2008 Contest Winner

Leah Rubin is the 2008 winner of the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. Sponsored by the University of Dayton and the Washington-Centerville Library, this year's competition received nearly 1500 entries. Leah received first place in the humor category. Her framed certificate hangs proudly over her desk, so that the visage of Erma can smile down on her. Click on the link to read about the competition and read the winning essay!
www.wclibrary.info/erma/2008winners.asp

Friday, June 13, 2008

Bereft and Befuddled

For a veteran news junkie such as I am, the question must be asked: How do we learn to live in a world without Tim Russert?

The face of Oscar the Grouch, and the heart of Elmo. (Wow, I appear to be having a flashback.)

This is someone who will not be easily replaced. Pity the poor newscaster who attempts to fill his shoes.

Every time I look at my own dry-erase whiteboard, I will envision Tim Russert with his tallies of delegates. This will be a strange election year (well, it would have been anyway) without Tim's insights and analyses.

Happy trails to you, Tim Russert. Boy, will you ever be missed!

2 comments:

Rob said...

This seems crude of me to say, but am I the only one who thinks the Tim Russert memorials are being way overdone? I mean, he personally wasn't the news. Yes, let's acknowledge and remember that he was a great journalist. But the 24-hour coverage of how great he was makes me wonder... what would be different if one of the people he interviewed died?

Your blog is off to a great start. Keep up the good work!

La La La Leah said...

You probably should not read my blog it contains many many english cancers.... But welcome anyways! I love that you listen to NPR... I have been thinking of writing a piece about it. Have a good day!