As we're listening to Weekend Edition, the younger Free-Ride offspring asks, "Why don't they ever have weekend subtraction?"
(I think it was the elder Free-Ride offspring, years ago, who asked why Morning Edition had puppet words. It took us a few long moments to figure out the "puppet words" was actually Bob Edwards.)
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Please forgive the ScienceBlogs nepotism this time around, but by far the most amusing thing I've seen on the Internet the last few weeks is SciBling Chad Orzel's video of the Bohr-Einstein Debates.
New Scientist has an article on sock puppets (subscription required):
Back during the DonorsChoose fundraiser, I promised to do a re-enactment of the Bohr-Einstein debates using puppets if you contributed enough to claim $2,000 of the Hewlett-Packard contribution to the Social Media Challenge.
During this year's DonorsChoose fundraiser, I promised books as prizes to people who contributed to my challenge.
I was just missing Bob Edwards listening to the radio this morning. His NPR shows were truly the antonym of "puppet words." That's why he got fired.
http://www.bobedwards.info/ftopic712.html
Podcasts now downloadable free.
My little one listens to NPR in the car until she gets bored and demands the White Album (with a particular fondness for Bungalow Bill, which she calls "Hey, bun, little Bill").