What have you done now?
Ever been in trouble at work or school? I’ll go first.
In middle school, I was talking in class. The teacher: “Miss Talley, would you like to stay after school and get licks?” Me: “I sure would.”
At work, with all the best intentions of getting to a story fast, I crashed a satellite truck into the station, stripping the microwave dish off the top and sending it crashing to the ground. The dish was sitting on the curb like a 5-year-old waiting for his mommy to pick him up.
February 2nd, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Since my last name is Talley, I will have several posts (but not as many as my bro CT.)
In middle school I was paddeled in front of the entire Science class. While on a fieled trip I dove head first into a gorge. Go figure!
February 2nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm
I could hijack this entire thread with stories. I need to think about this. My whole life is like the series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
February 2nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
we just dont have the space for all my eye rollin genius moves at the fire station….i will also have to give this some thought…i have not crashed a firetruck YET into the station…i have done other things with one…
February 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Ever been in trouble at work or school? Yeah, I had my own chair in the principles office at Capt. Shreve. So many things come to mind. Once I wrote a series of letters to a young lady in my typing class who had just moved to Louisiana from Connecticut. I told her that I was a practitioner of voodoo and that I had placed a curse on her that would cause all of her hair to fall out within one week. I showed her a rabbit’s foot that I won at the State Fair and told her it was a sacred voodoo talisman. Anyway, I eventually ended up in the principles office and they called my Dad in. He was agitated that he had to leave work for such a ridiculous prank and that they were taking the whole thing so seriously. The principle asked him if he had ever seen me practicing witchcraft or voodoo at home. He said, “Well, he did nail a dead chicken to the front door once.” We were the only ones that laughed. I got suspended for three days.
I remember charlesm getting suspended from Capt. Shreve for having a bunch of guns in the back of his Chevy Blazer. This was way before kids brought guns to school to shoot each other. He had been hunting the previous day and just forgot to clean out his truck before going to school.
OH, I once called in sick at a job I had in Tuscaloosa. There was a hurricane heading straight for the Alabama coast so we decided to throw a hurricane party. I was at the grocery store with a grocery cart full of beer, ice and Pat O’Briens Hurricane mix. I went to the checkout lane and my boss was right there in front of me. She looked at my cart then looked at me and said, “I guess you are feeling better?”
February 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
At Baylor there no guys in the girl’s dorm and no girls in the guy’s dorm. There was also a curfew and no drinking rule but that never stopped us.
Anyway, my roommate and I had a 2nd floor room that led out a flat roof. One day some guy came running through trying to escape the dorm nazi. We let him out the window, he jumped to the ground and then hid in the closet. Needless to say, she found us there and we had to go the vice chancellor’s office. They called our parents and that was it. Hope the unknown girl in our dorm appreciated the effort.
February 3rd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Oh, that was “we” hid in the closet, not the nameless boy.
February 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am
You know the famous movie scene where Norma Rae stands on a table and holds up a union sign? Well, then-photographer David Paige was reinacting that scene in the newsroom, standing on a desk with a big sign that said, “UNION”. The station owner walked in right then and said, “Maybe I should come back later.”
February 5th, 2008 at 7:46 am
No, I am perfect.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:36 am
“At work, with all the best intentions of getting to a story fast, I crashed a satellite truck into the station, stripping the microwave dish off the top and sending it crashing to the ground. The dish was sitting on the curb like a 5-year-old waiting for his mommy to pick him up.”
Ah yes, everyone who was there on that hot,steamy night in July of 2006 will never forget that. Surprised you didn’t get licks for that.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
I hope the rats haven’t gotten the best of you, except for the parade Saturday night you’ve not been around much, your persona & smile are missed. Respectively the gentleman in the black & white shirt.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Thanks, WRyker. For missing me, that is. I’ve been sick all week while also training for our internet development. Then, there’s the rat issue. Life is complicated.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
If it wasn’t complicated it would be boring and then where would we be, at home watching “This Old House”.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Oh, maybe my life isn’t that complicated.
February 8th, 2008 at 4:59 am
It’s only a test; sometimes it’s an essay, sometimes it’s a pop quiz, sometimes it’s true not false, and occasionally it’s multiple choice where the answer lies behind door #1, #2 or #3.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
You’re right. Nothing’s black and white. It’s usually somewhere in the middle.
February 8th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Girl! I’ve missed you too! Sorry to hear you’ve been sick. This flu is kicking tail at school. EVERYONE is sick! Of course, those rats would do it for me too! Hurry back! Nice job on the website and name change. It was getting kind of long! Would never fit in my gradebook!
Love the family pics. Suzie hasn’t changed a bit!
February 9th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Stephen Hawkings might say it’s all relative. However, Solomon would probably say “Psalms 111:10″
I would say balance is needed between the two with a small measure of luck which sometimes favors the bold.
What would you say.
February 9th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Teach: So good to hear from you! Your students are lucky to have you as a teacher. Missed you.
WRyker: I don’t think I’ve ever been able to say that I hijacked my own thread on the subject of what people have done wrong with one on the meaning of life, but it does sort of create a balance. Want to take this outside? I think my siblings would really get into this topic. About to post it. Thanks for going there.
February 10th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Due to an unforeseen job-related event I had to fly to Amarillo yesterday. A pitfall with flying commercial is all the bugs that are in the air. So here I am in Amarillo, down with a bug wishing I was home curled-up on the sofa watching “This Old House”
I think there was a pop-quiz and I forgot to study.
P.S. need time to process so it doesn’t come across as incoherent drool and must resolve current issue but would look forward to a discussion about life and the pursuit of ones happiness.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Feel better soon, WRyker. My bug knocked me off the air and kept me from running for more that a week. Hope your isn’t as wicked.
February 11th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
WOW!
I think my biggest crime as a child was when I threw a party after school. I was a latch-key child. My parents didn’t get home until about 7pm. I was in 4th grade and decided I wanted to impress a girl I had a crush on by inviting my ENTIRE class to my house for a party after school.
I didn’t hear my dad’s car pull into the driveway.
To make the story more embarassing, he gave me a whooping in front of about 10 of my classmates who showed up — including my crush!
February 11th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Ouch!
February 15th, 2008 at 8:10 am
Enjoyed the Mansfield broadcast; it highlighted growing concerns echoed in small towns throughout the U.S. that we are entering a period of economic uncertainty and most Americans are hoping the next election will change that course.
However, I believe the outcome they’re seeking will not come based on who wins the election.
Although, I do foresee a historic event taking place as a result of who wins the election.
Just think we have the opportunity for America’s First Person or Spouse. I wonder how the White House will spin that, respectively the gentleman in the black and white shirt.