Beyond the Weather Perhaps I'm watching a bit too much TV lately, and from what I am about to say, it is inexplicable why I do. It's a wasteland! Or is it a sign that I am getting older and out of touch with the younger culture? Even Fox News is getting on my nerves, for crying out loud! On all news channels, all we hear about is Natalee Holloway: NON-STOP, all day long. Am I concerned about a young woman who has gone missing in Aruba? Truthfully, not much. Sounds harsh, but I don't know her. I am certain that scores of people go missing everyday. Unfortunately most of them are elderly or poor or black or hispanic. What is it about one white teenage girl who is missing that suddenly has everyone talking? It is not about the tragedy of her absence, or we would hear about all the rest, even those who are not pretty. It is about something else, and one day I'll figure it out. For the time being, journalists are rushing to Aruba and we ignore the rest of the world. Most tragically, the hype, speculation and drama that characterizes the "run-away" bride or the Natalee Holloway's shapes the rest of the news. Anything that cannot be reduced to high drama and hype is not worth reporting.

Weather Channel Fog I used to be a big fan of The Weather Channel before it went entertainment. No offense to the ladies, but it seems that 90% of the caucasian female meteorologists on TWC are blondes. Don't brunettes and red heads, not to mention those brave enough to show the gray, understand the weather as well as blondes? No doubt I am unusual in many ways, but I don't go to TWC for anything but the weather, not some scantily clad, dizzy chick standing in the middle of buffalo patties in Montana (for real!). And cut out the schtick, you guys. We can do without the monologue at the beginning of every in-studio report. I for one tune in for the weather. And I would almost guarantee TWC producers that folks looking for models and one-liners are likely at different channels on cable.