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IU / journalism / Thursday / Twitter / Wednesday — Comments Off on If you’ll allow me to brag on some people
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Apr 19

If you’ll allow me to brag on some people




IU / video / Wednesday — Comments Off on Play ball!
10
Apr 19

Play ball!

This evening IU softball hosted Purdue for a doubleheader. It was faculty and staff appreciation night. As a part of that the players were asked to select a person who makes a big impact on their time on campus. So the starting catcher, Bella Norton, nominated The Yankee:

Norton went 3-6 on the night and the Hoosiers split the double-dip. She’s a fine catcher, commands the field as a fiery competitor and she works with a terrific all-conference caliber pitcher. Also, I had her in class last year, which was a good deal of fun. But The Yankee got the autograph tonight.

adventures / Friday / IU / photo — Comments Off on The points don’t matter
5
Apr 19

The points don’t matter

Saw this on the way to lunch. As sidewalk art and advertisements go …

Maybe I should be scared, or find this comforting. Just let it be quick?

We went to the theatre tonight:

I bought these two seats as a part of our Christmas gifts. These people behind us were not a part of the deal:

The show was Whose Live Anyway? which is, of course, the traveling live version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? The cast included Greg Proops, Jeff Davis, Joel Murray and Dave Foley. I’ve watched Proops for forever, but Dave Foley is … well, Dave Foley.

Before the show our section was given slips of paper. We were asked to write a sentence which might get used in the show. The slips were taken up and they were distributed to a few of the players. The bit was Murray and Foley who were sudden empty-nesters. At one point Foley reached into his pocket, pulled out a slip of paper and read my line, about his character’s daughter.

“She’s from Canada. You don’t know her.”

So a Canadian comedian I started watching 30 years ago said my line which, for about that same amount of time, has remained one of the simultaneously dumbest and most brilliant jokes I know.

It was a really fun show.

IU / journalism / photo / Thursday / Twitter — Comments Off on New threads, new palmarés
4
Apr 19

New threads, new palmarés

I’m trying out a new look. What do you think?

Proudly wearing my new socks, which my friend, the thoughtful Dr. Ann Pegoraro sent me. (I just sent her socks, too, so that’s our thing now.) These are Baie d’Hudson socks, and they are fancy.

I doubt there’s ever been that much color between my shoes and slacks.

The sports crew is goofing off in the studio for my amusement:

And then getting down to business:

We had to record some extra promos tonight, since a bunch of our news people, have recently been nominated for awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. Michael Dugan did the promos, bragging on Andrew Lamparski’s general news nomination for a story about prescription drug abuse and Meredith Struewing’s feature news nomination for a local circus school. They’re both sophomores, so we’re going to get plenty more stories from them in the next few years.

IU / photo / video / Wednesday — Comments Off on It has happened before
3
Apr 19

It has happened before

For three days in a row the air around us has given us hints of spring.

That’s called a winning streak.

Maybe in three or four more weeks we’ll be able to confidently say the condition has stuck.

Television:

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