Bits & Pieces, Odds & Ends Version16.0
They say a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind—and both my desk and my mind are filled with little nuggets of things that are bothering me…
That’s why it’’s time for more:
NAME GAME #1
What’s in a name? Depending on your perspective—a lot.
Shawn Replogle— one of my partners in the world of TV news— is expecting his first child…
Ultra-sound reveals he and his wife will be having a boy…
There-in lies the problem….
Although Shawn is one of the most agreeable guys in the world—he and his lovely wife can’t agree on a name for the baby.
Shawn—who idolizes the legendary Johnny Cash—wants to name his son Cash.
His wife prefers the more traditional Nathan.
In an effort to help our colleague out—another one of our photographers here at NBC-17 set up a name poll on his blog. Jeremy “J-DOG” Baker will keep the poll be active for the next 100 days.
You can help Shawn and Melissa with their baby name dilemma.
Link here to the poll, and tell them whether their kid ought to be named after a hotdog chain, an iconic singer or after the trouble-making colleague “J-Dog” who setup the baby-poll to begin with….
NAME GAME #2
Ever wondered what it would be like to have a famous name? A name so popular—you could even use it to become elected president?
Well, wish no more.
This little website will do that for you—the same way it did it for me!
Your chance to have fun comes at the end of the clip…
GIVING US TANKS—OR IN THE TANK?
Will congress actually DO something to help to dramatically lower gas prices here?
They’re being lobbied right now to pass a law to limit speculation in energy-futures markets.
As you can read here, oil industry analysts like Fadel Gheit of Oppenheimer & Co say passage of the bill could drop the price of gasoline to 2 BUCKS a gallon in as little as 30 days after the passage of the bill.
We told you about this bill last April—–and how it was just sitting before Congress
Here’s what we said then…
ORIGINALLY POSTED APRIL 28, 2008
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And WHY is the cost of gasoline jumping up every day?
Part of it is due to speculators in the market.
Gary Harris, executive director of the North Carolina Petroleum and Convenience Marketers Association told me that up to a dollar a gallon is tacked on to the price of fuel as the result of speculators.
He also says a bill sits before congress that would help control the costs generated by speculators— if only our lawmakers would act on it..
That legislation would require speculators to actually store a percentage of the gas they bid on…
Since most speculators are doing their business on paper and lack the storage facilities, experts believe that will reduce the amount of gas that’s traded as a commodity thus helping to control the price…
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That’s what clutters my mind….
What’s clogging up yours?
—Steve
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