Thick(headed) As A Brick

As an anchor today for Team C, I interviewed a professor from Ithaca College about Ben Bernanke's (Fed Chairman) comments and plan about and for the economy. He agreed with Bernanke that the financial market's recent problems have stemmed from surging oil prices and the housing market debacle involving subprime mortgages.

My phoner worked out well in my opinion. The professor was more than happy to talk with me, making my job easier. His personal opinion is that we will not see any improvements in the economy any time soon, but he also thinks it won't get much worse for the next six months. Whatever happens, he agreed with Bernanke that something has to be done to correct the problems in the stock market right now.

What follows next may be considered "personal angst" but I don't think it is so I will continue...

Now to the studio. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently several things, of which were nobody's fault but mine. I mispronounced "Congel" as in Robert Congel. Stupid mistake. One of those things that you think you would know because it should be common knowledge, but you never bother to find out and then it hits you. It's like the acronym ESPN. Everyone knows what it is, but does everybody know what it stands for? Probably not.

Second mistake: Misplacing my weather page. For some reason I put it behind the floaters, meaning it wasn't in its proper spot. After five seconds of dead air and mini-panicking, producer Jameson handed me his copy and I read it. However, since I thought we were pressed for time at that point, I skipped over the current weather (oops). Turns out I did have time, just enough in fact to squeeze the stupid phrase "listen and know" into the end to hit the post. That's embarassing. I also panicked and said "That's it for NCC News", which apparently implies the program has expired and will not be returning to life ever again.

So...I will learn from this mistake-riddled experience and move on. That's all I can do, in addition to laughing at myself when I hear this cast on Tuesday. I'm pretty much laughing as I type this entry. My head is Thick As A Brick. As Phil Mickelson would say, "I am such an idiot."