Have you ever noticed that the term “breaking news” is completely over-used by today’s television news networks? This has struck me many times over the past years and my friend Katie and I have often commented on it coming back into the office from lunch and walking by the television to see one of the many not so breaking “breaking news” stories.
It was the day after congress had voted down the bailout package and the Dow had plummeted 777 points. I’d been out of work for two weeks at this point and as my dad has kindly stated to people the financial markets collapsed as soon as I’d left NASDAQ. I went to the gym very early in the morning and as I watched CNN I saw that there was breaking news. I turned up the volume and heard that the breaking news was that congress had voted down the bailout package…15 hours after the actual vote. Not exactly breaking and one of the worst miss-uses of this term I’d ever seen.
So with that…here is my breaking news! I’ve left NASDAQ and am traveling to Europe, the Gulf Region, Asia and Australia over the course of the next several months. I’ll bring many breaking stories to you through this blog. I’ve never kept a journal (and certainly not a blog) and never chronicled any portions of my life and thought it would be a good time to capture some of my adventures. I hope one day I’ll be able to read this and look back fondly on the memories and breaking stories of this unique opportunity.
