Old At Heart

I’ve only listened to the Prairie Home Companion three or four times. If I had to be stuck in a car for 4 hours, it could keep me amused for at least two hours. In fact, one time it did, all the way from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore. I don’t think people my age appreciate the Prairie Home Companion. Old people have good taste. That’s why they like me so much.

While I had other possible plans for tonight, I jumped at the opportunity to babysit. The baby has been asleep for a couple hours already. If he stays that way, it will be a quiet night, wasting time on the internet, watching football, and reading Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, hopefully for the last time. It’s what I’d be doing at home if I had nothing better to do. Only at home it’d be depressing – here it has a purpose. My old mannishness is useful, for at least a few hours.

The baby just made noise. They have an infrared monitor. He’s moving. Nuts.

Addendum
The main perk of the new channel lineup post Sirius/XM merger is the inclusion of NPR in my XM lineup. This is where I get my Prairie Home Companion…and also Car Talk, which is consistently hilarious. By the way, I now have 4 XM radios on my account. If you have a south facing window (or a car), XM radio is worth every penny. I can’t live without it anymore, and don’t think you should have to either. Maybe Barack Obama will take it over and offer it to all Americans.

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