One of the reasons I like having an office is that I can play my radio, or more accurately, have the computer play the radio. Usually, this means I'm listening to WGN radio out of Chicago. It's one of the few stations left that does the mixed interview/talk format without doing the "let's see how many screaming loonies we can get on the phone today" format. Any given day, they have a couple of authors talking about their latest book, an interview with an actor with the Chicago production of a play, and a couple of chats with people who are in the news. I can tune in without having to play "So, what's the theme of the day?". It also has some of the best commodities news (12 noon CT) available.
The past couple of days, however, I've had the phones on, listening to my iTunes collection. There are two reasons for that--the portion of my brain that pays attention to the taking is currently occupied with other things, and sleep has been in short supply, which means I have to supply a lot more stimuli to keep the neurons ticking over. That means coffee and Blue Oyster Cult (or Berlin, or Maroon, or Alan Parsons) when I'm not actively involved in a slogging out meeting.
I once remarked to a researcher that if you do statistical analysis and ZZ Top all day for three days straight, you see God. Tomorrow's day three, and it ought to be interesting....
Posted by lsefton at September 30, 2003 09:49 PM