Obviously, someone at CNN didn't think the news of the blonde's unexpected demise was worthy of his network's airtime. Mr. Cafferty apparently is at war with his producers over news judgment, as evidenced in this next clip where he refuses to read a story about actress Lindsay Lohan's DUI.
The great Oscar Peterson, seen here with the late, great Ray Brown on bass.
A quick lesson in Street Economics (and no, I'm not referring to Wall Street).
My commute into work on a snowy Christmas day can generally take one of three forms: via the side streets west of I-225 toward Town Center, via the interstate itself, or via Abilene Street, the frontage road for I-225.
I got on Abilene from Iliff and made my way up toward East Mississippi Avenue with virtually no plowing or street-salting done before 1:30 p.m., by which point the snow was about 5 to 6 inches deep depending on the spot. This stretch of Abilene was virtually untouched by anyone looking to alleviate the wintry pain of unrelenting snow for the average resident of Aurora. The top consumer draws for this stretch of Aurora include Amazing Jake's, a few restaurants and an American Furniture Warehouse.
Now take for example the stretch of Abilene north of Mississippi to East Alameda Avenue — home to Sam's Club, the entryway to Exposition (and Wal-Mart and various other businesses), and Town Center at Aurora. Is anyone surprised that the road looked quite nice in comparison to the earlier stretch? You could actually see pavement the entire way from Mississippi to the turn onto Alameda.
As much as I've bickered and complained about the traffic in and around the mall during the holiday season while trying to get to work, the extra attention to the streets on a day when few people braved the roads (and rightly so) benefited yours truly.
Aurora Mayor Ed Tauer appeared on the Sunday, Dec. 16, "Your Show" on KTVD My20 here in the metro area.
Having assumed it was on Channel 9 (where I first heard about it), I checked into the webcast from Channel 9 KUSA's website. For those of you who missed the webcast of the show, here are some of the highlights:
• Mayor Tauer says there is a degree of momentum on talks with International Speedway Corp. regarding the possibility of a NASCAR track coming to Aurora, yet tempered the talk by saying it won't get done without a fair deal for the city.
• Addressing the name change at the University of Colorado Denver campus in Aurora, Mayor Tauer called the exclusion of the word 'Aurora' from the new name was "a slap in the face" to the people who helped make it happen.
• Asked about Aurora's status opposite Denver, Tauer said the city "is coming out of the shadow" of our neighbor to the west. "We're really becoming our own city, and that's the first step... in time, you'll create your own community." Tauer also touted the recent Parade of Homes, Southlands and the Fitzsimmons redevelopment as part of Aurora's transformation.
• Asked about water rebates and rate changes, Tauer said the city has "plenty of water in what we call normal years" and that what remains to be done is to "drought-harden" the city.
• Questions about city-county consolidation were deflected to the work of the Blue Ribbon panel convened by city leaders to seek out the best form of government for Aurora.
• Tauer, queried about illegal immigration, said that local law enforcement always contacts federal officials when they suspect they've detained an illegal immigrant, but added that the federal authorities have not always followed through on their end.
• Mayor Tauer said there are no immediate plans for a District 4 police station.
• Many of the questions posed to the mayor concerned Aurora's public image. In specific regard to a perception of the city as a violent place, Tauer said crime statistics tell a story of safety: "Get the facts out there and show people we are safe."
While I don't spend nearly as much time watching television as I have at other times in my life, I have taken notice of the current writers' strike.
The union honchos for those who pen what's on the tube are still holding out for more moolah, and I don't fault them. Sure, it means no new "Late Show" or "The Office" offerings in the foreseeable future, but there are far worse things to endure in this world.
But as more and more reality shows eat up more and more of the primetime lineup, I want to make sure I get my two cents in before a deal is struck and the chance to cash in on reality show ideas dries up.
With the first votes of the 2008 presidential primary season just weeks away, there's plenty of fodder for unscripted television — assuming we can get the candidates to drop their talking points and pick up those Tiki torches they use on "Survivor."
If for some reason Mike Huckabee falls from grace as the current conservative darling, he can host the next few seasons of "The Biggest Loser" and take his message of eating right, exercising and attacking Darwin to the NBC viewership once a week.
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, still trailing Sen. Hillary Clinton in national polls, would likely be the frontrunner as a jet-setting contestant on "The Amazing Race" given his childhood years living in Jakarta, Indonesia.
And Rudy Giuliani could secure a spot on the next incarnation of VH1's "I Love New York," so long as he keeps the Sept. 11 anecdotes to the minimum.
And while David Duchovny is busy with some new program on some pay-cable channel I don't subscribe to, skywatcher and alien aficionado Dennis Kucinich can team up as Agent Scully's new partner in an "X-Files" based reality show.
Senator Hillary Clinton, who already has parodied the finale of HBO's "The Sopranos," will need to wait until the strike's over to start her own scripted variety show with former president and hubby Bill as the star.
And assuming the rest of the candidates can't find something else to pique their interest, we could just stick the rest of the bunch into a sprawling, L.A. mansion for the first-ever "Presidential Big Brother" — well, at least the first since the Bush administration.
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