Tuesday, December 6, 2005

Tuesday Possum Blogging

This was taken on my back step about twenty minutes ago. Cute little fellow, isn't he? And he's not, as someone wrote me the last time I posted one of these, "the ugliest giant rat in the world." There's something kind of adorable about the possums that come to claim sloppy seconds on the local cats' dinners. The possums move slowly and quietly, and they flee in fear at the slightest noise. I feel sorry for one when I see it eat the last remaining nugget of food and begin looking around, wondering if there could possibly be any more. But of course, there's no way I can go out and pour more Friskies into the dish for it. The second I clicked the latch on the door, the possum would sprint for the next zip code. So instead I watch it waddle off sadly, obviously feeling sorry for itself.

At least, I think they come here for the food. Maybe they just come to get their pictures on the website.

• Posted at 10:29 PM · LINK

Stan the Man

As mentioned here the other day, BBC Radio 4 is running a half-hour show tomorrow on our favorite satirist, Stan Freberg. Here are the details and as you'll see, it says it runs from 18:30 to 19:00. According to my Anglo conversions, that's 10:30 AM Pacific Time 'til 11:00. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Many BBC radio programmes are archived for a week or so on their website after broadcast but this may not be among them. So if you want to hear or record it, you'll either have to tune in live or find someone else who recorded it. I'm set up to do so — assuming I have the time right — but this is not always foolproof, and I'm just the fool to prove it.

• Posted at 1:06 PM · LINK