tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33903162012-02-16T08:56:19.988-05:00paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.comBlogger901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-47109683240732234982008-10-30T18:04:00.000-04:002008-10-30T18:05:06.383-04:00

how do you update this thing......what?......hmm.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-51684944090983698432008-07-31T12:31:00.002-04:002008-07-31T12:32:53.510-04:00

I kind of feel dead after this week.I know I haven't written anything lately. I will.This is just my quarterly blog posting apology.More posts are coming in the near future.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-70260575495437402482008-06-27T13:22:00.001-04:002008-06-27T13:24:47.581-04:00

Just in time for the weekend, if you're looking for something to do, why not bake some bread? Here's a great instructional video that taught me a lot about baking a fresh loaf.You make sure to have a good weekend!

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-5173189439642893632008-06-18T12:54:00.004-04:002008-06-18T13:58:24.451-04:00

So this video is making the rounds in Huntsville this week. It's an HPD cop who apparently had to go, and decided to take a whiz behind a dumpster while he was out on patrol. Bad news for him is a security camera was watching, and someone who may not have appreciated the visit posted it on YouTube (it has been removed, but it's on our website).Obviously, the police department is looking into it.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-90736272992843696882008-06-16T13:19:00.001-04:002008-06-16T13:21:46.150-04:00

My wife bought me the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion pack for Father's Day. Why she would do that, I don't know, since it makes me less of a father when I'm glued to the computer for hours at a time.Anyway, I digress. To commemorate my return to the world of absolute nerd-dom, I thought I'd share one of the greatest, most cruel and heartless WoW videos of all time.Note: There is

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-71064303219910151742008-05-25T15:50:00.001-04:002008-05-25T15:51:20.089-04:00

... or as I like to call it, the greatest music video of all time. If you don't get this after watching it, you don't waste enough time at work on the Internet.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-56042545338906416012008-05-21T15:21:00.005-04:002008-05-21T15:30:30.654-04:00

... and I don't mean because it's been 16 days since I last posted. In the last two weeks I've killed hundreds of people, clashed with the law and built a multibillion dollar drug empire, thanks to two new fantastic time-wasters.Grand Theft Auto IV came out earlier this month, and I've spent a majority of my evenings stealing cars and killing indiscriminately. It's also a lot of fun to race other

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-69697095019984561972008-05-05T11:33:00.002-04:002008-05-05T11:34:25.767-04:00

Because I almost peed myself watching this last night (and again this morning at work), I have to share it.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-87307566695484864852008-04-30T11:10:00.002-04:002008-04-30T12:40:07.042-04:00

Here's a few news tidbits you won't see on TV today. Of course, I could probably help myself out by actually looking for things that I can air on the news, but that's not much fun.Albert Hofmann died yesterday. Hofmann invented LSD back in the late 30s. He was interested in how the drug could help treat some addictions and psychological problems. Unfortunately, Timothy Leary and a bunch of other

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-12909923918357171072008-04-27T22:19:00.002-04:002008-04-27T22:22:42.314-04:00

So I'm at work on a Sunday, which is not cool. But ... here's something that is!I just hope that these guys are now doing something like working on better prosthetic limbs to make the world a better place for some people. Then again, if everyone used their genius to help the world instead of making robot legs for pranks, what would I watch in my spare time?

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-43840481745561601382008-04-16T12:24:00.003-04:002008-04-16T12:34:12.245-04:00

We got an e-mail this morning from CBS about the very-first EliteXC card they'll air. It's happening May 31st.Here's how the lineup looks:Kimbo Slice vs. James "Colossus" Thompson (Heavyweights) "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler vs. Scott "Hands of Steel" Smith (for EliteXC Middleweight title) Gina "Conviction" Carano vs. Kaitlin Young (140 lb. weight class) Phil Baroni vs. Murilo "Ninja" Rua (

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-220378264128947962008-04-10T14:20:00.002-04:002008-04-10T14:28:27.698-04:00

Here are a few random thoughts for the day:Just watched the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica last night on my TiVo. Right now, in my opinion, there is nothing on television that's better.After three days of sweltering heat in the newsroom, I am now freezing.My yard is completely overgrown and needs to be cut. If I don't do it tonight after work, I am totally screwed.Kynt and Vyxsin from

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-31096847753598134482008-03-29T00:53:00.001-04:002008-03-29T00:55:54.849-04:00

Political humor is awesome.On a related note, I hate NCAA basketball. The first reason, Tennessee rolled over and died against Louisville. The second reason is it pushes back the 10 p.m. newscast. And guess who got drafted to do it on a Friday night? As I'm typing this we have 10 minutes left in the newscast, which means the Friday night 10 pm news will actually end on Saturday morning. LIFE IS

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-49367817010268387222008-03-24T14:27:00.001-04:002008-03-24T14:27:50.521-04:00

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-20522589281744989902008-03-19T11:12:00.004-04:002008-03-19T11:30:22.705-04:00

I used to read comics when I was younger. I quit reading them regularly when I went to college, because I was more interested in spending my money on music, girls and beer (not always in that order).Since then, I've only picked up a couple of titles. I'm not really interested in reading any of the superhero books anymore; I'm fine with leaving that as part of my childhood. But there are plenty

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-2055732883055175342008-03-14T12:17:00.003-04:002008-03-14T12:28:06.363-04:00

OK. You can take one look at Eliot Spitzer, then look at the picture to the left, and you know there was money changing hands when they had sex.Now this chick is trying to turn tricks in a new way, by whoring herself out for everyone to see, instead of just keeping quiet about the whole ordeal until she goes to court to testify about New York's soon-to-be ex-governor.Sure, she's not talking

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-83877772144027311822008-02-25T11:04:00.008-05:002008-02-25T16:51:46.148-05:00

I like conspiracy theories. They're fun to read. And while I believe there are plenty of valid ones out there, the Internet has given too many people a chance to voice their tinfoil-hat beliefs.Last night we were supposed to air a 60 Minutes story about the prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. We've known about it for months. I actually sent 60 Minutes some file video we have in

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-74692158401549536772008-02-14T12:56:00.000-05:002008-02-14T12:57:56.926-05:00

Ok, I sort of plagiarized the headline from Gizmodo ... but it fits.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-62212349636205899192008-02-13T14:16:00.002-05:002008-02-13T14:18:48.546-05:00

I have so many things I'd like to write about, but so little time lately. I've changed my work shift and I'm no longer working on NewsChannel 19 at 10:00. Instead, I'm producing our noon and 6:00 newscasts. You know, more time with the family during the evening and all that.Once I figure out a good time to get the blogging done, I'm on it.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-75980730993935008102008-01-22T16:16:00.000-05:002008-01-22T16:28:06.731-05:00

Did you know that the Hydrox cookie is dead? I didn't. I used to eat these things and always thought it was because my mom was too cheap to get Oreos.Actually, according to the article, they were around four years before Oreos, but let's face it ... these cookies pretty much sucked.Honestly, I really don't care that they've been gone for nearly four years. I don't eat cookies anymore if I can

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-75075510380780986532008-01-16T15:50:00.000-05:002008-01-16T16:07:43.726-05:00

Today is the first day of French Toast Season.I know what you're thinking. "You can have French toast anytime you want. Why is this the season?"One word: Snow.As soon as the three flakes we get in the Tennessee Valley each winter start to fall from the sky, people panic, leave work early and head straight to the grocery store. There's a mad run on milk, bread and eggs (for some reason, the threat

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-73733321860451660452008-01-13T18:30:00.000-05:002008-01-13T18:45:29.066-05:00

This is just utterly cool. I think.I just started watching Dexter because of the lack of new shows coming on. Now, thanks to the lack of new shows coming on (thanks to the WGA strikes), CBS is digging in and pulling Dexter over from Showtime.Here's the quick synopsis for those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall from Six Feet Under) is a forensic analyst

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-61593339920622083492008-01-07T15:38:00.000-05:002008-01-08T10:32:45.623-05:00

So while my Xbox 360 is in McAllen, Texas, undergoing repairs, I've been incredibly bored. So bored in fact, that I've renewed my subscription to World of Warcraft.It's been well over a year since I've played this game in earnest. They actually mailed me a trial copy of the Burning Crusade expansion pack and I gave that a go, but I wasn't willing to pony up $30 for the game and an additional $15

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-40575166116724223692008-01-03T20:33:00.001-05:002008-01-03T20:49:36.404-05:00

I did not know this, but the McRib is back in McDonald's freezers, waiting to be pulled out and reheated for your enjoyment. Actually, I didn't know it had left again. To tell the truth, I can't keep up with when it's on the menu and when it's off.I've never actually had a McRib sandwich, which I consider a good thing health-wise. At the same time, there's that part of me that loves to try things

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-12212625452757534962008-01-01T06:43:00.000-05:002008-01-01T06:49:34.175-05:00

Check it out, if you wondered how 2008's birth looked in other places around the globe, look no further. Or try here, even though it's after the fact and this link's kind of useless.Happy New Year, party-harders. Use that link to understand why you're feeling like crap today.I feel like crap too, but it's because I'm working at five in the morning.Happy Holidays.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-53875932141116000092007-12-26T11:09:00.000-05:002007-12-26T11:51:29.576-05:00

I am tired today. My Xbox is broken so I can't play any games, I haven't had the opportunity to go shooting with my new gun yet, and the TiVo I got for Christmas is in a holding pattern because the cable company doesn't know yet how I can get a cablecard decoder for it.So I've spent the morning on YouTube. And let me tell you, if you think "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?" is an odd concept

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-3129058187132677182007-12-24T12:35:00.000-05:002007-12-24T15:03:12.951-05:00

(edited)I'm kind of ashamed that I have a problem with my Xbox 360, and I'm immediately taking it to the Internet. It feels so cheap to just start blasting them after all the enjoyment I've gotten out of it.But I'm still going to do it.With both barrels.So the damn thing just freezes up on me after I got home from a long drive to Ohio. I called early the next morning and was told it's this common

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-57043560734100048232007-12-17T11:40:00.001-05:002007-12-17T11:46:11.586-05:00

Christmas came a little early for me this weekend. I got an FEG PA-63 pistol from my friends. I haven't gotten a chance to shoot it yet, but I'm looking forward to getting outside with it later this week. There's a pumpkin in my mother's basement that's left over from her Halloween display, and she's authorized me to put a hit out on it.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-51650596233909702852007-12-14T11:00:00.000-05:002007-12-14T15:22:40.496-05:00

Well, Christmas is almost here, and that means time for Christmas shopping. I've barely started and I already feel like eating a gun.I don't see how my wife does it. She's one of those people who bolts out the door at 4 a.m. on Black Friday with her hands full of cash and coffee. I'm the guy who waits until family's pulling in the driveway, then I find an excuse to go to the store (We um, need

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-41495592260426609802007-12-10T23:57:00.000-05:002007-12-11T00:18:17.602-05:00

Part of working in the news business is discerning fact from falsehood. You know what makes that really hard these days? Everyone has the internet.You know, back in the days before you could watch videos of people getting hit in the crotch and steal music and movies from major corporations on Napster, urban legends were a little harder to debunk. Back then, you always wondered if there really was

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-23435304380309749022007-12-07T15:44:00.000-05:002007-12-07T15:57:48.523-05:00

I think it's safe to say I'm not completely acclimated to going back to the night shift at good ole NewsChannel 19. Getting up at 7:30 in the morning and not going to sleep until 2 a.m. hurts after a full week.It's all good though. The weekend is here. That means The Ultimate Fighter Finale (go Roger Huerta!), lunch with my parents and a whole lot of Call of Duty 4. I'm hoping I'll get a chance

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-70943305029686201322007-11-30T15:38:00.000-05:002007-11-30T16:02:34.751-05:00

I was on the phone this morning talking with my best friend about the Tennessee-Kentucky game last weekend, and I related to him my story of watching the game with two dozen Alabama fans that were more than happy to let everyone know how much they hate my alma mater.It turns out, he was watching the game last weekend in a much worse situation.He was at his wife's uncle's house watching the game

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1038764353269868442007-11-26T17:28:00.000-05:002007-11-26T18:06:06.136-05:00

I'm back at work today, fresh off a weekend at the Iron Bowl. This year we scaled back our coverage because of the late game and it being carried on ESPN instead of CBS, but it doesn't make the work any less grueling.So here's a little bit about this year's Iron Bowl experience.Thursday (Thanksgiving): Eat turkey, fall asleep watching the Detroit-Green Bay game, then go to work and put the

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-22009510051752855102007-10-11T13:51:00.000-04:002007-10-11T14:12:17.041-04:00

Out of sheer boredom (and knowing that I have left it festering here for too long) I have decided to emerge from the deep woods and update this space. I had no idea that I hadn't logged in for more than a year.So much stuff has happened since the last time I posted, and trust me, I realize the last post was a horrible, half-hearted attempt to just keep something up here.In the last year I:1. Grew

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1158339937619462542006-09-15T13:01:00.000-04:002006-09-15T13:05:37.630-04:00

Today's "Band of the Day That Sucks Horribly" is Hinder.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1151729412777746652006-07-01T00:43:00.000-04:002006-07-01T00:50:12.786-04:00

More than a month since I posted? Sorry about that. I've been sucked into the MySpace world (thought not nearly as bad as some other people who will remain nameless).I also got a new cell phone with a camera and have been looking into the whole moblog thing. Unfortunately, textamerica wants fifty bucks a year for that. So I'm kind of halfway looking for free alternatives.I can't promise I'll keep

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1148357192744351362006-05-23T00:01:00.000-04:002006-05-23T00:06:32.753-04:00

It's a small world.I got a text message from my buddy D-9 tonight, who lives in Cincinnati. Today, some people from the Tennessean were up in his office at the Cincinnati Enquirer (they're both owned by Gannett). After talking a while, he realizes one girl there went to college with me. I thought it was funny, anyway.The weirdest coincidence I've ever heard though, was when a college friend of

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1147739215828669262006-05-15T19:52:00.000-04:002006-05-15T20:26:55.906-04:00

Have you ever noticed that people who run the Cajun fast food places in the mall are all Asian? It's kind of weird. Cajun people are French Canadian I believe, but I never see an actual Cajun person -- much less anyone speaking French -- running one of those places.But that's not really what I was getting at. This weekend I had to work, so I decided I was going to eat out. I used to love eating

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1146870322186718962006-05-05T18:35:00.000-04:002006-05-05T19:05:22.243-04:00

I've been at work for only four hours today and I've spilled two drinks on my desk. The first was a SoBe Green Tea on a stack of papers. The second was a Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi on my keyboard.Thankfully, the keyboard still works. I'm just hoping it doesn't stick later.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1146629581686727982006-05-03T00:10:00.000-04:002006-05-03T00:13:01.696-04:00

It's been a couple of weeks, and I apologize to both the people who read this site. Here's basically how the last couple of weeks have gone:I paid my taxes, I fractured my daughter's leg in an accident, and started a month-long cycle of madness with ratings. Oh, and I watched The Beastmaster on HBO last night.At least that part was fun.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1145197848340836282006-04-16T10:18:00.000-04:002006-04-16T10:30:48.370-04:00

Tuesday.Two weeks from Tuesday.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1144863999437175482006-04-12T13:41:00.000-04:002006-04-12T13:46:39.470-04:00

Click for video.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1144341466332248622006-04-06T12:27:00.000-04:002006-04-06T12:37:46.333-04:00

I redid the page. Hopefully people will be able to scroll down now and not lose half the stuff that was on it. One of the many things I'm getting to do in my days "off."I say "off" because I'm actually watching the kid, and there's not a whole lot of maxing and relaxing with a Colt .45 when someone's shooting you with a foam disc gun and asking if she can eat more chips and playing the Dora the

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1143871878594030542006-04-01T01:09:00.000-05:002006-04-01T01:11:18.606-05:00

So I know everyone was watching the 10 p.m. newscast tonight and wondering to themselves, "What kind of socks is Jason Marks wearing?"Here's your answer.No, I don't understand why either.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1143223913245957162006-03-24T12:53:00.000-05:002006-03-24T13:11:53.310-05:00

The new Flaming Lips album, At War With the Mystics, is coming out April fourth. I've already pre-ordered it on iTunes, because the couple of songs I've heard from it were super-good.A lot of times I'll mention that I like the Flaming Lips to people, and they look at me like I'm a frigging idiot because they've never heard of them. But in reality, they're the frigging idiots, because the Flaming

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1143090792891356702006-03-23T00:09:00.000-05:002006-03-23T00:13:12.900-05:00

It's not my fault!

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1142314414340130962006-03-14T00:21:00.000-05:002006-03-14T00:33:34.353-05:00

I have pretty much nothing new to talk about. This pretty much sums up the last couple of weeks:Two days of severe weather in less than a week, a phone survey from WBIR in Knoxville (I lied about everything in it), the wife and daughter out of town visiting family, I watched Domino (bad) and The Devil's Rejects (awful), bought the first album from Kings of Leon (awesome), and I put off

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1141621370581486922006-03-06T00:00:00.000-05:002006-03-06T00:02:50.590-05:00

After ratings were over, we decided to let loose a little bit. I brought the PS2 and Guitar Hero to work, and it was a big hit with everyone, including Jerry. His rendition of "Smoke on the Water" was top-notch, considering it was his first time ever playing the game.

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1140461945151369652006-02-20T13:55:00.000-05:002006-02-21T00:28:03.793-05:00

It's times like this weekend that I'm glad I live 25 miles away from work. I was left out of the icy weather plan, and I think some of it may have had to do with the fact I live so far away. Don't get me wrong, I would have come in and helped if asked. It's just nice to not have to brave roads that are slick with ice.On a completely unrelated side note, did you know if you wanted to own the 80s

paryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06660106551481230513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390316.post-1140209812879377242006-02-17T15:55:00.000-05:002006-02-17T15:56:52.890-05:00

Talk about being screwed. I thought I'd been in trouble before, but this takes the cake.Doing the Skatman saves lives.

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Last night we had a story on how easy it is for thieves to steal your car (Click and find the "Gone in 60 Seconds" story). For the finale of the piece, we had two guys steal one of our Jeeps live. They broke out a window, cut the casing around the steering column, popped the ignition and drove off in 39 seconds.What you may not know from watching the piece is that those two guys could have done

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The best Super Bowl commercial you didn't get to see.Also, a couple of other favorites:Sprint cell phone - with crime deterrent.Killing the fly - Don't judge too quickly. Their airplane one was good too.Late hitSales are down - Someone I work with always complains when guys laugh at things with monkeys in them. She always asks the same question "Why do guys think monkeys are so funny?" Well, the

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It's been a rough week in news -- lots and lots of last-minute changes, hectic newscasts. After our post-show meeting at six, our director said we needed some new chairs in the control room because "the fabric on them is all bunched up."So, here's what Jason did. Jason started calling phones in the newsroom and hanging the phone up when people answered. So naturally, some of us started doing it

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I went on a podcast-subscribing spree today. Here's what I got:The Onion - Yeah, that Onion. It's basically a one-minute parody news update. I heard it a couple of times on Howard Stern's show when I lived up in Cincinnati. It's pretty good.diggnation - I don't know. I've heard a lot about it from the TWiT podcast, so I decided to check it out. Here's the description of the episode I downloaded:

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Have you ever heard of something happening in your neck of the woods, turned on the TV and not seen anything on the news about it? This might be why:Tonight, our traffic reporter gets word of a trucker getting shot in the neck in Blount County. Blount is not in our viewing area, but we were under the impression it had happened just over the line from Marshall County, which is in our area. So we

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I know, I've been slack lately. I've had a lot going on, like a renewed addiction to World of Warcraft, new seasons of The Shield and 24, a couple of sinus migraine attacks, a minor victory to get the ball rolling at work and a frightening ordeal with an attractive lady at Wal-Mart who just happened to be missing her front teeth (which I'll elaborate on later, if I can bring myself to relive the

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Starting today you can buy Saturday Night Live skits for your video iPod through iTunes. I think that's great, but it bothers me that they're charging the same amount of money for a skit that's a minute long and for a 40-minute episode of Lost.Steve Jobs was complaining a few months back about how the music industry was greedy because they wanted to up the price on some of their music downloads.

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On New Year's Eve my friends threw me a surprise birthday party (my birthday's actually today). My friend Chad brought over this new game called Guitar Hero for PS2. It's like Dance Dance Revolution, but you strum a little guitar and you don't look nearly as stupid.I had so much fun playing it I went out and bought it the next day. My daughter likes playing it too, even though she's so young she

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I got my video iPod for Christmas. The only video I've downloaded for it so far is Lazy Sunday from SNL, and that's because it was free. I mostly wanted it for the music ... but when I saw that TiVo's going to make itself iPod-compatible, I had to have it.I also got a remote-controlled car, the Special Forces addon for Battlefield 2, and some clothes and knives and stuff.I got two iTrips. But

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Christmas and my new video iPod are almost here. I've already gotten several gifts from friends, including an RC car, an engraved lighter and a training session with a mixed martial arts fighter in Nashville.I'm pretty pumped up about that last one -- but it's also kind of scary knowing you're going to step into a ring with someone who fights for a living, even though they're just going to show

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I've slept hard the last couple of days, and nothing's been able to really wake me up. I've been busy recovering from a week of producing our morning show. I went from Sunday morning to Wednesday morning on ten total hours of sleep and drank enough Red Bull to give an elephant a heart attack (or one really snazzy pair of wings if you believe the commercial).I also went Christmas shopping at the

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The weekend's over and everyone's back home from visiting family. I did about 20 loads of laundry this weekend, literally, and played video games until I thought my fingers were going to fall off.I also watched my first episode ever of "Nip/Tuck." They were cutting an 800-lb. woman off of a couch her skin had become fused to over the course of three years. Interesting as it was, I don't think

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I'm working Thanksgiving, and Friday to boot. I have a feeling working Saturday may also be in my future. So the wife packed up the kid and headed to Ohio, my folks packed up and headed to Knoxville for Thanksgiving with my brother, and I'm stuck at home...which means I'll sit around and play lots of video games.Speaking of video games, the station is having an Xbox 360 giveaway contest. It's in

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We had a good show during Iron Bowl 2005 this weekend. Just like last year, it was a little crazy, and extremely tiring. But we all had a good time doing it.Here are a couple of pictures from this year.This is the Football Friday truck -- it's real name is something like the Bill Penney Toyota Town Trophy Tundra Truck, but that's a lot to remember. I drove it down to Auburn with our set in the

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Jones Soda, salmon-flavored, anyone?Last year I brought up the idea of doing a news feature on the disgusting sodas Jones comes out with for the holiday season. We got two packages from Jones, and as gnarly as turkey and gravy soda sounds, I was looking forward to at least trying mashed potatoes in a bottle.Well, they hid the drinks somewhere until I went on vacation, then decided it was time to

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My daughter's been sick the last couple of days. It got bad Saturday night, and we've been on shifts of little to no sleep while we kept her medicated. She has asthma, so we have to make sure she doesn't have an attack bad enough where she needs to go to the emergency room. She has a doctor's appointment here in a couple of hours, but in the meantime it's "play with me, play with me."That's

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It turns out my parents' cat didn't get enough medicine to make him better. So today was the third day in a row I've gone over there to force-feed him, and apparently he was tired of it. I walked away from the incident with a hole torn in one of my favorite pairs of jeans, and a couple of nice bloody bite marks underneath that on my calf. If I hadn't punched him in the nose and then held him at

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My friends have apparently all gone out and bought the City of Villains game for PC. My friend Eric brought it over and installed it on my computer while we were watching the Ultimate Fighter finale.I didn't want to get into another game that makes you pay $15 a month to pay it. It's just the principle of the thing. But the character creation feature alone is almost worth the game purchase.So I

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...but it sure makes me mad sometimes.I mentioned here a little while back that we bought a new video camera. Supposedly it takes pictures as well as video. After playing with it a while, I've come to realize what that means.Basically, while you're shooting video, you hold down a still photo button on the back of the videocamera. It freezes that frame for seven seconds, so you've got a picture.

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Google blog search. I can't really find the words to express how utterly useless and unnecessary this seems.Is there anything left on Earth that Google can't search for? I lost the Andre 3000 disc from "Speakerboxxx: The Love Below" and it's been bothering me for months.

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When I moved back to Tennessee from Cincinnati a couple of years ago, my family moved in with my parents while we looked for a house. When we moved, we left our two cats with my parents. They've taken care of them ever since and even though they've always been dog people, they've gotten pretty attached to them...even the fat sack of crap biting my hand in the picture to the left.That's Jeffrey.

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Well, the football game went about as I figured it would this weekend. Although, it was a lot weaker offensively than I would have thought from both sides. Randy Sanders just sucks, and I've been saying that ever since he took over from Cutcliffe.I have to say, I'm a little puzzled by the pure, unadulterated hate Bama fans have bestowed on Phil Fulmer in the last couple of years. They blame him

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It's been a while since I posted, so I felt obligated to put something up. To tell the truth, I've actually written a couple of things, but they sucked so bad I was embarrassed to publish them. I'm actually considering putting up a secondary blog with all my "b-side" posts.There's actually been a lot of stuff going on lately at work. If you read the Huntsville paper, you may have seen the article

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Watchmen makes Time magazine's list of top 100 novels since 1923.The only comic book to make the list. If you're scoffing, try reading it first.Some trivia about Watchmen:A movie adaptation has been in development hell for eons. At one point, Terry Gilliam was attached to direct it, but he left when they wouldn't let him do it the way he wanted (which would have been a 10-12 hour film.)It was

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So I finally broke down and bought Battlefield 2 this weekend. I just spent two hours playing it, and I'm hooked.It's got a few bugs though. For some reason, I can't filter servers to pick just exactly what I want; they all disappear when I try sorting them. It's a pain, but I can live with it until they fix it.This morning, I was playing with my brother. I got wounded, so he revived me with his

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...so I don't always check my e-mail. Today, I logged into my Yahoo! mail for the first time since early July. I guess I should check it more often.

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So my wife wakes me up at 7:30 this morning to ask if I put out the trash. Normally I put the cans out on Tuesday night before coming in to the house, but that night I forgot. Turns out, the garbage truck was pulling into the driveway between our house and the neighbors, so I had to get it out to the end of the drive -- otherwise, we have to deal with full trash cans for a week.So I jump out of

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This was circulating around the office today. Be sure to check out the TV and radio spots.I can't believe I didn't know about this until today...

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I used to watch wrestling back in the late nineties. It started when the student union on campus put a big huge screen in the courtyard outside my dorm and played WCW Monday Nitro one night. I got hooked and watched for a couple of years, then lost interest sometime after ECW went under. Same old crap over and over.So this weekend I'm flipping channels and see that Spike TV now has NWA-TNA

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I decided to take my camera to work with me this past Football Friday. I'm only getting around to uploading them today because my weekend's been busy. This is the new Sonic that opened in Hazel Green. It's right on my way to work, so on Fridays I sometimes stop there and pick up a cherry limeade. A look at our newsroom volunteers. Judy, Terri, Olly, Lori and Shannon (our only volunteer whose name

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Have you ever felt like you're under tons of pressure that keeps mounting and mounting until you're just going to pop? That's how I've felt this week.I just haven't felt like I'm with it at work. I think some of it has to do with the fact I'm pulling double duty for a full week, producing two shows. It's hard to do.I'm so beat after this week, I blew off plans to go watch the Titans-Colts game in

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Depending on who you ask, video games are either a healthy or unhealthy habit.One of the first games I ever played was a computer game in elementary school called Oregon Trail. Basically, you traveled across the Oregon Trail as a settler, bought supplies and provide for your people. It doesn't sound like much fun today given the way technology has advanced, but back then we were glued to it like

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I really don't.Some random thoughts:Eight million hot dogs later, our Kids Count on the Road event is over. It was fun, but I didn't really think I'd be outside for hours on end. I got a little sunburned.After Kids Count, I crashed and watched Crash on DVD. Good movie. Tennessee got beaten by Florida Saturday. I hate losing to Florida, but I kind of expected it. Rick Claussen and Erik Ainge just

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It's the day after a major migraine. It's better than the first day, but it's still not fun.I haven't had a migraine in over two years. The ones I get are sinus-related. The gunk in my sinuses just clogs them up to the point where I start seeing spots, and then the headache begins. When I lived in Cincinnati, I got them every couple of weeks until the doctor put me on Claritin and some other

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I was watching television at my parents' house Sunday night and flipping channels, waiting for Family Guy to come on.I found The Punisher on Showtime and started watching a little of it. At one point in the movie, there's a television on and they cut in with some breaking news. I don't remember what exactly the breaking news was other than the Punisher showed up.But as they started their breaking

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Ganked from Fark:ExxonMobil's going to make $10 billion in profits this quarter - Does that get you good and steamed? If not, check out the guy who's taking donations for a new Ferrari. And people are giving. As someone who gets into a beater car and drives 60 miles a day round-trip for work, I feel cheated.Speaking of money, I think I'm going to have to buy a copy of Battlefield 2. The demo's

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I couldn't find any good-looking templates on Blogger to use for my website, and any of them that were decent have already been used a million times over.I tried Googling "Blogger skins," and got a bunch of websites to check out. Then, I had to go back and Google for "good Blogger skins." Still no luck. Apparently if you want to be a "graphic artist" and put your work up on the internet it has to

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