Day 2 - Vastly Improved by NPR

I learned a very important lesson yesterday as I began My Bus Adventure. An MP3 player is essential. So I charged up my Creative Systems Vision: M, which hadn't last seen the light of a full battery since August. I excitedly tuned it to 91.5 before I'd even boarded the #2.

Now, I have nothing against KUCV in Lincoln ... in fact, I still donate $5 a month, partly because I don't know how to stop the automatic bank drafts ... but I have to admit that KIOS definitely goes in the pros column for Omaha. Weekday programming boasts spoken voice nearly unbroken from Morning Edition at 7 a.m. through As It Happens at 7:30 p.m. Not only that, but the one break from 1 to 3 p.m. is filled with Jazz in the Afternoon ... as opposed to the nap-inducing etudes of Bach and Brahms on KUCV.

I realized yesterday that I missed my brief NPR fix twice a day, even if I only spent 10 minutes in my car. There's something in Corey Flintoff's voice that makes me willing to face my day, and likewise in Robert Siegel's that makes my day complete ... although I'm not sure I could tell you which was which if you played them for me.

No matter which of my friends at NPR was at the teacher's desk this afternoon, I am proud to report that today I learned:

• About super-tough vehicles that withstand roadside bombs;
• That "Republicans may be our adversaries, but the Senate is the enemy";
• That female pilots flew non-combat missions in World War II;
• That even NPR is talking about that RMV video that everyone posts online;
• And, finally, why one of my friends' status updates was addressed to someone named Corey and regarded vampires in heaven.

A sharp contrast to that same time frame yesterday, when all I learned was that I need to charge my MP3 player.

On a separate note ...

So here's what I'm wondering about this blogging thing ... if I discovered a typo in yesterday's post, do I have to leave it there? It feels like it's stabbing me in the sternum (yes, the sternum, not the heart) every time I think of it. I feel like I should, like it would be cheating to change it. Because if I go back to make that correction, I'm bound to start editing the whole post (something I probably should have done before hitting the "publish" button). Because I could probably sum up those 674 words in about 420 better ones.