GOP, that's a cute nephew!
As for the Rush/Renai water thing, it usually occurs at either top of the hour or bottom of the hour breaks(I used to do college radio and a little AM board op work in the late 1980's and I remember these things).
I can't listen to my radio without headphones on at work, and I happily turn down the volume at any break..it's not going to kill me for the 3 minutes or so of either commercials or repeats of news.
I love to read, although I haven't done any serious reading recently, unless it's one of the magazines I subscribe to (Hemmings Muscle Machines and Whisky Magazine, 'natch : )
OH, here's the latest on my Chizzler: the front brakes have been upgraded to '73 vintage discs, new front suspension pieces are on, as are new tires mounted on 15" wheels (to be changed later).

I used to do college radio and a little AM board op work in the late 1980's and I remember these thingsAh. I don't quite get the timing of it because I listen to the show archives--I'm a Rush 24/7 subscriber. I currently work doing the TV equivalent of what a radio board op does (sans any reading of local news copy or anything of significance on the air). But it seemed random since I'm listening to an archived show...