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I was listening to the song Painkiller when I read this one which is a strange coincidence. The Houston Chronicle is reporting that KHOU Channel 11 anchor Lucy Noland was burned by a laser:

KHOU (Channel 11) anchor Lucy Noland says she will require five months of twice-monthly laser surgery to treat the aftermath of second-degree burns to her face that were caused by another laser surgical procedure gone awry in January.

Noland disclosed the situation to viewers during Channel 11’s 10 p.m. Wednesday newscast and said she expects a full recovery from the effects of the January procedure, known as intense pulsed light surgery.

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Sounds painful. I had heard about this back in late January, but refrained from posting because it sounded pretty serious.

(Image courtesy of the NY Daily News)

KTRK weatherman Doug Brown predicted his last Houston forecast today on Channel 13. The Chief has more:

Off-air Doug is the same friendly, folksy person you saw on TV. He is a good friend and a trusted member of our weather team. We will miss him.

As you probably know from watching Doug on-air, he likes climate statistics. What you probably don’t know is that those statistics came from meticulous, hand-written weather records Doug kept for several decades. He could find a weather factoid in his notes faster than the rest of us could look it up on the computer.

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Doug Brown was a guest on Ed Brandon’s fill-in show on AM 700 KSEV a few hours after his last Channel 13 broadcast.

UPDATE
This is even being covered in Waco!

Here are the 25 top duets of all time according to retroCRUSH. OK, one is missing. Ozzy Osbourne’s and Lita Ford’s Close My Eyes Forever.

OK, actually we could be adding to this list for a while.

(Thanks Brian!)

No matter the industry, everyone has probably had a dumb boss or manager at one of their jobs.

So wait till you hear this one.

Chez is a blogger in New York who was just fired from the supposed progressive CNN for his personal blogging. That part has nothing to do with one of his recent blog posts, but it still should be noted.

Chez retells an old account when he worked at a Los Angeles TV station and a manager had problems with a producer giving away the ending to a Titanic inspired movie.

It makes me hurt.

(Image courtesy of Flickr user mando maniac)

Some videos are hard to describe, you just have to watch and this is one of them.

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I feel like a 16 year old after that. Or Beavis or Butt Head. Huh, huh…cool.

(Thanks Brian!)

Go on, Leave Your Job
FOR those who have started their own business or are thinking of doing so, there’s inspiration, comfort, camaraderie — as well as nitty-gritty advice — online. Dozens of blogs offer small-business owners and entrepreneurs free start-up tips and business advice — much of it drawn from their creators’ experiences.

This Is the Modding World
Today, more and more products contain software or firmware, and increasingly have lines of communication back to their creators. That allows the software that runs them to be easily updated — in fact, it increasingly demands it.

Buying Movies on Flash Drives: Nice Idea That Doesn’t Work
Over the last few months, there has been quite a debate about the relative merits of Blu-ray, HD DVD and standard DVD discs.

The Rise of the ‘Citizen Paparazzi’
Photo agencies are increasingly relying on submissions from regular folk who either happen to bump into celebrities while carrying digital cameras, or who have injected themselves into the cat-and-mouse game of celebrity snapshots, despite any formal training.

The human satellite truck
I know people who would like the sound of this.

Late-Night TV Satires Become Online Hits
The worst-kept secret in Hollywood on Oscar night was whom Jimmy Kimmel was sleeping with.

Network of TVs Talks to Cellphones and Trades Clips for Advertising
A LITTLE-KNOWN private company, Akoo International, is setting up a network of digital screens that can send and receive messages from cellphones.

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman […]

Ed Brandon told me that he will be filling in as a radio host this Thursday, Feb. 28 on 700 AM KSEV in Houston at 11am - 12pm.

He’ll be filling in for Steve Drake on Money Matters but probably won’t be talking finance.

Listen online at ksevradio.com/

If the Oscars had moments like this built into the actual show, maybe it could get ratings again. Hollywood burnout Gary Busey freaks Ryan Seacrest and Jennifer Garner out on the Red Carpet.

WATCH THE STRANGE VIDEO

But then he moved on to another area and told a young reporter that Britney and others are not stars and liars. WATCH THAT

That forward thinking Chance McClain over at 1560 The Game did something I don’t think many Houston radio stations, or broadcasters for that matter, have thought of.

He put the station’s signal up on Justin.tv. I can only assume he will be doing video content there too. Fill us in Chance.

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