NPR is cutting the Bryant Park Project. I was ticked when the show first started airing as it knocked out the previous day's Diane Rehm from the 7-9 am time slot. But then I grew to love the show that always seemed nearly in step with pop-culture and pretty decent about delivering on news and kooky stories.
I will really miss it.
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Monday, July 14, 2008
Friday, July 11, 2008
To Kill a Mockingbird
Miso did it this morning. She's the most freaked out skiddish cat inside the house, but outside she is a crazy bird slaying huntress.
I love the novel with which this post shares its name. However, I must respectfully disagree with Atticus Finch. Don't get me wrong it was a horrible sight to see Miso traipse around our side yard with a still twitching bird tucked in her jaws, I don't condone the hunt and it makes me sad even though I tried to remind myself that its just nature out there. These mockingbirds around our house aren't the selfless, innocent creatures the papa of all papas so sweetly spoke of. Ours are the ones that cry through the night and dive bomb all moving things.
I thought, and I know this sounds cruel, but I thought that the mockingbirds might give our area a wider breadth and maybe stop waking me up at 6 am. Instead they saw the attack as an act of war and have spent the entire day squawking and swooping. I'm a little afraid to go outside.
I love the novel with which this post shares its name. However, I must respectfully disagree with Atticus Finch. Don't get me wrong it was a horrible sight to see Miso traipse around our side yard with a still twitching bird tucked in her jaws, I don't condone the hunt and it makes me sad even though I tried to remind myself that its just nature out there. These mockingbirds around our house aren't the selfless, innocent creatures the papa of all papas so sweetly spoke of. Ours are the ones that cry through the night and dive bomb all moving things.
I thought, and I know this sounds cruel, but I thought that the mockingbirds might give our area a wider breadth and maybe stop waking me up at 6 am. Instead they saw the attack as an act of war and have spent the entire day squawking and swooping. I'm a little afraid to go outside.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Whatever the Mess You Are, You're Mine, Okay
We're heading down to Richmond tonight to see the New Pornographers. It was a shock to see that they were playing there, the former no-mans land of out of town music. Things are changing!
We were hoping to take our newly-public parents to-be friends out to dinner, but apparently they have better things to do than eat free food. We will be able to catch up with Matt's recently engaged sister and her fiance though, so Matt will inevitably endure a "big the damn cow" conversation on our sleepy midnight ride home.
I realize I never finished the daily recap of my trip to Chicago. The last too days were way more fun and did not leave anytime for blogging. There was much eating of delicious foods like SKILLET COOKIES and Belgium beer - only not at the same time.
We were hoping to take our newly-public parents to-be friends out to dinner, but apparently they have better things to do than eat free food. We will be able to catch up with Matt's recently engaged sister and her fiance though, so Matt will inevitably endure a "big the damn cow" conversation on our sleepy midnight ride home.
I realize I never finished the daily recap of my trip to Chicago. The last too days were way more fun and did not leave anytime for blogging. There was much eating of delicious foods like SKILLET COOKIES and Belgium beer - only not at the same time.
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