I need a good excuse not to go to one of those sell this product out of your home gatherings. It's for jewelery. I don't think, "I'm anti-social and don't wanna." is going to work.

Hec, that is so cool! Do you have a recording of it by chance? I'd love to hear it.

I do! I have it on tape. There's a slight gap (when I was talking about the Hanson Brothers, I think) but otherwise it's the full 20-30 minutes I was on. I did it in studio, so I was right there in the guest chair, with the cans on looking at them as we talked. And we'd just keep chatting when we were off the air during commercial, and they'd bring that stuff up when we came back. But I got them to crack up with my sexual innuendo about Jughead.

They were so good at setting me up and keeping me on point. The only other interview that exhibited comparable on-air talent was when Neil Conan interviewed Kim and I for Talk of the Nation. We we all in remote studios and yet he was incredibly skilled at cuing us to speak and keeping it all flowing in a natural way.

I've lost my taste for DJs and listen to the automated station that names each song it plays. It doesn't play my favorite music, but that station has an annoying DJ. Fortunately, this is why God invented the buttons on the car radio. I need buttons on my clock radio so I can fast-swap when obnoxious talkers/songs come on.

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(To Hec) It does take a lot of skill to be able to do that.

I'd love to hear that recording some time!

sj, I need you to stay here, I have really bad post-nasal drip, I'm miserable, and I need you to comfort me.

There, now you can say you have to stay with a sick friend.

sj, I need you to stay here, I have really bad post-nasal drip, I'm miserable, and I need you to comfort me.

There, now you can say you have to stay with a sick friend.

I'm very much hoping you won't still be sick in a week and a half when the party is.

You can have other plans.

I think my town is down to 1 or 2 stations with morning shows with actual local people. I know 1 station , it's an adult contemporary station on my tuner for when I feel like that, but the morning show woman is a moron. Seriously. It's all syndicated shows now and some of the afternoon stuff is starting to be syndicated. There's one that has syndicated morning show, a dj during the day, Ryan Seacrest in the afternoon, and something else syndicated. I guess it's cheaper than actually hiring people but it makes local radio. Less local.

Yeah, I'm just a terrible liar. I feel like I need to actually make other plans first. Craziness, I know.

Thanks, but try to work with me, here. I'm not actually *sick* sick. Just plagued by stoopid tree sex.