Did you ever have one of those moments when you are listening to live music, and the moment becomes transcendent? I have had more than 3, but here's  my top three.

Audio Chimera Series 1

Audio Chimera Podcast #3 - Memorable Music

You know how they say you can't go home again? Well, you can't go anywhere that was once home, because they keep changing things! Yes, Heraclitus, yes, I know, the river, etc., etc...

Audio Chimera Podcast #4 - Bernie's Bagels

Signs, signs...everywhere are signs with misspelled words. When I see one I want to fix it, or scream, or tell someone! Here I'm telling...

Audio Chimera Podcast #5 - The Key Theatre

They say those who lived through a drought are better at learning water conservation. My experience of the Drought of 1966 served as that lesson for me.

Audio Chimera Podcast #6 - The Drought of 1966

As Peter Gabriel sang, "Lord, here comes the flood." Agnes wasn't as bad as things might have been, at least for me, and others had it MUCH worse.

Audio Chimera Podcast #7 - The Agnes Flood of 1972

How does one spice up one's life? Food? Romance? I thought that this Thanksgiving would have both, but it turned out rather blandly, in spite of my attempt to add some pepper to it!

And yes, the use of the Oxford comma in the title is deliberate.

Audio Chimera Podcast #8 - Chief Cook, Bottle Washer, and Baby Machine

Caffeine is my daily companion--now. But 'twas not ever thus! Meaning at one point my daily dosage was low...but grad school at Berkeley did me in...

Audio Chimera Podcast #9 - My Life In Coffee

This episode is subtitled, "Thom McAn and the Pneumatic Tubes." I did that so "A Fun Workday" would sound like an album title, and the subtitle would sound like a band name. Because: 1) it's fun to make up band names (ask anyone who knows me; I do this all the time); and 2) Just because. Now let's play.

Audio Chimera Podcast #10 - A Fun Workday

Arriving in Berkeley, CA from the East Coast was not culture shock; it was culture pleasant surprise. Like that first taco that introduced me to the world of spicy food, Berkeley introduced me to the world of politics as a lifestyle.

Audio Chimera Podcast #11 - Welcome to Berzerkely!

My mother thought crickets were noisy cockroaches. That tidbit serves as a kernel of allegory around which the rest of the story weaves. And if this story has allegorical elements, how many of the other podcast episodes did?

Stephen Schrum