Giving back
I’d like to think of myself as a good person: I do my job well, I work hard, I eat barbecue. You know, average American Joe-type of guy. But one thing I’ve never truly been good at is networking, teamwork and well… being part of organizations. It’s one thing to work for a place: they [...]
Revisiting New Year’s Resolutions
A few weeks back, I remember writing the following: “New Year’s resolutions are stupid, and they don’t work. So I’m not making a list. I’m not looking back.” Well, that was only partially true. It would seem in the in-tervening weeks of trying to live my life day by day, hour by hour, that things [...]
Cartoons Rock!
Friday afternoon when I was about to leave work, a mother came in with a baby and a two-year-old girl to put a birthday in the paper. Birthday listings are one of those services the paper provides as a community service sort of thing to the community, with anyone and everyone allowed to be mentioned. [...]
Election Fever!
The excitement in my bones is building folks! And tomorrow I’ll be spending my entire day in the car or at a precinct, with the exception of pit stops and quick drop-ins to the office to drop off video and whatnot. So likely, posting will be light tomorrow, and most likely Wednesday too. In fact, [...]
Sunday afternoon reading fun
You know, Sunday afternoons at work are probably a lot like a Friday afternoon for everyone else: not only is it my “Friday” of sorts, it also is quiet and no one is here. I just relax and work slowly in the newsroom, where I typically only have one or two stories for the day [...]
Billy Bob and his bulging eye
Thursday I went and shot photos for a story Karissa and I are working on at the “Haunting of the Seven Hills” haunted house out in Coosa. Old Billy Bob here caught my eye because of the bulge in his. The tacky camouflage also helped. Also check out the awesome photo I took of this [...]
Not enough cuss words to describe my feelings
Sometimes, the English language just doesn’t have enough descriptive cuss words to throw in the air from my potty mouth in order to truly express how angry I can get sometimes. I do my best to deal with my temper, which I find can be a heavy burden on my soul when I get upset [...]
Imagining the view
Behind my apartment there is a dirt driveway from the “back yard” that empties out onto Fifth Avenue. From the back of my house, I can see a sliver of the road where there is a hole in the trees and I sit watching the traffic go by every morning and afternoon. In [...]
I was lucky I wasn’t jail bait
A couple of weeks ago, I finished up an article on the “Free on the Inside” Jail Ministry here in Floyd County. Part of my article took me through a bunch of locked doors into the depths of the Floyd County Jail and back out again. I was mesmerized by the amount of security at [...]
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Anyone who really knows me understands my deep fondness for our eye patched, hook handed friends of the sea, but I’m not going to celebrate talking like a pirate today, mainly because I have to work. I might find some buried treasure during my caving adventure if I’m lucky. It could end up being like [...]
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