Author: Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

DFO Radio: I Believe It’s FitzMagic

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This morning featured a relatively rare astronomical event - the transit of Mercury.  A transit is basically the same thing as an eclipse, except whatever is crossing in front of the sun is small enough that it doesn't block out the whole thing.  The first transit I saw was of Venus

A Commissioner For All Seasons

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INT. AUDITORIUM THEATER, CHICAGO - DAY We open backstage. A harried production assistant - MELISSA - holding a clipboard stands at attention, trying to simultaneously listen through a discreet earpiece as well as pass on instructions to a broad-shouldered, ginger-haired man. MELISSA: Okay, we're coming out of commercial...[listens]...and three...two...one...GO. [she pushes the ginger-haired

DFO Radio: Don’t You Want Me, Baby?

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So in very happy news for Myles Jack, his green room slide ended very abruptly when he was taken by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the 36th pick of the NFL draft.  It was probably reassuring to Jack to be taken by a up-and-coming franchise (this is not a joke, I

Request Line: Don’t You Want Me, Baby?

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INT. NFL DRAFT GREEN ROOM - EVENING A number of gifted athletes lounge around on couches. A cellphone rings. MYLES JACK: [perks up, glances at phone, looks deflated] EZEKIEL ELLIOT: [smiles at JACK, shrugs] Guess we got the same ring tone.  [answers phone, hops up and exits the room.  In the distance, a

The Green Room Slide

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Here's your background music... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mOY2eWO2qw   GENO: 'Uh 'outs 'aid I'd 'oh 'igh... (The scouts said I'd go high...) MEL: Automatic! GENO: 'ith 'og'istle 'anguage... (With dogwhistle language...) NOLAN: He's athletic! TODD: ♫ ...trust...Mel Kiper... ♫ ADAM: He's prophetic! BOOMER: [staccato] Geno's movin' downward, falling back-back-back-back-back-back, he's-a-made-it-past-the-Vikings, we'll SEE YOU TOMORROW! MEAGHAN: You guys are still waiting? LINDY: It's pathetic. ANDY: Hungry hungry

Request Line: You Have Selected Regicide…

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Originally this was going to be hosted by Prince Amakamura, but given the news regarding Prince the musician I'm not exactly in the mood to make jokes (except for the title, of course, which I'm not changing). So let's keep this one simple and post some our favorite music about