An anchorman's take on news, money, family, life and a lot more
So you’re determined to play the lottery tonight, despite the overwhelming odds against winning. I know, $600 million is pretty tempting. But by now you’ve heard your chances are 1 in 175 million. Ronald Wasserstein, the Executive Director of the American Statistical Association, says it’s tough to grasp the smallness of “1 in 175 million” […]
Americans have a serious case of lottery fever as we head into the weekend. The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to at least $600 million for Saturday’s drawing, and the Mega Millions jackpot is up to $190 million for Friday’s jackpot! We’ve never seen a pair of lotto jackpots like this at the same time. 30,000,000,000,000,000 […]
If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me, “What do you do at work when you’re not on the news?”, I’d be richer than this Saturday’s Powerball jackpot. Well, maybe not, but you get the idea. Much of the time the promo department has Kristin, Jennifer and I out promoting something. For […]
I’m a reporter, but I missed, if not the biggest story, at least the most fascinating story of the day Monday. In my own backyard! I was at work when I got a call from one of my boys home from college. “Where’s your camera dad?” “Why?” “The fire department’s here.” “Who?” “They’re trying to […]
You might be a redneck if … you live in Tulsa. “Whoa, hold on Bubba! Who you calling’ a redneck?” Not me. I ’bout swallowed my tobaccie when I heard that. I’m not calling Tulsans rednecks. A lighthearted study by a real estate blog is. Movoto.com is out with “The 10 Most Redneck Cities in […]
You just knew this was going to happen. A.J. Clemente is riding the wave. By now, you probably know who Clemente is. He’s the guy whose first two words on his very first newscast as a news anchor at a TV station in Bismarck, ND got him fired. Need a refresher? Click here. Clemente is […]
Just how important are first impressions? They can ruin a first date, that first day at a new school, or a new job. I don’t know if he’s a golfer, but I’m sure A.J. Clemente wants a mulligan with how he shanked his first day at work. Clemente was making his debut as weekend anchor […]
It’s been quite a week hasn’t it? Bombings, explosions, tornadoes. Death and destruction. Fear and frustration. The news certainly hasn’t been good. Even those of us who live and breathe news, need a break from its tight grip. We need a good weekend. My heart goes out to the victims and their families in the […]
I’m often asked, “What do you guys do between newscasts?” They mean between the 6pm and 10pm shows, the time of day when most people are relaxing at home eating dinner, playing with the kids, watching a little TV. While there’s usually work involved, like writing stories, shooting teases for the late news or emceeing events, […]
My wife and I love our boys. But sometimes that picture above sums up how we feel. We want to wring their necks. It was Tommy’s time for a neck wringing this weekend. “Where you headed?” After a couple of inches of rain Friday night and Saturday morning, the sun was out in the afternoon. […]
My phone and text messages were lighting up on my way to work yesterday. From family, friends and co-workers. They all wanted to know basically one thing: “Do you know what’s going on Mark?” And I could sense fear in their voice and words. And after Sandy Hook, Columbine and far too many school shootings […]
It’s almost midnight and 5 teenagers are in the back of our Suburban. Not like that picture above. They’re asleep now. It’s the only time they’ve been asleep at this late hour all week. Just like babies, they’re so well-behaved that way. There’s been a steady rain the past seven hours. It’s been a day of burger […]
