NYC photos 4

The first photo is a cute sign on the side of a building as seen from the top of the Empire State Building. The second photo is of a water taxi passing in front of the Statue of Liberty. The other three photos are the view from our boat as we headed to the Statue of Liberty.

NYC photos 3

The first two photos are at Rockefeller Center, the third is of the Chrysler Building as seen from the top of the Empire State Building and the fourth photo is part of Manhattan from the top of the Empire State Building. Of note, I stayed about three blocks from said building.

NYC photos set 2

Photos are of a bridge from the air (I thought I knew which one, but was quickly corrected by someone who actually lives there), where I landed at LaGuardia airport, My "bed cave" from the first night in the city and Rockefeller Center.

NYC photos!

I'll have words to go with these soon. For now, here are some photos from my trip. All four of these are taken from the plane. The last one has Central Park in the center.

Pet therapy photos

Gracie and I went for pet therapy at the Kings Mountain Life Enrichment Center on Thursday. Debbie Vaughn was kind enough to send me photos of Gracie interacting with participants there.

The first photo is of Gracie letting a participant rub her. The second is her giving a lady "five" (with a flower hat on her head). The third is Gracie sticking out her tongue in front of the camera while a participant rubs her. She made herself right at home beside him.

NKOTB are back!

I have often doubted my mother's judgment when it came to saving things from my childhood. There are boxes of stuffed animals, old report cards and crappy third-grade artwork.

But there are a few things that may come in handy very soon. Thanks mom!

New Kids on the Block is, indeed, getting back together, and I have memorabilia straight from the '90s.

Here's the announcement.

The photos? Yep, they're all things of mine that my mom saved... a "Step by Step" VHS tape, a mug and a doll (which, incidentally, married Barbie about once a week when I was young... he was way more muscular than Ken). I'm not sure which one he is, but I do know that his rat tail goes all the way down his back. Incredible!

And yes, in honor of the occasion, I'm drinking out of my neon-orange-straight-from-the-'90s-tumbler today.

Funny doggy pics

Education Reporter Cherish Wilson introduced me to this site. It's funny doggy photos with captions. It made me giggle... plus after seeing a few I'm beginning to think like them... but I'm trying to resist the urge to spell that way... you'll see why.

I couldn't wait to post this one in Copy Editor Maureen McGee's honor. Her stepdog is a Corgi (Becca, aka Porkchop and Becca-Bacon).


see more loldogs are funny dog pictures!

Mishmash of things...

1) Bloodline finally sent me their Nashville photos. Find them online at http://shelbystarprojects.com/bloodline/
2) Anyone using Pandora? If so, add me to your friends list (emilykillian@yahoo.com). Here's the link.
3) I visited with Rodney Roe at Synergy Studios today... It was my first time in there and I was pleasantly treated to a tour of the studio and introduced to several of the artists there. I was also able to get several good news tips for future stories for myself and one for business reporter Drew Brooks. Plus, it was nice to get out of the office for a while. I'm going to try to make these types of visits happen more often. Here's the gallery's Web site.
4) I also had lunch today at Sub Station II in Shelby. It's one of my favorite fast places to eat because of its staff. I really enjoy seeing the people who work there joke around and interact with each other. Just in case you want it, here's the Web site.
5) Don't forget to add The Star on Facebook and MySpace.

That's all for now...

Forecast and Hanna property

I got an e-mail from Tommy Forney a few minutes ago. He asked me to pass this on.

Wondered if you could blog that the REMAX/SELECT Balloon rides are
canceled because of the weather forcast. All other planned events at the
new Hanna property put on by Shelby Parks and Recreation will go as planned.

Kite Flying, Games, Music, and Wide Open Spaces. Hiking, Mountain
Biking, Guided Nature Walks. Hay Rides to view the property. 10:00 AM
to 2:00 PM.

Bloodline update

I got an e-mail update from Bloodline this morning.

The guys will send photos from Nashville shortly.

Here's what Chad wrote:

Everything went great in Nashville. There were about 6000 people that auditioned on Friday, of which we estimate about 50-100 made it thru to Saturday. For National auditions on Saturday, there were about 75 finalist from Nashville, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Tallahasse and Charlotte that auditioned. They will pick 30 total from the National auditions held in Nashville, LA, Washington and Austin to come back to Nashville and then cut it down to 10 to start the show. We think that our audition went well, now we are just hoping for that call-back!

We also wanted to thank you for the publicity. We have had some great responses and we appreciate all of the support. Also, we have been booked for the upcoming Merry Go Round festival April 26. We are very excited about these new opportunities which without your help might not have been possible. Thanks again and we'll be in touch.

Chad & Travis

Want to get in touch with them? Here's how:
We now have a Myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/bloodlinemusic08, that is in its building phases. We are planning on cutting a demo next week as well as other things to put on the page. We have updated that page with photos from Nashville.

Our email is bloodlinebooking@gmail.com where anyone can get in touch with us for booking info or just questions.