White and Nerdy

It's pledge time at our local NPR station, KUOW. I finally, finally made my first pledge to public radio, just this weekend. I consider this a big event in my life. It's recognition that public radio is a true public good, that I indeed value, but have taken advantage of over the years w/o stepping up to contribute (just as I take advantage of clean air, public education, the police). You know you're a public radio junkee when you actually consider planning vacations around future fall pledge drives. Well, yes, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but I must say I've been pretty annoyed all week. Yet, it took me until just this Saturday to pledge... a full 6 days into the pledge drive! I hope you all contributed too, so we can get back to Morning Edition as always.

Ps. I can't help myself. But this is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw