Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
March 6, 2010 Television Show 6 of 11
Did I tell you about the Italian tourist who had her pocketbook stolen while she was looking at the Liberty Bell?
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
January 31, 2010 Television Show 10 of 10
Heres a review of the second dirtiest hotel in the world. Isnt the Internet a wonderful thing when you can use it to read things like this?: At one point I called the front desk for toilet paper because I had run out (which was embarrassing enough) but then was told if I wanted it I have to come to the front desk and get it. And then this: the balcony door wouldn't lock so our 4 year old opened it and the pressure from the wind SLAMMED the hotel room door shut and we were locked in! We had to call the front desk multiple times because they would not answer the phone! Probably afraid the guests were asking for more toilet paper.
January 31, 2010 Television Show 9 of 10
Speaking of universal health care, heres a letter from David that says: I have a friend in Cape Coral Hospital right now, . He has no health insurance, recently moved here from Minnesota, and was thrown out of work in a temporary job by a huge blood clot in his right arm. If the clot moves, it will go to his lungs and kill him, so he's stuck on his back while they try to dissolve it with heparin and coumadin. He also did not want to go to the hospital, because even if he survives this, he'll be left unemployed with a crushing debt. Here he is, 45 years old, doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, otherwise healthy as a bear, brought down by some arcane blood clotting dysfunction, and now is stressed to death on top of it by having no insurance, and watches his medical bill climb astronomically every day. David ends his letter by saying: Poor people who vote Republican are like chickens voting for Frank Perdue.
January 31, 2010 Television Show 8 of 10
Radio friend Kip writes to say that he has a new ipod that is the size of a Heath bar. Im glad to hear that Kips ipod machine is the size of a Heath Bar. When it comes to giving an example for size, too many people say that it was the size of three football fields. Havent you always wondered about this football field thing? Why doesnt someone ever say that it was the size of the library reading room at Harvard Law School? As tall as the statues at Vigeland. Or about as wide as a street in Pompeii?
January 31, 2010 Television Show 7 of 10
You have heard me say that my wife and I have a symbiotic relationship which is the secret to a happy marriage. I am always cold. She is always hot. When I put an ice-cold hand down the back of her shirt onto her sweaty back, I say, Ahhh. That feels good. And she says, Ahhh. That feels good. Perhaps you and your spouse sneak about the house surreptitiously turning the thermostat up and down to suit your own personal needs. --- or opening and closing windows when the other isnt looking. This does not happen in our home ---- because --- when the temperature drops down to 74 75 degrees, I always put on extra wooly pants and a sweater.
January 31, 2010 Television Show 6 of 10
An email that arrived today reminds me that I am fortunate to have many friends from diverse backgrounds. This gives me a social advantage over people who, day in and day out, only see folks with graduate degrees from prestigious universities. How many of them, do you suppose, ever get an email from a friend who gives thanks that black folks were evacuated from Africa in slave ships so they could be introduced to Christian salvation? Anyone who has read American history has the impression that slaves were introduced to Christian salvation to keep them from cutting off their chains and starting a revolution.
January 31, 2010 Television Show 4 of 10
According to the files in my computer, on January 31, 2006, I wrote to itunes and asked what I would have to do to have them carry my radio program as a podcast download. They said that they had a lot of email and that it would take a while for them to get back to me. Four years later, long time radio friend Abby said that shed like to download my radio program as a podcast, so, highly motivated, I set about finding out how to put the ipod download plug on my webpage. After two full days of study, although stopped dead in my tracks, I felt I had made progress. I learned that there was a thing named feed that lived on the web page and that there was a tool called feedburner. All you had to do was type the name of your blog address into the feedburner. Ive spent many hours trying to find my blog address or some other way to circumvent feedburner to get that ipod outlet on my web page and this is where computer gurus miss the boat. If you were a computer guru, right at that point wouldnt you have a link on your page that says, Youre stuck, arent you? After looking at dozens of web pages that often send you back to this page, you finally realize that you cant do this without my help. Send me $5 by PayPal and call this number and Ill tell you what you want to know.