Nathaner’s Vlog

OR Stuff White People Like #44

To say last night’s live performance of NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! was damp would be an understatement.  All in the good name of Public Radio entertainment however, my efforts weren’t in vain.  As you can see below, the entire panel of the show was sympathetic enough to stick around after the show and greet everyone who had the tenacity to further risk infecting themselves with an inevitable cold.

However the rain served as a line in the sand between the fans dedicated enough to risk health to see this live performance and those listeners more casual.  A point that Peter Sagal reminded the crowd of frequently by chiding us with declarations of insanity.  The panel of Mo Rocca, Paula Poundstone and Tom Bodett was fresh and comical as usual.  With the media scrutiny over Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin this week, Paula from time to time would rattle off other American women that were passed over, but still qualified for the slot.  One candidate named was a little girl who dug halfway to China.

Sickness has been held at bay for now.  Hopefully it will stay that way through the weekend for the Flugtag.  THAT event will have motion pictures with it’s update.

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My newfound busy-ness continues and apparently pays off in spades.  Unofficial as for now, but I’ve been crowned a Yelp Elite Squad member.  In that same vein, this Saturday is the Red Bull Flugtag.  I’m planning on bringing my camera for that event so I can re-live that schadenfreude over and over again.  Other cool happenings in Chicago include 2 events at the Pritzker Pavillion tonight and tomorrow.  First Andrew Bird which is gearing up to be a full house, and then tomorrow is Chicago Public Radio’s annual live taping of Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!

I saw Wait Wait last year, and have a lot of anticipation for that event tomorrow.  And the greatest part of all this?  Every last one of these events are FREE.  Free as in beer.  F-R-E-E free.  If I’m not careful, I’m going to end up being the freegan savant when it comes to city events.

That’s not always a bad thing as it seems like my plans are extending more and more into the future.  And being the lunatic with illusions of granduer that I still am, it’s good to save as much money as possible.  OOOOOH OOOOH!  I just remembered I have an old polka record that will work quite nicely to accompany some flugtag montage.

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