Radio Therapy

i've been a radio junky forever.
started off in my bedroom as a kid calling WAXC
and requesting "Dancing in the Moonlight".

being a mail carrier has allowed me to take the addiction to new heights
since i can listen for 4 hours a day..and get paid at the same time.

my sister took me to meet our true radio heroine, Diane Rehm, several years ago.
we stood in line, waiting anxiously for her to sign our books and when we got up to her we stood there like a couple of idiots..stammering and sweating..we were in awe!

had an "in-studio" expeience as a guest on the Bob Lonsberry show that i'd mostly like to forget. i brought a motion-activated barking dog with me for a prop (since i was on there to talk of things postal) and somehow the son-of-a-bee started barking while Bill Low was delivering his newscast. i remember diving for it and ripping the batteries out while getting a "not-so-smart" look from the producer.

my best radio memories involve listening to Click and Clack on Car Talk
on saturday mornings. sometimes they made me laugh so hard that i would listen to the same show all over again when they replayed it on sunday.
this past saturday i lived out a radio fantasy by being CALLER # SIX on their show.
(insert client # nine joke here).

talking to them and hearing them talk back...was completely surreal...reminded me of the first time i saw the HOLLYWOOD sign in person after years and years of seeing images of it.
needless to say i was in a state of SHOCK and AWE..but they managed to calm me down
and of course crack me up.

you can hear it for yourself on cartalk.com. (that is, if you have real player or itunes downloaded on your computer).
the date of the show was 3/29/08.
i'm proud to say they titled the show "Give me Liberty or give me Xanax" in reference to my desperate call.
i'm still buzzing a bit.
think i may just need that Xanax!