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November 26, 2008

Goodbye to John Carlin

Check out videos, links and say bye to John yourself!


November 25, 2008

OMG It’s John Carlin Day!

Mayor David Bowers makes it official.


November 24, 2008

It’s Good-bye week
It’s Good-bye week

Why doesn’t it feel like it?


November 18, 2008

Award to 10’s Most Wanted
Award to 10’s Most Wanted

U.S. Marshal Wayne Pike commends the 10’s Most Wanted segment which has helped the Marshals find a number of criminals.


November 10, 2008

Opening Day at the Taubman Museum of Art
Opening Day at the Taubman Museum of Art

Sometimes you are just in the right place at the right time.  This time it was just inside the door of the Taubman Museum of Art as it opened to the public for the first time.


November 07, 2008

A new iPhone means distractions
A new iPhone means distractions

John’s new iPhone is keeping the coffee from being brewed.


November 05, 2008

Obama election night

In this television newsroom, and in many I suspect the term for election night in general is “election hell.”


October 30, 2008

John interviewed by Q-99 with Dick and Dave
John interviewed by Q-99 with Dick and Dave

For a moment John thought he was to be roasted by Dick & Dave on Q-99


October 28, 2008

John says good bye to WSLS, but not Roanoke

John confirms his departure from WSLS.  Here’s why.


October 20, 2008

Forgetting Sarah Palin (was ever on SNL)
Forgetting Sarah Palin (was ever on SNL)

It was funny but did Sarah Palin do herself any favors by appearing on Saturday Night Live?


October 07, 2008

Selling pizza at the Hokie game
Selling pizza at the Hokie game

John went to the Hokie Game on Saturday but spent his time volunteering under the stands—where there is no evidence of a recession.


October 03, 2008

Fishing contest controversey: The rules count!
Fishing contest controversey: The rules count!

Some people voted too many times.  Here’s how we’ve resolved it.


October 01, 2008

The Roanoke Market —is it a camel or a horse?

The Roanoke Market controversey is mess.  The last thing we need is more input. 


September 30, 2008

The Ride of the Century
The Ride of the Century

John just finished the 100 mile bike ride he’s been training for.  Here’s what it was like.


September 26, 2008

Best of the Blue Ridge: It’s time to do the Ride

John has been training for a 100 mile bike ride.  How does it compare to a marathon?


September 23, 2008

Facebook Who’s really a “friend?“

The technology curve is throwing John for a loop.  Is a cyber-friend different from a “real” friend.


September 19, 2008

Can they really raise gas prices while you wait in your car?

It appears they can.  Here’s the reason why.


September 02, 2008

Peaks of Otter: The Ultimate Training Ride

John and his buddies are training for the Best of the Blue Ridge Bike Ride for MS.  They are making it harder than it has to be.  Why?


August 26, 2008

Meeting Barack Obama
Meeting Barack Obama

John had a sit-down interview with Barack Obama.  It didn’t come easily.  Beyond that, What can you really learn from someone in such a short amount of time?  Here’s how John doped it out.


August 11, 2008

Man-Fridge update, and a place for everything
Man-Fridge update, and a place for everything

There’s a catch all in most kitchens that can be scary.  A tight spot for the new refrigerator revealed ours.


August 06, 2008

A new refrigerator leads to something else
A new refrigerator leads to something else

If you get a new refrigerator you have to do something with the old one.  You put it in the garage.  This is actually better than having the new one in the kitchen.


July 28, 2008

Coke Points: The intersection of shame, embarrassment and pride.
Coke Points: The intersection of shame, embarrassment and pride.

The whole family spends more than a year saving Coke caps, for this?


July 24, 2008

Bicycle Training Mapmyride.com

You’ve got a bike, now you need somewhere to go.  Here’s the best way to figure that out.


July 21, 2008

Training for the Artie—Where to start

Training and “riding” are not the same, but it begins with riding.


July 15, 2008

Bike training for the “Artie”
Bike training for the “Artie”

There’s a new option for riding your bike in the region.  Actually, it’s an old option with a new twist.


July 07, 2008

There’s busy and then there’s this.

See how your June compares to John’s


June 02, 2008

Of basketballs and running shoes
Of basketballs and running shoes

Is running really a sport?  As much as say, basketball or football?  John found the answer hidden in a book.


May 22, 2008

It’s time to go fishing
It’s time to go fishing

The 7th Annual Carlin Chronicles Fishing Picture Competition begins Memorial Day weekend.


May 16, 2008

A news anchor bikes to work.
A news anchor bikes to work.

Riding your bike to work is easy.  It’s the hair that’s hard.  A news anchor tries to go green.


May 06, 2008

Parenting Teenagers is hard.  And expensive.

There is nothing more dear than one’s family; but that doesn’t mean that’s one’s family cannot drive you to the brink of insanity.  Or bankruptcy.

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