• Notty Problems: Even Leaving Doesn't Solve Them

    Rad Radio

    There are pockets of insane sanity in Utah – some of them are served by KRCL. I ran across the station one sleepless night on a trip “home” to Utah, at a pre-David time of my life when I’d end up sleeping in my old room at Mom’s house. There was usually a moment (usually late at night) when I’d start scanning for a radio station that sounded like it wasn’t based in Utah (translation: liberal politics, flexible musical format). And so I found KRCL, which intrigued me. It’s typical for a small :NPR station in the mountain states –…

  • Food, Glorious Food - Home Improvement - Uncategorical Weirdness

    Never Again

    Yesterday was from hell, but in a good cause, and a great party. My mother-in-law talked us into hosting a “surprise” birthday party for my father-in-law and 50 of his closest friends and relations. Here at the house. I didn’t blog anything about it for lo, these several months because there was a chance that he’d hear about this website from another family member. Now the story can be told of events leading up to Our Living Nightmare. A good time was had by all, apparently, except us.