The marketing guys at ABCNews really, really, really want you to subscribe to their Breaking News Alerts. Also, they are way overdue for a vacation.

Quote from Letting Drunk Drive Wasn’t Manslaughter:

Pangle, who had a .21 blood alcohol level, had a .26 BAC when he died.

Does anybody even read these articles before they’re posted? Or does one of these numbers refer to the ABCNews staff?

Not having worked on Netscape, I can view stuff like this without any bitterness.

Why is it that every Dodge Intrepid I see on the freeway is being driven by a timid person who is afraid to change lanes or merge?

On the way to work this morning, I heard a radio commercial for the Hyundai Accent. It occurs to me that “Accent” is a really fantastic name for a sub-compact car. It suggests all sorts of marketing campaigns. “Too small for a whole letter, this car is just an Accent!” Or maybe “the car so tiny that it can be considered a fashion accessory… Accent”.

Quote from a recent ABCNews article… “Some of the CIA’s key people may, in fact, more closely resemble newly minted Ph.D.s than, say, Jack Ryan, protagonist of the Tom Clancy spy novels.” For those of you who have (a) read the books, (b) seen the movies, or (c) come out from under a rock at some point in the last ten years, you’ll remember that Jack Ryan starts out as a CIA analyst (with newly minted Ph.D.). You may also recall Jack Ryan’s line from the Sum of All Fears trailer, which has been running every 3 minutes on every major network (including ABC)… “I can’t go on a mission. I only write reports.” Why, oh why, do I read news on this site?