleons - No, Not Those Guys

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(image from the  Chameleons Band Official Fan Page Facebook group ) In case you didn't know, one of my dumb rules about my themes is tha...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Something You Don't See Around Here

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This is something you don't really see in Portland, or at least I haven't noticed them as conspicuously: piles of bricks. The other ...
Monday, November 13, 2023

Wild Times At Wee Gertie's

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There's a poem recited in the darkest & dankest halls amongst the worsening & worst. It's not a poem you would ever hear - w...
Friday, November 10, 2023

Self Help Radio 110923: Hazel

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(original image here ) People named Hazel. Hazel eyes. Hazelnuts. Even witch hazel, which isn't related to the other hazel at all. This ...
Thursday, November 09, 2023

Whither Hazel?

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(Pantone 17-1143 - Hazel) It was just time for another color. In fact I can't remember the last time I explored a color on Self Help Rad...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Preface To Hazel: Hazel Eyes

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(image from here ) That stunning picture above comes from an article online called What Determines Hazel Eye Color? Click above to read it. ...
Tuesday, November 07, 2023

How To Listen To The 1968 Project

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(a Melody Maker page from 1968, from here ) Yesterday I promised you that I'd point you to where you can listen to the six installments ...
Monday, November 06, 2023

The 1968 Project, Part Six

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(The top four haven't changed since September) Previously . Don't want to read? I'm using the top albums of 1968 at Rate Your Mu...