Today, XM Bootcamp visited Laugh USA, XM’s family-friendly comedy channel. Jeff and I listened to a bit of it this morning during breakfast, but once I got to work, I didn’t even try — listening to comedy requires paying attention, and my attention was otherwise required by work.

In fact, work required so much of my attention and time that my firm resolve to leave early and go to the YMCA fell victim to the “needs of the business”; instead, I was hard at work when it came time to leave. I can’t say I’m hard at work at this particular moment, typing this blog entry, but I’m not quite finished for the day yet, either…just one more paper to read….

Next week’s revised Bootcamp schedule starts out promising with On Broadway on Monday [was Cinemagic when I first wrote this item] and the 70’s on Tuesday; I’m not as enthusiastic about the rest of the week, though. But that’s all next week’s problem — for now, let me wish you all a Shabbat Shalom.

I kept my receiver glued to the 60’s on 6 most of the day, even though it was somewhat distracting at times, especially during CQ USA when I was trying to call in to make my request (it’s hard to type and dial the phone at the same time!). I remembered almost all of the songs I heard during the day, but there were a few I don’t recall, which was a pleasant surprise.

Not everything I heard was high-quality music (I’m thinking especially of Mrs. Miller’s rendering of Downtown) [RealAudio from Mrs. Miller’s Greatest Hits, courtesy of Frank’s Vinyl Museum]), but it all made me feel good.

Tomorrow, it’s clean comedy from Laugh USA — yet another channel which probably doesn’t mix well with doing work.

I guess I need to figure out the best way of putting XM in my car…that’ll be my fourth XM receiver. I got notification today that the rebate for my second receiver (a Sony PnP, which they’ve discontinued for good reason) will be processed in due time — I’ll have to remember to check with them if I don’t get it in another five weeks. If I do get the rebate, the receiver will have turned out to be free (actually, I’ll make a small profit on it)…but rebates are notorious for problems.