Cold Open: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Such a cool segment especially for a kid’s show. I started out by talking about how great The Peanuts’ second holiday special was and is and about how it influenced me. If you’ve never seen it… What?! You’ve never seen it? Have you been living in aContinue reading “dimland radio 10-1-11 show notes”
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dimland radio 9-17-11 show notes
RIP Eleanor Mondale Eleanor Mondale Poling 1960-2011 I broke the news on Z Talk Radio of the death of Eleanor Mondale Poling, daughter of former Vice-president Walter Mondale. She succumbed after a long battle with brain cancer September 17, 2011. I told a couple stories of my brushes (very tangential) with Eleanor. Read more here.Continue reading “dimland radio 9-17-11 show notes”
dimland radio 9-10-11 show notes
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”
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”