tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73087452011-04-21T21:29:18.706-05:00"It's a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they're dying is it tends to focus their priorities. You find out what matters to them. What they're willing to die for. What they're willing to lie for." -- Dr. Gregory Houseariedananoreply@blogger.comBlogger1331100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-28478665591422409262007-09-22T21:25:00.000-05:002007-09-22T21:28:08.541-05:00

Okay, so I'd kinda forgotten about this blog. :P Anyway, long story short -- no longer in NC, now working and living in Huntsville, AL. And all of this is contained in my latest project -- A Place To Crash. If anyone still reads this, please join me over there. :)

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I can't really say so much about the actual awards, since I have seen a grand total of ONE Oscar-nominated film (thanks, Al!) If I hadn't dropped outta film school and gone into TV news, I would be losing my AFI membership or something. But I can snark about the real show, which is all about the dresses, the speeches, and Ellen.- Ellen, Ellen, Ellen. I expected nothing less from you than the

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Does anyone even read this thing anymore? Very sorry to neglect this. I'll try to do better.In the time since I last wrote...- I moved to Chapel Hill, which is about 30 minutes from Raleigh. Bit of a commute, but I love it here. This is home to me. I lived here almost 10 years ago, and it's quite different now, but still the most wonderful town.- I've worked a helluva lot. Our site is much

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- Came through the gallbladder surgery okay. Took a little longer to recover than I thought it would. All those folks who told me about going on cross-country trips two days after their surgeries and stuff like that were full of it. It was not easy; and surprise surprise, your body does miss the gallbladder. In fact, it spent a good three weeks thinking it still had one, which was not a lot of

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Due to some complications, my gallbladder surgery has been pushed up to tomorrow. If you could spare some thoughts or prayers for me, I would appreciate it. Thanks.

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Yes, it's been a very long time since I've actually posted anything. Sorry about that. Those of you who have actually missed me -- I appreciate it. It's nice to know when people actually miss your thoughts.A lot has happened since I left Nashville...most of it overwhelmingly for the better. I've been consumed with the new job in a great way. Love the job, love my coworkers, the station and the

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Okay, I think I am possibly the last blogger in existence not to comment on the Muhammad cartoons. Blame it on news fatigue, or the fact that it's the middle of the ACC season (incidentally, if anyone doesn't know this yet, Duke sucks.)I've felt more torn than usual on this one. I have my own political code of sorts, and one of the central tenants of this is freedom of speech. It doesn't matter

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Must...not...mock...Peyton. Must...not...imitate...choking-chicken. Not...succeeding..........I'm not entirely happy, because I hate the Broncs and would've loved another Pitt-Pats matchup next weekend. But boy, today's game had the most entertaining 4th-quarter since, well, some of the Titans upsets of old.

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Boy, it's a good thing that I've already left Nashville, because this might've had me packing my bags. WSMV is pulling "The Book of Daniel", deciding for all of the one million residents of the city and thousands more in the viewing area that the show "is not appropriate for broadcast television in this community."Y'know, if someone doesn't want to watch a show for any reason, there's a wonderful

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Since NBC rolled out their revamped comedy schedule this week, I felt compelled to check it out. Except for "Scrubs", which is now scheduled against "House" and will now be relegated to a future Netflix queue.(Note: Spoilers there be in these parts. Stop reading if you're waiting to watch these, particularly "The Book of Daniel", which is apparently reairing on Sunday.)ThursdayWill & Grace: Could

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As we all know, I'm the Queen of Breaking News. So you know that I was parked in front of CNN until the wee hours, watching coverage of the W. Virginia miners. Unfortunately, I fell asleep shortly before what media folks call "the money shot" but I call the "balloon pop". So I fell asleep around 1:30, blissfully listening to people cheering and awoke at 5 to hear people sobbing to Miles O'Brien.

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Okay, so I realize that I haven't updated in a really long time. So here's a summary of the highs and lows of the past month or so.- Actually managed to get all my stuff moved to N.C. in less than two weeks, at Christmas, which is NOT something I highly recommend. I also do not recommend using World Moving Services to manage your move, because despite their high ratings online, they are about as

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Since I'm now discovering that the gossip-net is even faster than the Internet, I guess it's time to break the news.I have accepted a job with WRAL in Raleigh and will be leaving Nashville very, very shortly. It's a huge opportunity and I'm really excited about it. I'll also be getting back to Tar Heel country right in time for some prime basketball. :)However, Nashville is pretty much my

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We are all aware of how much I love CNN. Therefore, you would expect that I would eargerly anticipate the release of their new VOD service "CNN Pipeline". But to be honest, I wasn't expecting much. As someone who works with online news and video all day, I know a lot firsthand about how much most of the streaming video services really, really suck. But every once in awhile, you find something

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Great Idea: Finally release the new Doctor Who on DVD on Valentine's Day, only shortly after its UK release. It's about time, and it's nice to see the BBC acknowledge that they're losing potential ratings and sales across the pond to file downloads. Duh.Greater Idea: NBC moving "My Name Is Earl" to Thursdays (along with "The Office", but I refuse to watch that.) I'll now get to actually see my

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Since it's Cyber Monday and everyone's supposed to be shopping online anyway, it's only fair to support bloggers in the process. I know there's a lot of them out there who are trying to make some extra money while sharing the craft that they love. But as all things are in the blogosphere, they're kinda scattered out. So here's my effort to get a bunch of stuff that people might like to purchase

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I don't do very well tooting my own horn, but Brittney from NIT said that I needed to on this one, so I'll take her word on it. In short, I can now say that I'm an Emmy-nominated producer, thanks to a website special section that Jackie Pillars and I did for a weather special last spring.A few things I've been asked since receiving the nomination last Friday, and the answers:- Yes, I'm beyond

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I know that I talk a lot on here about sports and news and TV and cool events and maybe the occasional drink or two. I rarely talk about what I actually do, because beyond work, I don't do that much. Even more rarely, I actually talk about my past beyond an occasional childhood memory. So feel privileged, because today is different.Exactly 12 years ago today, I got married at the Maury Co.

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You would think that God and his angels came down on a shiny golden cloud, took Peyton Manning off the field tonight and ascended into heaven. Give it a rest, people! The result of the game was more due to the Pats looking like a MASH unit than the Colts unbelievable talent, which was just as unbelievable the past three years when they lost.And anyone who wants to make fun of Doug Flutie should

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- Good thing about falling asleep with the TV on - You're woken up automatically with a Comcast emergency tone when there's a tornado warning in your area.Bad thing about falling asleep with the TV on - After you're woken up, you get to turn the channel and get the hell scared outta you by Lisa Patton's weather coverage. Then after it's over, you turn the channel to CNN and start watching the

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Yay!Boo!

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Click here for the AJC post it came from, and here for an enlarged PDF version.

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Once upon a time, either here or in comments on someone else's blog, I wrote a list of things that CNN should do to save itself after Jon Klein came on-board. The main thing that I wanted was to switch Anderson Cooper and Aaron Brown's timeslots, since Anderson appeals to a younger demographic that would be home later and might watch him along with Jon Stewart for news, and Aaron is more of a

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Karma really does work, and nowhere does it work better than in politics. What comes around really does go around eventually. But in politics, the main downfall is overconfidence (read: ego.) That's what brought Clinton down, because he thought he could screw around with an intern and get away with lying about it. And that's what's at work here.

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Dear NBC, FOX and UPN,What, are you trying to kill me? Please explain to me the logic in putting "My Name is Earl", "House" and "Everybody Hates Chris" in the same exact time slot? (the UPN site has all eps of "Chris" on Thursdays, but my TiVo says next week's on Tuesday, so someone's lying like a dog.) There are other nights of the week that people watch TV, and would it have killed one of you

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- When a waiter says, "No, we don't have Bass, but *insert random microbrew* tastes just like it." DO NOT believe him. It's just an evil plot to get you to pick something out for "2 for 1 Beer Night." For the record, Red Seal tastes worse than the Beast.- On the other hand, Rosemount Riesling is very, very good. *hic*- I am now in love with Rex Hammock's iPod Nano. It was tiny and shiny and very,

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Seems that the Today show is not doing so well with the severe weather liveshots these days, are they?I do give Miles O'Brien a ton of credit for managing to co-anchor a show while being blown around like a rag doll this morning in Naples. And Anderson Cooper once again risked life and limb, this time with a storm surge. Even though I prefer Andy's on-scene coverage to him behind a desk, he seems

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Anderson Cooper writes a column for Details magazine, which CNN.com has now started reprinting on their site. Today's featured writing is about parents and the hold that they have on adult kids. I guess he's know a lot about that, considering how famous his mom is and the fact that they are each other's only family now (dad died when Andy was 10, brother committed suicide.) I have to admit that

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Okay, somehow I have missed out on the beer pong phenomenon, but it has to be something if the NYT picks it up. And there's even a World Series of Beer Pong! Next up there will be an ESPN-televised Quarters tournament. But at least this gives hope to scores of guys who hang out at bars on weekends and invent new ways to occupy themselves, like that Fireball game that Chandler and Joey invented on

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There are several reasons that my mom despairs of ever making a proper woman out of me. My taste in decor is one.I HAVE to have this:Info here. Who needs a real table when you can play Ms. PacMan on something like this? I've been wanting a foosball table for years for the same reason.Then there's this:Not quite sure how my candles would do in this, but the books sure would look cool.Cribcandy is

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Get Well wishes for a couple of folks - Salukis football coach Jerry Kill, who apparently suffered a seizure during Southern Illinois' game against Illinois State on Saturday night and is still hospitalized, and Terry Heaton, who's about to undergo surgery for possible breast cancer. I'm hoping for the best of luck and a speedy recovery for both guys.

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I debated on even posting about our experience at the Opry on Saturday night, because it was such a special night for a lot of folks that I hate to even bring my own complaints into it. But it's hard not to, because it touches off a subject that I think needs to be addressed.Long story short: I got free tickets to the late show, which was celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Opry, through my

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...I can actually write about sitcoms that are non-reruns! And for a change, the new series aren't all total crap.In no particular order (except for the first one):- My Name Is Earl: If you, a relative, a friend or even someone you've met at a bar or at work or something would fit the label of "redneck" (and no, not the glossied, feminized, Gretchen Wilson/Big & Rich version) or one of its

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It's hard to blog these days. Between hurricane drama and Supreme Court hoopla and more death and destruction in Kashmir and Guatemala, it's hard to snark about celebrity breakups and makeups or wax poetic about how the rest of the world now loves Anderson Cooper as much as I do now.But I did find a site that's doing something that I've wanted to do for a long time - focusing on good news that

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Last week a friend of mine unexpectedly gifted me with tickets to the Titans/Colts game. As much as I love the Titans, I had only been to one game previously - a preseason game against the Bills that was notable mostly because it was the game where Frank Wychek suffered the concussion that ended up pretty much ending his career. So going to the game was a big deal for me. Going to THE game of the

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I've seen this around several places. It's definitely fun reading.Intelligent Design by Paul RudnickDay No. 1:And the Lord God said, “Let there be light,” and lo, there was light. But then the Lord God said, “Wait, what if I make it a sort of rosy, sunset-at-the-beach, filtered half-light, so that everything else I design will look younger?”“I’m loving that,” said Buddha. “It’s new.”“You should

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Highlander in 30 seconds. Reenacted by bunnies.And since I'm now eating an inordinate amount of ramen noodles, here's a site with a zillion things you can do with ramen, including cooking it in beer (?) and some interesting looking candy Choco-ramen things. Some of the stuff defies the "eating for less than $5 a day" thing, but they also sound pretty delicious, especially since my Shrimp Ramen

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- I'm very happy that Vandy is now 4-0, but it's hard to get too excited when your latest win was over the Spiders.However, when you think of it, that's actually a pretty good mascot. What single creature strikes more fear in the hearts of usually-manly-men than a tiny little spider?- It sure was ironic to hear Frank Wychek talking about the definition of a lateral on the Titans play-by-play

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I signed up to get two free passes to Serenity on Wednesday night. One of the requirements to get the free pass is to post this synopsis on here and review the movie later. Not a big deal.Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small

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First off, I mean no disrespect to anyone dealing with the awfulness of Rita. Hurricanes are serious stuff, and I don't want to make light of a bad situation. However, I can distract myself from the bad news with the help of alcohol. Thus, my cousin Kelly and I present to you...The Hurricane Rita TV Coverage Drinking Game- Every time John Zarrola, Anderson Cooper or Geraldo Rivera stand out in

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I'd forgotten how funny some of the stuff in the Huffington Post is.

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Here's some of the best links to find the latest as Hurricane Rita heads for the coast:Click2Houston, which has a live stream of KPRC's coverageKHOU - live stream and blogHouston Chronicle's Rita blogWWL-TV, which still has live video from NOLANOLA.comWSDU.com, with another live streamKRIS's (Corpus Christi) hurricane blogAnd there's also HurricaneNOW.com, although their text storm updates are

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Kinda reminescent of those maps that showed all the hurricanes of '04 going through districts that voted for Bush. Weird.(Thanks to Shawn for the altered NOAA 5-day track)

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The next time you feel sorry for yourself, read this blog. I know that I will. I just wish that I'd discovered it a little sooner...Here's another person who's still fighting her own battle. I've known Kristen through her LJ for a long time, and she's an amazing person. Right now she's in a really hard place, and I know she'd appreciate some thoughts and prayers on her behalf.

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My whole weekend kinda got split in two pieces.Part 1 - Spent Saturday morning participating in the Hands on Nashville citywide school event, where a team of us from the station did handywork at Cole Elementary in Antioch. This is the second time I've done this, and it's actually become a highlight of my year. Plan on writing more about this on Nashville Is Talking when I get some pictures from

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One of my very best friends, Elizabeth Donald, released her latest book, "Nocturnal Urges: A More Perfect Union" today at Ellora's Cave Publishing. Make sure to check it out and pick up a copy of the ebook, especially if you like vampire fiction or books set in Memphis. Plus there's a cool new female reporter in this book that some of you might recognize. ;)

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TV Week's Tom Shales thinks that Anderson Cooper is the perfect candidate to replace Dan Rather permanently at "CBS Evening News". You won't be able to read that link unless you're a subscriber, but here's the pertinent part:Probably the most criticized performer of the coverage so far has been Anderson Cooper, the insanely telegenic anchor of his own nightly CNN news hour. In the early stages of

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- Yesterday I bitched about how no one has taken any direct responsibility for screwing up with Katrina. Today the last person I expected to do that stepped up to the plate:"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said at joint White House news conference with the president of Iraq."To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job

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- So the Titans lost. Anyone who was shocked by this raise your hand......Yeah, thought so.C'mon Nashville, we barely won five games last year, and we were playing the team favored by many to win the AFC Championship last year. Yeah, McNair is healthy. He's also having to play a whole new brand of QB to avoid injury, and don't think that the opponents don't know that. Yes, we have a nice young WR

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Never Forget

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This is a hack of Google Maps that shows how flooding the size of what's covered NOLA after Katrina would cover other U.S. cities.The link shows you Nashville. For those of you who aren't Nashvillians, I-440 is our outer loop that borders our Downtown area. It goes signifigantly past that, out to Briley Parkway (the outer loop of Metro Nashville. I live near Donelson Pike past the airport, so I'm

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Friday's FeastAppetizerWho is the easiest person for you to talk to?I really don't know anymore, because I've had some pretty signifigant changes behind-the-scenes lately. Maybe my sister.SoupIf you could live in any ancient city during the height of the quality of its society and culture, which one would you choose?Classic Greece.SaladWhat is the most exciting event you've ever witnessed?

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Atlanta was hot, but the convention is cool. More details later, maybe.I'll be filling in as guest blogger for NashvilleIsTalking.com for the rest of the week. Make sure you check it out for the latest from me and the Nashville blogosphere, et. al.

ariedananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1125553903258270262005-09-01T12:52:00.000-05:002005-09-01T09:33:05.053-05:00

The thing about working in the news is that it sometimes takes a period of time for the subject that you're focusing on to sink in at a personal level. When a story breaks, you're busy covering it as quickly and accurately as possible, and then you need time to get over the exhaustion of dealing with it. Even when your coworkers get pulled into the story somehow, you're looking at it on a

ariedananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1125413273239408292005-08-30T09:38:00.000-05:002005-08-30T13:12:50.310-05:00

...I'm going to let my friend Ann's post about why people don't evacuate/why people live in those areas speak for me. She's from that area, and she's spot-on.So why doesn't everyone just leave? It's not always possible to evacuate. You can be too old, too poor to have a car, too sick to move. You can be a tourist in the airport. You can be a storm-hardened native who's used to sitting out

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1125359009151344692005-08-29T18:38:00.000-05:002005-08-29T22:46:04.406-05:00

Proof that the scariest things in nature can be the most beautiful.Obviously, this was not the saddest or most shocking event of the day, but CNN's Hurricane One was damaged in Gulfport. Awwwwww. I thought that pimped-out Hummer would make it!Oh, and the Weather Channel's website had a 350% increase in traffic on Sunday. Wow.EDIT 10:30 pm: Hearing Jeanne Meserve break down on a phoner while

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1125337403369187922005-08-29T12:23:00.000-05:002005-08-29T15:32:40.836-05:00

I didn't see Anderson Cooper do anything slightly nuts during this hurricane. (Damn) But Brian Andrews from WFOR takes the cake (he's been on WWL's live streaming coverage here.) A pretty accurate description of his foray onto Canal Street in the middle of the storm is detailed here. Even I think he was absolutely insane, but it was damn good TV.EDIT: The guy who ran out into water that was

ariedananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1125277724813826762005-08-28T19:26:00.000-05:002005-08-28T22:40:35.843-05:00

In case you want to see hurricane coverage and not a New Orleans traffic report, here's some links to online coverage:HurricaneNowWDSU-TV (MSNBC has been simultcasting them a lot)WWL-TVWTIX-AMWSAO-AMAnd if you want a Louisiana soundtrack (i.e. business as usual) Radio Margaritaville or Mr. PoBoyAlso, two of my station's meteorogists are natives of the Nola area. They've got their own memories of

ariedananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1124910448147071212005-08-24T13:34:00.000-05:002005-08-24T14:11:26.220-05:00

Thanks to Big Orange Michael, I now know that the dishonorable Fred Phelps is paying a visit to our lovely Midstate on Saturday to bring his brand of "protest" to the funerals of two 278th soldiers killed in Iraq a weekend ago. If you don't know who Mr. Phelps is (I refuse to call him "Reverend", because there's nothing about him that is worthy of reverence) here's a good place to read about him.

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Obviously, I'm not a cable-company exec, so I don't know how these deals work. And I'm sure that there aren't a lot of people ready to picket the MetroCenter offices of Comcast because they don't have certain obscure channels on their digital package that other area cable companies who are supposedly far inferior carry. But dammit, I want CNN International! If nothing else, I'd just like it so

ariedananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1124077293809980522005-08-14T22:18:00.000-05:002005-08-14T22:41:33.816-05:00

I was planning to liveblog (or something like it) Friday's Titans preseason game vs. the Bucs. But I ended up falling asleep (hey, it was boring) and then wasn't up to it for the rest of the weekend. But here's the highlights:- Y'know Eddie George wasn't bad at play-by-play. You could tell it was his first game, because he stumbled at places and exclaimed at others, just like he was cheering his

ariedananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1123870659274445682005-08-12T12:45:00.000-05:002005-08-12T13:24:28.260-05:00

Aloha FridayDo you have any phobias?I am very much afraid of rats. I'm also not very fond of snakes, but I'll take those any day over rats.What’s your favorite summer movie so far this year?"Batman Begins". No Michael, I'm not ripping off your answer.Spread the spirit of blog aloha & pick someone off your blogroll for us to visit!Okay, first I'll recommend Michael at Big Orange Michael. But since

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Remind me never to harbor fugitives in my apartment, because I sure would hate for my housekeeping skills to be featured on the front page of CNN.com.

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Dear CNN,I would like to personally thank you for devoting 1 1/2 hours of breaking news coverage to the wrapup of the Kingston courthouse shootings. I also appreciate that it was actually breaking when you covered it, and not after the fact (read: the last London incident, where we heard "there's reports of unknown incidents in the London Underground" for at least an hour from Nic Robinson while

ariedananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1123630224288317972005-08-09T18:28:00.000-05:002005-08-09T18:58:21.580-05:00

I have been stewing over a post about the Titans' illustrious first-round pick and current holdout for a few days now. But today Big Orange Michael wrote it for me, almost word-for-word. Thanks, Michael!Just one addition - a response to Pacman's agent's latest statement about his client:"Adam cares very much about his teammates, and they care about him." Yeah, there's nothing like (allegedly)

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Sunday night, Peter Jennings died following a battle against lung cancer. Today, Dana Reeves announced her own battle against the disease. And those are only two of the thousands of stories that could be told in this country, much less worldwide. Most of them stay silent.I would daresay that everyone reading this has been affected by cancer on some level. My grandfather had prostate cancer and

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1123476210157904172005-08-07T23:42:00.000-05:002005-08-08T09:03:47.583-05:00

Peter Jennings lost his battle with lung cancer tonight. It apparently wasn't a shock to his colleagues, but it was to me. When I saw his last broadcast around six months ago, when his voice was hoarse and weak but he was in consumate anchor form, I never thought that would be the end for him. I fully expected for him to be back in that anchor chair again,Goodbye, Peter. Many of us will never

ariedananoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1123198268406686712005-08-04T18:29:00.000-05:002005-08-04T18:50:55.433-05:00

I always expected Jim Carville to do this, but not Bob Novak. Maybe if this had happened a year ago, Jon Stewart wouldn't have had to bitch out Crossfire for being wusses. And wasn't it a shame that happened just before the interviewer was planning to ask him about the CIA leak. *feigns shock*

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If anyone reads this who doesn't read Nashville Is Talking regularly, I'm filling in for the resident blogger today. Come over there and tell us what you think.

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- Gee, I've gotta get out more. Somehow I've never seen Rascal Flatts playing down on Lower Broad, much less any of those legends they listed. Weird.- No fair showing us your nice abs now, Big Kenny. You're off the market. Take the guitar and let John Rich show off his stuff (yes, I have a thing for those guys. No one understands it at the station. I don't understand it.)- It's rare when there's

ariedananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1122937892579857742005-08-01T18:44:00.000-05:002005-08-01T22:58:35.426-05:00

This weekend went quite a bit differently than planned. Suddenly around noon Saturday, instead of attending the Preds fan party, I ended up on I-65 headed south, on my way to hook up with my sister K. and her husband J.T. Because they had decided to go visit Ikea.Because this is a question that I've had to answer more than once today, Ikea is a chain store that's owned by an extremely wealthy

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This is the most brilliant idea...Snoogans! What are Jay and Silent Bob doing in Canada? Rewind. what are they doing at DEGRASSI?One major perk to being a director is that you can live out your fantasies. Kevin Smith's fantasy? To be featured in a three episode arc of Degrassi: The Next Generation!Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes (Clerks... nuff said) head north to film their next movie in which

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I've always been an Al Gore fan, even through the bumbling campaign days, so I've been watching his development of the new network Current. But this was the most interesting quote I saw out of a presser today:"I consider myself a recovering politician. I'm on step nine."That's quite the statement from the son of a senator, a kid who grew up mostly in D.C. and was bred for a life in politics. But

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Okay, there's a zillion people bitching about Pacman Jones, particularly if you're anywhere near talk-radio. I certainly wouldn't disagree. He's not done himself any favors this week after his arrest at the former Trap. Grinning and munching on a toothpick during your Night Court booking isn't cool. Having your agent go on the biggest sports-talk show in town the next day and talk about how the

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This is a hilarious sendup of the Karl Rove controversy, as well as the Harry Potter hype. And no, the spoilers aren't real. At least, I hope so.Honestly, it amazes me how unspoiled Harry Potter has stayed, book after book. I know that bookstores have a lot to lose by leaking copies (i.e. getting to sell the next sequel and monetary fines) but now that there's only one book left, the power of

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PublicRadioFan.com is fabulous. It's international, and it even lists podcasts!And if you're into world music, these look like great resources.If you haven't bought an iPod yet, this $35 plug-in-the-car MP3 player looks like a find.Oh, and even if I do think that people should just get over the TomKat/Scientology thing, I do admit that Tom Cruise's (fake) blog is very funny.

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Here's this generation's Dan-Rather-hanging-from-a-lightpole - Anderson Cooper almost getting clobbered by a Ramada sign. A lot of people are making fun of him online, so I hear. I personally thought it was cool and realistic (although watching it live was slightly freakish.)I take back most that I've said about Hummers. I now really want a Hurricane One. Maybe then I could actually cover one of

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HurricaneNow.com claims that they'll have live streaming coverage as Dennis moves ashore. Unencumbered by the issues of large satellite trucks and stuff, they plan to move up and down the coast to wherever the eye finally comes to shore. I'm kind of interested in how this will work especially when the area loses power (and presumably highspeed Net access.) They also have email alerts and RSS

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1120842583287204012005-07-08T11:09:00.000-05:002005-07-08T12:09:43.340-05:00

This will also be a collection post, updated throughout the day. Not so much the news this time but places to react, and to read reactions.Here's a place where an LJer is collecting random quotes. From people involved in the bombings, to the mundane observations of life afterward (apparently the stores over there are sold out of chocolate cake), to Brits and others speaking out about what the

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Here's a combined feed of all major UK news sources.Wikinews has a page for it, as well as Wikipedia.KCRW World News is doing a live streaming feed of live BBC coverage.Also, if you want to see an interesting combination of 'Net reaction, news and information, a little bit of speculation and people trying to find out news on their loved ones, here's a LiveJournal community devoted to what's

ariedananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1120503583213879592005-07-04T02:31:00.000-05:002005-07-04T13:59:43.246-05:00

For anyone's who's interested, here's a link to download the London Live 8 sets. I hope that these pop up for all the countries, because I HAVE to have the Pet Shop Boys' live version of "You Were On My Mind" from Tokyo NOW.I have a lot to say on this, but I hurt my back earlier, so no computer. But for now, all I have to say is that the performances were incredible, and I take back what I said a

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Unlike most of the liberals I've seen around the blogosphere, I'm not going to go Chicken Little on y'all. You have to look at history to see how Supreme Court nominations go, and any smart president (or at least his smart advisors) would have to know that you don't always get what you want when you try for the extremes. So I'm going to hope for sanity, not stubborness. However, if the words "

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Here are the reasons why I still plan to see War of the Worlds, despite all the negative hype.- I love Steven Spielberg films almost universally. Sure, not all of them are "fine film", but they're all sensational and emotional and pretty fun. Even if the world's population is being exterminated.- I love movies with aliens. After all, my X-Files obsession started with the movie, which I saw five

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1119385144229427792005-06-21T12:49:00.000-05:002005-06-21T15:37:56.386-05:00

- I know I'm probably wrong (heck, she was once married to Tommy Lee) but Heather Locklear sounds like the most well-adjusted celebrity ever. How many women would ever admit that they find perfection boring, especially when they look like her? Not to mention another interview I saw with her today talks about how much she likes kinky hijinks with her hubby (I'll leave that one for y'all to find.)

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1119313838250081792005-06-20T19:46:00.000-05:002005-06-20T19:30:38.290-05:00

I usually take all MoveOn.org mailings with a boulder of salt. Like a friend said, they tend to make 4-alarm fires out of burning food in the kitchen. But this one checks out, and hits really close to home.Last week, a House subcommittee voted to sharply reduce federal funding for public broadcasting (including NPR, PBS, and public radio and TV affiliates,) and plan on completely ending it within

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1119052222054244962005-06-17T18:19:00.000-05:002005-06-17T18:50:22.060-05:00

- This afternoon I had to make an unexpected trip to the Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, TN, and managed to get myself stuck in the worst traffic I've ever seen, and I've driven in LA and Chicago. There are great advantages to living three exits from work and working a weird schedule. I highly recommend that more Nashville commuters try it.- Remember the scene in "Pulp Fiction" where Uma

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As I posted as a comment elsewhere...I have decided that Phil Jackson has hatched a secret plot to coach the Lakers, marry Jeannie Buss, take over ownership of the team and then trade Kobe to the Hawks. Then he'd be "rich, beootch!" and on the beach Zen mastering his own team while Kobe sweats and fumes in the Georgia humidity.

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Steve Jobs did the commencement address at Stanford this year. Doubtless you know who he is, and if you've ever watched any of his MacWorld addresses, you already know he's a helluva speaker. But this one was particularly special, and a truly amazing retelling of many of the events that shaped where he is now.Click here for the whole addressThere's one particular passage that really struck me.You

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Once upon a time, on another blog elsewhere, I made a post on the day that Michael Jackson was arrested. At the time, I said that obviously I don't know what happened, but it was really hard to look at a man who admits to sleeping with children and who'd already paid off other accusers and believe that he didn't do it. I still say that, to an extent. The trial brought out even more of the Wacko

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This post perfectly illustrates what's wrong with the priorities of network and cable news these days. Don't get me wrong - I feel for Natalee Holliday's family. But just like the Runaway Bride, these stories are a dime a dozen, and it's an injustice to everyone else who gets thrown in as a VO or as two paragraphs on Page 3 to focus on the young, cute girls.

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Just had the opportunity to see the new Jessica Simpson video for "These Boots Are Made For Walking". Just about what I expected. But there are some glaring things that that I feel the need to mention (well, snark is more like it.) I know I'm nitpicking, but I also know that I'm not the targeted demographic for this video. Those who are probably won't be reading the rest of this post anyway.

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525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan. 525,600 minutes - how can you measurethe life of a woman or man?In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, orthe way that she died.It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends, let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.Damn, a movie trailer isn't supposed to make you cry.Trailer to "Rent"The "Rent"

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I'm posting this entry from a $2,699 PowerBook G4 inside the brand-new Apple Store in Green Hills. This is after waiting over an hour in line to get in. Have I earned my geek cred yet?

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The other day one of my coworkers (who is known for his taste for reality shows like American Idol) said that this is one of the few times in his memory that he's watching nothing on TV. With reruns on the networks, no AI or Nashville Star to snark, and terrible summer programming choices (the poorly-executed ballroom dancing show on ABC and that abysmal-looking Ashton Kutcher show spring

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1117654980268065532005-06-01T14:05:00.000-05:002005-06-01T15:38:26.996-05:00

Courtesy of What's Happening at CNN, a QuickTime clip of the intro to the first CNN newscast on June 1st, 1980. And for later, the first three hours of airtime, plus video tours and stuff. *sniffs, sobs a little at my desk*I'll admit it - I'm a CNN junkie of the worst kind. It's my mom's fault. Growing up in the middle of the country, our antenna only picked up four channels - the three networks

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1117257258449016052005-05-28T00:04:00.000-05:002005-05-28T00:37:12.606-05:00

When news junkies have spent three days watching a guy hanging out on top of a construction crane blocks from your studios, we do not want to see a Breaking News crawl when he finally comes down. We want to see him come down live, dammit! We don't want to watch a rerun of Aaron Brown. He was boring the first time around!Of course, I am the only person in America sitting at home, drinking rum and

ariedananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1117059795511437952005-05-25T17:06:00.000-05:002005-05-25T17:52:19.523-05:00

Well, maybe 2005 is just going to be a good year the teams I follow. Or maybe if the Titans are hurting, all of my out-of-town teams decide to overachieve or something. But I'm so happy for Liverpool, who pulled out a thrilling win over AC Milan today. If anyone saw this coming at the half, they would have to be lying. But they did it, and their long-suffering fans deserve this. Congrats.

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Apparently Tom Cruise doesn't have enough to do promoting his new movie, trying to get MI:3 off the ground, and making a fool out of himself with his new girlfriend on Oprah. He's now trying to telling fellow actors what they're doing wrong with their brain chemistry.See, Cruise is a Scientologist, a sect that is apparently not too fond of psychiatry as a field. And Brooke Shields, whom he acted

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If I had a magic wand, this would definitely happen..."9 to 5 II" (or however you'd title it...since they'd probably be retirees, maybe "11-8"?) : When I was 5ish, that song was my very favorite thing in the world. My mom was a Home-Ec teacher, and I'd wander the halls of her school singing it over and over to poor defenseless students. Then my clueless parents let me watch the movie when it came

ariedananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7308745.post-1116893487925703432005-05-23T19:05:00.000-05:002005-05-23T19:11:27.930-05:00

Titans wide receiver Tyrone Calico cited on May 12th for public indecency after being caught rockin' and rollin' with an 18-year-old in the back of an SUV.......And across Middle Tennessee, guys at sports bars and outta earshot of their wives are slapping each other's backs and praising Calico's prowess to the gods.

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