Getting myself back to work on Sunday after more than a week away was tough. But I arrived to some surprises which made the return a little bit easier. Sitting on my desk when I walked in the newsroom: This very old mini-bar bottle of Bacardi has been passed around the newsroom for years. I… Read More 72. welcome back.
There were other things I wanted to write about today, but, honestly, I’m too upset to address anything but this: the departure of Jeff Reed from Pittsburgh. And really — what else can I say?
Big fun on election day: That’s Election Day: I vote, I rest and then I go to work and wait until the numbers start coming in. It’s an easy day until about 9 p.m. — and then we’re all hustling our asses off. That last pic is the first of tonight’s local results. Time to… Read More 33. excitement!
I occasionally listen in on debates over the importance of social media to old media folks. On those occasions when I jump in, I talk about immediacy, crowd sourcing — once you’ve made the effort to verify the information, of course. As I’ve said before, the folks I work with, while a little skeptical, have… Read More 19. this is why.
It has come to my attention that there is a video of Pittsburgh’s own Jim Lokay — the World’s Greatest Traffic Guy — performing a snippet as pop trainwreck Britney Spears recently at Pittsburgh’s City Theater. And it is outstanding. Take a look: Of course, that got me thinking about my own Britney performance, on… Read More britney-off.
Tomorrow’s going to be interesting — that’s the day we all get Droids at work. I’m not an Apple devotee to the degree that I feel compelled to stand in line on new gadget release days (although if we had more disposable income, all bets would be off). But I am an Apple guy, and… Read More 29. versus.
Uncle Crappy 