Earlier this afternoon I received a shocking phone call. It was from a confidante of Luis Yanez, our Olympic boxer from Duncanville.
It appears that Luis has been kicked off the team.
Luis apparently missed a deadline to rejoin his teammates, who are now training in Argentina. As a result, he has been removed from the team [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 30, 2008
A Shocking Phone Call
June 27, 2008
Window Into My World
First, an apology.
Sorry the sausage has been a bit sporadic lately. It’s all the cat herding (see earlier post).
It’s been awhile since I updated you on the kitchen renovation. That’s because the whole thing’s been on hold for various reasons. Mostly travel.
But today was window removal/installation day.
I’m glad I was there when the guys got to [...]
June 25, 2008
Catching Up With Carly
I had a chance to catch up with Carly Patterson last night. You remember Carly… our golden girl from the Athens Olympics.
Carly is a singer now, so we went to the Absolute Rehearsal Studios in Dallas to listen to her practice with her band.
I’ll be honest. I had no idea what to expect. And I’ll [...]
June 24, 2008
Herding Olympic Cats
44 days until Beijing, and I’m going for the gold in cat herding.
You see, before I head to China, I’m putting together stories on our local athletes. But that’s a lot harder than it might seem.
Athletes might be from here, but that doesn’t mean they live or train here.
If they do, they’re busy. This is [...]
June 23, 2008
Things I Saw at the Airport
If I look a little sleepy today, it’s because I am. My flight back to Dallas was delayed into the wee hours of this morning. But it gave me lots of time to people watch in Albuquerque. Among the interesting/amusing/disgusting/curious things I saw at the airport:
A man who chose to travel in his bathing suit.
A woman [...]
June 18, 2008
No Blog Today
As I write this, Tim Russert is being laid to rest. Please take the time you would have spent reading my blog today and use it to remember him.
Thank you.
June 17, 2008
Plastic Surgery
Leave it to I-30 to provide me with blog material.
I was cruising through Grand Prairie this morning when a rough storm blew through. Among the various items in flight over the highway was a large sheet of plastic.
I hit it, and then watched as it got sucked under my car. It shot out behind me, [...]
June 16, 2008
The Empty Chair
The moderator’s chair on Meet the Press was empty yesterday — left vacant as a tribute to Tim Russert.
If you missed the show, it was a touching celebration of Tim’s life.
Tom Brokaw guided the conversation among several of Tim’s closest friends and colleagues. It was comforting to have him there.
(Brian Williams has been reporting from [...]
June 13, 2008
Our Loss
Within the past hour we learned that our NBC colleague, Tim Russert, has died.
There is a palpable sense of shock in the newsroom.
Tim Russert did not spend a lot of time in our newsroom. There are not many people here who knew him personally.
But KXAS is part of the NBC-owned family of stations. And as [...]
June 10, 2008
Sunscreen and Towel Time
I will be on the set today. Promise. Sunburned, but there.
This is the time of year when reporters in North Texas need to adjust their daily regimens. But it always takes a cosmetic catastrophe to remind me.
I was outside for several hours today working on a story. But I was still in fall/winter/spring mode. No [...]
