I've been thinking about this a lot lately.
Maybe it's because my friend, Frank, brought it up at a dinner party that Morgan and I hosted Saturday night. Maybe it's just because I'm angry that this disgraceful swindler, Bernard Madoff, took so much from so many.
Did you know the foundation started by Holocaust survivor, author and Nobel Prize winner Eli Wiesel lost everything because of this man?
The ramifications of Madoff's actions stretch beyond the pocketbooks of Hollywood investors such as Kevin Bacon, who also lost millions with Madoff.
Consider this excerpt from an AP story by Jennifer Peltz:
"The Anti-Defamation League cites a spike in anti-Semitic comments online after Madoff's Dec. 11 arrest. A columnist for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz lamented the case as "the answer to every Jew-hater's wish list."
Read the whole story here.
xoxoL
Monday, January 5, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
Video star and Friday fun
Happy New Year!
Here's a little something I worked on with my friend and Ledger videographer Joe Paull.
I'm going to head home soon and try to sleep off this developing cold.
xoxoL
Here's a little something I worked on with my friend and Ledger videographer Joe Paull.
I'm going to head home soon and try to sleep off this developing cold.
xoxoL
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Naughty boy
Baby Dave during a less naughty time in his life
Dave the dog has been a sneaky, little terror lately.
It all started Saturday when he ate an entire package of imported chocolate-covered biscuits.
He then moved on to my very special, very designer Chanel sunglasses. They are ruined. I am devastated. That was on Sunday.
Yesterday I discovered a chewed up Hershey bar wrapper on his bed. There wasn't a morsel of chocolate left.
He's not dead...yet. But this dog must be suicidal!
My hypothesis is he's pissed Morgan's home. I'm not being mean, I just think Dave's used to being the male of the house and now he's competing with my husband for that title so he's acting out.
Stef and I were discussing it last night. He's never been this naughty before.
Any way, I came across this blog in my search for answers. It's more of a fix-it rather than an explain-it, but it made me chuckle.
Any suggestions?
xoxoL
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Christmas wish fulfilled
Merry Christmas Eve!
Be warned...this is a long one.
Some of you already know that I got an early present yesterday in the form of a 6'4" soldier named Morgan!
This is how the trickery went down:
Stefanie, my room mate, called me at work about 4 p.m. and said she had something to show me so she was going to stop by the office. I told her to just call me when she got here.
About 10 minutes later she called and I made my way down stairs. She was outside sitting on a bench, alone. I approached and she got up and walked toward me, something cupped in her hand. I looked at it and saw that it was a digital camera. It was Morgan's digital camera.
Two seconds passed and I heard a voice behind me. I turned and immediately put both my hands to my face in disbelief. There he was, like he's been in my dreams for the past year.
He was still wearing his ACUs and looking as handsome as ever.
We embraced. He literally swept me off my feet then sat down with me on his lap on the cool bench. I stared at him for about a minute straight, still trying to comprehend his presence.
One regret I have is that I was not dressed appropriately for the occasion. I hate the pants I'm wearing in the pictures that were snapped. Severe high waters. I also didn't have on a lot of make-up because I was too lazy to apply all of it that morning.
Morgan said I looked beautiful, though, so I guess I should just be grateful for that.
Pictures are forthcoming. I just need to get them from Morgan's camera to this blog. Also, as luck would have it, when I exited the building to meet Stef I was walking and talking with one of the newspaper's photographers, Seth. He snapped some pictures as well. Being a professional photojournalist, perhaps there will be some really good ones in there. Or at least some I can tolerate.
xoxoL
Be warned...this is a long one.
Some of you already know that I got an early present yesterday in the form of a 6'4" soldier named Morgan!
This is how the trickery went down:
Stefanie, my room mate, called me at work about 4 p.m. and said she had something to show me so she was going to stop by the office. I told her to just call me when she got here.
About 10 minutes later she called and I made my way down stairs. She was outside sitting on a bench, alone. I approached and she got up and walked toward me, something cupped in her hand. I looked at it and saw that it was a digital camera. It was Morgan's digital camera.
Two seconds passed and I heard a voice behind me. I turned and immediately put both my hands to my face in disbelief. There he was, like he's been in my dreams for the past year.
He was still wearing his ACUs and looking as handsome as ever.
We embraced. He literally swept me off my feet then sat down with me on his lap on the cool bench. I stared at him for about a minute straight, still trying to comprehend his presence.
One regret I have is that I was not dressed appropriately for the occasion. I hate the pants I'm wearing in the pictures that were snapped. Severe high waters. I also didn't have on a lot of make-up because I was too lazy to apply all of it that morning.
Morgan said I looked beautiful, though, so I guess I should just be grateful for that.
Pictures are forthcoming. I just need to get them from Morgan's camera to this blog. Also, as luck would have it, when I exited the building to meet Stef I was walking and talking with one of the newspaper's photographers, Seth. He snapped some pictures as well. Being a professional photojournalist, perhaps there will be some really good ones in there. Or at least some I can tolerate.
xoxoL
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Justice Rocks?
Army Times is reporting that a Georgia Judge ordered Kid Rock to complete 80 hours of community service for his role in an October brawl at a Waffle House in Atlanta.
Well, Kid, a.k.a. Robert James Richie, told Judge Alvin Wong he'd perform for U.S. troops overseas.
Nope.
According to Wong: "Giving him credit for something he would otherwise love to do...completely defeats the punitive purpose of performing community service."
Kid responded with this statement on his Web-site.
He also wrote: "I really take it as a slap in the face, and really have trouble thinking of a better way to “serve the community,” especially at Christmas time when it’s obviously the hardest time for soldiers to be away from their families and home (and I try not to think about it when I’m there, but it’s a little freaky being in the middle of a war zone!)."
Who do you think is right, here? I'm siding with Kid.
xoxoL
Monday, December 22, 2008
Where art thou Morgan?
In a nutshell, this is why the Army sucks.
Morgan and his team were laid over in a place called Mannas (or as I like to call it, man ass) for nine days before finally boarding a plane and flying to Bangor, ME. That's annoying enough as it is, but wait, there's more.
From Maine, the team flew to Fort Riley, KS. They got in late Saturday night. Yesterday my husband calls me and says his bags are still in Kyrzykstan. He needs his bags, or rather the equipment in them, so he can out-process from Riley before coming home.
Hmmm, you would think that after nine rotten days sitting around in Mannas the powers that be would have figured out a way to transport the team's bags from point A to point B before Christmas!
One more thing...my in-laws are stuck in Oregon. Their flight was canceled today due to inclement weather. They're now scheduled to fly into Atlanta on Christmas eve. Maybe Morgan will be with them.
Argh!
Morgan and his team were laid over in a place called Mannas (or as I like to call it, man ass) for nine days before finally boarding a plane and flying to Bangor, ME. That's annoying enough as it is, but wait, there's more.
From Maine, the team flew to Fort Riley, KS. They got in late Saturday night. Yesterday my husband calls me and says his bags are still in Kyrzykstan. He needs his bags, or rather the equipment in them, so he can out-process from Riley before coming home.
Hmmm, you would think that after nine rotten days sitting around in Mannas the powers that be would have figured out a way to transport the team's bags from point A to point B before Christmas!
One more thing...my in-laws are stuck in Oregon. Their flight was canceled today due to inclement weather. They're now scheduled to fly into Atlanta on Christmas eve. Maybe Morgan will be with them.
Argh!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
We win!
To the victors go the spoils! Namely, a catered lunch some time in the near future. Good work team newsroom.
Chanukkah FAIL!
So my office held this holiday decorating contest today and the newsroom totally kicked ass! The manufacturers of this sign? Not so much.
I'll post some more pictures of our winning holiday scene in the next post.
xoxoL
Monday, December 15, 2008
The reason I'm posting this is because the SNL actor mentions a little city in Upstate New York that is very near and dear to me...Schenectady. My Alma mater, Union College, is located here.
Now, though the skit does not bathe Schenectady in a positive light, I still get a thrill out of hearing the word spoken on the national stage.
Another example: This year's "Synecdoche, New York" directed by Charlie Kaufman also sparked interest in the city where Thomas Edison founded what would become the General Electric Company.
Sort of.
xoxoL
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Thirsty phone
So my brand new LG QWERTY keyboard phone was either very thirsty or suicidal this morning because it decided to jump out of my bag and into a deep puddle of muddy water.
Seriously, I think I saw a tad pole swimming around in the flip screen. My mom said it could just be a new fancy feature of the phone, like a 3-D screen saver. Funny, but doubtful, mommy.
My dad suggested I put the phone in the toaster oven to dry it out and my father-in-law suggested I take the battery out and stick the sopping wet phone in a bag or jar of rice. Both very intriguing suggestions I must say and I would have tried them had I not freaked out, drove as fast as I could to the Verizon store and, to my chagrin, replaced the phone.
Needless to say, the situation was a huge pain in the ass and it was a costly one to boot as I didn't have insurance on the phone.
I do now.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any other suggestions for fixing a wet phone?
xoxoL
Seriously, I think I saw a tad pole swimming around in the flip screen. My mom said it could just be a new fancy feature of the phone, like a 3-D screen saver. Funny, but doubtful, mommy.
My dad suggested I put the phone in the toaster oven to dry it out and my father-in-law suggested I take the battery out and stick the sopping wet phone in a bag or jar of rice. Both very intriguing suggestions I must say and I would have tried them had I not freaked out, drove as fast as I could to the Verizon store and, to my chagrin, replaced the phone.
Needless to say, the situation was a huge pain in the ass and it was a costly one to boot as I didn't have insurance on the phone.
I do now.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone have any other suggestions for fixing a wet phone?
xoxoL
Almost home
Hi everyone. This is just a quick update on Morgan's home-bound progress.
Though I haven't spoken to him for a few days, he did send out an e-mail Tuesday saying he was in Kabul. Next stop is Mannas (seriously what it's called), then Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kan.!
(Note: this post has been updated because I mis-wrote before).
After five or so days of reintegration there he'll be on his way to Atlanta where I'll pick him up at the airport. Morgan estimates his journey home will finally end some time between the 22nd and the 25th. His mom, dad and sister fly in Dec. 22 so I was hoping he'd beat them here, but at this point I'll take what I can get.
This is super exciting news, obviously, so why am I so anxious? Is this normal?
xoxoL
Though I haven't spoken to him for a few days, he did send out an e-mail Tuesday saying he was in Kabul. Next stop is Mannas (seriously what it's called), then Fort Riley in Manhattan, Kan.!
(Note: this post has been updated because I mis-wrote before).
After five or so days of reintegration there he'll be on his way to Atlanta where I'll pick him up at the airport. Morgan estimates his journey home will finally end some time between the 22nd and the 25th. His mom, dad and sister fly in Dec. 22 so I was hoping he'd beat them here, but at this point I'll take what I can get.
This is super exciting news, obviously, so why am I so anxious? Is this normal?
xoxoL
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
FAIL!
see more pwn and owned pictures
My brother, Ben, just shared this with me. It's now one of my new favs.
In other news, "Twilight" did well this weekend at the Box Office, sucking in a cool $70 mill in ticket sales. Not bad considering it cost $37 mill to make.
There now will most definitely be a sequel. Hopefully the special effects are better.
Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I just didn't love it.
What did you?
Friday, November 21, 2008
Happy Twilighting
Hi everyone. I'm sitting here at work trying my hardest not to run out of here to the nearest theater to see Twilight.
As most of you who have read this blog in the past month or so know, I'm obsessed with Stephenie Meyer's vampire series. I'm also a fan of this band from the Pacific Northwest, Band of Horses.
This morning I attempted to buy tickets to their New Years Eve show in Atlanta, but they had already sold out. I was pretty bummed.
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, these two distractions-music and Twilight- have been my crutches these past few months. I've been able to bury myself in them and forget for whole minutes that Morgan's gone.
Anyway, just thought I'd write about how happy I am to have found these interests and now, in just a matter of weeks, I'll be able to share at least one of them with my husband.
In conclusion, I managed to find tickets to see Band of Horses on New Years in Atlanta online so M and I are going! It's going to be great. Bet you I cry at some point in the night.
Man it'll be good to have him back.
xoxoL
As most of you who have read this blog in the past month or so know, I'm obsessed with Stephenie Meyer's vampire series. I'm also a fan of this band from the Pacific Northwest, Band of Horses.
This morning I attempted to buy tickets to their New Years Eve show in Atlanta, but they had already sold out. I was pretty bummed.
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, these two distractions-music and Twilight- have been my crutches these past few months. I've been able to bury myself in them and forget for whole minutes that Morgan's gone.
Anyway, just thought I'd write about how happy I am to have found these interests and now, in just a matter of weeks, I'll be able to share at least one of them with my husband.
In conclusion, I managed to find tickets to see Band of Horses on New Years in Atlanta online so M and I are going! It's going to be great. Bet you I cry at some point in the night.
Man it'll be good to have him back.
xoxoL
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Goodbye Wojdakowski
I went to a pretty awesome change of command ceremony yesterday.
Fort Benning's commander, Maj. Gen. Walter Wojdakowski, will retire Jan. 1, but as of about 10:30 a.m., Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero is the installation's 49th CG.
Here's the story I wrote.
Here's the story Mick Walsh, former Ledger military reporter, did on Wojdakowski.
Also, just because it's cute, here's a real life FURBY!
Fort Benning's commander, Maj. Gen. Walter Wojdakowski, will retire Jan. 1, but as of about 10:30 a.m., Maj. Gen. Michael Barbero is the installation's 49th CG.
Here's the story I wrote.
Here's the story Mick Walsh, former Ledger military reporter, did on Wojdakowski.
Also, just because it's cute, here's a real life FURBY!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Man cured of AIDS
My brother, Ben, shared this with me this morning after admonishing me for never reading the paper.
Umm, Ben, I work at a newspaper, why would I read them? Dah.
My apologies, again, for being a bad blogger. Life is just busy right now. Hopefully, I'll be able to buckle down after the holidays and focus on just one beat here at the Ledger.
The countdown to Morgan's return to the U.S. of A is still underway. It's driving me a little insane. Why can't Dec. 20 just be here already?
Also-and I don't put this on the same level of importance as Morgan's homecoming- the countdown to the "Twilight" movie release is also underway. Though I won't be able to see it opening weekend (Nov. 21) because of work commitments, I am going to check it out the following weekend with fam and friends whilst in Boston. So excited!
:)
Umm, Ben, I work at a newspaper, why would I read them? Dah.
My apologies, again, for being a bad blogger. Life is just busy right now. Hopefully, I'll be able to buckle down after the holidays and focus on just one beat here at the Ledger.
The countdown to Morgan's return to the U.S. of A is still underway. It's driving me a little insane. Why can't Dec. 20 just be here already?
Also-and I don't put this on the same level of importance as Morgan's homecoming- the countdown to the "Twilight" movie release is also underway. Though I won't be able to see it opening weekend (Nov. 21) because of work commitments, I am going to check it out the following weekend with fam and friends whilst in Boston. So excited!
:)
Friday, October 31, 2008
Boos, Booze and Boobs!
Sorry I haven't written in awhile. No excuse, really, just insanely busy with work.
Some good news to start off your/my Halloween weekend. It looks like Lily will have a Morgan Christmas after all! He's due home from Afghanistan around the 20th of December. Yippee!
Also, I came across a hilarious story about the Vietnamese Health Ministry wanting to ban small-chested women from riding motorbikes! The best line:
"When the media revealed the plan this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their breasts."
Read the whole story here.
Some good news to start off your/my Halloween weekend. It looks like Lily will have a Morgan Christmas after all! He's due home from Afghanistan around the 20th of December. Yippee!
Also, I came across a hilarious story about the Vietnamese Health Ministry wanting to ban small-chested women from riding motorbikes! The best line:
"When the media revealed the plan this week, it prompted disbelief and scorn among members of the public, who envisioned the police pulling over female drivers to measure their breasts."
Read the whole story here.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
War hero dies at 86
When I found out Monday morning that Medal of Honor recipient and Columbus resident Col. (Ret.) Robert Nett passed away over the weekend I was initially more upset that I'd have to drop what I was working on and pursue this story.
That is until I started to pursue this story.
What a cool guy Col. Nett was!
He earned the nation's highest military award for valor on Dec. 14, 1944, for heroic actions during hand-to-hand fighting with Japanese soldiers at their heavily fortified stronghold on the west coast of Leyte near Cognon in the Philippines. Furthermore, he's the last of five Medal of Honor recipients who lived in Columbus.
It upsets me that I let my petty preoccupations overshadow my duty as a newspaper person and an American. So, I contacted as many family members and friends I could find and asked them about this hero.
Here's the story.
A side note: Don't ever say someone won the Medal of Honor. According to at least three people I spoke to for this story, two of which are retired colonels, one earns the Medal of Honor. They don't win it.
Check out the language here.
And Nett's full citation here.
xoxoL
Thursday, October 16, 2008
We're angry
It was too much for us to hear Madonna promoting Sen. Barack Obama. I'm sorry but I don't compare Sen. John McCain to Hitler.
xoxoL
xoxoL
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
MADONNA!
OMG my sister, Emily, and I are just hours away from seeing Madonna and I can hardly contain myself.
So far my trip to Boston has been wonderful. Momma G and I had dinner together last night then saw "Nights in Rodanthe"(just OK). We then went back to the house, opened a bottle of wine and watched re-runs of House.
Benny, my bro, looks great and chances are he'll be making an appearance in C-Town for Halloween. Yay!
This morning Momma G and I went for a walk to view the foliage, which right now is spectacular. I'll post some pictures when I get home.
I'll let you know how Madonna is (umm...obviously she'll be amazing) and how annoyed a was at her political ranting (I hear she has a video segment that pairs Hitler with Sen. John McCain and Mother Teresa with Sen. Barack Obama.) Not really interested in hearing her views on that, but at least she'll look hot in the process, right?
Oh and by the way, my mom almost croaked last night when I told her I was still undecided on who I'm going to vote for in the presidential election. Because I've typically voted Republican and my husband's in the Army, does that automatically mean I should or will vote for McCain? Hmm.
Enjoy your Wednesday!
xoxoL
So far my trip to Boston has been wonderful. Momma G and I had dinner together last night then saw "Nights in Rodanthe"(just OK). We then went back to the house, opened a bottle of wine and watched re-runs of House.
Benny, my bro, looks great and chances are he'll be making an appearance in C-Town for Halloween. Yay!
This morning Momma G and I went for a walk to view the foliage, which right now is spectacular. I'll post some pictures when I get home.
I'll let you know how Madonna is (umm...obviously she'll be amazing) and how annoyed a was at her political ranting (I hear she has a video segment that pairs Hitler with Sen. John McCain and Mother Teresa with Sen. Barack Obama.) Not really interested in hearing her views on that, but at least she'll look hot in the process, right?
Oh and by the way, my mom almost croaked last night when I told her I was still undecided on who I'm going to vote for in the presidential election. Because I've typically voted Republican and my husband's in the Army, does that automatically mean I should or will vote for McCain? Hmm.
Enjoy your Wednesday!
xoxoL
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