In another one of those little coincidences that this year has brought, for the past ten days or so I have had a free preview of Sirius XM in my car.

Not every station, but enough of the good ones I would choose to listen to - the 80s station, the 50s station (it’s been a while since I spent this much time with the oldies - so good), ESPN, the Christmas music station…and Conan O’Brien Radio.

The Conan channel plays clips from old TV interviews, parts of the podcast segments with his co-hosts, and full podcast interviews, among other things.

I listened to the end of the Lisa Kudrow podcast one day on the way to work, and then the next day going to the store with Kathy I heard the middle part of that interview leading up to the part I heard. (Maybe I’ll still catch the beginning of the interview before the free preview goes away.) Once again - full circle. Lisa Kudrow was one of the people I mentioned early in the year here too in that Ray Romano show.

There was also an old TV interview with Allison Janney that I heard that had me laughing out loud in my car again like a maniac.

It’s been a nice thing to have for the past week-plus.

The free preview goes away on Monday and then it’ll be back to my podcasts and music. Here’s what else happens this week:

This Week’s To-Do

With Monday being December 1st I should finalize a December Menu. Maybe in 2026 I can just pull out the old months and we can do it all over again. Will anyone remember/care if we have the same meal on January 30th that we did last year?
I received an Exciting Mail Delivery yesterday that I didn’t think would come until next week - so I guess the bold should be I have Something Fun To Do this week that I’ll certainly be writing about.
Even though they’re likely making me sick (do leaves have mold that gets in your throat? I think they’ve been making me cough.), I should do One More Leaf Clean-Up since the drop-off center is open until mid-December.
This morning I’m going to Run Parkrun for the first time. Going to treat it as a nice jog just to get my first run on the books. (I don’t want to set an unsurmountable PR in my first run there.) Then I plan to volunteer again next week.
Oh, sad face. Also have to Take My Daughter To The Airport…but she’ll be back ridiculously soon.

Last week was really busy, leading into the holiday. Here’s how it went, with a reminder you can click here for more details about each item.

Last Week’s To-Do

My daughter’s travel was smooth. Her plane landed early…
…and early Sunday morning she and I went to New York and hung out there until Monday morning.
I told you about parkrun.
Got a bunch of bags out last week, but I’m still working on keeping the driveway clear. As I told you above, the leaf drop-off closes on December 14.
We had a nice Thanksgiving…
…and I told you yesterday about the new light display and how I took advantage of the warm weather Wednesday to put them up.