Where do you want to go next year?  Already have plans for a vacation?  Where do you wish you could go?  Your answer, rt, should mention where you would go in a fantasy life in which you actually left the house.

“I need to find me a Walton.” -Meg Green, producer 03-01-02

“I guarantee I can break into your house in less than 15 seconds.” -T-Bone 03-06-02

“I think George W. is cute in kind of a nerdy way.” -Meg Green 03-13-02

“Dad, you go and steal everyone’s jokes!” -Sydney Fletcher 11-26-03

“I’m really older than I am.” -LindsAy Holman 11-18-03

Jody Lowery: “LindsAy, why are you so moody?”  LindsAy:  “I don’t know.  I’m just all up in it.” 10-03-03

“It’ll be a wild weekend.  You know Ms. Blanco…she’s a party animal.” -Trey Lankford, photographer covering Blanco headquarters 10-02-03

“If we look at the monitors and see that Channel 12 or Channel 6 have breaking news and we don’t, we’re disappointed…we’re bummed out.” -A Spider Monkey Newsroom Tour 11-12-02

“Who do you have to get under the mistletoe with to get a cup of coffee around here?”  -Sherri Allen 12-25-07

“Since 9-11, the Air Force has also been tracking Santa.” -Joe Haynes 12-24-07

“You can see Santa here on the radar in San Antonio.  And that’s the last we’ve seen of him.” -Joe Haynes on air 12-24-07 

“The only gift is a portion of thyself.”  –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace and Happy Christmas to you!

–Sherri

These are two of my favorite Christmas pictures from kidhood. The four of us in OKC with Danny’s stocking second from left (note HRB).  Danny insisted on being called Herb, with it being spelled HRB.  He would get very angry if you called him Danny or used a vowel when spelling Herb.  The other pic features Chris and Suzie in Upstate NY and the shag carpet we had to rake regularly.

This isn’t the Sherri Talley Jones Smith, etc. kind of name-dropping designed to simplify the lives of women who just want to be who they were born to be.  No, this is the kind where people (you know them) casually mention the name of a celebrity they “know” in an effort to seem more important.  That kind can be annoying.  It leaves you with a name-dropping gone bad sort of feeling. 

If used creatively, the art of name-dropping can be very effective and entertaining.  For instance, remember the 1988 vice presidential debate where Lloyd Bentsen said to Dan Quayle, “I knew Jack Kennedy.  Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine.  Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”  Another example of name-dropping gone good is what takes place in the newsroom.  Subjects and people are artfully discussed with reckless abandon and very thoroughally, so as to ‘get the facts’.  Yeah, we’re just doing our jobs.

With that in mind, who do you know?  I’ll get us started.  I went to school with Jane Spaulding Carter, the controversial mother of Aaron Carter and Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys).  Her father was my English teacher and I had a crush on her brother.  Just a crush.  See, there are some people in the world I haven’t married.  One less name for me to have to drop from the lineup.  So, now you go.  Drop that name! 

Taking a break here to ask for your help.  This is Brandon.  We invited him to ride on the KTBS float in the Bossier Christmas Parade.  Some 60 stories on foster children ago, Brandon was the first child I profiled.  While more than half of the children we’ve profiled have been placed in permanent homes, Brandon is still without a family of his own.  He’s 15 and living in the Rutherford House in Shreveport.  Brandon loves to fish and spend time outdoors and really needs a strong father figure.  We all know so many people.  Keeping in mind that you can adopt across state lines, will you pass this number along to anyone who might be open to learning more about the adoption process and opening their home to Brandon?  It’s a big thing to consider, but also extremely gratifying.  We don’t want to see Brandon age out of the foster care system.  The statistics aren’t good for children who never get the structure and love of a permanent family.  Thank you guys!  Here’s the number for the Louisiana Department of Social Services.  318-676-5048.

Here you go, you Scroll Trolls.  Since it appears not to matter what is posted, comment away!

This is my cubicle at work where quotes are posted before they’re harvested.  Trenada is our tape operator extrodinaire and many  quotes come from her church.  One of my favorites:  “Music soothes the savage breast.”

I know, I know.  I already have to block out three days to sign papers on a house because my signature is so long.  Effective January 1, 2008, I’m taking back my maiden name, Sherri Talley.  KTBS has graciously agreed to the change.  Casey has graciously agreed to remain my son.  I realize this might be confusing to viewers, so I’m inviting them to this site for questions.  Get ready to make some new friends!