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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Near Miss Day

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(image from here ) March 23 is Near Miss Day - according to National Today dot com , "People around the world celebrate this day to be ...
Friday, March 21, 2025

This Week In Self Help (March 16 18 + 20)

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A dumb announcement. I was on the radio a bit more than regularly this week. What happened? I'll tell you. But remember: if you click on...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Self Help Radio 031825: Howard Gently Year Four

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Here it is, the eighth collection of improvised radio interviews performed by my friend Russell as "the Rev Dr Howard Gently" ...
Monday, March 17, 2025

Whither Howard Gently Year Four?

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Tonight on the program I continue a tribute to a dear friend whom we lost almost two years ago. His name was Russell & he was very funny...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Preface To Howard Gently Year Four: Big Country

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(image from Discogs ) This week on the show I am continuing my remembrance/celebration of my dear friend Russell whom we lost nearly two yea...
Saturday, March 15, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Lips Appreciation Day

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(Image by Alastair Philip Wiper from here ) March 16 is Lips Appreciation Day. Many, if not all, XRAY listeners have lips. This seems to be ...
Friday, March 14, 2025

This Week In Self Help (March 9 + 11)

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That head read my mind! It was a quiet week for this deejay, only on the radio in my prescribed times, for which that small portion of Portl...
Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Self Help Radio 031125: Telepathy

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No, Self Help Radio wasn't reading your mind this morning. It's a radio show! Which has been described as "mindless"! ...
Monday, March 10, 2025

Whither Telepathy?

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(image from Wikipedia ) One thing is true is that I wish I read more. I try to read more. I know people who read way  more than I do. One of...
Sunday, March 09, 2025

Preface To Telepathy: A Warning About Pedanticism

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Just a note - I found that picture above on Tumblr a million years ago & don't know where it's actually from, I apologize don...
Saturday, March 08, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Check Your Batteries Day

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March 9 is Check Your Batteries Day. We think it has something to do with ending daylight savings time but to be honest we haven't done ...
Friday, March 07, 2025

This Week In Self Help Radio (February 28 + March 2 3 4 + 6)

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For some reason - maybe because they're more ubiquitous? - I have taken more pictures of slugs than snails. But I had a show this week a...
Tuesday, March 04, 2025

Self Help Radio 030435: Snails

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Behold! A radio show for the humble snail! Not that any snail will have time to listen to it. When I snapped the picture above, the snail to...
Monday, March 03, 2025

Whither Snails?

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That picture up there - which I called "snails" - was taken in October 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. It seems we came across some sn...
Sunday, March 02, 2025

Preface To Snails: A Personal Connection

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(image from here ) Most of the things I write here are somewhat personal & kinda dumb but this may be too much of both. When the time ca...
Saturday, March 01, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Lou Reed's Birthday

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(image from here ) Lou Reed was born March 2, 1942. On what would have been his 83rd birthday, The Dickenbock Report on XRAY celebrates his ...
Friday, February 28, 2025

This Week In Self Help (February 23 + 25)

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Okay, okay, I was on the radio today, but I'll cover that next week. I haven' had a chance to put it on my website yet jeez! Sunday ...
Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Self Help Radio 022525: Get Better

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Just a quick glance at the online news after doing a show with the hope that maybe just maybe it might help the world get a little better......
Monday, February 24, 2025

Whither Get Better?

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Before I tell you how this theme came about, I should tell you - or remind you, if I've told you before - that I don't have any supe...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

Preface To Get Better: It'll Get Worse

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A pessimist is: a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy ( 1 ). A cynic is: a person whose outlook ...