The Opposite of Snowed In
I blame myself, really. Our station (and all the rest) went nuts yesterday warning people of the "wintry mix"/"artic blast" that was on its way to end the world as we know it. "Don't forget to go buy your milk and bread," said one reporter/meteorologist.
Today I found about an inch of snow outside... an altogether tranquil looking picture. Tried to go buy a sandwich, only to find all the stores and restaurants (fast food included) were closed. Guess everyone went to stock up on milk and bread.
1.29.2005
1.27.2005
EAT MOR CHIKN
Yesterday I renewed my apartment lease for another six months and got a free Chik Fil A sandwich in return.
Yesterday I renewed my apartment lease for another six months and got a free Chik Fil A sandwich in return.
1.26.2005
Opposites Attract
Love this story. Love, love, love it.
Good thing it doesn't include birds, my least favorite zoo animals.
Love this story. Love, love, love it.
Good thing it doesn't include birds, my least favorite zoo animals.
1.24.2005
Work Hazards
The stuff that happens that's driving me nuts:
The Rocker. That is, the dude who can't seem to stand still for an interview, making your video look like it was shot on a boat. A small boat.
The Slow Talker. The professor/doctor/octogenarian who needs five minutes to say something that can be summed up in five seconds.
The Pump-fake. "Yeah, you can come over for an interview." [Arrive.] "Oh, I didn't know I had to be on CAMERA! Well, I'm not comfortable being on camera, so, sorry."
The stuff that happens that's driving me nuts:
The Rocker. That is, the dude who can't seem to stand still for an interview, making your video look like it was shot on a boat. A small boat.
The Slow Talker. The professor/doctor/octogenarian who needs five minutes to say something that can be summed up in five seconds.
The Pump-fake. "Yeah, you can come over for an interview." [Arrive.] "Oh, I didn't know I had to be on CAMERA! Well, I'm not comfortable being on camera, so, sorry."
1.21.2005
BRB
Dropping in on the big D for the weekend.
Dropping in on the big D for the weekend.
1.20.2005
Coupla Thoughts
I saw a woman today wearing a sweatshirt with a Boston Terrier airbrushed on it. Underneath the picture it said "Boston Terrier". I usually don't notice what people wear, but I realized I find those airbrushed dog breed sweatshirts quite annoying.
Advertisers are choosing some LAME music for their commercial spots.
For instance, why is the television-viewing public still being tortured with Kelly Clarkson's hit, "A Moment Like This"? And now some hair product features an Ashlee Simpson song. (I know this only becuase on the corner of the screen, a super reads "La La/Ashlee Simpson"). Booooo.
I saw a woman today wearing a sweatshirt with a Boston Terrier airbrushed on it. Underneath the picture it said "Boston Terrier". I usually don't notice what people wear, but I realized I find those airbrushed dog breed sweatshirts quite annoying.
Advertisers are choosing some LAME music for their commercial spots.
For instance, why is the television-viewing public still being tortured with Kelly Clarkson's hit, "A Moment Like This"? And now some hair product features an Ashlee Simpson song. (I know this only becuase on the corner of the screen, a super reads "La La/Ashlee Simpson"). Booooo.
1.18.2005
Jenna Represents!
Tune into NBC's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search Wednesday night. (Oh, as IF you weren't glued to the show already.) There you'll find Jenn@ Spilde. She was just 14 when we got in tacky prom dresses together for her very first magazine shoot. Now she's ALL grown up.
Tune into NBC's Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search Wednesday night. (Oh, as IF you weren't glued to the show already.) There you'll find Jenn@ Spilde. She was just 14 when we got in tacky prom dresses together for her very first magazine shoot. Now she's ALL grown up.
1.17.2005
A Little TV News/Lightbulb Changing Humor
Thanks to a worthwhile mass email from colleague Todd Glad-he-felt-her.
Q: What's the difference between God and a news anchor?
A: God doesn't think he's a news anchor.
Q: How many station department heads does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You know, this issue strikes at the very heart of one of our core competencies.
We need to think outside the box, and be proactive on this. Here is the bottom line: at the end of the day, we need to leverage our knowledge base and find a viable solution that fits synergistically.
All right people, let's put together a game plan that makes sense, and tomorrow we'll touch base and see where we're at on this.
Q: How many Promotions people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: If this light bulb isn't changed soon----your FAMILY, your HOME, even your DOG-may all be at risk! Change this bulb tonight or you may spend a lifetime in darkness!
Thanks to a worthwhile mass email from colleague Todd Glad-he-felt-her.
Q: What's the difference between God and a news anchor?
A: God doesn't think he's a news anchor.
Q: How many station department heads does it take to change a light bulb?
A: You know, this issue strikes at the very heart of one of our core competencies.
We need to think outside the box, and be proactive on this. Here is the bottom line: at the end of the day, we need to leverage our knowledge base and find a viable solution that fits synergistically.
All right people, let's put together a game plan that makes sense, and tomorrow we'll touch base and see where we're at on this.
Q: How many Promotions people does it take to change a light bulb?
A: If this light bulb isn't changed soon----your FAMILY, your HOME, even your DOG-may all be at risk! Change this bulb tonight or you may spend a lifetime in darkness!
1.15.2005
Storm Stories
Had to do a bunch of live cut-ins as tornado was passing through the other night. So it is. Everytime the TV folks warn you to stay inside or evacuate the area, the TV people themselves go storming right on INTO the area.
Had to do a bunch of live cut-ins as tornado was passing through the other night. So it is. Everytime the TV folks warn you to stay inside or evacuate the area, the TV people themselves go storming right on INTO the area.
1.13.2005
Um, Sorry, WRONG Number
I had one new message. It went like this:
"Hi, this is the Chapman High School attendance office. We are calling to see why Yolanda is not in school today. Please call us at..."
I had one new message. It went like this:
"Hi, this is the Chapman High School attendance office. We are calling to see why Yolanda is not in school today. Please call us at..."
Moving On Up
In Mateo's blogging absence, I'll go ahead and report he is in the process of moving from his green-carpeted, air-conditioning-challenged office space to a puke-pink pocket of paradise inside The Adolphus.
In Mateo's blogging absence, I'll go ahead and report he is in the process of moving from his green-carpeted, air-conditioning-challenged office space to a puke-pink pocket of paradise inside The Adolphus.
1.09.2005
Men of the Weekend
I've been in Aiken County, SC since Thursday, after a train wreck/chemical spill. We can't get near the site, so I've lived at a command post or "staging area" for the past four days.
It felt like being stranded indefinitely on an island with strangers. Only, it's a parking lot, and every few hours there's a press briefing. Memorable males also on the asphalt island:
Matthew Wald
Photog Johnny Bates
Mich@el Cogdill
Aiken County Sheriff Mike Hunt (no, I'm not kidding, that's his name)
Bonus: A Matthew Wald story including Mike Hunt.
I've been in Aiken County, SC since Thursday, after a train wreck/chemical spill. We can't get near the site, so I've lived at a command post or "staging area" for the past four days.
It felt like being stranded indefinitely on an island with strangers. Only, it's a parking lot, and every few hours there's a press briefing. Memorable males also on the asphalt island:
Matthew Wald
Photog Johnny Bates
Mich@el Cogdill
Aiken County Sheriff Mike Hunt (no, I'm not kidding, that's his name)
Bonus: A Matthew Wald story including Mike Hunt.
1.05.2005
Major Bugaboo
What the eff? Hearing today in Spa-burg federal court for one Jose Padilla, held for nearly three years as an enemy combatant, even though he was born and arrested in the US, and the gov has yet to charge him.
None of this bothers me as much as how his attorneys insist the pronunciation of his last name is Pa-DILL-ah, and not Pa-DEE-ya.
What the eff? Hearing today in Spa-burg federal court for one Jose Padilla, held for nearly three years as an enemy combatant, even though he was born and arrested in the US, and the gov has yet to charge him.
None of this bothers me as much as how his attorneys insist the pronunciation of his last name is Pa-DILL-ah, and not Pa-DEE-ya.
1.03.2005
Happy New Year
Again I have no resolutions. Mr. Reddy's one resolution is to spend the year developing a strong set of resolutions for 2006.
The Questions in German Were Tough
During my weekend in Dallas we got the posse to play Trivial Pursuit 90's Edition. I could have played better had I remembered more people and places from Beverly Hills 90210.
Again I have no resolutions. Mr. Reddy's one resolution is to spend the year developing a strong set of resolutions for 2006.
The Questions in German Were Tough
During my weekend in Dallas we got the posse to play Trivial Pursuit 90's Edition. I could have played better had I remembered more people and places from Beverly Hills 90210.
By the DMAs
1.New York
Protz
2.Los Angeles (but traveling)
Jayna
3.Chicago
Jason
5.Dallas-Fort Worth
Dan
Jimmie
Seymour
Wongton
6.San Francisco
Hasser
7.Boston
Channing
Jonathan
Josh
10.Houston
Lil' Lost Robot
Matty
12.Phoenix
Erica
14.Seattle-Tacoma
Thomas
34.Cincinnati
Jay
36.Greenville-Spartanburg
Brad
Cinlach
Grayson
Michelle
Sappy Chick
47.Jacksonville
Garvin
49.Austin
Political Junkie
73.Toledo
Maureen
79.Columbia, SC
Doug
Will's Ladies
137.Columbia-Jefferson City
Wohleber
141.Beaumont-Port Arthur
Mark Hancock
150.Anchorage
Matthew
Foreign Bureaus
Jason (Hong Kong)
1.New York
Protz
2.Los Angeles (but traveling)
Jayna
3.Chicago
Jason
5.Dallas-Fort Worth
Dan
Jimmie
Seymour
Wongton
6.San Francisco
Hasser
7.Boston
Channing
Jonathan
Josh
10.Houston
Lil' Lost Robot
Matty
12.Phoenix
Erica
14.Seattle-Tacoma
Thomas
34.Cincinnati
Jay
36.Greenville-Spartanburg
Brad
Cinlach
Grayson
Michelle
Sappy Chick
47.Jacksonville
Garvin
49.Austin
Political Junkie
73.Toledo
Maureen
79.Columbia, SC
Doug
Will's Ladies
137.Columbia-Jefferson City
Wohleber
141.Beaumont-Port Arthur
Mark Hancock
150.Anchorage
Matthew
Foreign Bureaus
Jason (Hong Kong)
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