Hi, My “Palin” Name is “Beans Harpoon” and A MidSouth Anchor Puts Some Sweat Equity into Their New Set

I learned as I was growing up there are some interesting names out there.  I learned right away (back in the day) that if someone had a last name for a first name, they probably came from money or had some supposedly great lineage.  In the South, some folks put a lot of stock in [...]

Odds and Ends on a Tuesday Morning…Oh And One Other Thing…

Nothing like a few days of R & R to get the batteries recharged and there is nothing like a little hiking in Vermont to restore some perspective.  Then again, there’s nothing like getting back home to make the circle complete.  And to quote the late Harry Chapin, “All my life’s a circle“.
Monday night, my [...]

Did You Give Me a Dirty Look? You’ve Got a Dirty Look But I Didn’t Give It To You! (rimshot)

It was two years ago this September that I shaved my beard and mustache that I started growing right after I left WREG.  I make that statement because some folks will argue with me on how long I’ve been clean-shaven.  The most recent incident happened at an office out east where I was conducting some [...]

Seven Years Since the “Day That Will Live in Infamy”

I think back to the day that the United States lost its innocence.  I’m talking about 9-11.  Depending on how you look at things since then, we’ve either been lucky or we’ve managed to stop terrorists from following up with another attack.  Personally I think we’ve been lucky, but that is my opinion.  I’ve seen [...]

Can the Word “Uppity” Be Considered Racist & First Steps Toward a Career in the TV Business

As I write this, I’m listening to CNN (you may have heard that someone considers it to be the most trusted name in news) and I’ve heard where there is a big uproar over the word “uppity”.  It seems that a congressman from Georgia (Lynn Westmoreland) used that term to describe Barack and Michelle Obama.  [...]

Best Prepared Interviewer on TV

When it comes to interviewing people, there have been some great folks along the way.  Most recently a number of people lauded the late Tim Russert as THE top person in the game for his relentless, pointed style of not letting some politician evade a question by just spouting talking points.  When someone tried to [...]

A Bevy of Hurricanes Prompts Weathergasms O’Plenty, The Memphis Market Continues to Shrink and Some Observations

When I flip on the TV in the morning, the first thing I turn to is the weather.  These days I’m not sure if the good folks at The Weather Channel could be any more pumped up if they had just stepped out of an Orgasmatron. (For those not familiar with that reference, check out [...]

I Used to Cover Hurricanes, Now My Younger Brother is the One Who Makes It to the Hard Hit Areas

I’ve lived through two hurricanes and covered a few more.  When I lived in Tallahassee, a hurricane named Kate came through the area.  Kate was a Level 1 or Level 2 storm and came ashore about 50-miles away from Tallahassee  near Alligator Point.  Still it knocked down about every third tree in Tallahassee.  We were [...]