NEWSNET5

One of my favorite websites is nine years old. Happy anniversary NewsNet5!

Here are a few reasons I love NN5.

A) They send me two newsletters everyday-- one at noon with the day's headlines and one at 1 o'clock with the entertainment headlines. I also get the weekly Vegas newsletter and breaking news updates.

2) They always post interesting stories worthy of forwarding. Today's forward was about the nut fry in Wisconsin.

C) You later

4) The Weird Chronicles. I know the column isn't unique to NN5, but I read it there.

E) I met my friend Thom via NewsNet5. He was mentioned in a story about his appearance on the morning show. Unfortunately, I've never been mentioned on the site. I posted a picture once, but I can't find a link to it.

6) I've won a few contests.

And one thing I hate about the site is the searchability of it. Try it. It sucks.

You Know I'm No Good

The current song that's playing in my head:

Amy Winehouse

And this cover is pretty good too:

Arctic Monkeys

I'm not that jazzed about Amy Winehouse's other songs, but she's got a unique sound.

Thanks Easter Bunny!

I love coming home at 11:30pm after a day spent eating too much sugar* to find a foot(?) of snow surrounding my house. I shoveled enough to get my car in the driveway and a path to my front door (pictured). The freezing rain/snow falling on me as I worked was annoying yet refreshing.

*Here are the sweets I ate today: Hot Cross Muffins, Carrot Cake (both baked my me!), Capirotada, Cheesecake and some candy from my Easter Basket.

Damn Groundhog

I meant to post this like 2 weeks ago.

February 10

Fat robin spotted

February 14

Snow




Poor Toodle Bug!

Groundhog Day

Early spring
Phil
Chuck
Chuck
Huckleberry
General Beau Lee

More winter
Jimmy
Dave
Willie
Quentin

I choose to believe Buckeye Chuck because he's Ohio's official groundhog.

Fireplace

Ooh look, a fire! I love coffee.

Top of the World, Ma!

This squirrel thought it would be cool to run around inside the walls of my house. Yesterday, it got trapped and "relocated" for its actions. The guy who "took care" of it promised to do the same thing to any of its furry little friends.

Let's hope the other one that got caught today is its only friend in the world.