The car repair place called me back. Apparently, I threw the engine rod into the oil pan yesterday, and I need a new engine. It'll cost somewhere between 3500 and 4000 bucks to fix. I don't have that. So, unless they know of a place where I can get an engine cheaper, it looks like I'm gonna have to sell my truck ( Read more... )

The good: I did my column this week on Anna Nicole Smith's death, and it went pretty well. Here it is, for anyone who's interested in checking it out. http://www.henryherald.com/opinion/local_story_044221814.html?keyword=secondarystoryRead more... )

I did a feature story for today's (Friday) paper, about an 89-year-old truck farmer who lives in Stockbridge. What IS a truck farmer, you ask? Well, why don't you read and find out ( Read more... )

The assignment is to list 10 movies: your 5 favorites & your 5 guilty pleasures. Also include an explanation on why you love these particular movies so much. After you've finished that, pick 5 of your friends and tag them. No tag backs. This explanation should be included ( Read more... )

Right now, I'm waiting on my editor to take a look at my two stories that were due today, and then my first week as a reporter will be over. I gotta say, I'm enjoying it. Even the drive from Covington to McDonough's not that bad. I don't have be here most days until about 9:30, and I'm usually out by 6:30 or so. I've been able to do some pretty ( Read more... )

Wow. I still can't believe I'm actually doing this. I started my new job today at the Herald, and it went pretty well. Wrote my first column, started on a story, and found out about another couple stories I'm working on tomorrow. The drive home wasn't even that bad from McDonough to Covington. Maybe 25 minutes or so, and I passed the time talking ( Read more... )

You know the Bible 98%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! You are fantastic!

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I still need to be better about reading the Bible regularly. This is more a result of having ( Read more... )

When I was first told about the position I eventually got at the Herald, I was told that in addition to the courts & cops beat, I'd also get my own weekly column. This prospect made me very happy. Then I was told that they were shifting some things around, and I wasn't sure what that meant for the responsibilities of the job I applied for, ( Read more... )

So I got a call back from the paper in Henry County yesterday, and....they made me an offer!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm giving my two-week notice at Rockdale and starting at Henry on the 22nd as a general assignment reporter, focusing mainly on the Courts & Cops beat!!! I can't believe this is finally happening!!

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So, either yesterday or today, my brother Kevin got a letter in the mail from the sheriff's department, saying that they'd recovered some things of his, and he needed to come and get them. Apparently, someone broke into our old house, where a lot of Kevin's stuff still was, and took some of his things, later dumping what they didn't want. ( Read more... )