Odds and ends, 8/24/07

Headline on Page 4A of this morning's The Herald-Dispatch: "Gov't wants to help strip miners."

Great. That's all West Virginia needs. A bunch of naked coal miners.

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Talk about being out of the loop. There was a Fox tv series called "Anchorwoman" about a model becoming a news anchor at a TV station. I saw a couple of ads for it. I thought it was another mindless sitcom. Apparently it was a reality TV series. I say "was" because it was canceled after airing only one episode.

Why a legitimate newsroom would buy into such an idea is beyond me. But I have the perfect face and voice for print, so what do I know about TV?

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Before I get out of here for the weekend, let me say that the official temperature outside right now is 96 degrees, with a heat index of 97. But that's probably at the airport, right? Yesterday afternoon when I drove up 5th Avenue after work, I saw a credit union thermometer that said it was 107.

And tonight is the first night of high school football season.

But wait. It's only Aug. 24, and the Reds have not yet been mathematically eliminated from the postseason.

So is it summer or fall?