I’m relieved that xkcd loves npr as much as I do.
They are much more attractive in my head.
link via Slate
Right now, I am really into last weeks This American Life episode about Poland’s two political blocks coming together and falling apart from the 2010 plane crash that killed the president. Listen to it! And donate!
“Wait Wait” creator Doug Berman says it would be a typical show, “except NPR has to add a budget line for pants.
(Source: analogplanets, via bricorama)
Submitting a short story to an NPR contest, want to look good for my impending wedding with Ira Glass. The rules are that there has to be a joke (told by a character) and a character has to cry also.
tl;dr everything was beautiful and nothing hurt
“Restaurant” (still needs revision though)
I have a small love affair with all things NPR. I’m in no way a writer by any means but I am friends with many. Hopefully someone will submit and win this contest and bring me to NPR headquarters so I can seduce Ira and Peter.
(via firthofforth)