This has been a bit of an odd Christmas, as my name came up on the newsroom’s holiday list to work today. It’s not the end of the world — this is my first Christmas shift in eight years here, and the extra holiday pay makes it worthwhile — but it has put a twist… Read More merry merry.
It’s a journalism tradition: typing “-30-” to signify the end of a piece of copy. I’m using it here to signify the completion of this edition of National Blog Posting Month. The tradition, as far as journalism is concerned, is well past its shelf life, although you still see it once in a while at… Read More 30. -30-.
Thanks to Andrea and via Cindy, we’re going to try a participatory thing today, a meme about a letter of the alphabet and what it means to you. Here’s how it works: You leave a comment on this post, and I’ll assign you a letter. You write about ten things you love that begin with… Read More 9. eek.
I’m not suicidal over the Southern Cal game. I’ve just been very busy. How busy? I’m in a motel in Harrisburg, getting a little work done the night before I cover a meeting of the state board of education. It’s not all bad — when I pulled into the HoJo parking lot tonight, I was… Read More hello.
This wasn’t in the dinner plans for tonight, but it’s what we’re having anyway. I’ll explain later.
Some guy I know was pretty happy to find out that a video he did for work won a 2008 bronze Telly Award. He wrote a silly clip previewing the last Super Bowl; the people judging in the “online video-news category apparently found it pleasing: My friend is quick to point out that while he… Read More telly-icious.
Uncle Crappy 