I picked up today’s Lincoln Journal Star, which included the “KFOR Best of Lincoln” insert. This is a little annual special where KFOR hires “the independent surveying firm of Research Associates, located right here in Lincoln, to conduct the survey.” We are assured that “…the results would vary no more than plus or minus 4.9% […]

Here I am as a South Park character, courtesy of The South Park Character Creator. I’m not a fan of the show, so I don’t remember the characters’ names, but I put myself in the classroom setting to celebrate my new role as a teacher. I don’t actually wear a gray hoodie to class (just […]

I rarely watch TV. I only get two channels – Spike TV and SciFi – so all I ever watch is Monday Night Raw and nothing on SciFi. Last year, I got hooked on House on Fox, because I’d go see Sara on Tuesday nights, and House was on after American Idol. But not since […]

After a nice Labor Day weekend, I woke yesterday morning in agony. I had the most intense pain I can EVER remember experiencing running through my neck. This was so intense that my body would just tense up. I got up to go to the bathroom, and the random pulses of pain would make me […]

Not a lot of change, but ever since posting your iTunes top 25 became all the rage, I have been paying more attention. Important climber – Dancing DJs’ update on the Roxette classic “Fading like a Flower.” 1. Space Age Love Song – A Flock of Seagulls– Only You – Yaz (tie)3. My My My […]

You might think it difficult, but I discovered today that 6th graders (or at least one of them) have the power to come to day 1 of the introduction to journalism and relate absolutely any topic to bigfoot or “lake creatures.” I asked the kids to come up with 5 possible news story ideas for […]

Monday I start my new gig of teaching after-school program classes at a Lincoln middle school. Monday is a newspaper / magazine class, Tues & Thurs are Film Production, and Wed & Fri are comic book making. We’ve been training for the past two weeks, learning about how to deal with middle schoolers (I learned […]

I just got back from a family trip to Wisconsin. I wish I would have taken more pictures, but I didn’t, so I’ll keep the mainly-text recap brief. It was nice to go on a full-family vacation; we haven’t taken one with the complete family in many years. In addition to the core five members, […]

I got a form letter back from UPN. Dear Neal, Thank you for writing to UPN, and we appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts and concerns about “WWE SmackDown!” Due to the tragic events in London last Thursday, we took the added measure of running an advisory four times throughout the broadcast […]

I get a deserved amount of hassling for continuing to be a wrestling fan, but as of last night’s episode of Smackdown, WWE has sunk to a new low. Ever since Vince McMahon let his completely unqualified daughter run the creative department of this publicly-traded company, the quality of programming has dropped dramatically. But that’s […]