Missed the post.

Twice!

The first time by an unmistakeable six seconds.

The second by a merely "sloppy" two or three.

My ledes were just too long. If I'd killed a clause or two between my first and second broadcast I *could* have pulled it off the second time -- but I just "read fast" instead, and *still* missed it. I'm sure some radio nut out there is laughing his ass off right now. (Thanks for the vintage mic link, btw.)

The newscast stories did work well together. But I literally *couldn't* hit the post. The timing was simply *too* tight. It might work well enough for a so-called "personality" like Limbaugh. For me, it just draws unwanted attention to myself. I know better now what my time limits actually *are*.

But we've *all* got a long way to go before we really sound good at this sort of coverage. At least we're all consciously working together to move in that particular direction. No one called to complain. I've still got to get it through my mind that it's better to run short than to run over.

But -- I *swear* -- I *did* hear the sound of the lightbulbs in the studio where we record coming through my headphones for every single local piece we did today.

My ears are getting *way* too sensitive.