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About Me

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I love Springtime! It gives me southerly breezes, blue skies, warm sunshine and a newness to everything. I am in the process of starting a new chapter in my life, Spring 2008 is a perfect time to start.
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I am looking for more in life. More accomplishments, more money, more toys, more love. I have a lot to show for the first 25% of my life. I now want to find someone to share the rest of it with. I just don't know who. In time, I suppose.
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I am a journalist. I love telling other people's stories, with their words. I never see the same thing twice, which keeps life interesting. I feel fortunate that I know things as they happen, and see them where they happen. I am the eyewitness for my viewers, and hold that very dear.
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I live in a great place. I have a dream apartment 250 feet above a great part of a terrific city. Right now there's nowhere else I'd rather live.
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I read quite a few blogs from other journalists. The Robert Report, beFrank, Lenslinger and News Blues are my faves, but I also like my blog, everWhise, at PaulHarrop.com

My Interests

Television News, Journalism, Storm Chasing, Meteorology, Photography, Learning, Reading, Travelling, Supporting Live Music
Storm Chasing Tours

I'd like to meet:

I meet people for a living. I take their picture and ask them questions. So, outside of work I hope to meet people that stimulate my mind and heart. Be interesting, be funny, be genuine. I have a big heart and an open mind, so hit me up. As far as people I think would be interesting to meet - Alton Brown, John Paul DeJoria, Mark Cuban, Marc Brown, Mark Mathis,

Music:

Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, The Refreshments, Townes Van Zandt, Todd Snyder, Camper Van Beethoven, Tom Petty, Andy Hersey, Ted Riviera, Gin Blossoms, Amos Lee, Matisyahu, Cake, Death Cab For Cutie, Elton John, Natalie Merchant, Sigur Ros, TV on the Radio, Hugo Largo, Brian Eno, Sublime, Black Crowes, Shurman, Roger Miller, Mark Isham, Counting Crowes, Cracker, Rodger Wilko, Macon Greyson, Collective Soul, Camaromance, The Southland, Coldplay, Gabriel & Dresden, Vivaldi, Chopin, Regina Spektor.

Movies:

Crash, Adaptation, Office Space, Raising Arizona, Secretary, Lost In Translation, The Life of David Gale, Up Close and Personal, Anchorman, 8 1/2, Car Wash, Broadcast News

Television:

M*A*S*H, Three's Company, King of the Hill, Scrubs, SNL, Sports Night, Feasting on Asphalt, Sex and the City, Studio 60, West Wing, Jeopardy, Carrier, Family Guy

Heroes:

Marc Brown, Jan Stratton, Mark Mathis, Anderson Cooper, Shepherd Smith, Don LaFontaine, Roger Clyne, Wayne Coyne, Townes Van Zandt, John Paul DeJoria, Alton Brown, Michael Meister, Sam Zell, Randy Michaels, Tom Charles

My Blog

KEZI - Dancer Gate - A Journalist’s Perspective

Friday, February 29, 2008 KEZI's Dancer Gate - A Journalist's Perspective From the everWhise Blog at www.PaulHarrop.com ------------------------------------ In Portland there is a public relations...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:53:00 PST

New Door

A new door was installed on our newsroom's exterior entrance this weekend. The old one was sticking, and the knob never worked right. It would creak and moan from old age with each use. The new, stee...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:08:00 PST

Bad Cop

Lyrewood Lane is a twisty, narrow, residential collecter street with no sidewalks, street lights, stop signs and a 30 MPH speed limit. Countless low-income apartment complexes and public housing proje...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:02:00 PST

Took the TT Storm Chasing

Yeah, I did it. With the top down for the bulk of it. Only got sprinkled on twice.... only saw 1 mile of gravel. I hate that I looked like a lookey-loo but I think the fact that the 15 chasers behind ...
Posted by Paul on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:09:00 PST

Remembering Chris Cohee

I hate covering news in my hometown. Friday night, Chris Cohee made the 4th friend of mine that has passed away that I have covered in the last year. First was Greg Cooper, my friend Sean's father he ...
Posted by Paul on Mon, 21 May 2007 11:27:00 PST

Reference Cited

So, I just realized that I talked myself up quite a bit in the last blog. I never boast without the ability to back things up. If I tell you that I am hot shit - you can rest assured that it is becaus...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:03:00 PST

Bad Times

So... this is a time to cope. Coping will be hard, the world is crashing around me. Not really, but it is at least difficult. I am pretty much watching my mother die. Doctors say that she will have a ...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:33:00 PST

Blog Remix

Here are two blogs that I was quite proud of when I wrote them. I imagine that I still have some adoration for the thoughts conveyed in these two posts from several years ago. I just wanted to share t...
Posted by Paul on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 12:22:00 PST

New Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Music

You must give this new stuff a listen. There are several songs from the new album "No More Beautiful World" on this site.http://www.azpeacemakers.com/ecard/I am listening to it for the first time as I...
Posted by Paul on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:27:00 PST

Road Trip

I am taking a mini road trip to Lubbock this week. I am soliciting any and all that may want to go with me to speak up now. I will be heading there Friday morning and coming back that night. In the ti...
Posted by Paul on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:40:00 PST