So Long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye

This is officially my last post on this blogsite. As I stated before I tried to get issues resolved about signing on and never got a satisfactory answer so I began posting on my new blogsite where I've been trouble free and it even features the new beardless picture of me for anyone who might care. I will attempt to migrate my blog over by the end of next week and pull the plug here. As I mentioned before I hope those of you who check in on a regular basis will visit on occasion. It's joelarkins.wordpress.com .

Regards,

Joe Larkins

Okay, I Gave It My Best Shot and Now I've Moved

Patience is a virtue. Lord knows I need a virture. Whether patience is one I possess remains to be seen.
But I will let Job be known for his patience because mine is officially exhausted in dealing with just trying to sign on. So, for those of you trying to find out where I might be or care to keep up with my semi-regular rants and observations, you can find me at joelarkins.wordpress.com . I figure some of you might wander over to check me out. I hope to eventually have my old blog migrate to wordpress but I will give it a few weeks before I pull the plug.
Thanks for the support over the past 14-months. I managed 75, 500 hits. That just goes to show some people (including me) have way too much time onour hands.
Regards,
Joe Larkins

Okay, I'm Going to Try This One More Time.....

I'm currently testing out some other blogsites after repeatedly running into brick walls here in just trying to sign on. It's about as easy to sign on here as (a) NOT finding an overhyped story on the local TV newscast during a ratings period, (b) trying to find a Memphis area politician who is NOT in trouble with the law or making hay about those who are (c) finding someone who lives in Memphis who has not been a victim of crime or knows someone who was. Yes, it's that difficult. If you post a comment and it doesn't appear for a few days, it's because I can't even sign in to allow your comments to be shared.
So as I test out other sites, I hope to eventually post a link to a new blogsite on this site as my last effort.
Having said that, let me move on to other areas.
I know members of the local media are probably stepping back to take stock of themselves after the good mayor of this city accused them of being on a witch hunt of sorts. Talk about a comment that should be throwing gasoline on the proverbial fire. It's gotten ugly down at city hall and promises to get even uglier before all is said and done.
Congrats are in order to WREG for another win on the nightside. It's a slim win but hey, it's still a win. Take it as you get it. I will admit that even I'm disappointed in the Commercial Appeal on the latest numbers. They keep leaving out the information for the morning shows. Isn't that the new "primetime"? Once again, if anybody has any numbers, please share. At last book, WREG was ahead with WHBQ making some inroads. WMC still made a strong showing as well I'm sure.

And finally, did anyone happen to catch U-S Congressman Steve Cohen of Memphis on the Comedy Channel's Colbert Report. It aired either Wednesday or Thursday night and I'm sure the video is floating around somewhere on the internet ( I couldn't find it on Colbert's website as of this posting). I have to hand it to Cohen who was described as a mad black woman, he held his own. I managed to interview Cohen several times while he was a state senator and he's a nice guy who lives in the same general neighborhood. I'm quite pleased to see that he did so well with Colbert who edits his interviews and can make the interviewee look like a doofus.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. (You decide which is which)

I'm back in the saddle on Blogspot, having finally been able to sign back on.
What did I miss?
WREG promoted a piece with former news anchor Jerry Tate talking about the arrest of his police officer son. Did I see it? No. Did I want to? No. Was I surprised to see the subject matter at all? Yes and No. I was surprised to see Jerry Tate talking about something such as this that was so painful for his family. I know what his son went through caused Jerry great personal distress as he was always quite proud his sons. Perhaps WREG said they were going to do something on the case of his son one way or another and that Jerry could throw in his 2-cents worth, I don't know. Bottom line: it was a sweeps piece and easily promotable. I will say that Jerry looked good with the goatee.
I HAD planned to watch the Lesbian Gang story on WPTY. Not because of the content so much as the fact it was being promoted in commercial breaks on various cable shows. Then there's the name. It struck me as something akin to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I meant to TIVO the WPTY news to catch the report but got distracted.
I see that Peggy Phillip is leaving the land of the Big Orange (Tennessee) to work in the land of the Orange man. (Syracuse) Don't know when the move takes place or if she is already there. I know she grew up in South Dakota and spent some time in Boston so she is used to cold weather. Unlike Memphis, which practically shuts down if an inch of snow falls, Syracuse measures snow by the foot and yard. Ditch the lawnmower and buy a snowblower.
And speaking of weather, I was sent this tidbit by a friend who used to do weather. Apparently a weather guy was canned in Cincinnati and couldn't decide what to do with himself.
This guy, Rich Apuzzo, set up a weather operation and set at his home and every night at 7pm delivers a forecast. You can subscribe to it for just 30-bucks a month. You can also buy commercial time and web space for a modest fee as well. Yah, I can't wait to shell out 30-bucks to see something I would get free. Still, people laughed at Fred Smith and the Federal Express idea and Ted Turner and that CNN thing. We'll wait and see but I wouldn't hold my breath on this last venture.