so it's been a while

So after the election I've been pretty bad about posting.

Let me start out by saying that Election Day was the craziest day of my career and it was wonderful. So many people combining efforts to tell one story,... very cool.

So what's new in the world? The economy still sucks, there are even more layoffs and it's colder outside. Things are pretty bleak. Today's New York Times quote of the day is

"In the last year, I’ve put in for more than 100 jobs. I stopped counting after 110. It’s just so defeating."
PAT WEBER, a construction administrator in Fennville, Mich., who was laid off.

In the news:

Clinton as Secretary of State....

I'm actually happy about that role. For a while I critisized Obama for not picking Hilary as VP because I thought it would have made him unbeatable. But now he's given her a role that actually maters - a role where she can make a difference.

Check out this slideshow from the Los Angeles Times on the wildfire devastation. It's hard to believe this actually happened.



The Huffington Post has a pretty amusing feature up, the 100 greatest April Fool's Jokes of all time... their number one?

"In 1992 National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation program announced that Richard Nixon, in a surprise move, was running for President again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." Accompanying this announcement were audio clips of Nixon delivering his candidacy speech. Listeners responded viscerally to the announcement, flooding the show with calls expressing shock and outrage. Only during the second half of the show did the host John Hockenberry reveal that the announcement was a practical joke. Nixon's voice was impersonated by comedian Rich Little."

I don't really understand why it's posted in November, but whatever. I guess not all news can be serious. When I worked at a broadcast network the anchor once said, "Remember the summer of the sharks?" (Everyone thought that reporting on all the shark attacks was really silly and repetitive.) Then he followed up with, "that was the summer before 9/11, so be thankful for the funny stories." It always stuck with me.

With a lack of good news I can, and do, appreciate the features.

*fire photo taken by Brian Vander Brug/LA Times pulled from here