"Fuck You", NPR

So, NPR is awesome.  And by NPR, I mean public radio in general, or I guess ACTUALLY I mean 89.3 KPCC, no rant, no slant as they seem to announce every five minutes.  And I don’t really think that is exactly true, EXACTLY, but its a helluva lot better than Fox news in the ranting and slanting department.  Plus everyone loves a catchy catchphrase that catches. CATCH!  Got it? Good.

Writing is made difficult by an adorable kitty trying to make cookies on my belly as I slide my laptop further and further down my legs and crane my head around the purring furball.  Louie. Stop. Oh, wow, thanks. Thank god you can read.  Talented cat.

ANYWAY.  The radio about which I am speaking, which shall heretofore be referred to solely as “NPR”, is awesome, some might even say awesometastic.  I would, for instance, and for a number of reasons.  One reason is that NPR introduced me to Cee Lo Green.  Yeah.  Public Radio made me aware of the awesome(tastic?) song, and 2010 summer hit, “Fuck You”.

NPR also taught me the back story of “99 Problems” by Jay Z.

If you're havin' girl problems I feel bad for you son

I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one

That bitch, is a literal bitch.  A K9 unit.  Cop stopped him, threatened K9 search of car, but that bitch was tied up at another job.  Like, on a leash, even.  I didn’t learn about the actual 99 problems.  Cavity?  Boxers or Briefs? Mom bugging him for grandchildren?  The possibilities are endless.

And who couldn’t love Garrison Keillor and A Praire Home Companion?  That man is serio my hero.  Or like, so much not that it goes in a circle, a heroic circle, and he comes up on top and I can’t not listen.  Recently, he had Paula Poundstone on and they totally had a passive aggressive radio fight.  Totes hilario due to cold stares, which just register on the radio as extended periods of silence and them then having to describe their tiff, making it all the more awkward.  Just like this picture of Garrison:

I just love that I can get in my car, turn on NPR, start driving, probably to LA for the 10 millionth time in a week, and learn much much much.  Usually things I wouldn’t have had the opportunity for exposure to....hahahah like Car Talk, and obvs. other stuff toooo.  From politics to “Fuck You” by the fabulous Cee Lo Green, I learn much, my attention is held, and I know whats up in my community.   NPR is a treasure.

Oh, and I wish I had a little puppy to cuddle with also. That would be rad.