On our way back from visiting Matthew’s parents in Indiana yesterday, we got stuck in traffic. And by stuck in traffic, I mean that we went maybe three miles over the course of two hours. A little bit of research with our phones helped us find out that the wreck that was causing the backup [...]
I saw this image on Tumblr about a week ago, but I wasn’t sure what it was. I just thought someone had made an awesome monster out of barrells and that was it. Apparently, it was a college kid who had a previous record of theft. The barrell company isn’t going to press charges – [...]
About a week ago, I saw a post on npr.org inviting people to send in the worst musical selections that they had ever heard at a wedding. I thought of all of the inappropriate songs that almost made our playlist – “Rudie Can’t Fail”, “Mama Tried”, Jens Lekman’s “Postcard to Nina”. The list of bad [...]
One Saturday, I went out to the skating rink I used to go to as a child to get some extra derby practice in. The rink was about the same as it was when I was 14, only this time, I was being made fun of by little kids for wearing knee pads. Also, several [...]
Two weeks ago, the awesome and talented Laura Conaway was kind enough to let me interview her for the day job. Like a good journalist, I had to check the spelling of her name before I posted the interview (I have a tendancy to spell it Conoway, even though that’s very clearly wrong). So, I [...]
Sometimes, advertising can be a beautiful thing. Remember those classy vintage Volkswagen ads? Or the awesome commercial where thousands of bouncy balls were unleashed in San Fransisco? But other times, marketers totally miss the mark. Take this new chocolate bar made for women. It’s only got 85 calories, and comes in two long, skinny “fingers” [...]
Over on the Monkey See blog, a complete and total genius has come up with an NPR name meme. I’ve always wanted to know where some of the worldly and vaguely foreign sounding names of NPR correspondents came from, and now there’s a simple formula. Take the first letter of your middle name, insert it [...]
Bonnie “Prince” Billy did a guest DJ spot on NPR’s “All Songs Considered” – and yes, I know that’s old news, but I’m still catching up after a busy week. What makes it relevant has nothing to do with timing. This is our blog. What’s relevant to this blog is what Kerry and I want [...]
We’ve had this blog for about a year now, and even though sometimes it feels like we’re writing in a vacuum, I know from the comments that people are reading. But we’re still surprised when anyone that works at NPR or PRI or APM contacts us. Today, we got a press release. We don’t normally [...]
R/S on Twitter
If you see those kids, grab Andy’s phone
I was skimming through my Twitter stream this evening when I saw this disturbing piece of news from NPR’s social media guy Andy Carvin: “Robbed on the DC Metro. Rat bastard took my iPhone. Filed police report; need to put ice on my leg and change all my passwords.” He tells the story of the [...]