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Back From Vacation; Landing In This?!
After being off work and out of town last week, I was ready to come home to North Carolina Sunday…or at least I thought I was. The World spent half the week in Houston, Texas and the other half in Denver, Colorado at the American Meteorological Society’s Broadcast Conference…and it was a little weather that [...]
Mangos For A Month
Does your favorite fruit have an entire month dedicated to it? The National Mango Board (yes, there is one of those) dropped me a few mango’s this week to remind me that June is Mango Month.
Just in case you are confused, I am not talking about Chris Kattan’s character, Mango, from Saturday Night Live. I’m [...]
NC State Wolf Mascot “Performs” Weather
In case you missed the 6th annual NBC17 Health and Fitness Festival last weekend at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, please allow me to fill you in on all the excitement.
Aside from the health and fitness information provided by various organizations, the festival provided a rock climbing wall, NASCAR simulator, demonstrations, dance stages and a [...]
Cow Poops On Air During The News
I can’t say I woke up this morning thinking I was going to blog about this subject, but here you go!
Let’s go west to Sacramento, California where KMAX’s morning show Good Day Sacramento was broadcasting live from the Dixon May Fair. The Dixon May Fair is an abbreviated state fair in Dixon, California, but it’s a [...]
Raleigh Strawberry Fields Ripe & Ready
Unusually warm weather this spring might have meant you’ve had to turn the AC on a little early, but it also means great things in the strawberry industry.
Each of the last two weekends we’ve made the trip to Porter Farms Strawberry Patch and each time we hit the jackpot. I’ve had a long love affair [...]
$9 Digital TV Converter Box
After waiting two months, my $40 digital TV vouchers from the government arrived in the mail yesterday. For the 433,000 North Carolina households the digital conversion will affect, I have found a way to make the switch for only $9!
Starting February 17, 2009 all broadcast television stations (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CW & PBS) must switch the way they [...]
Winning Losers In Softball
THE BEST 1-2 TEAM OUT THERE…that’s what people are saying about the NBC17 softball team after losing 20-14 yesterday. That’s right…our one game winning streak is over! Perhaps we aren’t the best fielders and maybe we don’t keep our eye on the ball in the batters box, but we sure do have fun!
No exciting video this [...]
Can Dogs And Cats Get Along
I was sitting down to blog it up this morning with a few things on my mind, but the mischievous adventures of man’s best friend taking place right before me seemed much more entertaining.
Zoe the dog and Midnight the cat are good friends and have been for years…but every once in a while they like [...]
NBC17 Softball Wins, Penn Runs
Game two of the season for NBC17’s softball team, The Bad News Bears, went a little better than the first game. We limped away victorious, 7-6 against the team from 96Rock.
There were plenty of highlights in the game; well…maybe plenty isn’t the best word to use. Either way, the lowlights are always more fun to [...]
Everybody Working For The Weekend
A little vacation in the weather department will result in some schedule shifting this weekend and yours truly working Saturday night. My feelings concerning this would be best expressed through the musical stylings of Loverboy and their early 80s video Working For The Weekend…enjoy!
Word has it that this is Bill Fitzgerald’s favorite video of all time!
Have [...]