So much fun to be back on Fox but I was really dragging around noon yesterday.
Ragweed in the air, or so I have been told. Whatever it is, it’s making me sneeze and my eyes water and I don’t like it one bit. I blame pigweed.
Playing golf tomorrow for 36 holes. Really, that’s too much golf isn’t it?
This morning, Ron Jackson is fillin’ in for Evan, Lynn Kawano is fillin’ for Megan, and I’m fillin’ in for Chip. I told Lynn that Fox 4 was the Fillin’ Station. lololololo. (Hey, I thought it was funny)
SMU TCU tomorrow night. I will be there at Ford Stadium. I hear there may be more purple than blue and red in Dallas that night. Frog UP!
A little bit of Chicken Fried Bacon goes a long way. Trust me.
I wonder if it will snow this winter? That would be awesome.
Sorry these thoughts are lame. Todd is tired boy.
Robyn, it took me longer than I expected to write out with that title.
Hey it’s Thursday and it’s time for a video. But before I do that, let’s check out the results of the our poll on the right side of the home page…The question was: What do you watch in the morning? And over half of you who responded to the poll said, no big surprise here, Fox 4. I am happy to hear that because today, tomorrow and Monday, I am scheduled to fill in for my good buddy, Chip Waggoner. I did make a brief appearance in the afternoon a few weeks ago but this will be the first time on Good Day since I said “Good Bye” back at the end of May. Hey, a big thank you to Fox 4 for letting me pitch in on a fill-in basis. And a big thank you to my current employer, The Expo Group, for allowing me to do the occasional on-air gig.
I wonder if they’ll let me do pet of the week again?
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright
I really like this quote and apparently so do quite a few other people because when I was trying to find out who this guy Herm Albright was, this is what I found at somebody else’s blog.
It appears that Herm Albright’s most famous quote is, “A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.” It’s a funny quote, with several possible meanings.
A friend of mine posted that quote on her blog and then asked, “Who is Herm Albright?”
From what I’ve been able to determine, Herm Albright lived from 1876 to 1944, and he might have been a writer for the Saturday Evening Post. That’s all I’ve been able to dig up, and I’m really curious. Wikipedia doesn’t have an entry, and all the search engines turn up quote after quote, but nothing about the man or his life.
Anybody have old copies of the Saturday Evening Post? How about a little author bio? Anything would help.
Well Herm, I dedicate this picture and this Tuesday quote to you.
Okay, so this past weekend the movie was…..The Sandlot. I remember having a conversation with a friend the other day and getting berated because I had never seen this movie before. Even my kids yelled at me and so it showed up in the Netflix rotation on Friday and it was our choice of movie to watch on Saturday afternoon as we waited for the non-existent tropical storm from Hurricane Ike to hit Dallas-Fort Worth.
SHORT PLOT SYNOPSIS: The film is a flashback to 1962 when Scotty Smalls moves with his mother and stepfather to a new city. Hey guess what? His mom is Indiana Jones’ girlfriend/wife Karen Allen. And his dad is a very restrained non-cigarette smoking Denis Leary. The move gave Scotty very little time to make friends before summer and he’s somewhat of a “nerd”.
Scotty doesn’t know how to throw or catch (which I find really kind of hard to believe cuz I mean what kid doesn’t take a ball outside and throw it up in the air and catch it by himself ?) Anyway, he makes friends with the local kids, learns how to play baseball but accidentally hits an important souvenir into the domain of the beast- a very scary looking dog owned by the great James Earl Jones.
OVERALL: This IS a fun movie. If you have kids 8 or above, sit down and watch it with them. It reminds me of the awesome A Christmas Story
And as I sit here and think about it, I am wondering why they didn’t just build some sort of wall or net to keep any stray balls from going over the dreaded fence and into the beast’s lair. Maybe they would have if James Earl Jones had told them if “they build it, he will come.”
RENT IT?: If you loved A Christmas Story, you will like The Sandlot. Not fantastic (as I was led to believe) but it’s cute.
UPDATE: Would you believe there have already been 2 sequels to this movie? And a Sandlot 4 is supposed to be released this year. That sounds like a lot of balls getting lost to me.
EDITED: How many spelling errors can a guy have in 1 entry? Damn! Somebody remind me to run spell check on this thing before I post next time.
I love big weather events and I was bizarrely excited about the possibility of Ike coming right towards DFW. (I don’t want anybody hurt)
Have you had a stomach ache and you try to back track what you ate that might have possibly upset your delicate intestinal system? Yeah, that’s what I was doing yesterday. Sandwich? Taco Bueno? Oatmeal? That’s it. Oatmeal. I don’t know why but my tummy just doesn’t like it anymore.
Son 1 of 2 played QB, safety and punt returner last night. Recovered a fumble and Bell’s defense held Burleson at the last second to win their 2nd game.
I was gonna go to the TCU game on Saturday but the time has now changed to noon cuz of the weather. If it’s not just pouring down rain, I might still go.
The internet has leveled the playing field for the idiots and the intelligent to spout off on whatever subject they want. People, please do your research before you believe everything you read in an email or a website. snopes.com
Can’t wait to see what SNL can come up with this season.
Updates coming next week on how much my final emergency room cost is going to end up being.
And another big surprise set for Thursday. As they say in the TV business, stay tuned!
I really like tomatilla hot sauce. Mmmm green.
Supposed to be 63 on Tuesday night. That is awesome town.
I want a purple iPod Nano.
But I would rather have a new iPod touch. Or iPhone. Okay, I’m having a serious case of the iWants.
I enjoy watching Mythbusters on Discovery. (I especially like Kari) But out of the two main guys, Adam seems like he would be the most fun to go have a beer with and just talk about why the phone always rings when I am in the bathroom or why you can’t survive a falling elevator by jumping up at the last second.
Or why your voice gets lighter with helium and deeper with some other stuff that he mentions here.
I have got to get me some of that and prank call my friends.
I didn’t have internet access last night at home. (that’s why this post is delayed) Woah. You don’t realize how addicted to the web you are until you can’t have it. The boys were complaining because they couldn’t play Halo 3 and connect with their friends and “pwn” somebody. Waah. I tried to distract them with an impromptu indoor putt putt tournament in the den that finished with a par 3 across the kitchen floor. It was quickly disbanded due to poor sportsmanship. Watching my twins fight is like watching both sides of my personality duke it out with each other. One can be quick-tempered and physical and the other needlessly attacks with verbal jabs that he knows will simply provoke the other into a possible rage. It’s annoying and it’s exactly how I would have acted if I had a brother when I was 15.
I'm gonna live 76.3 years!
Today’s quote about fame was selected based on a personal experience that occured yesterday in the hall outside my office. I now reside in the offices that stretch along the front of the building with my name prominently posted right outside my door. Our HR Director was escorting a potential new hire around and as they passed by my office I heard this guy excitedly say, “Is that Todd Carruth from Fox 4?”
I smiled and yelled jokingly, “I’m famous!” They walked back to my open office door and the gentleman said quickly ,”I watch Fox 4 all the time and we were wondering what happened to you and my kids were asking me what happened and I like watching Tim and Megan and nobody said what happened to you and you guys were like family.”
I laughed and said, “Well they DID do a goodbye for me but I’m really glad that you are a fan of the show.”
I got off my ass, walked around my desk and stuck out my hand. “What’s your name?” “Terry.”
“Terry, I’m Todd. It’s nice to meet you.” I could tell he was getting a kick out of seeing me and frankly I was getting a kick out of someone being excited at seeing me.
Now, I’m not posting this to pat myself on the back on how nice I am. I’m posting this to remind myself that fame IS fleeting and I am so happy that the part of my brain that used to slink in the corner and not talk to anyone has finally fled.
Character endures and I have been told that I am quite the character on occasion.
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