Archive for October, 2006
We have a new low …
First, go back and refer to this post: But He’s a Dog.
Okay, now read this.
Taz, the dog (note: not “our” dog, because that implies I have some sort of ownerhip and thus responsibility for this phenomenon) has, get this …. a Web site.
My sister says he needs one. After all, we all have one. […]
Posted: October 30th, 2006 under life, web.
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clips update
I’ve reorganized the clips. Some are archived and they’re set so that you can more readily find current stories. More are coming. Stay posted.
Posted: October 28th, 2006 under web, work.
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God bless them
From Friday’s Daily News-Record:
Slain Man Mourned, Celebrated
‘We Love You, Fu,’ Proclaim Participants in Kelley Street Vigil
By Kelly Jasper
HARRISONBURG — They stood, faces lifted to the dark night, and shouted together, “We love you, Fu.” They stood, voices crying out “Amen,” as fireworks exploded on the corner of Kelley and Myrtle streets. They stood, as a […]
Posted: October 27th, 2006 under work, world.
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amazing
Somehow … somehow, i’m still getting calls on the trains. How many weeks later??
Posted: October 27th, 2006 under work.
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Journey of Hope
By Kelly Jasper
HARRISONBURG — SueZann Bosler is willing to go to jail to save the man who killed her father.
She fought for his life after he nearly took her own.
Even after her father’s murderer was removed from death row, Bosler and the advocacy group she co-founded continues to campaign for alternatives to the […]
Posted: October 18th, 2006 under work, world.
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30 and counting …
I’m lovin this AP thing. Silly, sure. Plenty of people have mentioned that to me. But I can’t help it. Say my name in the same sentence as “the Associated Press” and I blush.
In two days, I’ve received dozens of phone calls about that railroad story. I stopped counting after the 30th phone call this […]
Posted: October 11th, 2006 under web, work, world.
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Oh. My.
Forget cool, collected professional.
I get down-right giddy with good news. The Associated Press picked up an article of mine today, published in today’s Daily News-Record. That means it could run anywhere. Anywhere. Because it’s a Virginia-focused story, that means mostly likely Virginia. Like, the Daily Press. And a Washington radio station. Or a Hampton Road’s […]
Posted: October 9th, 2006 under web, work, world.
Comments: 3
From Monday’s Daily News-Record:
Fall Rail Excursions A Road Less Traveled
By Kelly Jasper
VERONA — Ed Keenan lives every boy’s dream. Keenan, 68, of Waynesboro, is a train conductor.
On Sunday, he and a crew led more than 600 people on backwoods tours of the Shenandoah Valley. Each fall excursion travels the short-line of the historic Shenandoah Valley Railroad, […]
Posted: October 9th, 2006 under work, world.
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