About this Blogger and Website

This site is dedicated to the journalistic principles that news must be proportionate and the significant be made relevant. It is no accident that a certain left lean exists here. It is an attempt to right the right domination in the corporate news product. A scan of the posts might lead you to categorize this blog as “all-news-that’s-nuts.” That’s a fair assessment. In spite of what you see, all news is not wholly depressing and dull. It can be ridiculous, outrageous, maddening, absurd, ironic, bizarre, freakish, funny, and astonishing. This little corner of the net is devoted to what you’re not likely to hear on CNN.

Now, about the blogger…

First, Melissa King has been writing since she was a wee one, initially inspired by Charlotte and Wilbur of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web. Her favorite writer and cynic is Mark Twain; subsequently, her second son, Samuel is named for Mr. Clemens. She has several Associated Press Awards for Best Newscast for her work on the Arizona-California-Mexico border covering stories as hard-hitting as Immigration and as fluffy as Hollywood Actor’s Premieres. Before news, she worked as an Associate Faculty member at Arizona Western College teaching ethics and logic (both disciplines proved irrelevant in news ;-( ). She also worked for celebrated science-fiction/fantasy author, Orson Scott Card, and had the opportunity to contribute just a little to a vile, yet comical, character (Vilate Franker) in the American fantasy series: The Tales of Alvin Maker.

Melissa now lives in Alabama with her superhero husband and four beautiful, brilliant children.

20 Responses to “About this Blogger and Website”

  1. Jason, on November 24th, 2007 at 11:08 pm Said:

    Hey there

    I have had a great time readign this blogg. I was lookign up Ghandi’s comment about the world going blind and I came across your blogg spot and have spent the last hour reading things from it.

    It’s fantastic

    Jason

  2. mdking, on November 25th, 2007 at 1:51 am Said:

    Thank you so much. The Weekly World News doesn’t have to exist; you don’t have to make stuff up. :-)

    Sincerely, Melissa

  3. ultimoAdios, on December 6th, 2007 at 4:32 am Said:

    At this moment is the moment of what I called “Social Networking” - - browsing around WordPress.com blogger community in random to find interesting ideas or shall I say inspiration. Your blog caught my attention. Great blog! and thanks for your thoughts!

    Sicerely,

    UA

  4. Melissa King, on December 6th, 2007 at 4:37 am Said:

    Thank you very much.

  5. jason p., on December 29th, 2007 at 7:35 pm Said:

    Ithink i might have been turned on to this website once before but alot has happened since then.lots of interesting articles here. good website,mis.

    -j
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  6. mdking, on December 29th, 2007 at 7:39 pm Said:

    Hey, an endorsement from my uncle is awesome. I’ve got to carry on Nano’s democratic fervor.

  7. SITEMONITOR, on January 9th, 2008 at 3:14 am Said:

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  8. Dan (Fitness), on February 11th, 2008 at 10:19 pm Said:

    I dig this blog too :)
    And you got to work with Orson Scott Card?
    That must have been awesome!

  9. mdking, on February 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pm Said:

    It was awesome. Card is a fantastic story teller. I wish some of his books were films.

  10. Yaz Okulu, on March 22nd, 2008 at 6:19 pm Said:

    does anyone knows if there is any other information about this subject in other languages?

  11. mdking, on March 22nd, 2008 at 8:10 pm Said:

    Which subject?

  12. Susan Hales, on March 29th, 2008 at 12:14 am Said:

    Hey, I just found your site. Add me to your blog roll if you get a chance. Where in Alabama are you?

  13. mdking, on March 29th, 2008 at 12:27 am Said:

    Hi, Susan. I hails from Hoover.

    Where are you? I saw two blue dot bumper stickers in a parking lot and wanted to wait for the people to come back to their car. I obviously need friends. ;-)

  14. athenivandx, on April 19th, 2008 at 9:38 pm Said:

    Hi there………..I saw the video about the pretend film…….of questions George S. could ask McCain………its awesome………I couldn’t get vodpod to work to insert in my own blog to do a post myself………so saved your blog in my rolls……..lefties rule!

    I claim to be ambidextrous though………..figuratively and literally……I can write with each hand……..and I can agree with the right on certain things……

    GObama 08!

    I love Keith Olbermann……that was actually the video that I wanted to put in my own blog……..alas, vodpod failed me.

  15. mdking, on April 19th, 2008 at 10:30 pm Said:

    athenivandx, just go grab it from youtube. You can insert it into your posts like this [youtube=(insert youtube link) ]

    Thanks for stopping by!

  16. buelahman, on April 20th, 2008 at 11:39 am Said:

    Hoover? Cool. All my relatives are from Harpersville, Vincent, Childersburg, Sylacauga area.

    Great Blog and have bloggroll’d you, as well.

  17. mdking, on April 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pm Said:

    Sylacauga? Childersburg? That’s Alabama wine country! Morgan Creek blueberry wine is my favorite Christmas gift to give.

  18. Glynn Wilson, on May 14th, 2008 at 3:15 pm Said:

    Melissa,

    Don’t spot an e-mail address for you on here anywhere, so just wanted to let you know I finally got around to adding you to our blog roll at the Locust Fork Journal, LocustFork.Net.

    GW

  19. mdking, on May 14th, 2008 at 4:14 pm Said:

    Thanks, Glynn!

  20. johnnypeepers, on July 10th, 2008 at 4:07 am Said:

    You know what they say…there ain’t nuttin’ smoother than a Hoovah groova. Actually it is a reference to L.A. Crips and the hood they inhabit, but it has cross-geographic applicability.

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