That's My Momma

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Glad to see everyone enjoyed yesterday's Newsroom 2006 Draft. I wrote the first half of that about 2 months ago and was going through my computer yesterday and ran across it and decided to finish it. Got some good feedback and that's always good.

Okay, so I was sitting at my desk around 2 this morning when old Security Guard Bob walks in and we had this exchange:

SGB: "We got a vagrant living on the premises Terry."
TF: "Really?"
SGB: "Yeah ole' Pallas told us about it Yesterday. She says that someone noticed a cardboard box and a tent set up out by the Heli-pad, and she wanted us to check it out tonight."
TF:"Really?"
SGB: "Yep. So I'm gonna go down there and check it out. Before I go I'm gonna need your cell phone number, just in case. If you hear gun shots call the cops."
TF: "Really?"
(he left and came back at 3:30am)
SGB: "i'm on my way out there. Oh yeah, and if I ain't back by 4, you call the cops."
TF: "Okay."
(comes back about 30 minutes later)
SGB: "I'm back. Wasn't anything down there, just some kids playing around."

Needless to say, Ole' Security Guard Bob didn't have to fire off any warning shots. So I guess you can say all was well.

Random thoughts:

Why is it that it's okay for an attorney general to pose as a 14 year old girl or boy in a chat room, but it's illegal for everyone else? Every story we've ran about internet predators over the last year basically says the same thing, "A man attempting to pick up a 12, 13, 14, 15 year old girl in a chatroom, picked up a Federal Investigator instead". You have to think that some law is being broken somewhere. Or is it just me?

Reverend Bowman apparently didn't like his draft position yesterday. His ass called all night to complain.

I caught the John Brady interview at 6 yesterday -- brought to us live from tape machines X, Y, Z in master control. Two things I really liked:

1. How it looked like they shot it in the Bat Cave.
2. How they had Mike Kennon in as an extra. Mike, buddy I hope you got your 50 bucks.

Walking through Walmart with the Mrs. the other day perusing through DVD's and noticed that season 2 of "That's My Mamma" is out on DVD. And yes, your reaction is probably the same as ours, "That's a real show?". Yes it is. I'm not sure if that's the season featuring the "What's Going Down" episode with Mr. Randy Watson starring as Joe the policeman.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, Sexual Chocolate!!!"

It's Official, Katie Couric is leaving the "Today Show" in June. She's headed to the anchor desk where she'll be the first female anchor to solo a major evening newscast. Now, why am I the only one that thinks everyone's making too big a deal out of this? Now I'm not knocking Katie at all, in fact, more power to her, but you'd think she was Veronica Corningstone knocking off Ron Burgundy or something. I don't know, maybe it's just me.

Good to see Lindsey is still keeping up with "Los Bloges". Sup Linds? How's Big D?

Heard through the grapevine that our emails are being monitored -- again. This leads me to ask the question -- Why? Have we found out someone working here has ties to terrorists networks? Did the Balco investigation lead investigators here? I mean seriously, the things we waste our time on will never cease to amaze me. I feel like we're working for the damn K-G-B.

Todd's and I baseball conversations are beginning to get more and more heated by the day. I think something may happen. Now were not at Tito Ortiz and Ken Shamrock proportions just yet, but he can expect a Matthew-esque note from me on his desk very soon.

Thoughts on a News Story:

So I come in the other day and go through my whole routine of searching all the newscasts from the previous day, pathfire, and wires for stories to fill 2une In and ran across a pedestrian struck story in the 10. So I popped it open and started reading it and came across some questionable wording -- okay, let me get to the point, it was a "porno line". See if you can find it.

"A man is in the hospital tonight, after he was hit by a police car. Police tell us 44-year-old albert elmer was hit while he was trying to run across airline highway near prescott. Police say officer david kennedy was northbound on airline... police say he attempted to avoid hitting elmer... about a dozen units raced on scene. Elmer moaned as paramedics got ready to put him on a stretcher. no other word on his injuries. Officer kennedy wasn't injured... no word yet on whether Kennedy will face any charges."

Okay did you find it? If you didn't, here it is: "Elmer moaned as paramedics got ready to put him on the stretcher." Okay, he moaned? And what did he say when they got him loaded up, "It hurt so good?". I know I couldn't have been the only person who caught that line. Oh well.

Apparently News Two's Michael Marsh is still getting me answers. Well Marsh, that information would have been very useful about 8 years ago when my ass was struggling through the ACT. No, I wasn't one of the korean kids consistently banging out 36s. Nope, I was just a regular inner-city youth -- looking for answers. But since you weren't there for me then to help me, "Get Answers", I have some questions right now that you can maybe answer. And here they are:

1. How much longer will the girls be going wild?
1.b.What will they do after they've all calmed down?
1.c. Will they ever calm down?
1.d. What made them so wild in the first place?
2. Why do people in wheel chairs have dirty shoes? (straight to hell I know, but I'm so serious)
3. Why did Fred Sanford have junk inside his house too?
4. If Willie Nagin is mayor of the "Chocolate City", does that make all the people living in N.O. Umpa-loompas?

I was sitting around thinking of ways to increase our station's popularity, and I came up an idea. we should come out with a CD, and when I say we, I mean the whole station. Channel 2 R&B. I'll produce it and have current employees sing the songs. Here are a few titles I came up with.

1. "(Um-bum-pa-pa, Um-bum-pa-pa) Baby, Don't Forget My Super" Feat. Milli Vanilli....well..Milli at least
2. "Just My Animation"
3. "Where is the Bug? (You said you'd build for me?)"
4. "Books Like This I Wish, That Ratings Don't Fall" Feat. The Five Heartbeats
5. "That's the Way, (Uh, huh, Uh, huh) I Timed It"
6. "That's Why I'm Easy Like Sunday Journal" feat. Lionel Richie
7. "Could It Be I'm Fallin' Asleep?"
8. "I'm Sending Him A 4-Page Email"
9. "Looks Like Another Love SOT-VO" Feat. Teddy Pendergrass
10 "Don't Let Your Children Grow Up To Photogs"
11. "What Makes The Bug Go Round" Feat. Al Green
12. "I'm All Timed Out (Over You)" Feat. Lisa Lisa
13. "Produc-tion" Feat. Usher
14. "I'm On The Outside Lookin' In(Of the tournament)" Feat. Eightball and MJG

Just My .02, take it or leave it.