NPR... best radio station ever

I have lived in the DFW area for about 5 years now. When I first got here, I had just started college and was deep into a, 'my music' phase. As time went on, I really started to get into the news. Then, the news was just too freaking depressing. I hated living in Dallas because on the morning news, you just got who was killed the night before and the traffic that lay ahead of you. Great way to start the day. No one (unless you are a jobless college student.. such as myself) has the luxury of sitting around drinking their coffee till 9. That's when it stops being depressing and gets to the stories of hope, inspiration, and my favorite, the cooking segment at around 945.

Like i said though, unless you are unemployed and really enjoy sitting in bed and drinking coffee has this luxury. So next chance you get to watch the news is either at lunch (still who died that night or early that morning) or at maybe 6 or so when you you get home. (who was shot earlier that day) and then on to the evening, after prime time (who was killed on their way home). So as I'm sure you can imagine, I stopped watching the news and watched the weather (15 mins after the start of the news, like clockwork) "I get all the news i need on the weather report" -Simon and Garfunkel. That was 2 or 3 years ago... As the time has slipped by me, the more I have lost touch with what is going on in the world. Things got a bit better when I acquired a blackberry and was able to read the news. Even then, my being connected with the world was a direct correlation with how much wasted time I was forced into. If I was at an appointment, stuck in standstill traffic, or just plain stuck somewhere I didn't want to be, I got the news. And a very limited version. On your phone, you have the choice of picking what to read, so you end up picking the story about how a man got his penis stuck a jacuzzi jet instead of what's going on with health care...

So now, On to National Public Radio (NPR). I had been looking for this radio station since I moved to DFW. Go look for it online my best friend suggested. Never got around to it. Instead, my battery died a few days ago and reset all my preset stations. Because of this misfortune, I found it. In the past few days I have learned about the exploration of the Labrador duck, the problems associated with international laws and treaties, god as a function, along with the local, national, and world news (and of course, weather and traffic). My life is infinitely better since i found NPR. I feel more informed, less bias, and more educated... not necessarily on topics I would have choose, but you know, education is the pursuit of knowledge... in all forms.
-More on NPR to come later...