Posts with tag trapped
Posted Dec 18th 2006 1:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: News, OpEd, Things I Hate About TV, Watercooler Talk

Three mountain climbers go up on Mt. Hood. They get in trouble, socked in by a storm. They call for help. There's a search party. One's found dead; the others are still missing.
Don't get me wrong; it's a sad story. I feel for the families of the men trapped on the mountain. But this doesn't feel like news to me.
Since climbing during any time of the year, much less winter, isn't exactly a risk-free activity, I'd imagine that one or two climbers get trapped on the mountain every year. So why has this incident been the
top story on all the local and network news broadcasts for the last five days?
Continue reading Things I Hate About TV: Blowing news stories out of proportion
Posted Apr 27th 2006 11:22AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Cable, OpEd, Animation, South Park
God must really want those kids dead. -- South Park
(S10E06) I'm like, totally cereal, guys.
If nothing else, last night's episode proved that South Park is still an equal opportunity offender. In
this episode, Al Gore comes to South Park to warn everyone about Manbearpig (read: global warming), a creature who is
half man, half bear, and half pig. Or possibly half man and half bearpig. No one really knows for sure because Gore is
apparently the only one who believes he exists.
Continue reading South Park: Manbearpig