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Interviewed, Plague Dogs and Mosqui-toes, and Leftover Salmon

I volunteered to be questioned by Adam over at Words Mean Things, where I am not a visitor often enough. Please check him out. Here goes:

1. What makes you laugh?

A: I do. I have run out of gas seven times. How can I not laugh at that idiot?

2. What's the best advice you ever got from your parents?

A: Never swing at a breaking ball on the first pitch.

3. What's the difference between dog people and cat people, apart from the obvious?

A: It seems to me that cat people are more inclined to like dogs than dog people are inclined to like cats. In addition, it seems to me that cat people are less likely to loathe dogs than dog people are to loathe cats.

4. What's the story behind your site title?

A: It used to be Slowly Going Over the Edge -- then I had a bad reaction to some prescription medication and don't remember much of what happened, made it back with only minor damage. So I am "Back From the Edge."

5. You're transformed into a woman for one day. How do you spend that day?

A: Give birth vaginally without too many drugs.

THE RULES
1. Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2. I will respond; I’ll ask you five questions.
3. You’ll update your website with my five questions, and your five answers.
4. You’ll include this explanation.
5. You’ll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed.

And I see Stacey has posted about the dogs. Sheba sneezed in my face. I've gotten a few mosquito bites. I slashed my big toe open.

And here's the report: Not infected, yet.

As if I haven't said enough. You really need to read this to the very end, dear Reader, because ... well, it is drivel. I'm entitled to rant a little. It is disconcerting that one company in this country has taken over so many media outlets. Clear Channel Communications owns or controls 39 television stations and 1200 radio stations. It owns Premiere Radio Network that has syndicated radio shows on over 7,800 stations (Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, etc). It owns or runs over 100 arenas or theaters in the U.S. for live performances, like the Palace at Auburn Hills outside Detroit, the Greek Theater and the Fillmore in San Francisco, Target Center in Minneapolis, Hyundai Pavilion in L.A., Tweeter Center in Chicago and Boston, among others.

So, does this mean that Clear Channel can regulate programming and control what is said on the air and in their forums?

I haven't given it much thought, but what I do know is that I have to buy tickets for the Leftover Salmon concert on October 4th and the Bowling for Soup concert on October 5th at the Odeon in Cleveland through Clear Channel.

Posted by Bill at August 21, 2003 10:40 AM