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Saturday, August 09, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Lazy Day

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August 10 is National Lazy Day. In fact, it's supposed to be much hotter than normal in Portland on that day & heat makes everyone r...
Friday, August 08, 2025

This Week In Self Help Aug 1 3 + 5

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That's another lame picture I've taken, this one of a ridged potato chip (not one of the more commercial brands) because Self Help R...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Self Help Radio 080525: Ridges

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Look I know that's just a close-up of a rock & not an actual ridge there aren't any real ridges nearby in Portland & I didn...
Monday, August 04, 2025

Whither Ridges?

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(image from the Oregon Ridge Nature Center website ) Why a radio show about ridges? What the hell are ridges anyway? Like, thin lines of roc...
Sunday, August 03, 2025

Preface To Ridges: Ridgewood Shopping Center

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When I think of the word "ridge" I think of a place in Garland, Texas, which still exists, which occupied a singular space in my l...
Saturday, August 02, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: 1925 (Part II)

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(image from  here ) Last week on the Dickenbock Report we explored the year 1925, one hundred years ago, & played music from that year. ...
Friday, August 01, 2025

This Week In Self Help July 27 + 29

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That's a picture of my favorite tree in Woodstock Park in the spring. I just have no other pictures to share with you about the theme of...
Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Self Help Radio 072925: At Last

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At last! Your package of Self Help Radio has finally arrived! Too bad it's just the regular radio show with another goofy theme. This on...
Monday, July 28, 2025

Whither At Last?

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(image from here ) Yes, it's another one of those shows. & while I've probably told this story before, I'll tell it again, ...
Sunday, July 27, 2025

Preface To At Last: Super Villains

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(image found here ) Yes, the theme of the show this week is "at last." When I think about that phrase, I think about it with an ex...
Saturday, July 26, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: 1925 (Part I)

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(image from here ) Tomorrow - Sunday, July 27 - is the first of two-part Dickenbock Report special report about the year 1925. We'll tal...
Friday, July 25, 2025

This Week In Self Help: July 18 20 +22

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This was the previous week that was that week on the radio with me: Friday the 18th of July I was on the Songcircle on KBOO & I played l...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Self Help Radio 072225: Jigsaw

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(jigsaw outline found here ) It's no puzzle - the theme this week is jigsaw. & to be honest, it wasn't that hard to put together...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Whither Jigsaw?

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The theme of this week's show is "jigsaw" & there are far more songs about jigsaw puzzles than actual jigsaws. But I like ...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Preface To Jigsaw: Jigsaw Humor

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A cartoon by John Atkinson. From pandemic times. Visit his website to read more funnies! Yeah, the theme this week is "jigsaw." B...
Saturday, July 19, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: A Special Guest

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The Dickenbock Report is a well-researched, meticulously-planned, highly-disciplined radio news magazine. Not much is left to chance & w...
Friday, July 18, 2025

This Week In Self Help: July 11 13 + 15

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Another image of the marquee which just so happened to mention this week's Self Help Radio theme. Here's what I did this past week. ...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Self Help Radio 071525: Good Enough

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That's a bar in my hood - I think its official name is the Old Gilbert Road Tavern - there's no indication at that anywhere on the b...
Monday, July 14, 2025

Whither Good Enough?

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(graphic from - & explained -  here ) When I first decided - it's been well over a decade now, maybe a decade & a half - to star...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Preface To Good Enough: How Good Is Enough

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(image from here ) In 1986, in my first year of college, I took an Introduction To Philosophy course. I thought I was supposed to be interes...