Random Thoughts from the Newsroom...

I'm so distracted tonight at work...so even though I should be writing bumps and teases by now, I'm taking a little "break" to share a couple of random thoughts...

Why it's fun working at a TV station:
I have a police scanner next to my desk so I can hear if something happens, like a fire, traffic accident, or robbery. And this one officer must be rolling around town with his radio on, because every time he gets on the scanner, I hear a different snippet of a song. The first one was, "We could go to the slums..." and the next one was, "Last dance with Mary Jane..." If I hear Miley Cyrus the next time, I will pee myself. Just imagine a cop rolling through the streets listening to Miley Cyrus. That girl is on the radio every fifteen minutes. And if they're not playing her music, they're talking about her.

Want to know some police scanner jargon? 10-50 is the code for traffic accident. 10-56 means "intoxicated pedestrian" (I hear that one a lot from the campus police), and 10-16 means "domestic trouble." That one happens a lot. It's crazy the stuff that goes on while people should be sleeping.

One of last night's stories was a dog attack, which is not funny. But what is funny is that I had to laugh because it reminded me of the first news story Ron Burgundy reads in the movie Anchorman..."A La Jolla man clings to life after being attacked by a pack of wild dogs at an abandoned pool.." I don't think I'm going to run that story.

I got to watch a live feed of the shuttle this morning. I taped it so hopefully we can use it this morning. I don't think we publicize NASA as much as we should. People remember that crazy Depends-wearing, homicidal astronaut lady better than they remember any recent space endeavors in the past couple years. Movies like Apollo 13 make me want to put space back in the spotlight, so people will get excited about it like they did in the 60s.

On the assignment board in front of me, it says one of my anchors has to go cover a story this morning about "eggs and issues"...that could mean so many things that I'm not even going to guess.

Lisa's recipe for Breakroom Mocha
Grab a styrofoam cup and fill it halfway with breakroom coffee.
Add two packages of Swiss Miss (the kind with the tiny marshmallows if ya got it).
Top off cup with more breakroom coffee.
Stir and enjoy! Caution, it's hot!

Ok, that's it. I'm getting back to work. I'll let the rest of my thoughts barrel around in the back of my head for now!