Here we are, already approaching the middle of 2012. The most important development lately was my long-awaited graduation from the University of Central Florida, where I received my Master of Arts in Mass Communication and the freedom to search for a job. That process is ongoing as of right now - as you can imagine, our current economic state ( Read more... )

After three and a half months, my internship at WESH 2 News finally came to an end on Thursday, April 26. WESH gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to gain experience in broadcast news and to learn about all aspects of the business. For that, I should thank the following people:

Bob: Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to give me ( Read more... )

Welcome back to "WCW: 11 Years Later." Last year, I reviewed the second episode of Nitro from 1995. I also considered doing the second-to-last Nitro at the time, but it was more difficult to find on YouTube. (Again, thank you WWE for allowing WCW footage to remain uploaded.) I did review the Greed main event from the night before. But now I am ( Read more... )

Welcome to my once-again revived annual retrospective on World Championship Wrestling. We are now at 11 years and counting since WCW mercifully went out of business. This anniversary carries extra intrigue, given that March 26, 2012 is a Monday, just as it was in 2001 when the final edition of Nitro aired. How will WWE RAW tonight compare to the ( Read more... )

Hello again everyone. It is now late May, shortly before Memorial Day, which makes this a good time to talk about a vacation. How about one that I already took? Beating the rush, Mom, Ryan and I all thought we should take our trip in the middle of May. Unlike prior family getaways, this one involved multiple hotels, more than a dozen restaurants ( Read more... )

Though this is a few days after the fact, I wrote this in Notepad on March 26 ( Read more... )

I was going to post one of those belated "2010 in Review" ramblings, but after thinking about it, there was no accurate way for me to portray 2010 here. On the bright side, I graduated from the University of Tampa, completed my internship and started in the University of Central Florida's Mass Communication graduate program, leaving my lifelong ( Read more... )

As I mentioned recently, Sam Seltzer's closed after business on May 16. On the subject of closings, an even more unfortunate one to report in Land O' Lakes. Sanders Memorial Elementary School, or simply "Sanders," is shutting its doors after 62 years. That was my school from 1993-98, kindergarten through fourth grade, before we switched counties ( Read more... )

Yes, a wrestling reference in the title, despite my on-again, off-again declining interest in the last few years. I'm here to address how a bit of the past and a lot of the future make up my present ( Read more... )

It's about time I came back here and updated my status in more than 140 characters ( Read more... )