Unlike these guys I got lucky in that the wind made sure there wasn't much snow on my car. This picture was from Monday morning. Most of that snow was gone by today. It took a couple of attempts to get over the pile of snow but I was quickly off to work this morning.
Did anyone listen to NPR this Sunday morning? Somewhere south of Hartford they had an interview with a judge who had gone on a thank you note writing binge and was now trying to cash in with a book of those notes. The interview was extremely superficial and glossed over weird parts of the judge's story. The first note he wrote was to his son, but he did not know his son's mailing address. You might think the interviewer would be curious as to why a father doesn't know where his son lives but she kept going as if this was perfectly normal.
The judge then had brunch with his son. At that brunch the son repaid his father several thousand dollars that he had borrowed. The judge did not recall loaning his son the money.
Several thousand dollars.
Would not the next question be "Wait. You don't remember loaning your son several thousand dollars?" I mean, how do you not ask that question? That question was not asked. The interview went on and became more mawkish.
Soon the deadliest phrase on public radio "Joining us now is Weekend Edition Pu..." - that's how long it takes me to switch stations - came on and I was once again enjoying the greatest hits of the '70s played for the millionth time.
You are so lucky. Those other cars will take forever to dig out. I paid some boys to dig me out. Money well spent.
I've noticed some interviews that are like the one you described. It's like they have a script or agenda of moving the interview forward but aren't listening to what is being said. Good interviews shouldn't leave you with lots of questions.
Posted by: judy | 29 December 2010 at 09:49 AM