The Law Won

You remember Kate Barker leaving Charlotte USA a little more than a month ago to move back home to Portland, Maine. Lucky for us Adam Shub got to stick around until last Friday. We all celebrated his time here on his last media night at The Gin Mill a couple of weeks ago. Shub got started early at Rira's 10th birthday party. This picture was taken shortly after 11 p.m featuring Tim Baier, a glassy eyed Shub, Mark Campbell, and clueless Jim Travers.
It was also a return to The Gin Mill for television's own Kris Cook. He's been traveling the country shooting tape at NASCAR races. Here's his lovely wife Danielle pretending she misses him dearly the four or five nights a week he's on the road. It was good to see Cook again. The newsroom at the ole' one four isn't as fun as it once was.
Hey look!! It's Todd singing karaoke! He mixed it up last week. Typically he stays with older stuff, but he sang a new hip song that I can't remember. Todd's a crowd pleaser.
Travers sings karaoke twice a year, after he gets completely goober hammered at a Jimmy Buffet show and sometime around St. Patrick's Day. He always does the same song, I Useta Lover by The Saw Doctors. He whips its ass every time he sings it. Oh, speaking of Jim Travers, remember when he used to post pictures of he and Mark's parties on his website? Those were wonderful days. I hope maybe we'll get to see party pictures from Halloween which was more than five months ago.
The Lady and I talked early that morning to make sure we both wore gray shirts.
It sucks when people leave, even if it's for a good reason. I remember one day Adam and I were playing golf a long time ago. We talked about he and Kate and how badly he wants to provide a wonderful life for his family. We also talked about how tough that is to do on a television news salary. Damn if he didn't go and get into law school. Adam's a wonderfully unselfish dude. His number one priority is Kate. Whether it's ordering her a glass of wine, or moving to Maine, his happiness is directly related to Kate's. She's happy, and so is he.