Forbes.com has released 12 things that make us happy.  Well, they didn’t actually release those things.  If they did, wow…I mean, world peace and such.  It was sort of a survey.  What makes you happy?  How about a top 3?

The penguin prank in Mansfield was so well executed.  Suzie Talley was the queen of effective pranks when she was in college.  Hey, LindsAy, remember when I kidnapped your cow and sent you ransom notes and pictures? 

This is KTBS Operations Manager Trey Lankford modeling one of the recent federally mandated safety vests we, as reporters, are being told to wear if we report within 150-feet of a federally-aided highway.  It’s tuff readin’, but if you want more, go here.  

Of course, we all want to be safe and we want that for our fellow workers, but some of us in the newsroom couldn’t help but think about how viewers might sit in their living rooms discussing the vests and such instead of listening to what we’re reporting. 

And why not, while we as a society are making money for attorneys and those who file suit, extend those safety guidelines to include parking lots?  Lots of unsafe things happen there.

As I write, I’m wearing one of those vests, safety goggles, a helmet and knee and elbow pads. 

   

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In between working for KTAL and KTBS, I became a professional photographer for a very short time, with a crash-course in training from Dr. Eddie Shell, formerly of BPCC.  He and his wife welcomed Casey and me into their home one summer to learn as much as possible.  My son was my practice target.  I taught him how to shoot and he would help me on my photo sessions with children.  This is all the past.  I’m trying now to learn all the digital stuff.  This was old school Cannon A-1 stuff that’s been scanned.  Click on “Photos I took!”  

“I’ve been in a jail cell.  And I wasn’t there to do a story.”  –Jim Roberts 01-09-08

“How come everytime something’s got to be cleaned up, you gotta talk to the black girl?”  –Stephanie Samuels 01-09-08

“Like Mike Powell, I’ve over-produced.”  –Fletch, upon realizing he wrote more than he had time for in his sportscast.  12-31-07

“I can’t keep a man or a dog.”  –Sherri Talley 12-28-07

“I’m inspired not to inspire.”  –Ed Walsh 01-25-08

“Lakesha is the only person who wears a hoodie who is not an armed robber.”  –Clay Kirby 01-25-08

“Hey, Fletch!  I saw where your daughter, Tracey, turned a year old at Chimp Haven today.”  –Sparky  01-03-08

“The young guy from the Supranos…I was washing his car.”  –Jim Roberts’ dream 01-18-08

Rob Brennan:  “I hate people.”  Jim Lee:  “WE’RE people.”  Rob:  “Friends of mine aren’t people.”  01-06-08

“Ha ha ha.  Snort.”  –Sherri Talley/Days that end with ‘y’

Jake and Casey used to have to best conversations.   

Jake:  “When I grow up, I’m going to live in a 100 story house.”  Casey:  “I’m gonna live in the library.  They have a copy machine!”

Share with us your child’s sayings or some you might remember from childhood. 

(L to R) KTBS 3 Photographer Casey Habich and Producer Jill Davies.  Along with Lambert Chow, from the Caddo Sheriff’s Office and KTBS, we covered the streets from the Krewe of Gemini Parade about a week ago.  Check out the photos.  Scroll down on the right side of this page to “KTBS Behind The Scenes”.

Several of you asked about CT after his surgery to remove what we affectionately refer to on this site as “squirrels in the attic”.  He’s apparently doing well and is back to being rad.  Way to go, CT!