(Blank)... in bed.

So after eating chineese food last night I opened up maybe the best part.. the fortune cookie. But there wasn't a forture inside. Is this a bad sign? Do I have no future..? Damn.

Where are they now

Random call of the week: I'm on the overnight morning shift this week, and at 12:30 am the phone rings. Ring.. Ring.. Action 7 news.. "Hi I was wondering if you knew what ever happened to that Dr. Kevorikian? What about Manuel Noriega?" "Uh.. they're in jail."

Whatever happened to... 

Movie Review: House of Flying Daggers **(Two Stars)

Was really excited to see House of Flying Daggers after Crouching Tiger and Hero made such an impression on me, with its throwback storylines and amazing visuals. But where Tiger and Hero combine these epic storys with beautiful martial arts coreography and breathtaking cinematograophy, Daggers underwhelms in all departments. The fights are less complex and to often done in slow-motion and the picture is broken up with these tracking shots of digital daggers and arrows flying through the air. Would highly recommend Tiger or Hero before this one.

Strange Clock, IQ Test

Check out this link.
http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

Take the Wonderlic Test they give to NFL Draft Prospects: The test is easy, but can you do it all in 5 minutes? Being smart isn't the same thing as being smart under fire.
http://espn.go.com/page2/s/closer/020228test.html

Working in Mysterious Ways

So a woman calls up the station wanting to know where the cheapest gas is in town. Not surprising considering that we have a daily feathre called "Pump Patrol" that features the best deals we hear about on gas.
This woman is clearly a little nuts but I take the time to look it up and tell her how to get to the stations. She gets so excited.. and shifts into crazy-lady mode and says.. " You know what.. God is watching over me. You're an angel! I needed to know where to buy gas, and here you are taking the time to help me. God sento you to help me. You're an angel!" This goes on for a while. Really, its very nice that I could help her, but you decide how high cheap gas prices are on God's agenda. I guess that's what they mean by working in mysterious ways.

Movie Review: Ocean's 12. *** (Three Stars) Actually a lot of fun, and better than the first. Confusing as all-get-out but slick and interesting and pretty funny and stylish.

Darth Tater

Seriously.. What the hell? (Courtesy:Amazon)

Sad Story

One of the saddest stories I've seen in a while. Nicely produced, the reporter lets the woman do all the talking.

http://katu.com/stories/76524.html

Mystery Finger (Courtesy: AP) 

Finger Food

By now you may have seen this on going story about a woman who "found" the tip of a finger in her Wendy's chili. She went on national TV and threw a fit. She dropped her law suit when authorities started to suspect she may have put the chili in herself and when the media questioned her she threw a fit again. Turns out.. she's filed something like six lawsuits! I'm sorry, six lawsuits? What are the chances that a person who filed six lawsuits would be the one person in america to find a finger in her chili? Why do some people feel like the world took a big dump on them and they need to get revenge on everyone else? I hope wendy's finds out it was her.. and sues her for as much as they can.

But the funniest part of this is the nevada woman who had her finger bitten off by a lepord.. saw the dried up chili finger on TV and said.. "Wow, that looks like mine!"
W.T.F.! If your finger tip isn't attached.. and you see another fingertip its probably going to look a damn lot like your's. It doesn't automatically make it yours. How in the freak would it get there anyway?
Police have since determined that its unlikely a match.

Quick Comments

Another nasty lady called today. We screwed up. A producer put the wrong date in one of our mini-news reports in the morning. Instead of the 12 it said the 13th. Not smart. So this woman calls up screaming.. "How can I trust you to gimme the news if you can't even get the dam date right!" Slamms down the phone. Think about it. She had to pick up a telephone book, find the number and call just to scream at me, and then hang up. I'm actually glad they hang up sometimes, because I'm afraid I might go off on some of these people.

American Idol: Everyone Sucks.. except Carrie. Don't understand how it could be this bad.

Beautiful weather in New Mexico this week!

Isn't this cool? (Courtesy: Google) 

I Have a Problem

Yes.. I have a problem. I can't stop it. I can't stop looking at sattilite images of things. This Google mapping feature is unreal. If you haven't checked it out.. do so at http://maps.google.com/ I recommend looking for the Space Needle, Disneyland, the White House, the Saint Louis Arch, Lakeridge High School, any Air Craft Carriers you can find, and and Air Force Bases. Very Cool!

New Google Satellite Maps Feature Rocks. (Picture Courtesy: Google) 

The Doctor is in, 5 Cents

There are a lot of people up watching the news at 5:30 in the Morning. I know this because they call me. All the time. For no reason.

For the record, TV Newsrooms are not radio call in shows, counseling services, encyclopedias, almanacs, tv guide, ABC Headquarters, the government, etc.

Today a woman called me on the desk early. The conversation started very nice. She wanted to comment on a story we did about an unlicensed dentist who got busted. She didn't have a comment on the story, she just wanted to tell me that there are a lot of people who can't afford dental services because they're not covered by medicare. Fine, point taken, I told her I'd pass her concern along. But it didn't stop. She starts talking about the problems she had with her dentist. Apparently he put in a bad crown or bridge or something and she was in immense pain, and when she went to the low cost dental clinic to get a new dentist to fix it they told her to basically deal with it. Terrible! "Is there something we can help you with?" i ask. She starts up again.. about how terrible it is that society doesn't provide dental coverage, and how badly they treated her and how she's educated but can't work because she has MS.. and this is a travesty....
"Mamm, is there somehow we can HELP you?" She continues.. this time about how corrupt this place where she had the work done.. and what's she supposed to do now.. and my god.. she's educated.. how is it possible that educated people can't get dental coverage. We're at like 10 minutes here. "Mamm, I'm sorry, I can't listen to your dental problems all morning.. how can we..." CLICK.
10 minutes of my life I will never get back.


To Waste 10 minutes of your life watch this link, totally hilarious.
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2667497 (warning strong language)

Crepés!

Okay food lovers, if you're looking for something different to make you've got to try Crepes. They're absolutely elegant and taste fantastic. I remembered how much I like them when I was in Santa Fe looking into a Crepe restaurant, my mouth watering. So when I went home, I had to make some. Here's how you do it, Combine four eggs, 4 tablespoons sifted flour (sifting is important!), 4 tablespoons sugar, and enough milk until it gets slightly runny. Pour the mixture over a hot buttered pan.. and cook until its totally firm then flip.. and cook for another minute or two.

They're not just good for dessert. I like stuffing them with sauteed Mushrooms, onions and a little spinach. But you can experiment. For desert, any good syrup and berries will do, but peanut butter, cinnamon, and honey is dynamite.

Bon Appetit!