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Saturday, August 16, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National I Love My Feet Day

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August 17 is National I Love My Feet Day. To a person, none of the members of the Dickenbock Report staff - including Dick Dickenbock himsel...
Friday, August 15, 2025

This Week In Self Help August 8 10 12 + 14

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Oh dear I was on the radio a lot this week. Eek! Last Friday the 8th I subbed a show on XRAY. Listen to the show on the XRAY website . Liste...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Self Help Radio 081225: Porches

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It's no secret - since it's all I've been talking about here recently - I love porches. I take pictures of porches here in Portl...
Monday, August 11, 2025

Whither Porches?

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Many moons ago I wrote a series of haikus* about my wife's envy of other people's gardens . It turns out I have porch envy. The diff...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Preface To Porches: Porches I Have Known

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It's not a secret, I love porches. I don't know if I've always loved porches, but in my adult life, certainly in the 21st centur...
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...