I’m sitting in Indianapolis International, waiting to board my flight to Cincy (a one hour flight/two hour drive). I look through the sea of people waiting to board planes. Families on the move. WHERE IN THE HELL ARE THEY GOING FRIDAY EVENING?

I understand the road warriors are all heading home after a long week away from their loved ones. The folks dressed in business attire explain themselves; it is just after 5:00, and this is the first flight after the close of business.

Suddenly the answer to my question has dawned on me. Through the sea I notice key clues to why these families are traveling on a weekend that involves no holidays. Cowboy boots. Blue jeans. Cowboy hats. A faint smell of manure. THE BLUE JACKETS! The FFA has invaded the airport, and many of them are heading home.

I find it a humorous coincidence that most are heading to Atlanta.

Here’s a video look at Great American Ballpark from between left and center field, right next to Cincinnati’s bullpen.

And here’s Lyon Video’s production truck, MU5 , that has been used for all the games this week.

Hi. My name is Seth. And… wow this is difficult. I’m… I’m a…. *sigh* a workaholic.

But it’s fun work. And they pay me. Doesn’t that count for anything? Well, I think it should.

This last week I had an extremely interesting and creative challenge (my favorite kind). We’re broadcasting the Ohio State at Purdue football game (October 7 at 8:00p in HD and only on RTV6 [what? it's only a little plug]). Anyways, and we want to promote the game all week long. The only problem is, our sports promos don’t come down from ABC until Thursday. That’s an issue. So instead I faked the spot by using the USC vs. Washington audio track, the Iowa vs. whoever Saturday Night Football titlecard, and an empty end graphic that was sent as part of a generic spot a few weeks back. Take a look:

I was fairly impressed the plan worked. You can see the spot on our air starting Monday. Let me know if you like it, or if it looks like cable access crap.

Anywho, I’m writing from Cincinnati. You know, the place that’s almost in Indiana and almost in Kentucky but is really part of Ohio. Yeah, that’s the one. I’m working the Cubs vs. Reds series at Great American Ballpark for FSN Ohio (which is broadcast on FSN Indiana, which is actually just a localized FSN Midwest, which in reality is just FOX Sports Net).

It’s been good times so far, only one hiccup. As you can see to the right, it’s not usually a good thing when one (much less both) of my monitors goes to green. That’s a sign we won’t have any graphics for a few minutes.

So, that’s basically it from here. I don’t really want to make fun of the semi-south of Kentucky, as I still have a few more hours on this side of the river before returning to the Union. It’s not all bad on this side, though. Lots of laughs from the locals and the not so locals (one who thought a hotel bar was a good way to “pick up the vibe of the city”).

I spent four days this week sprawled out on my parents’ couch, knocked out cold by the flu. It could have something to do with the fact I’ve pretty much felt like I look in this photo for the last two weeks.

The Todd & Trisha RV Tour kicked my butt up and down Indiana. Lack of sleep, poor diet, etc, etc.

Anyways, I was so sick I had to make the first cancellation of my freelance career. Yup. I had to call in to the Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday. But it gets worse. What could be worse?

If you saw FSN Ohio on Friday night, then you saw the worst show of my freelance career. Yeah. Not good.

We’ll see if tonight goes any better.