My Son’s Back To School My son started the third grade this week and, hopefully, he won’t be sick before the end of next week. News Item: Man Chops Off Own Hand It’s not exactly a new story (it was new in 2008) about a fellow suffering from the delusion that his hand carried theContinue reading “dimland radio 9-10-11 show notes”
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dimland radio 9-3-11 show notes
Cold Open: Curious George What?! Curious George making a mess? No way! I read a piece from my blog about how much the PBS cartoon Curious George annoys the hell out of me. A Tale Of An Over-served Uncle I told the story of my Uncle Dick and his bar-hopping trip up north to seeContinue reading “dimland radio 9-3-11 show notes”
dimland radio 8-27-11 show notes
Cold Open: A Correction Yes, that is my son you can hear during my cold open, in which I corrected a mistake I made in last week’s show. What was the mistake? You’ll just have to listen. Skeptics Get A Little Primetime: Follow Up A fair amount of skepticism and a little lazy journalism. IContinue reading “dimland radio 8-27-11 show notes”
dimland radio friday night music special 8-26-11 show notes
Friday Night Music Show Special Another Friday night music show packed with not country music (I did that the last two Fridays). This time I played a more Indie, Punk, New Wave, etc. mix of music, however I did sprinkle in several songs by bands that have had at least one member work at theContinue reading “dimland radio friday night music special 8-26-11 show notes”
a follow up on ABC’s beyond belief
Regarding ABC’s Primetime Nightline Special: Beyond Belief, aired last Wednesday night (8-17-11): The last report on that special featured reporter David Wright’s encounter with two “psychic” mommies, Alison DuBois and Rebecca Rosen. Each “psychic” did a reading for Mr. Wright who claimed he was “naturally and professionally skeptical.” His skepticism quickly disappeared when Rebecca RosenContinue reading “a follow up on ABC’s beyond belief”