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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Computer Security Day

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(by  Stephan Dybus ) November 30 is National Computer Security Day. Although Dick Dickenbock doesn't own a computer, & the use of hi...
Friday, November 28, 2025

This Week In Self Help: November 21 23 + 25

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(I have no idear where I found this image originally, but it's here ) A busy week! How do I start? Way back a Friday ago. Friday the 21s...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Self Help Radio 112525: Magda's Birthday Show 2025

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Here it is, the annual birthday show I make for my wife. She said "Thank you for making a birthday show for me" drowsily as she dr...
Monday, November 24, 2025

Whither Magda's Birthday Show 2025?

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(image from here ) Nearly every year that Self Help Radio has been in existence - that's like 23 years now - I have dedicated a show to ...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Preface To Magda's Birthday Show 2025: I Got You A Card

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Hope you like it.
Saturday, November 22, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Eat A Cranberry Day

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(image from here ) November 23 is Eat A Cranberry Day. We've stocked up on cranberries in all manners of food - sauce, juice, pie, &...
Friday, November 21, 2025

This Week In Self Help: November 16 + 18

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Another week in which I only did the radio shows I'm supposed to do. Here's how that went: The Dickenbock Report on XRAY FM reported...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Self Help Radio 111825: Freedom

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A show about freedom. With all the songs called "Freedom." There were lots of songs called "Freedom." They spilled into ...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Whither Freedom?

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(image from here ) Apologies for the goofy stock photo. It's public domain. In all the pictures I've taken over the last few years n...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Preface To Freedom: Why Isn't Your Show More Political

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(image found here ) Something I am sometimes asked - more in the past, really, than in recent times - is "Why isn't your show more ...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Button Day

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(image found here ) National Button Day is November 16. Because that is the day that most resembles a button. One assumes. People have been ...
Friday, November 14, 2025

This Week In Self Help: November 9 + 11

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Another week in which I kept my hands to myself & just made the shows I'm supposed to make. The Dickenbock Report on XRAY on Novembe...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Self Help Radio 111125: Surface

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Let it be known I tried to get deep about the subject of "surface." I tried to use all meanings of the word. I sought out silly bu...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Whither Surface?

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In general, I can think of three main reasons one might pick a theme for a theme-based radio show. Off the top of my head, those are: 1) It...
Sunday, November 09, 2025

Preface To Surface: You Can Drive Forever

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Something I might have mentioned before - I like taking pictures. I got my hands on a digital camera sometime in 2014 or so & I have bee...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: International Tongue Twister Day

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(original image here ) It is common news that singing sailors sail the sea swiftly. After all, melodic murmurs make music meaningful. Which ...
Friday, November 07, 2025

This Week In Self Help: November 2 + 4

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That is a picture of Stuart, who is a new addition to our household. I wrote about him here but since no one reads this blog I understand i...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Self Help Radio 110425: Next Time

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This is the first time I've done a show with the theme "next time." Next time I'll probably expand the theme so I won'...
Monday, November 03, 2025

Whither Next Time?

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(original image found here ) This is one of those shows not about a thing but about a phrase. That phrase is "next time." Repeated...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Preface To Next Time: Stuart

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(This has nothing to do with this week's Self Help Radio.) We are fostering-to-adopt the handsome hound pictured above. He is a nine-yea...