Entries written in March 2008

Written March 30, 2008 in Uncategorized

I think the title is pretty self explanatory.

Tronby freres-hueon

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Written March 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

This still makes me laugh. Just some random amusement. (Make sure the sound is on, ‘The audience is listening.’)

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Written March 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ——— ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.; Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa. ——— CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M.; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Democratic strategist Joe Trippi. [...]

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Written March 27, 2008 in Uncategorized

Yeah, it’s like crack. Only not as expensive and detrimental to yourself and your loved ones. Your productivity, however, may plummet to zero for a few days as you conquer the likes of the Persian, Greek and Mongolian empires.
Now I remember why I stopped playing video games, they suck me in like a tractor [...]

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Written March 25, 2008 in Uncategorized

I usually don’t cross-pollinate, but I am particularly proud of these three posts I did on the Orlando Sentinel UCF Community Blog. Most notably because I shot pictures, video or both for all three. It was good practice for doing mobile journalist work (mojo for short). However, a real mojo would get full stories as [...]

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Written March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

I know Easter is here and gone, but how could I not post this photo (via FP)?

President George W. Bush greeted his new Secretary of the Treasury stating, “I guarantee he won’t count all his eggs before he throws glass stones, heh heh.”

OK that was lame, but it was the best I could do. I [...]

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Written March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey made these predictions in a brief to the military:
Oof, those are pretty heavy. McCaffrey seems like quite the hawk for war and plays up to the fears of terrorist attacks and nuclear Iran.
McCaffrey has been a continuously pro-war, even writing an optimistic report in June 2005. He’s was also accused of [...]

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Written March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

D’oh!

Nice cover from the Clinton aide. Not unlike Romney’s memory of his father “meeting” Martin Luther King Jr.
Here’s another video for a little more context.
Interesting, to say the least. Kind of makes you wonder what other things she remembers.

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Written March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

This is a test update from my iPod touch. This thing rules!!

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Written March 24, 2008 in Uncategorized

“Dude, I’m frickin’ baked, but this cookie is delicious.” (DENNIS COOK/ASSOCIATE PRESS)

A.P.’s Death Toll for Iraq War Reaches 4,000 - How many eggs must we break for this damn omelet?
In Fallujah, Peace Through Brute Strength - So we kicked out Saddam because he was a brutal tyrant who ruled with an iron fist. Now, Fallujah [...]

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Written March 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., left, shakes hands with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson. Richardson announced his endorsement of Obama at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Ore., on Friday.(Alex Brandon/ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ——— ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., [...]

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Written March 19, 2008 in Uncategorized

On the anniversary of the war, Greg Mitchell over at Editor & Publisher has a fantastic list of questions the press should have asked in the lead up to the War in Iraq.
– Why is the U.S. threatening an optional war if 59% of Americans do not support a U.S. invasion without the approval of [...]

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Written March 19, 2008 in Uncategorized

The Project for Excellence in Journalism has released the State of the Media 2008, its annual report of, well, the state of the news media. Duh.
As usual, the report is incredibly dense and has a wealth of information sectioned off by industry. If you are at all involved in the news media or have [...]

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Written March 19, 2008 in Uncategorized

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq, as you have no doubt heard on every news station so far today. The NY Times has some good stuff up, as does WaPo and even my own paper The Orlando Sentinel.
No doubt today you will see countless time lines, hundreds of pictures and hear [...]

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Written March 18, 2008 in Uncategorized

I’ve played Rock Band only once, but I know that the following video is ridiculous.
Dude has to be drummer in real life. If not, he sure as heck should be. Personally, I prefer the singing portion of Rock Band.

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