Nerd Alert...

That should really read, "I Love Public radio" but it looks cuter with the NPR logo. Blake will get on to me if I don't state that not all the shows on NPR are actually NPR shows, but we'll leave it at "I love NPR" for this post.

I'm a recent convert, but I still really love it. I'd never heard of National Public Radio before I met Blake and wasn't even remotely interested in it until he started working at KACU, the public radio station in Abilene. I liked tuning in on the weekends and hearing his voice every once in a while. It was soothing.

Now, I listen all the time. I listen in the car on the way to work and on the way home. Blake's alarm goes off with it playing every morning, too. Blake is the one who really loves it though. He listens to the same episodes of "A Prairie Home Companion" over and over and over. Seriously. When I'm watching TV at night he can usually be found in front of the iMac listening to podcasts of old shows.

What I'm trying to say is that I really do love NPR and think you should too. If you haven't ever listened before, give it a whirl. You can find your local station here.

I like to tan, too. Recently when I go to the tanning bed (it's not all that often) I listen to NPR while I'm in the bed. It's usually on some pop station (that I love, too) but I always change it to WPLN. I'm sure the person that uses the bed after me is probably annoyed when they turn on the radio and hear "talk radio" on the air. (FYI. NPR is not talk radio and Blake gets semi-flustered when people call it that. I say semi-flustered because he doesn't ever get mad about anything. Seriously. It always makes me mad that he doesn't get mad.) Moving on.

I'm just saying...

tanning bed + NPR = one great way to relax