It is against our best interest if listeners call their bosses early in the morning to get out of work. But we’ll help you do it anyway in today’s 7 at 7. That’s right, we’ll give you the top excuses to use to ensure you have the day off. But you must promise to use your newfound free time to listen to the whole radio show. Afterwards, we’re counting down to the upcoming solar eclipse that everyone is talking about. And if you’re an animal lover, we find out how animals will react to the celestial event. Why? Animal lives matter. And later we bring back a week of Silicon Ally. Which app will we make her test out for a full seven days? The one that allows you to match and meet up with senior citizens? How about the one that lets you chat with teens for 10 seconds at a time? Plus, Democrats battle it out against Republicans in Subculture Wars, Robert calls Mendocino County public radio for $0 Marketing, and more!