You must read this.

Finally tracked down the source of my favourite quote, ever, which I originally happened across while looking at old microphones online:

It is not necessary to remind you that the fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other does not confer upon you greater wisdom or understanding than you possessed when your voice reached only from one end of the bar to the other.

Perhaps that was true when Ed Murrow was addressing the RTNDA in 1958. Or maybe he was being diplomatic. But I think it's something we *should* be reminded of, every single day. Here's the whole speech. When I first saw the quote it reached out and grabbed me. It's *way* too relevant to me not to think he planted it as a time bomb to go off in my head fifty years later. It's an *amazing* speech, and probably more relevant today than when he uttered it.

Turbulent week broadcasting. Nothing personal. Things just kept happenning. I guess if I can't take it, I've got no business being near -- let alone *in* a broadcast newsroom. I'll spare you the details. I'll just say it was a challenge. I do feel comfortable in saying this, though -- it did *not* affect my broadcast. None of it. Of course I can do better. And next week, I will.

Now I have my first weekend -- two days off! -- since January. I plan to enjoy them. I will not even *look* at a microphone until Monday, so help me gawd.