http://www.dwyerwire.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:48:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mrs. Emery. Mrs. Gundlach. Mrs. Zimmer. Mrs. Gates. Mr. Sisti. Mr. Fiordalis. Mr. Fannin. Mr. Tallman. Mr. Schooler. Mr. Van Goey. Mr. Haas. That's just off the top of my head. It's a list of good teachers that left a memorable impression on me in grade school and high school. I bring this up because of Newsweek's cover story is about how to ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/1188/ Some thoughts as I sip coffee and enjoy the warmer weather... I had lunch Tuesday with a good friend of mine.  We were discussing a particular family feud.  One family had every right to disappear during the other family's time of need.  He quoted a saying from his mother-in-law that sometimes, "It's ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/wednesday-am-ramblings-13/ The world lost one of it's more jovial voices. Dan Hickey was his name but he never went by that. Boomer. He was always known as Boomer. I won't wax poetic about how we were tight. We weren't. Not for the last 25-years anyhow. Various reasons.  Distance.  Differences.  Like 99-percent of everyone's high school buds. But ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/boomer-hickey-1963-2010/ [caption id="attachment_1140" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="John Curtis (Curty), Mike Cannington (Canhead), Jay Severson (Jaybird), John Dwyer Hammes (Hambone)"][/caption] Lynley and I spent a long weekend in the Ft. Myers area.  It was a chance for me to reunite with some very good friends.  We were all TV sportscasters in Ft. Myers in ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/clubbin-it-with-some-old-friends/ I had another great morning interacting with America's youth. Let me tell you... there's hope. I read to another great group of students.  This time it was 3rd graders at Lipscomb Elementary School in Brentwood. [caption id="attachment_1125" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption=""Maybe if I shove the pictures in their faces, they will continue to pay ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/morning-reading-part-ii/ [caption id="attachment_1112" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Typical TV head. Trying to "sell" the story."][/caption] I road tripped it to Leiper's Fork this morning to read to some kindergartners and fourth graders at Hillsboro Elementary and Middle School.  I believe it's part of some sort of "reading month" because I have another school to ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/efforting/ I often say "it's when management doesn't ask you to do things, that's when you start to worry." [caption id="attachment_1098" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Note the computer. We are actually encouraged to facebook. Also note the product placement. That's a Make-A-Wish coffee mug."][/caption] I received a call from my boss Sunday asking me to ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/03/back-in-the-morning-saddle/ It's been a busier than normal week with several work-related commitments in and out of the station.  A sampling of that and other things I my mind: Last night's News-2 Extra profiling the Nashville Medical Trade Center could be useful for anyone living and/or working in downtown Nashville.  The series will ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/02/friday-am-ramblings-5/ Do some of your recall cramming for finals in college?  I would go to the local Denny's, sit and drink coffee all night while gabbing and then announce in the morning that I stayed up all night studying (without opening a book.  How did I get out in four years?  ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/02/work-calls/ Good morning... I'm crunching on a project that airs tomorrow night so I'm going to fall back on the "Best of..."  I like to call these "Dwyer Double Takes"  (or that could be known as entries that aren't extremely dated!)  I think this one from back in August is timeless.  Lemmee ... http://www.dwyerwire.com/2010/02/1074/