Weekend Open Thread, Lazy Summer Edition 7/11/08-7/13/08Submitted by LynnS on Fri, 07/11/2008 - 5:15pm.
Hey, it's free Slurpee day! (7/11/08--get it?) I don't want to drive just for a free Slurpee, so have a Coke one for me, eh? mmm, coke slurpee... It is *just* hot enough, right now. No hotter, please, this is perfect. I'm even getting a tan this year--not on purpose, just from being outside more. Enjoy your open thread. ( topics: General Media )
Don't know if you guys saw this or not, as I hadn't seen it on your site: "The Oregonian is closing three of its suburban bureaus, including offices in Gresham, Tigard and Vancouver, Wash." http://theoutlookonline.com/news/story.php?story_id=121582452022170900 Watching the 6pm news and was wondering if Stephanie Stricklend is pregnant ? She's quite far along and is trying to hide it from management under that awful black jacket she wears in the newsroom. She's afraid they won't let her go to China and eat mercury laden fish. She's picked a name, too: Orange Monday, in homage to her favorite Hollywood personalities Gywennie and Nic. How do you people not know this?!!! sorry to ruin your rant. But the 7-11 workers where I go to get my morning sugar hit donuts, and an occasional cup of coffee (better and cheaper that Starbucks) along with a lottery ticket for $1. Recognize me, ask me how I am today, smile and tell me to have a better day than they are having. Better because they have to put up with people who seem to think they can take out all their frustrations on low paid service workers. This "free" Slurpee Day seems isn't really what it seems. They basically put out about 20 small cups out per store and when they are gone - they're gone. Which is fine but it use to be free Slurpess all day when it first started out. I'm sure people can be greedy which is why the owners figured they'd only give out a small number of 'free' ones but we went to 2 different 7-11's and no 'free' Slurpees so then people are bummed and generally do pay the money to have one. I bet this is one of their biggest days for Slurpee's all year - especially if you have a kid with you. Saw 3 families in 5 minutes; all proceeded to buy them for the kiddos. Is anyone from KGW going to Beijing to cover the Olympics? Just curious. http://pregnantcornbread.blogspot.com/2008/07/inartful-lede-of-day-award... Monday, July 7, 2008 We all the news business is in a rough spot these days. Layoffs mount at every turn, editors grow more and more frantic as they feel the hot breath of the corporate bean counters on the back of their neck, and the second-grader-on-crack attention span of the viewing public has turned every newscast into a police blotter with five minutes for weather. That being said, however, my attention today was drawn to the remarkably hamfisted opening to a local news story turned in by one Erica Heartquist of KGW News in Portland. The story itself was simple: a local man had a heart attack, and his large, 150-pound dog decided to take out his grief by attempting to separate a neighbor from her arm. Simple story. And, pretty sad. How did KGW choose to describe these events, you ask? Witness: A large dog attacked a Southeast Portland woman over the weekend and the dog’s owner had no way of stopping him because he was dead. Almost breathtaking in its pull-no-punches simplicity, no? Said by David J at 1:19 PM Post new comment |
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...For the reminder! All day at work I've been thinking about that 'o so delicious free 7oz Slurpee... I think it's 7oz. All I remember is that the 7 Eleven workers are REALLY quick to snap at you - they must not like this day 'cause they get so many people and then there are those who refill their free Slurpee Dixie cup.