Queenkv’s Brainpickings

The highest court in the state is taking another look at same-sex marriages.
I found this informative pie chart on Wil Wheaton’sblog. It shows us what happens if gay couples marry.
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When I worked on the Noon Show on Monday, I saw Andrea Mitchell’s weekend wrap on the political news. She played a clip from a SNL parody on last week’s CBS Interview with Governor Palin. And she played it side-by-side, with the real interview by Katie Couric.

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Bottom Line: Tina Fey and [...]

The Race for the White House is on!
We are less than a month away from the first Presidential debate. In the control booth, I had fun working with all our live reports from the DNC in Denver and the RNC in St. Paul…Keeping up with all the juicy sound bites and timing out my morning [...]

YouTube - University of Florida student Tasered at Kerry forum
“University of Florida student Andrew Meyer is Tasered and arrested after causing a disturbance at a town hall forum, which featured Senator John Kerry, at the UF Auditorium on Sept. 17, 2007.”
(tags: Florida politics taser police college)

ABC News: Retired NFLers: League Not Playing Fair
“The system is [...]

After the 10:00 News, I like to unwind from work day with the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. All the snarky comments and crass observations I keep pent up in my brain during my work shift often ends up being exploited in a comedic skit or two on these shows. It’s a relief to [...]

Daisy monopolized Mark’s lap and I had my head on his shoulder as the President delivered his 6th State of the Union address last night.
After clicking through Gibson, Schieffer and Williams pontificating with other journalism talking heads….giving play-by-plays on Bush’s vespers with Congressmen and Senators, Mark settled on C-SPAN coverage. It’s always refreshing to watch [...]

The Space Shuttle Atlantis is back home…
I love covering happy stories. I know we still had crime, carnage and politics to pay attention to - but these shuttle stories are always thrilling to me. Wave of the future and all that jazz!
At 5:22 — when I watched Atlantis touchdown on Earth, I could feel this [...]

PANERA, WANAMAKER — Daisy’s taking a nap after her nice romp at Bark Park. She behaved nicely. She played/wrestled with the big doggies…and she let some little kids pet her.

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We’re watching “I Love 1977″ on VH1. Fantastic show. I loved Wonder Woman when it came out in syndication during the 80’s. I wanted to spin around and change into bright blue underwear with stars. I thought she had the coolest outfits. I was stupid when I was little.
For the countdown, we’re going to Manhattan [...]

Well, our little weather adventure lasted about an hour. It looked like dusk at about 3:00 pm - yesterday. Then the rains died down and the sun popped out. We saw a rainbow over I-70.
On Thanksgiving - we spent part of the afternoon on the phone with our families in Cali and NY. Folks [...]