It’s been one of those days where I haven’t felt just “right”.  I woke up this morning like I always do and check to see if there was any new news from overnight on WISHTV.com on my cell phone.  (Ok..I’m a loser I know.) 

So imagine my surprise when I see our breaking news headline that 2 photographers were shot while covering a fire.  Turns one of the photographers was one of my co-workers.  The good news is that he’s ok, he probably be sore for a few days…but will live.   It’s a sobering reminder of the danger even the media faces when covering the news.  

On to other news, last night I went to see Glenn Beck’s Unelectable ‘08 stage show at the local movie house.  It was broadcast to several hundred movie theaters across the country from Dallas.  Pretty cool technology.  Anyway Glenn was great.  I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time.  The hard part is he was right.  The boobs we elect to office in Washington aren’t going to fix this country unless we the people start getting a liittle louder and demanding something to happen.  (Not just promise change). 

The problem is everyone is so busy with their daily lives that as long as the lights stay on, most people won’t yell that loud.   Yea, gas prices may be $4.00 a gallon, but I’m still driving to Ohio this weekend for the festival at St. Peter’s. 

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Posted: July 18th, 2008 under Daily Rants.
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We’ll I’m back in the 419 this weekend… It’s great to see the grandparents; every visit is special these days. As always when I’m back in Mansfield, it’s fun to check out the usual places…even if two major systems at work went haywire today and put me in a foul mood. The stuff that went wrong today all were beyond my control, but still they hurt my creditability and the creditability of the website and overall brand. Anyway enough about that…

As most who know me well know that I grew up in a neighborhood that was decent when my parents moved to when I was one-year old, but by the time I was in high school, it was pretty close to being part of the “hood”. So you can imagine my surprise when I drove down my old street and pretty much learned my old street was close to being a slum. I would venture to guess that 40-50% of the houses were boarded up.

Ironically, my old house was one of the better kept houses on the street. At least that was a little comforting.

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Posted: June 21st, 2008 under Daily Rants, Just another entry.
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