Yes, we’re related: or, the trials of working for my father
It just so happens that my father is the managing editor of the newspaper for which I work. Now, I know what you are thinking. That’s why I wrote this column. I didn’t want to have it published in the...
View Articlemore mel, with a topping of awesome video
Not even kittens can make the screams of Mr. Gibson go away. But they try to soften it a bit, and do an admirable job. Kittens really do make anything better. In Youtube news, check out the amazing...
View Articleold spice and the end of the world
More important than the apocalypse, of course, is the fact that there is an Old Spice YouTube channel where you can watch the Old Spice commercial guy (you know who I mean) to your little heart’s...
View Articlestorm chasing
Today a damaging storm hit the area that I cover, so I went storm chasing. When one of the production employees heard there was a funnel cloud that touched down, she said, “Well, I guess you won’t be...
View Articlemel-icious rumors
Who would have thought? Mel Gibson’s profane screaming might have ruined his career! An upcoming movie called The Beaver which stars Mr. Gibson might never see the light of day, thanks to his recorded...
View Articleheadlines and dead facebooks
Is headline writing a lost art due to the internet? Headlines for newspaper, back in the day, had to be a mini-story themselves, full of wit or puns or creativity to draw the reader in. But now,...
View Articlefarm tech days! sexism! wasted paper!
Today I traveled to Farm Technology Days in River Falls, WI, which is apparently a big deal. Farm Tech Days, that is, not the town. I found and wrote up four stories for a special daily newspaper being...
View Articlemore oil. just what the water needs.
A tugboat hit an oil platform near Louisiana marshes early on Tuesday. It’s now spewing oil and natural gas. Don’t you think people would be, I don’t know… more careful after the Gulf disaster? As in...
View Articleinception
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/visual-effects/inceptions-spinning-room-vfx this just makes the movie even better.
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