A breath of fresh air

And finally, before I go to bed to rest for what is sure to be another thrilling day on the picket line, here’s a non-lockout related post.

Via the del.icio.us “radio” tag feed comes a recent Columbia Journalism Review interview with Ira Glass, one of my radio heroes. It’s called Ira Glass on Working in Television, Public Radio’s Struggle For Innovation, and Hanging Up On People.

Read. Enjoy. Think about making great radio.

And the CBC lockout blogs keep rolling in…

Just stumbled across Jennifer‘s blog. She touches on an interesting phenomenon, one that a colleague and I discussed earlier today:

… eventually a few of us hang our signs in the trees to throw around a Frisbee. I feel guilty after about half an hour, so I put my sign back on to do the long boring walk some more.

There seem to be unwritten rules and expectations on the picket line. But where do these feelings of obligation come from? Besides serving as a public display, what the is function of picketing? Why do I feel guilty when I stop to sit down or have a drink?

Do you speak Inuktitut?

I don’t, but close to thirty thousand Canadians do. From the wires, an interesting story about how the lockout is affecting northern audiences:

“If you’re a unilingual Inuktitut speaker, you can’t even get information on why you can’t get information.”

Bored?

Joshua at Torontoist has a few suggestions for what to do during the “projected 6-week work stoppage” (I don’t know where this figure came from).

I pray…

Following the discussion on Darryl’s blog led me to an Anglican priest‘s take on the lockout:

As a member of the clergy I am extremely concerned for the welfare of our public institutions because I see the need for and the benefit of them. We need to be kept informed of what is going on in this world of ours and that is something the CBC did very well. I pray that this situation will be resolved quickly and for the benefit of all.