I bought one of those Rocket Grill things you mentioned on your blog. It works pretty well!
Very handy for a single person looking for hassle-free grilling. The bags are pricey ($0.40 ea in bulk) but the convenience is nice. I can preheat for five minutes while I rub some spices on a steak, then pop in it for four minutes and it's done. Ten minutes after I get home from work I've got a steak, salad and martini, and the only cleanup work is the plate I put it on.
Whether it'll hold up over time, though, I have no idea. :)
Megan, your insights and comments are engaging. If you're going to continue to do interviews, get a speech coach and try to eliminate all the you know from your talks. It gets grating.
I was listening to Marketplace like I try to do when I'm in my car when it airs and thinking to myself "They should have Megan McArdle on here some time." Then 5 minutes later there she was.
I just so happened to be listening to Marketplace when Megan was on and found the whole conversation to be really informative and interesting.
The above is not the most critically analytic comment in the world, but it's really nice listening to smart voices on the radio when you're driving to get a pizza.
Megan, I was pleasantly surprised to hear you on the program and enjoyed your comments about the current economic situation. One of the few shows where the host isn't trying to start a fight between or with the guests for the sake of ratings or the guest and host spend half the air time complementing each other on their own brilliance.
I agree with outback that you want to work on your speaking patterns. If I'm representative of boomers, "you knows" are grating. If your time is cheaper than hiring a coach, let me suggest Toasmasters. The DC area is crawling with clubs, and you will have plenty of opportunity to practice eliminating your ahs, umms, and you knows (or fill the "ah jar" in a hurry).
Say, isn't the idea to have the media alert before you're on the radio?
This is on a completely unrelated note, but:
I bought one of those Rocket Grill things you mentioned on your blog. It works pretty well!
Very handy for a single person looking for hassle-free grilling. The bags are pricey ($0.40 ea in bulk) but the convenience is nice. I can preheat for five minutes while I rub some spices on a steak, then pop in it for four minutes and it's done. Ten minutes after I get home from work I've got a steak, salad and martini, and the only cleanup work is the plate I put it on.
Whether it'll hold up over time, though, I have no idea. :)
Megan, your insights and comments are engaging. If you're going to continue to do interviews, get a speech coach and try to eliminate all the you know from your talks. It gets grating.
I was listening to Marketplace like I try to do when I'm in my car when it airs and thinking to myself "They should have Megan McArdle on here some time." Then 5 minutes later there she was.
I just so happened to be listening to Marketplace when Megan was on and found the whole conversation to be really informative and interesting.
The above is not the most critically analytic comment in the world, but it's really nice listening to smart voices on the radio when you're driving to get a pizza.
Megan, I was pleasantly surprised to hear you on the program and enjoyed your comments about the current economic situation. One of the few shows where the host isn't trying to start a fight between or with the guests for the sake of ratings or the guest and host spend half the air time complementing each other on their own brilliance.
I agree with outback that you want to work on your speaking patterns. If I'm representative of boomers, "you knows" are grating. If your time is cheaper than hiring a coach, let me suggest Toasmasters. The DC area is crawling with clubs, and you will have plenty of opportunity to practice eliminating your ahs, umms, and you knows (or fill the "ah jar" in a hurry).
Hope you get called back for more appearances.
A speech coach isn't the thing to eliminate over use of "you know". Give your roommates a clicker and have them click it every time they hear it.
And I admit to being elitist about this, but stay away from Toastmasters. From what little I can tell about you, I don't think it would be your thing.
I do have to give you credit - you didn't sound nearly as ridiculous on air as you do here.
Loved the show, many salient points. But as mentioned by many above, well, "you know."