The day I joined the media circus

Today I realized I joined the media circus.
Last night I went to the Forum in Harrisburg to cover Sen. Barack Obama's Town Hall Meeting. Nothing out of the ordinary, media wise. Lots of print and tv media on hand. Some faces I am starting to recognized like Brett Leiberman from the Patriot News and John Micek from the Morning Call.
Even though my first secret service was interesting (VP Dick Cheney coming the Harrisburg Hilton) I have become quite accustomed with the searches and bomb sniffing dogs even though today's event with HRC was only my third event. I don't care what anyone says, the secret service is alright.
While the forum was quite nice until the traveling press came in. Then things got cramped in the media section.
However, they were not as cramped as they were today at the Capitol Diner in Swatara Twp. Picture 25 plus media crammed into the back of a diner with cameras, computers, tape recorders and note pads trying to record everything being said.
It was tight. And of course myself being the "new guy" and not exactly sure what I shoudl be doing end up in the back behind all the TV cameras. Of course this doesn't make for a good photo of HRC.
But what's that? HRC is going to meet with the protesting truckers before coming in the diner? Huzzah! A chance for a good photo of HRC? Sure.
So, while everyone is awaiting for HRC to make her entrance the media and truckers are formed into two lines.
All of a sudden she here's and is enveloped by media.
I was lucky to get that photo.
Who knew HRC was soft spoken. Not I. It was really hard to hear her answer questions from the truckers. I must give credit to Brett Lieberman....he squeezed through a bunch of tv cameras and was able to shove his tape recorder into the mess. Go Brett.

The First Zombie Story??

Instead of my usual critiques and rants (when I actually write on this blog) I decided to take a less serious topic today in honor of Easter -- the holiday that unites holy figures and bunny rabbits.
Quite possibly one of the most iconic horror film character is the zombie. The being that was once dead only to rise from the grave to wreak havoc on a quiet rural small town and to feast upon the brains of the living. There is the occasional movie where zombies run a muck in a city.
The only way to dispatch of a zombie is a shotgun blast to the their head -- of course any blunt force trauma to the zombie's head will also get the job done.
Most people are familiar with the classics such as the Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Dawn of the Dead (1978) and again in 2004.
However, most people forget about probably the most famous zombie in history. In fact many people do not even refer to this person as a zombie, but rather as a "savior."
The story is set in Jerusalem during the spring of 33 A.D. A man by the name of Jesus was crucified for being a heretic. Three days later he rose from the dead and escaped from his tomb.
According to documents, a large rock was placed in front of the tomb to keep anyone from stealing Jesus. But the rock was moved. Many people may see this as a miraculous feat. However, if Hollywood has taught me anything it is that zombies have superhuman strength. Which is kinda odd because zombies usually are in the process of decomposing and you wouldn't think they would be very strong, but who am I to disagree with movies.
Another odd part of the story is the solider that guarded the tomb. There is no record of what happened to this solider. One could only assume this guard was killed by Jesus and thus transformed into a zombie. Again we do not know if this guard zombie went on a rampage.
I digress though.
Jesus makes a trip to visit his former followers and when he does that the disciples gain superpowers and speak in different tongues. This is very odd. It is my belief that what the documents meant was... "The former followers of Jesus were unleashed upon Jerusalem wreaking havoc until the Peoples Front of Judah fought valiantly against the zombies."

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