Archive for the ‘Portfolio’ Category

A City Councilman Follows Me on Twitter…Awesome!

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I have woefully neglected my blog lately. I’ve just been so busy hanging out with family and friends and sucking all the life I can out of my days in Dallas this summer. School’s starting soon- so I’m trying to get back into the groove of blogging regularly so that when the craziness REALLY starts, [...]

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I’m Featured on College Media Matters : D

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Dan Reimold of College Media Matters contacted me a while ago for an interview - He posted a J-Student profile on me July 11.
Amusingly enough- I’ve checked his website regularly for the last few months to see when it would go up, and then the week I forget to check- it goes up! Oh [...]

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Too Freaking Cool! One of my Photos on a Book Cover!

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I got this today in the mail…

I think I mentioned before that one of my photos from the McCain-Palin rally in Fairfax was going to be on a book cover. Well, the book is out now, and it looks great! The section in Red is from the photo I took.

Check that out! Go Mason Votes!
And [...]

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“AnchorGirl”: Relearning How to Talk On Camera

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At this point, my boss produces six newscasts a week for local areas around Dallas- Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano and Rowlett. They go up daily from Monday to Friday.
I’ve anchored the newscast at my job twice now. It’s so much fun getting to work with so many parts of the newscast! Depending on whatever [...]

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Pop Quiz: Spanking = Child Abuse: True or False?

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If this is true, my parents are child abusers.
Let that sink in for a second.
My parents are pretty darn cool. Very smart. Pretty collected. Not really the type to lose their tempers easily.
I, on the other hand, was a very bratty kid growing up. I was attention-hogging, story-telling, smart-alecy, thought-I-knew-everything, nose-for-trouble kid. I mean, not [...]

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DC Elections Board Says Putting Gay Marriage Recognition to a Vote Violates Human Rights

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I know it’s an awkward headline but can you think of a better way to summarize this decision? Tell me if you can- it’s important news and GOOD news for gay marriage advocates.
This story just came out of Washington, DC today.
The DC Council approved a measure to recognize legal gay marriages performed in other states [...]

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Corrupted-Files.com Article and Some “DVD Extras”

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I’m tremendously excited about a recent piece I wrote for UWire. It’s all about Corrupted-Files.com, a website that sells corrupted files to students that they can send to professors in place of real essays and homework assignments to try to buy more time. I actually got to interview the website owner, who says straight out [...]

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Does a Supreme Court Justice’s demographics affect his or her decisions?

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Quick- Here’s a piece of trivia for you- do you know when the first non-WASP justice was appointed to the Supreme Court? Do you know which boundary was broken first- race, religion, or gender?
In 1916, the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice, Louis Brandeis, was appointed. Brandeis was known for pretty much creating the concept of [...]

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A Story Up on FoxNews.com

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I’m pretty excited about this. A story on the auto industry I contributed to is up on FoxNews.com. : D
Good lord, does it feel good to see my name up there on that website.
Check it out and make me happy. : D

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Rating the Masterpieces: From the Sistine Chapel to the Mona Lisa

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In my European travels, I managed to see quite a lot of artworks considered masterpieces, with various experiences both good and bad.
On my brief yet fantastic visit to Rome, I spent a few hours wandering the Vatican City museums happily. In it, I found quite a few masterpieces of art, but only two which most [...]

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