Thursday
Relatively quiet day on the work front. I also seemed to have mustered the willpower to straighten the office… somewhat. It’s not perfect (yet), but it’s better than it was. And tomorrow is Friday.

NPR/PRI
Today’s items of note were:

  • Talk of the Nation: Police Use of Force
  • All Things Considered: Los Angeles Beating Video.
  • ATC: Call of the Wild Car Alarm.

    Brooklyn artist Nina Katchadourian has a novel solution to noise pollution caused by the tones of common car alarms. She’s created a new kind of alarm that blares bird songs that more or less follow the same familiar sonic pattern of most alarms, but with a “natural” twist. Hear variations on the alarm “songs” and listen to an audio postcard from NPR’s Rick Karr.

Miscellany
While I was cleaning up, I found something that I got many rains ago when I worked at CD Superstore in Greensboro. Some of my coworkers had what would best be described as “active imaginations.” That might have been why I liked them so much… I got to work one day and someone had come up with a “Top Ten List,” a la David Letterman. So, without further ado:

    Top 10 Little-Known Dr.Seuss Books

      10 – Bears on Steroids
      9 – Horton Lets a Poot
      8 – The Northbound Lomax and the Southbound Mack Truck
      7 – The Cat in the Hat Smokes Crack
      6 – Hop on Pot
      5 – Myrtle the Turtle Wears Bea Arthur’s Girdle
      4 – One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Go Screw Yourself
      3 – Condoms Are a Silly Hassle (Sorry, that’s a little-known Dr. Koop book)
      2 – Green Eggs and Navel Lint
      1 – The Grinch Who Stole a Peek at Jose Canseco in the Showers

Peace.