daily non-obsession #12108
One word...PBS Pledge drive (OK thats three), but it bring to mind one word....Anger!
I grew up on listening to NPR almost everyday of my life, and it still is a huge part of my life. We don't have TV so I depend on the radio to hear the news of the day, also it keeps me somewhat sane with some adult conversation even though it is one sided. When the pledge drive comes around I go crazy! With all the smart people in the world, they cant come up with a better idea to raise money? I know that it needs to be done, and I do my little part....but come on. I live in the bay area so the NPR station has the largest listener ship in the US, so do you know how much money they have to earn? $2 million. That is alto of begging and pleading during my favorite episode of Car Talk. My favorite pledge memory was when I was driving through Moab, UT and the station was having a hard time raising money, so they threatened to play the smothers brothers until someone called them and gave them money. They finally did after 20 min. My worst memory of pledging is when I have tried to show the station that I am stronger than the pledge break, and I force myself to listen to all of it. I usually turn in off after one minute. Fortunately we have a couple of other NPR free radio stations around. So please, do your part to get the pledge breaks off the air!
What else did I do today?
Cleaned, still organizing my craft room, brought a treat to big J, stayed inside because it was raining, played way to many games of solitaire to calm my brain.
Ya, I hate 'em to. But I found the ultimate solution. Start pledging. I do a measly $20/year because I figure I can pay them about one cent an hour. I listen to a lot of NPR. Now I can listen to the pledge drive all high and mighty and say to myself I WISH people would pull their weight for this marvelous programming like I do!
Posted by: Lael | January 22, 2008 at 07:48 PM