Broadcasting From Home

  • Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names

    Yesterday I wrote lots of prose. Today will mostly be a series of interesting links… This year we’ve had hurricanes Isabel and Larry. Did you know that in next year we will have hurricane Otto, or hurricane Felix in 2007? Visit the Worldwide Tropical Cyclone Names list at NOAA ***… Listen ⇢

  • Fall in Michigan

    As a native New Yorker who grew up on the steep banks of the Hudson River – a place so beautiful that it inspired a whole period and style of American painting – it can be a bit frustrating living in a place so lacking in mountains and vistas. But… Listen ⇢

  • Teenage Fanclub

    Teenage Fanclub is one of the great British bands, one of the many that has never caught on here in the States. While a few alternative British bands (like Radiohead) make an impact on American charts, brilliant bands like Travis, Doves and Teenage Fanclub remain criminally unknown over here. r… Listen ⇢

  • Human Rights Campaign

    My friend Kim just sent me the following info that comes from the Human Rights Campaign:r r “At a press conference yesterday in Washington, D.C., the Family Research Council, Concerned Women for America, Focus on the Family and representatives from over 20 other ultra-conservative, anti-gay organizations announced that President Bush… Listen ⇢

  • Christmas crap for sale already?

    Today I was at Target and already there are christmas decorations and such for sale! It’s early October -this is just not right. I went with Sasha and Jeremy to this Chinese buffet in Ypsilanti tonight were we saw the following extremely odd sign posted on the wall above the… Listen ⇢

  • Frost

    In a follow-up to monday’s post, this morning I had to deal with frost on my car windshield. FROST! It’s only October stinkin’ 2nd for godsakes. FROST! On a more intersting note, from my co-worker Chris we have this picture of a boulder entering earth’s atmosphere. This is NOT an… Listen ⇢

  • Fall’s here

    Three signs that fall is really here: The Dairy Queen on Stadium Blvd. here in Ann Arbor has closed for the season (it will become a harbinger of summer when it re-opens next March). On my way to work yesterday I saw a maple with flaming orange leaves. On the… Listen ⇢

  • Mountain Radio

    One of the joys of being back in North Carolina last week was hearing all the great radio they have down there. In the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, there is wealth of wonderful stations including WNCW in Spindale, NC & WETS in Johnson City, TN.r r In particular,… Listen ⇢

  • NotWriting.com: Stuff one writer does when he should be writing

    Stuff one writer does when he should be writing: “NotWriting.com is all about making lazy-ass writers feel better about procrastinating. Let’s face it, writing is hard work and it isn’t any easier when we’re made to feel guilty about not doing it.r “Here at NotWriting.com you’ll read daily or weekly… Listen ⇢

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