When ideas fail, words come in very handy
Just got back from a short trip to Chicago for the President’s Day/Valentine’s Day weekend (I try to coordinate my trips to Chicago with President Obama, when possible). So here are a couple blog-worthy items:
This weekend, I burst into joyous rapture on two separate occasions listening to two different episodes of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me. Impressive, isn’t it?
First. I was listening to the January 18, 2009 podcast, and during the first segment, the caller was given a trivia question about Ricardo Montablan’s unfortunate recent passing. After the caller answered, Peter Sagal launched into his usual background and banter on Montablan and at one point noted that he played…