I appreciate your thoughtfulness, KQED, but why on earth would I want to listen pledge drive free?? Let’s get real: Cynthia Marcucci & co. are the lights of my life. However, is it bad that I am kind of already getting the pledge bug? Even though I’ve already joined and my membership gifts just now arrived (still waiting on that Newsweek sub…)? Though, like… if Wait Wait and/or PHC decide to actually have awesome gifts this round, I may not be able to help myself…

I appreciate your thoughtfulness, KQED, but why on earth would I want to listen pledge drive free?? Let’s get real: Cynthia Marcucci & co. are the lights of my life. However, is it bad that I am kind of already getting the pledge bug? Even though I’ve already joined and my membership gifts just now arrived (still waiting on that Newsweek sub…)? Though, like… if Wait Wait and/or PHC decide to actually have awesome gifts this round, I may not be able to help myself…

kqedscience:

The fantasy world of ants: photographs by Andrey Pavlov

“The photographs in this picture gallery may look like they been Photoshopped or assembled with dead insects, but the ants in these images are very much alive. Russian photographer Andrey Pavlov spends hours setting up fairytale scenes. He studied ants, and saw that they all follow a very specific path when they’re working. So he put his props on their trail, and photographed the insects interacting with his miniature ‘stage sets’.

Picture: ANDREY PAVLOV / CATERS NEWS”

Adding “Ant Photographer” to the Dream Jobz List.

Feeling super validated as a person by the KQED survey I just took.

Feeling super validated as a person by the KQED survey I just took.

Accurate/appropriate.

Accurate/appropriate.

The California Report’s Paul Lancour enjoys a Valentine’s Day cupcake., via KQED News’s (Newsies?) Facebook Look, I’m not saying that I cry a few heart-tears every day because I don’t get to hang out at KQED all the time, but… my other organs definitely have an Alice In Wonderland situation happening on the daily.

The California Report’s Paul Lancour enjoys a Valentine’s Day cupcake., via KQED News’s (Newsies?) Facebook

Look, I’m not saying that I cry a few heart-tears every day because I don’t get to hang out at KQED all the time, but… my other organs definitely have an Alice In Wonderland situation happening on the daily.

Just submitted my membership pledge to KQED!

This American Life USB flash drive, sweet KQED hoodie (& static cling sticker!) & Newsweek subscription, you are mine, all mine!

And, most importantly, I’m now a supporting member of my favorite public radio station.

Best. Day. EVER.

Aaaaah! Totally going to pledge during TAL today… if everything goes my way I’ll end up with a USB flash drive and a sweet KQED hoodie! Now I just have to spend the next four hours deciding whether to just pledge online, or call in (the cooler option ‘cause you get to talk to a volunteer, but, like… major phone anxiety).

Aaaaah! Totally going to pledge during TAL today… if everything goes my way I’ll end up with a USB flash drive and a sweet KQED hoodie!

Now I just have to spend the next four hours deciding whether to just pledge online, or call in (the cooler option ‘cause you get to talk to a volunteer, but, like… major phone anxiety).

PLEDGE DILEMMA ALERTZ! So, Wait Wait’s pledge gifts were a bust (no Carl Kassel pillow. Weak) but This American Life is on now and their gift is this USB flash drive, which is awesome. My dilemma is this: do I donate now and guarantee an awesome gift, or gamble on Prairie Home Companion having an even greater gift later tonight? (There’s a rebroadcast of TAL later tonight but I don’t know if I can count on the flash drive being available again. I tweeted @KQED, hopefully they will respond. In the next half hour.) Edit: OK. I decided to wait it out and see what PHC has to offer. The flash drive is available from the TAL store if I have a “OMG I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT” panic moment, and there’s a chance that PHC’s gift will be (a) awesome and (b) not available in their store.

PLEDGE DILEMMA ALERTZ!

So, Wait Wait’s pledge gifts were a bust (no Carl Kassel pillow. Weak) but This American Life is on now and their gift is this USB flash drive, which is awesome. My dilemma is this: do I donate now and guarantee an awesome gift, or gamble on Prairie Home Companion having an even greater gift later tonight?

(There’s a rebroadcast of TAL later tonight but I don’t know if I can count on the flash drive being available again. I tweeted @KQED, hopefully they will respond. In the next half hour.)

Edit: OK. I decided to wait it out and see what PHC has to offer. The flash drive is available from the TAL store if I have a “OMG I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN IT” panic moment, and there’s a chance that PHC’s gift will be (a) awesome and (b) not available in their store.

It’s the most glorious time of the year, y’all!

Pledge time! I think I actually want to become a member of KQED this go ‘round. I’m a grown up, I listen to it all the time, and my love of pledge (and Cynthia Marcucci) rings kind of hollow if I don’t pony up.

But this brings us to the most important question: which weekend program will have the best gifts? Wait Wait, This American Life & Prairie Home Companion usually all have awesome gifts… but which will have the most awesome? And, more importantly, which will I be around to call in during?

kqedscience:

Snoring dormouse is so adorable your head will explode

“What you’re seeing here is a hibernating dormouse filmed by Dave Williams of the Surrey Wildlife Trust Mammal Project. Despite his log-sawing, this slumbering little guy isn’t in any trouble — he’s just an unusually stentorian sleeper.”

SHUT UP. This is the cutest. EVER. UGH. I want one.

California girl with a Boston heart living the dream in New York City.