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Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you are a famous married man who keeps 10 or 20 girlfriends on the side to take up the slack, sooner or later everyone in the world is going to ...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 08, 2009
  • Length: :33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
For almost two years every time my wife Marsha spoke, I jumped from my chair while mumbling, “I’m coming, I’m coming,” and rushed up to wherever sh...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:38
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

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  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Most of the men who run ads for hit man services are really undercover policemen. The woman we’re talking about here must have been incredibly stup...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2009
  • Length: 01:24
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18-year old Jessika Monroe says the challenges she faces as young mother only is a motivation for her success. Pregnant with her second child she's...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2009
  • Length: 02:10
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 01:33
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Married men will always have to rely on an expert to fix things in the home.

  • Added: Jul 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:39
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Does what now passes for morality have anything to do with a person’s ability to excel in his profession?

  • Added: Jun 25, 2009
  • Length: 02:35
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Can a man of 29 fall in love with a girl of 14?

  • Added: May 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:52
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
You might think your daughter is doing well if she is dating a grad student on a full fellowship.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
One evening when my friend Winky was reading the newspaper he said to his wife, "Here's a man up in Rangeley who was shot for a moose."

  • Added: Feb 27, 2009
  • Length: :24
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
In 1945 any American who had any kind of job could buy a home.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2009
  • Length: 03:19
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
If you are not rich, famous or handsome, you don’t need to feel that you’ve missed out on something.

  • Added: Feb 16, 2009
  • Length: :54
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
People in northern Maine don't operate like the people in southern Maine

  • Added: Feb 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:12
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Individual bank deposits are only insured by the federal government up to $100,000

  • Added: Feb 10, 2009
  • Length: 02:32
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
IT is very much like THEY

  • Added: Feb 01, 2009
  • Length: :34
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Ten million American children now come home from school to lonely empty houses. With both parents working, care of the child is now left up to the ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Do spouses resemble each other after years of blessed togetherness?

  • Added: Jan 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:48
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
How does a large family ever manage in a small house?

  • Added: Dec 30, 2008
  • Length: :21
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
The story of a visit

  • Added: Dec 29, 2008
  • Length: :53
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
on the day before their marriage his bride-to-be told him about all of her previous affairs.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2008
  • Length: :28