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Saturday, September 5, 2020
Dreaming of Las Vegas again
Earlier this week, I had a dream we here once again I was back in Las Vegas. I was transported to a gaming room that resembled more like a Chuck E Cheese and a Dave and Buster's than an actual casino.
I was working on winning some tickets for a grand prize. After that, I was working harder to escape from that room and get into a restaurant. Specifically, I was trying to get into another buffet restaurant.
I don't know what it is about me and buffets (except I like them).
I still felt trapped inside that gaming room with nowhere to go. I was very stuck. The exit door seemed so far away and some heavy vending machine kept pushing me further away from the exit. Yikes.
Still, I could taste the cooked red meat that was waiting for me.
I felt like I was getting closer and closer to my destination, and before I knew it, I woke up.
I got out of bed early enough to get ready for work and go to work on time at WGCL-TV.
In reality, I'm blessed to be working and providing for my family during this difficult time of the coronavirus pandemic.
I don't get down in the dumps that my family and I aren't traveling on vacation right now. I know that we are all doing are part to be safe and healthy by staying home as much as possible.
We will travel again one day soon.
Monday, August 17, 2020
Writing Samples from August 2nd, 2020
MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PREVIEW 1
(FULL VO)
FOOD DESERTS ARE APLENTY IN ATLANTA.
THEY EXIST EVEN MORE IN RURAL GEORGIA.
WE WILL TAKE YOU NEAR SWAINSBORO WHERE THE NEED IS HIGH, AND VOLUNTEERS DELIVER FRESH FOOD TO THOSE WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE.
MOBILE FOOD PANTRY PREVIEW 2
(FULL VO)
THE PANDEMIC HAS MADE THE NEED FOR FOOD MUCH GREATER.
BRINGING THE FOOD TO THE PEOPLE IN RURAL GEORGIA IS EVEN MORE CHALLENGING.
COMING UP, WE WILL MEET VOLUNTEERS WHO DELIVER FOOD RIGHT FROM THE CHURCH TO THE PEOPLE.
DEKALB DEMOCRATIC RUNOFF
(OTS GFX/ON CAM)
RUNOFF ELECTION DAY IS AUGUST 11TH.
MANY LOCAL RACES ARE UP FOR GRABS, INCLUDING THE HOTLY CONTESTED SUPER SIX DISTRICT SEAT IN DEKALB COUNTY.
(VO)
FORMER CLARKSTON MAYOR TED TERRY AND POLITICAL NEWCOMER MARYAM AHAMD ARE VYING FOR THE SEAT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY.
TERRY BLASTED THE ASIAN AMERICAN ADVOCACY FUND AS 'ANTI-IMMIGRANT' AFTER THE GROUP ENDORSED HIS OPPONENT.
HE APOLOGIZED FOR MAKING THE STATEMENT.
WHOEVER WINS THE RUNOFF WILL TAKE THE SEAT SINCE NO REPUBLICAN RAN IN IT.
ARIZONA DAIRIES STRUGGLING
(ON-CAM)
ARIZONA DAIRY FARMERS ARE STRUGGLING TO SELL THEIR MILK DURING THE PANDEMIC.
(VO)
ARIZONA IS ONE OF THE LEADING HOTSPOTS FOR COVID-19.
FARMERS HAVE A LOT OF MILK AND NO PLACE TO SELL IT.
SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE MARCH, AND RESTURANTS HAVE STARTED TO RE-OPEN WITH REDUCED CAPACITY.
THAT HAS LED WITH REDUCED SALES
ALL MILK IS NOT LOST AS FOOD BANKS HAVE GOTTEN WHAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLD OR WASTED.
EVEN THAT HAS ITS ISSUES.
(SOT)
Angie Rodgers/Food Bank Network CEO
"The handling, the short shelf life, hot it needs to be stores at certain temperatures, how quickly it needs to be distributed is a challenges."
(CONTINUE VO)
THE ARIZONA FOOD BANK NETWORK GAVE AWAY MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TO BUY NEW REFRIGERATORS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO MOVE THE MILK WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO.
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Monday, April 6, 2020
Another dream deferred
The Coronavirus pandemic has caused my family and I to do the right thing and reschedule our trip for next Spring Break. It is definitely a first world problem. I mean, if my wife and I have waited nine years to get back on the big boat, we can wait one more.
Our main priorities are our family's health, well-being, and everyone else's health and safety.
My wife and I are able to work from home as long as we need to. We will do the best we can to take care of our two sons while we're on this home-bound journey.
I'll do my best to entertain them, but their tablets are doing that for them.
I only wish I could take my family on board a cruise so that our sons could see how much fun it is for the first time.
I wanted to ride down the water slides with Ben and Blake. I wanted my wife, Kelly, to record our slides together.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Dreaming about Whataburger
I had visions of small whataburger juniors and mini-pizzas for $1 a piece. In the dream, I got close to a bite of each one of those two foods. I came close. Along the way I was in search of my son Ben. He could have been anywhere in the airport.
In reality, I woke up. I haven't had a whataburger for more than a year down in Florida. I had pizza within the last week, and I ate pizza bites yesterday. I haven't been to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in almost six years.
I just had a homemade hamburger for breakfast here at work this morning. I'm not even hungry anymore, only thirsty.