Objects in Mirror: December 5, 2007 Archive

What are you listening to?

Posted at 9:17 AM on December 5, 2007 by Julia Schrenkler

Join the online discussion to shout out or admit to the guilty musical pleasures you're listening to now.

Some excerpted answers from the random pick pile:

Johnny Cash's last CD with his remake of "Hurt". - Donna

Does anyone remember "She was Waitin' For Her Mother At The Station In Torino And You Know I Love You Baby But It's Gettin' Too Heavy To Laugh"?. - Diana

I have fallen in love with Julieta Venegas' album "Limon y Sal." I don't speak Spanish, but I love it any way. - Jennifer

Speak up about what you're spinning!

Garrison Keillor talks about writing...and tech

Posted at 12:02 PM on December 5, 2007 by Julia Schrenkler

A Prairie Home Companion's Web Producer Brett Baldwin dropped me a note about Garrison Keillor's interview on Rocketboom. Keillor talks about the show, of course, but he also elaborates on how he uses e-mail and Wikipedia.

The new MPR blog: How's the Family?

Posted at 3:34 PM on December 5, 2007 by Julia Schrenkler

Read and comment on MPR's new blog How's the Family?

Contributor Nanci Olesen writes about issues that may reflect or affect your domestic group, whether it is the one you grew up in or a chosen family. Recent posts cover topics like The price of caring for our elders or Is there such a thing as good "Helicopter Parenting?"