I've noticed that there are a few short moments during the day that make me happy enough that, if I was a dog, I'd wag my tail.  They're not momentous occasions and probably can't be understood by anyone other than me.  The first is at exactly 8:00am, when 770AM does 2-3 minutes of actual news.  If I'm in the car and listening to something else, I'll stop what I'm doing and turn to 770 because the most useful, informative 3 minutes of my day.  Before and after, that radio station is filled with two big-headed idiots who purposely disagree about everything.  But those few short moments of actual news bring me a strange amount of simple joy.  The second time is at around 5:18pm, when Q104.3 does a little report on the stock market.  I'm not a stock market kind of guy.  I'd say my portfolio is "strong to medium strong", which means "I ain't got no portfolio".  But for whatever reason, those 2 minutes of money information is incredibly enjoyable.  Just like the morning news, I'll often stop listening to whatever else is on, and tune to 104.3. 

I realize that both of my "best times of the day" are things that happen on the radio.  I'm not sure why that is.  But I think the reason I like those particular events is that (1) they're reliable, and (2) they're short.  I always know these two things will happen at 8:00am and 5:18pm.  I've never been let down.  And getting some useful information in such a short amount of time is just awesome.  It doesn't fill the standard 30-minute time slot like a TV show, and it's not an overdone segment on African jungle rhythms played on trash cans with glass bottles like an NPR thing.