The best Phillies video on YouTube November 16, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Philadelphia, Random Rubbish.Tags: Babies, Philadelphia Phillies, YouTube
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This video was shared with me by my blogging cohort, coworker and friend Shannon McDonald. And it’s perhaps the best video ever uploaded to YouTube.
AP scolds your lack of pop culture knowledge July 3, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Cut to the Chase, Journalism.Tags: Angelina Jolie, Babies, Brad Pitt, Journalism
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Don’t worry. Brangelina has not yet given birth.
The Associated Press covered a French doctor’s announcement that Angelina Jolie checked into the hospital for normal baby reasons. No emergency, no pinching a baby’s bottom.
However, one small graf from the AP stood out in my mind…
“Mrs. Angelina Jolie and her husband, Mr. Brad Pitt, told me to tell you that she is doing absolutely fine,” said the doctor, apparently unaware that the actors aren’t married.
Well, excuse me. Not even I, a person who wrote an entertainment column for a year and keep up to date on the entertainment page on cnn.com, could keep track of which Hollywoodites are married and which ones aren’t.
Granted, the AP should have made a correction if they used that quote. Another solution? Don’t use that quote.
Now I’m taking much less (to no) offense to this than I may be portraying, but it’s humorous the doc made that mistake and the AP pointed it out.
The solution? If you’re dating in Hollywood, get married. That makes things easier for when you get divorced, as well. No?
Swimming to safety in a shocking way May 26, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Journalism, Random Rubbish.Tags: Babies, CBS3, Journalism, Swimming, Television
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What would a weeknight in my life be without watching CBS3 Eyewitness News at 11? A night without a blog post.
In broadcast journalism classes, they say most people don’t watch the news on TV, they listen. The goal of a reporter is to make the audience look. Just like Susan Barnett did tonight, beginning her piece with a shocking “adult-supervised video.”
She opens with a video of a baby - the youngest of toddlers - falling into a pool with no visible parents (though, again, it is being supervised). And the baby stays afloat for five minutes thanks to classes that teach children from 6 months to 6 years old how to stay above water in those situations.
At first, I was OK, thinking the video was created artificially a la Finding Nemo. Nope. It’s real.
After expressing my shock verbally in my empty apartment, I continued to watch with my jaw opened. I was still angry that the toddler was struggling (although, he didn’t appear to be struggling) to stay above water.
The classes offered at local YMCAs (more information at cbs3.com) put parents at ease. They say the first thing they stress is to have supervision constantly with children poolside. But toddlers are tricky, so therefore, these classes are supposed to help.
It’s a shocking thought, an interesting concept and a well thought-out video. So much so that it needs to be shared. Definitely worth checking it out.
Mommy, I have a stomachache… May 19, 2008
Posted by Chris Stover in Journalism, Random Rubbish.Tags: Babies, CBS3, Random Rubbish
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Some posts just don’t require an accompanying photo. Example…here.
Every now and then, CBS3 has a completely random, thought-provoking story on their Web site. And here’s one of them.
Long story short: A 9-year-old girl in Greece had a stomachache. She decides to go to the doctor, who operates and finds that girl’s embryonic twin inside her stomach.
WHAT?!?
Apparently, this happens in one of every 500,000 births. Now, according to WikiAnswers, obviously the most trusted source in embryonic studies, the population of the earth increases 200,000 every day. That means that every 2.5 days, a twin is born in its twin’s stomach.
So, do I live in a rock, or do these twins just never surface?
