A journalist's job is most definitely not to give his/her audience what they want.
As Mr. Dooley said, the job of a journalist is to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable."
Wow, you've really mastered the power of positive giving-up.
Cordelia ,'End of Days'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Ginger - Aug 27, 2008 8:59:47 am PDT #5644 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Barb - Aug 27, 2008 9:12:49 am PDT #5645 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I love my birthday-- Leonard Bernstein, Elvis Costello, Marti Noxon, Tim Burton, Mel Ferrer (tickles me no end), Geoff Downes, Rollie Fingers, and Sean Connery, among many other cool folks.
Makes up for the fact that I also share the day with George Wallace, Rachel Ray, and Billy Ray Cyrus.
Daisy Jane - Aug 27, 2008 9:13:53 am PDT #5646 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Elvis Costello
You win.
Lee - Aug 27, 2008 9:22:18 am PDT #5647 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
You win.
I share a birthday with the board, so I think maybe I do.
Dana - Aug 27, 2008 9:31:57 am PDT #5648 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I don't want a hurricane to hit anywhere, especially since Florida's gotten so much rain lately, but I would appreciate some "no-hurricane-hitting-New-Orleans"-ma.
Connie Neil - Aug 27, 2008 9:33:18 am PDT #5649 of 10003
brillig
Considering where Storm Track is putting it, you need the ~ma
amych - Aug 27, 2008 9:36:34 am PDT #5650 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
but I would appreciate some "no-hurricane-hitting-New-Orleans"-ma.
Completely understood. Stay out to sea until the winds die down and then rain in only those places that need it ~ma it is!
Barb - Aug 27, 2008 9:42:11 am PDT #5651 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I would appreciate some "no-hurricane-hitting-New-Orleans"-ma.
Oh cripes, no, no, no...No more hurricanes hitting New Orleans. (Or Florida.)
Let it hit some deserted stretch of coastline... somewhere.
Daisy Jane - Aug 27, 2008 9:50:04 am PDT #5652 of 10003
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I don't want a hurricane to hit anywhere, especially since Florida's gotten so much rain lately, but I would appreciate some "no-hurricane-hitting-New-Orleans"-ma.
I'm with you. WWL has been sending me updates for the past few days.
Dana - Aug 27, 2008 9:52:09 am PDT #5653 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
My dad says that the reason the overall cone is pointing towards New Orleans is because they've averaged the tracks that have it hitting Texas or Florida. Apparently no individual track has it predicted at New Orleans.
But that's not preventing moderate hysteria, of course.