jpheff3:

This is my first night dealing with the retirement of Jim Lehrer.  He will only do the Friday night segment with Shields and Brooks - which happens to be the best 10 minutes of TV in the country.  I was a huge Walter Cronkite fan and JL is right there with him.  He ranks with Murrow as one of best interviewer I have ever seen.  The distinguishing factors include that he had no where near the ego of Murrow and he had the luxury of air time devoted to any one issue over Cronkite.

I am privileged to have watched his career and I am in awe of his brilliance. 

I grew up with the News Hour on every evening in my house thanks to my parents and it’s still pretty much the only real television news I watch (I guess I watch the Daily Show but a Jon Stewart rant does not a news segment make). The News Hour is also one of the only shows I DVR so that I can watch it in the evening when I get home. The quality of the reporting and the respect with which it’s done on the News Hour continues to amaze me - there is no yelling, overhyped graphics, alarmist hyperbole. It is simply the news of the day presented as clearly and as honestly as possible. I’m glad Mr Lehrer will still be around for Friday night Shields and Brooks (which I always look forward to and continues to shed light on events I’m not quite sure what the make of) but it is sad not to hear his voice every night - it is the sound of home. 

julieerika:

definitely doing this! can i request 10?

amandalynferri:

juliaheffernan:

except graduation I suppose

I first time I met Julia I was like who the fuck let this stupid little baby and her stupid little baby friend (caitlin) into our cool grown up but not too grown up fun zone office.  This stupid baby was stupid that she wasn’t even in college yet, CAN YOU IMAGINE???   More importantly what kind of an moronic asswipe would hire a stupid baby to intern at a super cool ultra sweet internet company, Vimeo.com. Then I found out that asswipe was Andrew “bird brains” Pile and I was like that makes sense that he would know such a stupid fucking baby.  Moral of the story is this stupid baby totally rules and you should probably hire her to work at your super cool ultra sweet internet company.   I am her agent so all inquiries have to go through me.  Congrats CrownJulz!

p.s. she is looking or a job in dancing, party planning, and sneezing.  serious inquiries only.

Could not have said it better myself, well the last part at least.