Old time radio

Since the semester started in early January, the work days are rather long. Andrew is working two jobs: helping faculty learn how to use high performance computers and teaching second-semester physics. Since he's doing so much work, I'm trying to do as much of the housework as possible, along with some extra projects I've taken on (although I'll have to save those for another post).

We leave home at 8am and get home at 8pm, which leaves just enough time to eat dinner, walk the dog, and go to bed. I find this schedule a bit stressful and that's probably one reason why I'm having trouble falling asleep. As a result, I requested no-screen weekday evenings. I've read that computer light may affect ability to sleep (although the research is far from definitive), so we've been listening to more old-time radio in the evenings before bed.

I've been listening to old-time radio for several years now, and have built up an unofficial ontology of radio shows in my head. There are family comedies, and variety show comedies. There are historical shows and dramas. There are three types of shows are about people fight crime: police shows (police follow the laws), detective shows (detectives don't follow the laws) and superhero shows (they don't even follow the  laws of physics). There are thriller shows about the supernatural, and about people who commit crime. And criminals always, always get caught (or die). I assumed that there was some sort of morality regulation about criminals always "getting what's coming to them", as there was in motion pictures, but I can't find any mention of it.

And although I initially worried about the finite supply of old radio - after all, dramatic radio only existed from the '30s to the '60s - I've realized that the production rate was very high, and there's enough to last me for a lifetime. Or until I tire of it.