my first gabby award
dumb criminals
May 11, 2007 in General, Life, Workthis is from a police report i read the other day when going through the day’s reports. i couldn’t even make something like this up. an officer was on patrol and pulled up on a man beating another man with an aluminum baseball bat....
when it rains, it pours
April 3, 2007 in General, Grrr, Weather, Workit was bright, sunshiney and warm when i left for work this afternoon, so i wore my cute white, linen shirt. mother nature decided it was a great day to play a cruel, cruel joke on me. i was covering an airport authority meeting...
the long, long week
May 3, 2006 in General, Life, Work“i can’t wait to see you on thursday!” that was what joe said in one of his e-mails to me yesterday. sometimes i love the fact that we’re both journalists; other times, i don’t. this would be the latter. our jobs typically require us...
did someone call 911?
April 11, 2006 in General, Oops!, Worki set off the alarm last night at work. i arrived back from my meeting, punched in the code and sat down at my desk to look through emails and get my soundbite off my minidisc. all of a sudden i heard siren and...
it’s almost friday
March 30, 2006 in General, Life, Workwhat a week it’s been. it’s been incredibly busy. i had late meetings last night and tonight, and joe worked late tuesday night and tonight. tomorrow night he’s taking his dad to see the second city comedy troup, which is a present, so i’ll...
all in a day’s work
December 1, 2005 in General, Life, Worktomorrow i will be in federal court. i’m not covering a case, nor am i the defendent. i’m a witness. *sigh* about two years ago, a dalton attorney was charged in a case involving a man who scammed churches and religious groups out of...
my weekend is almost here
November 17, 2005 in Family, General, Life, Memories, Romance, Worktoday is my last day at the paper. i’m sad. and scared. i’ve been a journalist for four years, and now, though i’ll still be a journalist, it won’t be the same. i’ll be writing three-sentence stories instead of 15-inch stories. i don’t want...
rollercoaster of emotions
November 5, 2005 in Family, Friends, General, Health and Fitness, Kiwanis, Workit’s been a rollercoaster of a week. lows then highs then lows. joe’s grandmother died wednesday morning. his parents called him tuesday night while he was here and told us she was in the hospital. we asked if we should come down to see...
