Tuesday
A special tip of the hat (and scratch behind the ears) to Sissy the Wonder Kitty this morning. She is my unofficial back-up alarm clock. I don’t remember turning off the alarm this morning, but I do remember lying in bed, not wanting to get up. Sissy walked over to my side of the bed and stared at me, as if to say:“I know that you’re awake. What I don’t get is why you aren’t paying attention to me.” She walked down the side of the bed, going around my legs, came back and stared at me again. I couldn’t resist; I scratched her head and back. She purred. Loudly, which is pretty normal for her. After that, I dragged myself out of bed… and off to the gym.

It’s cold, grey and rainy today. Whoopee. (Please observe all due sarcasm.)

I have to agree with : Watching Shannon Sharpe singing Eminem’s “Without Me” during the opening of Monday Night Football was funny. Riotously so. Why?

  1. Because it was Shannon Sharpe…
  2. He used to play for the Ravens… after 10 years in Denver (for whom he is once again playing).
  3. He (and the Broncos cheerleaders) seemed to be enjoying themselves singing it.

NPR/PRI Stories (from Monday)
Fresh Air
Talk of the Nation
All Things Considered

Fresh Air had an interview with Christopher Reeve.
TotN talked about what Hispanic identity means in America today. (I’ll be coming back to this and their stories on other cultural identities in an upcoming post.)
ATC did a companion piece to TotN‘s story about “Ole Miss, 40 Years Later” and an interesting wireless application project being tested in Georgia.

Song of the Day: Who Wants to Live Forever by Queen. This song was from their “A Kind of Magic” CD… which I believe was the unofficial soundtrack to the movie Highlander. The good one. Not the crappy sequels.

Peace.