5 posts tagged “news”
The latest news stories have been about this: The Grand Canyon Skywalk. It will be opening soon, and for those of you who don't know, this is a glass bridge that extends over the rim of the about 40 feet. (I think.) I just have three words for you on this one.
Oh.
Hell.
No.
I'm not that scared of things like heights or thrill rides or things like that. But I seriously draw the line at things that will cause me to plummet hideously to my death. This is why I will not ride the rides at the top of the Stratosphere. Heck, I remember when I was a kid and we went to Circus World at Niagara Falls, they had an optical illusion room where you would walk the tightrope. All around the rope on the floor was glass and mirrors, so it looked like you were up high. My dad had to practically carry me across...I was just paralyzed with fear. And the rope was certainly at least as big as a balance beam! (I was taking gymnastics at the time.)
So yeah. I'll take the donkey ride down. No glass bridges for me!
"So people ask me all the time about my son, who's 14 months now. In fact, one of the gals who works here was asking me just the other day, so I remembered to bring in some pictures with me today..."
NEVER MIND that someone got shot in the face on the Strip, or that I really would like to know when exactly the implosion is of the Stardust, or I am curious about traffic around last night's implosion at the Wynn, or someone else cares about the NASCAR race this week. She took up 3-4 minutes, on air, showing us pictures of her son.
I realize you're a proud mom, but that's why the internet created blogs. Get one!
So at elections, Nevadans voted to approve a sweeping smoking ban. Restaurant/bars are upset about this, as they either have to massively remodel their establishments to separate the bar and restaurant, stop serving food, or go smoke-free. Yesterday, the day before the ban was to take effect, a judge issued a temporary injunction so the constitutionality of the law could be examined. Obviously, the American Cancer Society was not happy, and issued a statement.
Which is a roundabout way of me saying that I completely love the name of their representative: Buffy Tarbox.
Because how perfect is that?
And the best part is that the members of the news team aren't necessarily awake either. Well, I'll give half of them the benefit of the doubt... The male anchor, Mitch Truswell, is pretty together. Which is good, as with that name, he's either a news anchor or a porn star. And a porn star he ain't. The traffic guy, "Chopper" Tom Hawley, is pretty good. As long as he's in the chopper. Put him in the studio, and he's pretty useless.
My favorite person on the news cast is the co-anchor, Sue Manteris. Because this is a woman who clearly shouldn't be reading the news. Or she should fire her writers. First off, she likes to ad-lib, giving her opinion on the story, often causing Mitch to react in a "umm...that's nice Sue...moving on..."
A couple of days ago, on the story with the guy getting stabbed by a stingray, she comes up with the classic line, and I quote:
Ted Williams Tunnel is Falling Down, My Fair Lady...
When I was in high school, I took Latin, because it was touted to be so helpful and all the cool kids were doing it. (Seriously, this one guy in my class was hot.) In Connecticut, all the high school Latin classes got together for a Field Day of sorts. We would make a chariot, a big banner, put together projects relating to the Romans, and wore bedsheets as togas. Aside from the projects and such, we participated in "sports" like the Romans would have at the Olympics. Forget that that was the Greeks, but anywho.
One event was a War Canoe race. Seven people got into a big ass canoe, in bedsheets, and raced around a little river. Except this year, it was the beginning of April, and the river was pretty flooded. And cold. Oh, and we're in bedsheets. Can you see where I'm going?
Yep. I was in a canoe. In a bedsheet. And it tipped over. And I learned really fast that you don't want to be wrapped in a lot of clothing (and a bedsheet) in a swollen river in early April in the Northeast. Because the water is cold, and there's a lot of it.
As a side effect of this experience, I developed a fear of bridges. Specifically, that the bridge would break and I would plummet into the water below and would drown. It's a perfectly cromulent fear, but it does cause me issues sometimes. Especially when it's transferred to tunnels. Like tunnels under harbors. That are the only way to the airport. That have started falling apart and killing people. And, upon inspection, they've found at least SIXTY other weak spots.
Woah.
I'm so glad Manchester has a good airport.
