Barbarians at the gate and MarQ meets the Page

Hi all,

Finally have somethings to talk about...

First off, I get in Sunday to work to find three vultures at the front door. If this isn't a bad omen, I don't know what is. lol. Considering the station is offically being taken over this coming Monday (yes they finally announced it!!!). We had a little bit of an orientation today, but I missed most of it, working and all. But I did have a lot of time to read the employee handbook. I am not going to mention the company's name, because I do have a negative thing to say about it. But hey, I am still working for Emmis until Monday, right?

The handbook seemed very corporate (I had described it as "socialist" to a reporter) as the word "loyality" came up in the book more than any other word. The wording seemed more as "we pay you, so you have to do this" rather than "we respect you as an employee and here are some guidelines to follow". And there are certain liberties we are giving up in the process, namely comp days. But until our new news director comes in, we don't know how good or bad it is going to be. So its still another wating game here.

Now to some good news. I get a call Monday from my roommate. "Get in you car and drive to Books-a-million. Diamond Dallas Page is signing autographs." I have read his biography twice and was mnore than willing to get there to meet the man.

For those of you not in the know, DDP is a wrestler with a very colorful history. He ran bars during his twenties, (one here in Ft. Myers called Norma Jeans was his most popular one--sorry to say now defunct) and became a wrestling manager in his late twenties. He became a wrestler in his early thirties, which is late for any wrestler to start, but he became world champion eventually and he is now retired.

As what I got from his book, Dallas is a very nice guy. Very extroverted and friendly. He invited me to a bar where he was meeet with his old posse from Norma Jeans. I did go for a bit, Dallas greeted me warmly, but me not being a social butterfly said hi to a few people and left. But I know we will cross pathes again, he comes down here every few months and if he has a story, he will more than like call.

I will post soon. Laters.