Redefining Intimacy

Dear all of you,

Most New Year’s resolutions involve weight loss so this is not meant to offend. When I think of all of me, a resolution or least some resolve to lose a little weight may be in order for this blogger. Not a lot, just enough to make my new jeans more comfortable. Now, back to you, I mean, all of you.

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, “of” is a preposition used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents <throne of gold> <cup of water> <all of you>. When someone attempts to greet you in the globally inclusive way, all of you, I doubt they are referring to the component material or parts of your corporeal presence. They are just ignorant or being lazy.

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The Reality Out Here in Radioland, and Some News Bits

I spoke yesterday with Eric Teel, Program Director at Jefferson Public Radio in southern Oregon.  Their network of stations and translators reaches a potential audience of 1 million in southern Oregon and northern California.  Despite the large audience, he has a tiny staff.  Eric does the octopus act of programming three stations: a 24 hour news/talk, a 24 hour classical, and a Triple A (adult contemporary).  He recently lost his Operations Manager, so he also takes care of Ops, and he does a long air shift every day.

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Meet PRX, the Content Bank for Everyone

A guest post today from David Srebnik:

There’s PRI, APR, MPR, NPR, CPB, NEA, but have you heard about PRX?  The Public Radio Exchange is a relatively new radio program bank where program producers and stations (large and small) meet to upload, download and review programming.  You don’t have to work at a radio station to listen – PRX programming is available to all listeners at www.prx.org.

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