Archive for September, 2006

Back and Ready To Blog
September 30, 2006

We’re back! This is one of the first postings on the 4 p.m. page in a week!
We had experienced a few technical difficulties that prevented us from blogging. However, thankfully to the masterminds working on the News4 website, the problems were solved.
So what’s in the works for Monday … whether you’re trying to lose, gain, [...]

Looking Ahead
September 29, 2006

Two movies to watch for in the weekend ahead. One stars Helen Mirren titled “The Queen” and tells a half-fiction, half-fact story of Queen Elizabeth during the week the world mourned the death of Princess Diana. In case you didn’t know, they didn’t like each other. I hear Helen Mirren’s got a lock on an [...]

Broadway Bound?
September 22, 2006

I had a fun time talking with Ray Benson — the leader of Asleep at the Wheel — in his tour bus parked outside Kennedy Center. Ray formed his band in the early ’70s. He introduced a whole new generation to the music of Bob Wills — a 1930s and ’40s legend who mixed [...]

The E-Mail Generation
September 20, 2006

E-mail is a great tool, and these days people try to use it for just about everything. Whether it’s business or pleasure, or a goofy video on you-tube, nothing seems off limits for the content of e-mail messages these days.
But, have you ever been Blind Copied on an e-mail argument between 2 friends or family [...]

Skins Trump Computers
September 18, 2006

A lot of talk around the newsroom, and around the town today, was about the Redskins and what Sunday’s loss foretold about the season. With that in mind, when Joe Gibbs walked to the microphone about 4:45, we decided to put it on the air live to hear what he had to say. Of course, [...]