yesterday morning.... driving south on western... a regular for me... listening to NPR... another regular... for two days public radio is having their annual fund raising drive... both local and national stations are plugging the drive.... needing so many callers an hour...pledging so many dollars to keep public radio alive.... then i hear... we need 27 callers this hour and there are approximately 5000 of you listening to the D.R. show right now.... seconds later...the local station located in norman, oklahoma began thanking the new and renewing subscribers....then making a similar plug...not as many callers needed.... okay.... momentary lapse of reason... was the 5000 number national....or local... this number only makes sense if it represented the number of listeners in oklahoma...right?? nevertheless i realized i was one of only 5000 people... listening...whether it be right here in my own state or nationally...i was surprised... intrigued... surely there is a miscalculation somewhere....surely there are more than 5000 people listening....
a few minutes later... standing at the red cup counter ordering a cup of coffee... the aroma... familiar.... reminding me of the early days.......there were maybe 10 people seated...some chatting away... others...completely involved in their laptops...flipped open....steaming cup of coffee sitting on the table.... my visit to the red cup was a pit stop... so to speak...not in the mood for chatting or trying to actively listen...i grabbed a gazette...sat down at the counter... drank my coffee...read a bit... had a brief art chat with cat...then headed out... the second half of the D.R. show was an interview with Mrs. Blair...the wife of Tony.... an interesting...interview... responding to callers..answering their questions.... the interview kept me company during my drive west on reno... heading to regal plastics...
needing a rather small cut of plexi for a sculpture... however i really wanted it to be 1/2" rather than the 3/8" 8X12 cut i ended up with...i was most grateful to get what they gave me.... most wouldn't know the difference between 1/2" and 3/8" anyway.... lesson learned from years of experience.... and usually some guy...who knows more than me...about building...because of course... he's a guy.... will gladly tell me.... exactly what size it is..... surprisingly men... have serious spacial issues...from what i've gathered...could be wrong... !!! like i was saying... most couldn't tell the difference between the two anyway..... the sucky part is... i can...!!!
okay....why has no one told me about Rachael Maddow.... ? discovering her for the first time... just this week... this woman is right on.... i'm not your typical.... abc...nbc...news follower... hate the shit...actually... once in a while catching a bit... while checking the weather... and as always...reassured that the morning media...is a waste of my time... interestingly...while on my way home yesterday evening...still listening to NPR... the topic of Rachael Maddow came on... regarding her new show... clips from her recent interview with P....Buchanan....and an interview with Rachael herself... apparently it's not just me....she seems to be catching on.... !!!
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