So the brief synopsis of this morning was waking up to my alarm clock, pleased that I didn't have a night of stress and pain like the night before, did the whole shower/email/clothes thing, left the house a little late and, for the first time, got to the train station just in time to see the train doors close as I closed the door to my own car, so I hopped back in and drove to work.

On the way down I was listening to Sarah & Vinnie and, amidst a bunch of other stuff, they mention how much they hate alarm clock,s and how there's not an alarm clock on the planet that doesn't jar them awake, so I used my cell (tsk, tsk! Calling and driving) to call in and tell them about my Zen Alarm Clock.

I get right through, explain the clock to Uzette ('Uze' pronounced "yoo-zee"), the show producer, and she says she'll see if it gets back there (they, naturally, had gone on to other things, but they often jump back to listener calls). I stay on the line, listening to the radio through the handset for about 20 minutes, eventually pulling off and parking because I was a few blocks from work which I know has zero cell-reception, when Uze comes back to me and says she accidentally deleted me from Sarah's screen, and what was my name again? I tell her Kevin and she asks if I'd like to play "Guess the Celebrity," a game they play once a day for fabulous prizes and Alice schwag. "Love to!" I say and I'm back on hold while Hooman does his Jay & Silent Bob review.

Five minutes later, Sarah says, "OK It's time for Guess the Celebrity and we have Kevin on the line. Hello?" "Hey there!" I say, upbeat and excited. "My name's David" I hear, superimposed over what I'm saying through my earpiece. As I talk for another few seconds it's clear that Sarah picked up the wrong line and someone else gets to play and I'm out in the on-hold cold. A few seconds later they realize that they're running so late that they trash Guess the Celeb for the day anyhow, Uze comes back on to tell me that says sorry for the mixup, I'm done with the phone call and back on my way to work. :-(

And I was so gonna plug Ernie-Aid...