I can’t sleep. It’s probably because I had not only a chai earlier today but a giganto sweet tea at about 11. I’ve been drinking nothing but water, ginger ale and, with the exception of the past five days, alcohol since maybe the end of November when I had a Mountain Dew on one of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘h-well’
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, j-ville, journalism, post of the year, small figures in a vast expanse on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
it’s a long way to tipperary
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, vampire/forest fire on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to the Editor I sent in for Tuesday’s edition First and foremost, I would like to congratulate Elizabeth Farina in her opportunity to continue the improvements to the Hopewell News & Patriot that I began. Secondly, and most importantly, I want to say goodbye to all of you in the Tri-Cities. I have some [...]
1293: entirely too late
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, small figures in a vast expanse on April 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So, a week ago, I was at the joint Virginia Press Association/Society of Professional Journalists conference. I was a panelists in the SPJ conference. I talked about social media and how it leveled the playing field when I go against the larger daily papers with my thrice weekly. I sorta expected to completely crash and [...]
sessy page
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, layout & design, pictures! on September 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I should have a A+E page launch party Friday. I’m excited. I already have some stuff for the lead story for next week. Seriously, I’m winning a VPA for something at the next awards. I better.
OK, I guess it warrants an explanation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged best post ever, h-well, journalism on August 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
So, for some inexplicable reason, we get shipments of paper every few days despite having a literal warehouse full of paper. I guess it’s better not to run out but, seriously. Today, we were supposed to get a shipment of paper. Instead, one of our employees arrived at about 7:30 a.m. to a hole in [...]
all my old friends — they don’t know me now
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, pictures!, the state i am in on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I did not expect to see naked Hispanic children in a front yard. But there I was, standing in the living room of Butler’s new house in Annandale and there they were in a wading pool while what was probably as close as a caregiver as they had sat on the stoop. They were out [...]
i forgot to change my alarm back from 5 a.m.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, pictures! on December 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here a a couple pictures I took this week. The first one is Hopewell City Hall during the Grand Illumination. It wasn’t called that but I like calling it that. You can buy the newspaper with the photos of the actual lighting in it for 75 cents. It wasn’t very grand but what do you [...]
dual grill action
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, pictures!, rva, the state i am in on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this month, Jonathan perfected his hamburger recipe and pretty much told everyone at work about it. That led to a discussion along the ranges of “how about you make some for us?” So we had a cookout. Because it was Thursday. I took more photos but I keep forgetting to upload them. To be [...]
is it saturday yet?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, pictures!, rva, superpost on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I have a very strong negative Pavlovian response to the sound of modern alarm clocks (correct my description if I’m wrong, Roller), I use my cell phone as an alarm clock. I use a variety of sounds on it so I don’t equate any one of them to waking up against my will and [...]
Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers of Hopewell
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged h-well, journalism, true rants on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I am ashamed. As a journalist, I am ashamed. On April 4, Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Myers was killed when an improvised explosive device detonated in Helmand, Afghanistan. Due to new rules from the government, his family had the option of allowing the arrival of his casket to Dover Air Force Base, Del. This [...]
