Complaint Department

I have some complaints. I'll keep it brief.

• Baby dolphins are dying at inconsistently high rates (and very early in the season). Terrible. But this news was not covered by ABC or CBS (NBC Nightly News had a story on it last night). Has everyone bumped their heads and not remembered the devastating oil spill and the impacts that have yet to be felt? We are not out of the waters yet (pun intended). The oil spill's impact will continue to be an issue for our ocean, our marine life, and the gulf's economy for years. Read my blog post from last night about the dolphins.
• JET 24/FOX 66 all of a sudden are using social media (Facebook and Twitter updates many times a day). Unfortunately, it's leading to irresponsible journalism. They posted last night about a shooting at Rolling Ridge Elementary School and then never reported on it on the evening (or morning) news. Being my former grade school and located only a half mile from my house, I would have liked to have known whether there was a crazed gunman running around in the woods behind my house. I know these stations are just starting with the social media, but creating alarm that isn't necessary is not only bad journalism, but it's also reckless community service. Here's The Erie Times News report about the man's self-inflicted gunshot wound to his shoulder.
• Last night Erie had very cold, single digit temperatures. And while we didn't have snow, all the cars left outside were frosted over. During my two-mile commute, I was behind two cars that didn't have their windows scraped clear. And I don't mean they did a crappy job, I mean, the drivers didn't even bother to get their ice scraper out. The drivers were swerving, braking, and hunched over in all sorts of contorted positions. There are so many adjectives to describe these careless, negligent, foolish, inconsiderate, irresponsible drivers, that I will not list them. I will just say, take the time to be safe, it's worth it.
• I wish I was taller (Seinfeld/Ziggy cartoon reference).

And, scene. Thanks for reading.