ONE LANE CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION WEEK *COMMENT LINE: 206-333-1648 Reached my Libsyn limit, lost at poker, learning Garageband 3.0 = a short show this week. Podsafe Music: Casey Desmond, "Did We Make It." An open memo to Corporate Media re: Saving TV Commercials -- Pay Slobs to watch TV.

MOTHER'S DAY WEEK *COMMENT LINE: 206-333-1648 *** DIRECT LINK TO SHOW *** Listener feedback: jvond.com Guest announcer: My mom, Loretta Brandao Podsafe music: Chub Creek Music, "Patricia - Mother's Day Song" Essay: Grandma said in the old days, people just "stunk more." The Roomba is the new washing machine. Podsafe Music: Trucker Cleavage, "Single Mother." See, hear, and potentially feel and smell the "Digital Slob" in the flesh at the Podcast and Portable Media Expo. Special After-Show Extra: Hear the mother of the Digital Slob, unedited, talk about the old days (she gave me permission to add our whole talk). Vote for digitalslobpod in the Podcast-O-Rama Tournament. Enter your email address below to subscribe to digitalslobpod!

SENIOR PRANK WEEK COMMENT LINE: 206-333-1648 Semi-creative practical jokes are now called pre-9/11 thinking. Podsafe music: Life Has Teeth, "You're So Cool." Essay: Ridiculous busy work in high school sociology class: What's your idea of a Utopian Society? Answer: A world without busywork. Podsafe music: Cassandra Kubinksi, "Hiding Underneath." Essay: Staring directly into my high school principal's dark black eyes of death. Audio Feedback: Mark Baars checks in from the Netherlands, worried about the tsunami triggered by the 7.8 quake out of Tonga. Looking for voice actors for my digitalslobpod skits. Vote for digitalslobpod in the Podcast-O-Rama Tournament. Enter your email address below to subscribe to digitalslobpod!