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Saturday, June 06, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Volcanoes!

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(image from the Wikipedia ) Starting on June 7, 1991, at Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines, "the first magmatic eruptions took place wi...
Friday, June 05, 2026

This Week In Self Help: May 29 + 31 & June 2

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That's a picture from a long time ago. I think during the early days of the pandemic. A house in our neighborhood that was being renovat...
Wednesday, June 03, 2026

Stuart

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Stuart lived with us for about 207 days. Under seven months. His death was shocking & tragic. He had become such an integral part of thi...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2026

Self Help Radio 060226: Replacement

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Whew! I wasn't replaced! It turns out that no one at KBOO even noticed I was gone! Still, I think it was a good theme with lots of diver...
Monday, June 01, 2026

Whither Replacement?

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(image found here ) Yesterday I got ahead of myself & told you why the theme of this week's show is "replacement." But I...
Sunday, May 31, 2026

Preface To Replacement: Terrible Planning

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(comic by Tommy Siegel ) So. I went away on vacation. I got back on a Saturday. I had two days to put together an episode of Self Help Radio...
Saturday, May 30, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: National Smile Day

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May 31st in National Smile Day. Despite not having any of his original teeth, Dick Dickenbock believes a smile is very important, so we will...
Friday, May 29, 2026

The Past Three Weeks In Self Help

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Since I was away on vacation, I haven't been giving these useless updates. Now that I am back, I'll resume. So sorry about that. Bec...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Self Help Radio 052626: On Vacation Week Three

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You must know I'm not really on vacation. I'm just an old person who couldn't get his act together to make a Self Help Radio epi...
Monday, May 25, 2026

Whither On Vacation Week Three?

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Hey I know I have been back from my vacation for a couple of days but I admit I still haven't gotten my act together so tonight I will b...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Whither On Vacation?

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It's true, I'm going on vacation, so this is the last blog post you'll read from me for a while. I have prepared shows for while...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Preface To Vacation Week One: Vacations

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(found years ago before Twitter died) It's true! The wife & I are going on a long vacation. I have already prepared two prerecorded ...
Saturday, May 09, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Mother Ocean Day

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May 10 is Mother Ocean Day. On his last show before a two-week vacation, Dick Dickenbock will discuss the ocean & play many musical repo...
Friday, May 08, 2026

This Week In Self Help: May 3 + 5

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It was a regular ol' week with my regular ol' shows. May 3 (Sunday) The Dickenbock Report on XRAY: "Motorcycle Mass & The B...
Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Self Help Radio 050526: Hives

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Yes Self Help Radio was in the hive this week. Luckily I didn't get stung! Well, not by a bee anyway. Unsurprisingly, though the word ...
Monday, May 04, 2026

Whither Hives?

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(image found here ) Tonight's show has the theme "hives." I have actually done lots of shows related to bees - bees themselves...
Sunday, May 03, 2026

Preface To Hives: That Is Not A Picture Of A Beehive

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It's not. My guess is it's a close-up of a rock face. My computer found this in my raw unedited photos when I asked it to look for p...
Saturday, May 02, 2026

Coming Up Tomorrow On The Dickenbock Report: Motorcycle Mass & Blessing Of The Bikes Day

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Yeah, that guy's probably going to need some divine protection. May 3 is Motorcycle Mass & Blessing Of The Bikes Day. It's one o...
Friday, May 01, 2026

This Week In Self Help: April 24 26 + 28

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Look, I have a lot of pictures of garages okay? Far more pictures than I have of "indiepop." This week (it goes back to a Friday a...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Self Help Radio 042826: Indiepop A To Z # 80

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It's hard to believe that I have done eighty of these episodes. & even harder to believe I might do eighty more! I will obviously no...