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Re: AA Debacle

Paul — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 01:18:55 -0000

I'm in. Eight days, four hours, 12 minutes, and 20 seconds (approximately *grin*). Repeat the following mantra every hour until then: "comp ticket", "comp ticket"...

Re: AA Debacle: AA responds again

Paul — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 02:16:31 -0000

Soooo...who gets the prize for coming closest to you 'response timer'?? (It IS, after all, all about us readers! *grin*)

Re: A Content Analysis of Belmont University Student Online Story-Telling

Paul — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:04:11 -0000

A comparative sampling of college newspapers may have given you additional foundations for identifying patterns in publications...a relatively easy sample to obtain.

I would suggest that your friends might not be a representative, 'random' , sample of either Belmont students or Belmont students on facebook... a qualified sampling might have included such factors as 'age of facebook.com' account, degree of engagement on facebook (i.e. xx number of friends, those who have posted at least x-times a month, member of x number of groups, geographic matches with the university's population, etc.)

Re: I’ve been hired by…

Paul — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:36:39 -0000

Congratulations! This sounds like a great fit for you and for Griffin.

Re: News Flash: The Majority of Mexico is Peaceful

Paul — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:31:38 -0000

Dave,
Caution is always a great mantra to follow overseas, but you are absolutely correct to advise people not to freak-out over every headline. I would also agree that reading and believing State Department Advisories is good counsel.

While in Guatemala several years back, reports of a police raid and shooting in the village where I was working hit the news in the US. The 'experts' went nutz describing the violent history of the area and how US Citizens should avoid the area. I don't recall that the incident even slowed the pace of normal commerce or conversation in the town.

Putting the shoe on the other foot, we would likely never have a foreign visitor in downtown Nashville if international media responded similarly to every shot fired here.

Re: Thrilling finish

Paul — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 07:59:31 -0000

This has the makings of a terrific rivalry...and will some day (as soon as Vandy can win one of these) *grin*.

Re: Missions, airlines and money

Paul — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:54:19 -0000

...and thanks to you for the support! I appreciate your effort to pass this story along.

Re: A plague of comment spam

Paul — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:36:55 -0000

A ton of comment spam slipped through the Belmont University blog spam protection the last couple of days...we're hoping that the blacklists catch up with the offenders, but for now it's like a cold war of filtering.

Re: See you Saturday

Paul — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:38:38 -0000

'sounds like a weekend well spent. I look forward to the stories and pix!
Paul:)

Re: Ready to go

Paul — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:51:05 -0000

Godspeed!

Re: The air has abandoned me

Paul — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:17:03 -0000

Great stuff! I look forward to seeing the rest.

Re: 50K! 50K! 50K!

Paul — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:34:15 -0000

Congratulations, John! I am impressed and inspired by the discipline it takes to see a project like this through to fruition.

Re: Thanks, Chili’s!

Paul — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 07:38:08 -0000

We have had similar experiences with Chili's that makes me think they are making a concerted effort to excel in customer service. Following an evening with a large group and what I considered exceptional service, I asked to speak with the manager. I let the manager know of the exceptional service and made sure he knew our server (they hear enough complaints...they deserve to hear better news when deserved). A week later when it was just the two of us, we were surprised at the end of our meal with a free desert compliments of the management...to say the least, I was impressed.

Re: Should Have Used His Inside Voice

Paul — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:57:54 -0000

Making comments based upon something one reads off a CafePress.com T-shirt may not be such a great idea, huh?! http://tinyurl.com/56oepn

Re: Titans Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Paul — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:40:07 -0000

..on the other hand, instead of your fragile attempt as an armchair psychologist, we might take Vince at his word and see how the 'competitor' handles himself differently the next time things don't go as planned. "Fragile psyche"...good grief.

Re: What unique & meaningful value have you gotten out of Twitter?

Paul — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:26:58 -0000

In the period surrounding the #mumbai crisis, several journalists who are relatively new to Twitter (and social media in general) observed, first hand, how powerful this tool can be on a global scale. As a result of those observations and ensuing new connections, there are all sorts of energized conversations about the evolution of online journalism. As for me, this 'means' that my Media Studies' students will receive a heavy dose of Twitter and will begin making similar discoveries this coming semester.

Re: Newspaper industry woes deconstructed

Paul — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:16:41 -0000

This is likely/unlikely the most precise/ambiguous summary I have ever read.

Re: Twitter Founder Biz Stone’s Hilarious Colbert Interview (Video)

Paul — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:25:56 -0000

I do love my Twitter and I loved Stone's definition: "The messaging system we didn't know we needed until we had it."

Best one-liner from Colbert (asking about the first Tweet)..Was it, "What hath god twat?"

Re: tried to give blood

Paul — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:40:37 -0000

I commend you for making the effort to give blood... and encourage you to give more to the Red Cross than to the local mosquito population *grin*. The next time you go in, you might get asked, "Have you ever been deferred from giving blood?", but I doubt that you'll be black-listed.