Wednesday January 18, 2012
During my morning commute lately I’ve been eschewing NPR one day each week and instead listening to Pre-Recorded Late Night, an improvised comedy podcast with “fake” guests. It’s sort of like The Daily Show, except it’s entirely improvisational.
Imagine a typical late night talk show … there’s a desk, a couch, a host and a sidekick. People are invited on to talk about their recent project or accomplishment. We’re doing the same thing, but the guest has no idea who they are until we introduce them. We record a conversation through Skype with different guests, and we all rely on our improv comedy training to make it through to the “goodnight, everybody.” We get separate audio tracks from everybody then mix and edit until the awkward pauses are scientifically adjusted to be just long enough.
You can subscribe with iTunes.
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News,
podcasting,
radio
Alex Smith is quarterbacking the 49ers in the NFC Championship game this year, his seventh in the NFL. In his first two years in the league, Smith played in 25 games. He threw seventeen touchdowns and twenty-seven interceptions. He also rushed for two touchdowns. The 49ers went 11 – 21 those two years, and didn’t make the Playoffs either year.
Tim Tebow “only” got the Broncos as far as the AFC Divisional Championship this year, his second in the NFL. In his first two years in the league, Tebow played in 24 games. He threw nineteen touchdowns and nine interceptions. He also rushed for thirteen touchdowns. The Broncos went 12 – 20 those two years, and won a Playoff game.
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NFL,
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Tebow
My son is now almost seventeen months old, in case you’re wondering why I haven’t been posting very actively for the last year and a half. The last two months have been an emotional roller coaster for me, for reasons far and wide (mostly unrelated to my boy) which I don’t have the time or desire to document here.
Combine that with the facts that (a) I’ve fallen into the trap of using Facebook to “like” the amazing things on the internet instead of posting them here and (2) Twitter is so tremendously awesome. Add the fact that I do, in fact, have a real job which consumes quite a bit of my time each week. There hasn’t been much time for blogging.
But a new year means turning over a new leaf, right? I’m going to try to get back to regularly writing here for aught-twelve.
If you’re not following me on Twitter, I don’t know what you’re doing with your life. Do it.
You should get a stellar.io account, too, while you’re at it. (It’s built by kottke, so you know it’s good.) Or at least occasionally check out which tweets I’ve favorited here. There’s really some fantastic stuff there.
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My Life,
twitter,
writing
Saturday December 24, 2011
- A Christmas Story
- Die Hard
- Love Actually
- Tie: Christmas Vacation / It’s A Wonderful Life
- Tie: The Ref / Home for the Holidays
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Christmas,
holiday,
lists,
movies
