I blame the cute birthday things on losing Bob Edwards. He just said whoevers name and their age and trusted that if they were notable enough to have their birthdays mentioned on NPR, listeners would know who they were or figure it out.

It's been all downhill since then.

That was me, Sue, thanks!

And, me, I like the cutesy--or at least I like the pop references and whatnot which seem to bother you guys.

I'm actually a little startled at how vehemently I don't like cute or pop references in my news. I guess I give them a pass on weekends because those shows have always seemed more likely to contain soft news bits.

And I never liked the birthday thing, ever, so this is just another black mark against them.

I've just been vaguely annoyed with NPR for the past year or so (mostly because they are my prime source for news and the news isn't too my liking most of the time) and willing to latch on to any detail and hate it. Except Will Shortz. He's delightful.

It's a darn shame that the CD player part of my alarm clock has ceased to work.

For example, if I'm looking for a particular line in a book, I know whether it's on the left, or right, or top/middle/bottom of a page. I can usually see it, and the line breaks in my head. Sometimes, I can see the whole page, although not all the words.

This is also me.

Yup, me too. I was trying to find a passage in a book recently, and I didn't remember where in the book it came but I did know it was near the top of a left-side page.

NUBMER

in love, still, with RIO.

crankyhead saracakes.

I go on a business roadtrip tomorrow with 2 colleagues. never done that before.

I like pop references and whatnot! In their proper place.

Not during actual news stories, sure. But in bumpers, like birthday announcements or in headlines to light features, bring on the snark, I say.

OMG I think I want to do work today less than I've ever wanted to do work in my life. It physically hurts me.