http://www.wvec.com/blogs/profiles/borba.js: January 2008 Archives
8:58 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink
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I've been accused by one 13News producer, Pearl Fyderek, of using this blog to give my personal version of the Hampton Roads weather report. This is not one of those blogs. Well, not really.
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8:38 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink
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It's hard to believe, but I've called Hampton Roads and WVEC home for a year now.
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8:48 PM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | Permalink
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Thursday's murder of Chesapeake Detective Jarrod Shivers took me back to my first television news job in California.
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10:25 PM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | Permalink
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There is no doubt when it comes to the battle royale -- the internet is clobbering television in terms of sheer growth. The numbers don't lie, on "Cyber Monday" this year (the first Monday after Thanksgiving) a staggering 687 million dollars was spent by consumers online-- up from $484 million the year before. It's obvious that television and the web have a certain shared destiny. (Clearly I get it...I'm a television reporter blogging for my s...
4:56 PM Sat, Jan 12, 2008 | Permalink
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Typically, the WVEC newsroom is quiet on Saturdays and Sundays -- the only noise usually coming from the sports office as Brian Smith yells about some highlight (or lowlight). Today, however is not a typical Saturday - in fact - far from it.
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2:59 PM Sat, Jan 12, 2008 | Permalink
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That is a quote from the movie Coyote Ugly and this is a blog topic I've been pondering since the blogging began at WVEC.com.
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2:47 PM Sat, Jan 12, 2008 | Permalink
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One of my favorite pastimes when I'm riding with a photographer to an interview or shoot is looking up the origins of city and street names in Hampton Roads and North Carolina.
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8:33 PM Wed, Jan 09, 2008 | Permalink
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While 13News reporter Kristina Rohall was writing her blog "26 Years of Terrific Television" -- a full on debate waged in the newsroom about what exactly which shows deserved to make that hallowed list.
So, I decided to throw my own list into the ring...with explanations.
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10:16 PM Thu, Jan 03, 2008 | Permalink
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My parents and I have reached the point where buying Christmas gifts for each other has become a daunting task. We all have very specific tastes, tastes we're not great at communicating to each other...so the message of what we'd like come December 25th becomes lost in translation.
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8:41 PM Wed, Jan 02, 2008 | Permalink
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While I'm not as ambitious as fellow 13News reporter Kristina Rohall and her list of 7 resolutions, I am resolving to do one thing better in 2008: Sleep.
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8:27 PM Wed, Jan 02, 2008 | Permalink
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I consider myself to be a fairly calm person, I try (notice I said TRY) to maintain an even keel about most things. This may come down to case of genetics, but poor road signs rile me up quicker than my beloved San Francisco 49ers getting walloped.
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