It’s Wednesday, September 24

Good morning! Glad you made it! Download the podcast from Talk Shoe (talkshoe.com) or Digitalslob.com.

Here’s today’s introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 24, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 131 of therefore.am., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … … on today’s show … what’s the best cure for the hurricane blues? Humor. Hey, you know what they say, you’ve got to laugh to keep from drowning.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6014720.html

Then, a panhandler at a bus stop shoots a man who doesn’t give her change, after he told her to “get a job.” Hey, looks like she’s got a job, dude, Chief Operating Officer of busting a cap in your ass.
Can you spare some change? No? Blam! Blam!
http://www.kcra.com/news/17533330/detail.html

Plus, in Australia, an angry pig holds a woman hostage, demanding $10,000 in unmarked bills, free passage to Brazil, and the immediate release of 8,000 pounds of bacon.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/23/2371562.htm

And finally, skydivers are preparing to jump over Mount Everest next week, as soon as they can find some Mountain Dew with a freezing point under -65 C.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080923/od_nm/us_everest_skydive

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and today’s MUTATION RELATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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Here are those last two items:

SURFING THE WEBSTER’S
montane: adj. designating a cool, moist ecological zone usually located near the timberline and usually dominated by evergreen trees

COMMON RELATION QUOTATION
“I like that little Down syndrome kid. One of them lives down the street. “

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It’s Tuesday, September 23

Aloha and welcome to the podcast. Check it out at Talk Shoe (talkshoe.com) or at Digitalslob.com.

Here’s today’s introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 23, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 130 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show … macro-addiction meets micro-addictions, a criminal adds a fuel surcharge to his drug deliveries.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0918081gastax1.html

Plus, is your birthday coming up? Where you gonna go? Free Disney World!

http://www.orlandosentinel.com//travel/orl-disney-free-tickets-birthday-091808,0,3040162.story

Then, reason No. 1,455,612 to have the Internet … what what these guy do to a passed-out fan at a Mets game:

http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2008/09/video_drunk_new_york_mets_fan.html

And finally, a new study says people are reluctant to pull out coupons because they fear it makes them look “cheap.” Like my mother told 10-year-old me when I was called “fatso” for getting two ice-cream cones for the price of one: “No, they’re just jealous.”

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/09/17/coupon-study.html

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and today’s CIRCULATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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It’s Thursday! Sept. 18!

Aloha and good everything! Welcome to Therefore a.m., the Talk Show (talkshoe.com) podcast (easily had at digitalslob.com).

Here’s today’s introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 17, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 128 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show you know how journalists can sometimes “bury the lead”? well, now you can digest it thanks to a new toaster … we report, you digest on wheat or rye.

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/11/wacky_toaster/

Then, an official in Uganda has decided to ban miniskirts beccause they cause civic disruptions. In other news, the rest of the world has decided to ban Uganda for the same reason.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7621823.stm

Plus, British police catch and fine a driver 50 pounds for being asleep at the wheel. Good for them. The last thing we need is sleepy drivers on the road. Wait, what? She was parked the whole time?
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/61884/Driver-fined-50-for-car-park-nap

And finally, can’t get enough of Jerry Seinfeld in those quirky Bill Gates commericials? Well, Seinfeld is off the campaign. Feel free to voice your displeasure by e-mailing Microsoft, assuming you’ve solved all of your Vista’s driver issues.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/09/17/its-over-for-seinfeld-but-crispin-porter-keeps-microsoft-business/

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and today’s INAUGURATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other –Therefore a.m.

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Here are those last two items:

SURFING THE WEBSTER’S
twee

INAUGURATION QUOTATION
“All dreaded it, all sought to avert it.”
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It’s Wednesday, Sept. 17

Aloha and welcome to Therefore a.m.! The podcast is located at Talk Shoe (talkshoe.com), or just head for Digitalslob.com.

Here’s today’s introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 17, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 127 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show … a city in Israel is using DNA to catch dog-poop scofflaws, in a new police division called: CSI: Canine Crap Unit
http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKLG37942520080916

Then, an upside-down rainbow appears over Cambridge, England. And at the end of it? A giant orange leprechaun that will steal your gold.
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/cn_news_home/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=349193

Plus, a Canadian student helps find largest prime number: Is it bigger than 7?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080916.wprime0916/BNStory/National/home

And finally, an Italian model ups the ante on the going rate for virginity-taking, looking for a million Euros. Didn’t Andy Warhol say something about in the future, everyone will be a whore for 15 minutes?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/2971511/Italian-model-plans-to-sell-virginity-for-1m-euros.html

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and today’s COMMEMORATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other — Therefore a.m.

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Here are those last two items:

SURFING THE WEBSTER’S

sedulous
adj. 1. working hard and steadily; diligent. 2. constant; persistent
(Latin, orig., “without guile”)

COMMEMORATION QUOTATION

“Frankly, I think it would be an embarrassment to the Italian-American community.”
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080916_Columbus_Day_fete_facing_ax_.html
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It’s Tuesday, Sept. 16

Aloha and good morning, good luck and good timing! Check out Talk Shoe (talkshoe.com) or click to digitalslob.com, and you’re up with Therefore a.m.!

Here’s the introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 16, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 125 of Therefore a.m., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show … screw the information superhighway, Google may take to the high seas to avoid property taxes.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article4753389.ece

Then, a news story puts a publsiher in jail in Africa, just because the country’s president didn’t like it. Sort of makes you wonder who had the guts to report THIS story!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7613382.stm

Plus, a new study says British cabbies have the organic equivalent of a GPS system in their heads. That, and a complete anthology of “why the French suck” jokes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7613621.stm

And finally, here’s an atom-smashing collider head trip for you: Are we now in an alternate universe? We’ll discuss, and you’ll agree. Unless you’re part of that wrong universe that will fail to exist if we go back to the old one. In which case, you opinion is academic, at best.
http://starbulletin.com/2008/09/15/features/brandao.html

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and does his HOSPITALIZATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other, Therefore a.m.

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Here are those last two items:

SURFING THE WEBSTER’S: fantasticate

HOSPITALIZATION QUOTATION: “He knew in getting out he was going to sustain a serious injury, and in the end he broke his own leg to avoid drowning.”
http://www.theage.com.au/national/kayaker-forced-to-break-leg-20080915-4gxm.html

Thanks again for joining us.

You think, Therefore a.m.

It’s Thursday, September 11

Aloha and welcome to the podcast companion blog. Join us at Talk Shoe, talkshoe.com, or check us out at digitalslob.com.

Here’s today’s introduction:

Aloha, it’s just barely Sept. 11, 2008, in Hawaii, and welcome to episode 124 of therefore.am., the morning talk show that treats you like you’re already awake … on today’s show … criminals abscond with an entire radio tower in Winber, Pa., setting a new … wait for it … “gold standard” for precious metal thieves.
http://www.wjactv.com/news/17432092/detail.html

(CURT) Then, times are tough, but at least one British science team is ready to hire a plumber … to fix pipes in the Antarctic where the average tempterature is -20 C. Why don’t they just call Roto Rooter? Those guys will go anywhere anytime for the right price.
http://newslite.tv/2008/09/08/plumber-wanted-for-antarctic-c.html

Plus, Esquire’s 75th-anniversary issue takes a leap forward in publication design, with a 10-inch square screen flashing “The 21st Century Begins Now” on the cover. Nice try, but not quite. More like “the Early 21st Century Gimmick Begins Now.”
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/08/BUR012OVMO.DTL
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EWb1zHIx38&eurl=http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=esquire&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=

And finally, a Sacramento State grad has decided to try to pay for her post-graduate studies by selling her virginity. I thought nowadays virgins are such a dying breed they all got “free ride” scholarships, anyway? I won’t tell her if you don’t.
http://cbs13.com/watercooler/selling.virginity.tuition.2.814271.html

All this, plus SURFING THE WEBSTER’S and today’s PRESSURIZATION QUOTATION, all coming up, on the only podcast where night persons and day persons can actually understand each other

And here are those last two items:

SURFING THE WEBSTER’S

parsec: really really really really really far (a unit of measure for interstellar space that is equal to 3.26 light-years and is the distance to an object having a parallax of one second as seen from points separated by one astronomical unit)

PRESSURIZATION QUOTATION

“Anything that happens outside the locker room will be outside the realm of football, that’s something that’s between him and his family and whoever’s handling that with him.”  –  NFL center Kevin Mawae on his quarterback, Vince Young of the Tennessee Titans