Monday, July 22, 2013

Ridiculous News

Really?

One of the few things I tend to watch on television is local news.  Since I live in a rural area, there is not always an abundance of newsworthy items to report.  When a television report begins with, "The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that there has been a 600% spike in accidents when televisions are pulled or have fallen and landed on children," you know it's a slow news day.  Surely to goodness, there is something that falls under the category of news that they could tell me.  Maybe something about a Boy Scout, or a story about a lady that rescues dogs, -- I don't know.  I'm not a news reporter.  Seriously.

So I am going to give you what I would consider news.  Rain is possible and in the forecast for us here in the center of the United States tomorrow.  

Okay, so I can't even find a picture to put here to show you.  I don't even know why I watch the weather.

Then there is the royal baby watch.  Dutchess Catherine has supposedly been at the hospital for at least 8 hours now.  I have a 9 hour layover in London next weekend, and I have never been anywhere except the airport.  Should I go to Buckingham Palace, or  try to catch a show in the West End?  No doubt there will be a plethora of baby souvenirs.  I kid you not, I am excited about this.  I was one of those people who watched the entire 56 hours of wedding coverage a couple of years ago.  Always been enamored by that kind of stuff.  I think it is because it is so different from anything we have in the United States.  Well, that, and the fact that Catherine is such a photographic and intriguing subject.  Here are the odds on the gender and name for the baby.

Today's post is feeling like an epic fail, as I am having trouble with every picture that I have tried to pluck and put with this post.  Maybe reporting the news is harder than it looks.  

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