add one Rage Tank (TM).
Check out the Hulk-bot my loving mother selected for her grandson. Comes complete with seven projectiles!
Grandma also found one of these for her older granddaughter ...
Saturday, December 24, 2005
It's not you, it's me
I had decided not to send holiday cards before reading this column, because of time contraints ... this article offers a better argument why others might take this action ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Monday, December 05, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
day-after dui
I'm not sure whether this 'experiment' would stand up to more rigorous, statistically significant scrutiny -- especially taking in account differing metabolic rates -- but it's an interesting question ...
Posted, Nov. 30, 2005
Updated, Nov. 30, 2005
Updated, Nov. 30, 2005
Al's Morning Meeting
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=92915
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=92915
Thursday Edition: Day-after DUI
By Al Tompkins (more by author)
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http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=92915
Day-After DUI
Travis Mayfield, from KXLY-TV in Spokane, Wash., dropped me a note about a story his station aired.
We did a story for November about the dangers of drinking and driving. The catch -- doing everything right the night of a holiday party (taking a cab
home, trying to sleep it off, etc.) but then getting up the next morning to drive to work and getting pulled over for DUI.
In our experiment, we went along with a group of revelers as they went out partying. We made them stop drinking and go to bed when the bars closed (in
Washington, that's 2 a.m.) then we woke them up at 7 a.m. the next morning and had a sheriff's deputy [test their blood-alcohol level]. Three of our
participants were still legally drunk. One was even twice the legal limit. If they had tried to drive to work, they would have been at risk for DUI.
After our story aired, we were contacted by a local DUI attorney who shared with us that he's seen a dramatic increase in morning-after DUIs. We also
heard from a county DUI trainer who did the math with us and showed us just how long it would have taken for our participants to sober up entirely.
We did it post-Thanksgiving, with the hopes of educating folks heading to holiday parties this season. Below are the links to the video for our two
stories.
Drunk the Next Day: Part One
Drunk the Next Day: Part Two
We did a story for November about the dangers of drinking and driving. The catch -- doing everything right the night of a holiday party (taking a cab
home, trying to sleep it off, etc.) but then getting up the next morning to drive to work and getting pulled over for DUI.
In our experiment, we went along with a group of revelers as they went out partying. We made them stop drinking and go to bed when the bars closed (in
Washington, that's 2 a.m.) then we woke them up at 7 a.m. the next morning and had a sheriff's deputy [test their blood-alcohol level]. Three of our
participants were still legally drunk. One was even twice the legal limit. If they had tried to drive to work, they would have been at risk for DUI.
After our story aired, we were contacted by a local DUI attorney who shared with us that he's seen a dramatic increase in morning-after DUIs. We also
heard from a county DUI trainer who did the math with us and showed us just how long it would have taken for our participants to sober up entirely.
We did it post-Thanksgiving, with the hopes of educating folks heading to holiday parties this season. Below are the links to the video for our two
stories.
Drunk the Next Day: Part One
Drunk the Next Day: Part Two
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