Okay, so maybe my tolerance for all didgeridoo all the time isn't as high as I thought it was. After a couple of hours I eventually landed on CBC Radio 3. This is totally my new favourite radio station; and I've been listening to it for a couple of days now, so this isn't at all like declaring the Didgeridoo station awesome. Although, I must point out that the Didgeridoo station is awesome, it's just that CBC Radio 3 is in a whole other league.

Because of CBC Radio 3 I am now aware of the existence of Veda Hille, who is made of win and awesome music. Equal parts. Her song "Lucklucky" is so amazing I bought it, created an entire new playlist around it, and then proceeded to bliss out listening to it for approximately twenty hours. Go to this page and there is a tiny little link where you can listen to it; alternatively, just click here and it will start playing automatically.

She Dresses to Win, a profile of Michelle Obama's fashion choices in the NYTimes is interesting, or something like it. In an involved discussion of her pearls, the author refers to them alternately as 'Gobstopper pearls' and 'Pearls you have to deal with'. The implication is, of course, that 'pearls you have to deal with' might be scary! God forbid anyone ever actually have to deal with something. Something real. Something with implications.

If the gumball pearls were a retro wink at traditional decorum, they still read as anything but wifely jewels. “Those are not little ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ pearls,” Ms. Taylor said. “Those are large pearls. Those are pearls you have to deal with.” It could be, of course, that voters won’t warm up to a pearls-you-have-to-deal-with personality.

Enough with that; clearly, that is moronic crap. However, upon reflection, I rather like the phrase 'pearls you have to deal with'. I shall aspire to it, in a metaphorical way. Metaphorical only, as I'm not really that fond of jewelry.

This is something else by Veda Hille that I rather like:

Its true! And now, thanks to L--- and modern technology, I know for myself!

For reference, his 'A More Perfect Union' speech:

And, the video Joe and I made forever ago with Cardboard Barack Obama:

Today Barack Obama held a rally or some such in Portland, and L--- woke up early to attend. While she was there, she called me and I listened to the speech over the phone. Yay for modern technology! Doing that as opposed to say, watching CNN, brings with it an awareness that the connection is more tenuous and spontaneous. It also reminded me of sixty year old radio addresses, and the kind of warm sound quality you get from tubes but not wires. That second part doesn't really make sense. Oh well.