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Brihaspati - An Indian male living in the upper mid-west part of the USA. Lazy as they come, loves listening to Indian classical music and classic rock, bibliophile, oenophile, epicurean, rationalist, dabbles in existentialism and Indian philosophy, amateur tennis and table-tennis player.

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Weather Nazis

I dont watch the news-cast of the local affiliates of NBC, CBS and ABC but I see a fervent competition among the local weather folk. There are aggressive ads about which affiliates forecast the weather first in their newscast. The typical ad features a woman who talks to an apparently male silhouette and says, " Paul, I have tried to be loyal but I am leaving you for John (or some other garden variety name) because John gives me all the weather in the first 10 minutes". My local CBS affiliate goes, "All the weather in the First 10 minutes". Get a Life. Unless, its an emergency, 10 minutes of delay in learning about the weather doesnt make a fig of difference and there are other moew effective emergency warning mechanisms anyways.

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