the last post in a long time

Dear readers, I have an important piece of news that's both good and bad. Let's start with the good part.

Recently I submitted an essay to the This I Believe segment ran by KUHF, the Houston affiliate of NPR. It was aired in February. Apparently, the good folks at KPFT Pacifica Radio, Houston liked my piece so much that they offered me a show. It's going to be a weekly program that runs on Thursday evenings between 7 and 8 PM.

I don't have a title for this show yet, but I told them it's going to be like This American Life, except it's for hyphenated Americans. I've long felt that the show I just mentioned, while entertaining and informative in its own way, does not truly represent America. There are lots of us who do not have two masters degrees, like David Sedaris, or read international news before local news. People who speak English with an accent, like American Idol, and read only manuals. I want to give my bully pulpit to this vast and underrepresented segment of America.

Now for the bad part. Since it takes a lot of time to prepare for a weekly show, even if it's only one hour long, I will have to leave my day job and cut back on writing for this forum. The next addition to this blog is going to be a donations box as Pacifica doesn't really pay me enough for food and mortgage.

It's been fun and I hope to talk to all of you on air soon.