After 10 years, today was my last day working at WAXN-TV. Over and over again, every time I did anything all day I thought to myself how it was my last. My last department meeting.My last time working with these colleagues.My last time checking Andy Griffith spots.My last time updating the station website.My last time [...]
On Friday I begin my new job with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, continuing the long family tradition of careers in the field of education. My grandfather was a New York City public school teacher for 15 years, and then a Principal for 20 years. My mother was a teacher for 16 years, primarily for New York City [...]
As like every morning, I was skimming through my daily ShopTalk newsletter. One story caught my eye, “Fake Macon TV Station Runs A Scam”. The story was a copy of the original story from WAGT in Augusta. It’s a scam involving a so-called television station in downtown Macon, Georgia. The Web site for “Action 25 [...]
It’s all about who you know. Or it’s about who the people you know, know. LinkedIn is a professional networking website. Unlike social networking websites like Facebook or MySpace, LinkedIn is geared primarily towards forming professional business connections. No games, no chat, no quizzes, no photo galleries. I joined LinkedIn in 2006 but I barely [...]
Darah had routine surgery this morning to insert tubes in her ears. She’s had ear infection after ear infection and neither ear drops nor shots seemed to help eliminate the problem. Patty and I left the house by 6:15 a.m. Since Maegan’s school doesn’t open until 9:00 a.m., she had to spend the night over [...]
When I was a kid I loved playing with Legos. I probably played with them every single day. Perhaps that’s why I wanted to be an architect when I was younger. I don’t know how many sets I had but they kept adding up. I had a Lego bag exactly like this one I found [...]
I let Maegan stay up late tonight to see the total lunar eclipse. The weather was perfect; cool but there wasn’t a cloud anywhere in the sky. We went outside just after the shadow would be obvious at 9pm (when she would normally be in bed already) and looked at the moon through binoculars. Then [...]
I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in August of 1998 to work at WAXN-TV, where I’ve worked in the Creative Services (Promotions) department for the past 9 1/2 years. I am proud of what I’ve accomplished during my tenure with the independent station, including a National Addy, a Promax Gold, and two Emmys – oh, [...]
Today was the day I’ve been waiting for. I got home from work and found a box on my front porch from Yahoo. Hooray! Finally, my bobblehead trophy for winning my Yahoo Fantasy Baseball Plus League arrived. It’s a nice, heavy ceramic bobblehead – but why does it take Yahoo so long to ship them [...]
So I have this webcam but it’s doing absolutely nothing. It was pointing out the window for months but during the day it’s too bright (it’s a crappy camera) and at night it’s all black. What’s the point? So I recently just stuck it on top of my computer but since neither of us want [...]