Public Radio karma

[susandennis]

So I have been fairly successful in ducking the pledge drive but this morning, I'm getting thwarted.  I found Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, on of my favorite Saturday shows and this week's guest is Garrison Keillor.  Running a close second to pledge drives, the other thing I hate about Public Radio is Garrison Keillor.

GRRRR  Now listening to Splendid Table which so far is good except it's making me hungry.

The Seahawks are playing at home tomorrow which means no going out to brunch.  I could go today but Sunday brunch on Saturday just feels funny.  I may do it anyway.

There's nothing else much on the agenda.  I have the baseball game and lots of Tivo to watch.  And it's clearly time to dig out the duvet and pick a cover and redress the bed.  I have now three very different duvet covers to cycle through (I like variety!)....  I haven't decided which one yet.

But, I think first I'll take a shower. 

Comments

[kishenehn.livejournal.com]

Running a close second to pledge drives, the other thing I hate about Public Radio is Garrison Keillor.

You've just scored very, very major points with me! :)

[susandennis]

:)

[susandennis]

No kidding?! How cool is that. I think last month's Detail is down in the garage magazine rack. I'm going to go check.

NPR begathon

[nezbitthecat.livejournal.com]

There has got to be a better way.

[howeird]

the other thing I hate about Public Radio is Garrison Keillor.
Why?

Did you ever like him? I did once. The first show I heard, way back in the first season of PHC, he introduced a folksinger as the man who wrote "the seminal song of whaling on the Great Lakes, Superior Sperm". I listened for almost a year before I gave up on ever hearing another gem like that one.

[susandennis]

Oh interesting question... I first heard PHC when I was married (which makes it 1979-80) and was initially charmed by the folk music and mildly amused by His Honor. But his schickt got old for me pretty quickly. I moved to Minnesota about the time he got to be everywhere all the time and ran into some of his acquaintances. The love was not there and I think I picked it up by osmosis. And he got a whole lotta bad local press which just reinforced my dislike of him which I've clung to since.