Just stuff for Wednesday - August 30, 2006
Somber day yesterday in New Orleans. WWL-TV spent the entire day commemorating Hurricane Katrina on its one year anniversary. WWL-TV and WWL radio were the only media available to New Orleans and the surrounding areas for many days and weeks after the storm. They were already the top TV and radio stations in the area but ALL of their broadcasters are household names around here now. Good for them.
I’m not sure what to make of the N.Y. Times self-censorship. What’s the difference between the censorship they’re practicing voluntarily for the UK and the censorship Google is practicing voluntarily for China? For one thing, I don’t think it works. If you block something, people tend to be that much more interested in finding out what you’re blocking from them. The story the Times is blocking is widely available elsewhere.
For you fantasy football players, a couple of tips from CrabAppleLane: WR Donte Stallworth was traded to the Eagles Monday and might be a worthy pickup in later rounds. He goes higher than he deserves here. He is in the last year of his contract. He has underperformed as a Saint but he has big game potential. The change of scenery AND the contract incentive might help. However, it might not. It says here that Marques Colston will take Stallworth’s place opposite Joe Horn. He went undrafted in both of the leagues I’m in and I expect he will go undrafted in all others with 12 teams or less. It also says here that he’ll be on someone’s roster in every league by the second or third game. The guy is big and he catches everything thrown at him. He’s one of the pleasant surprises of this training camp.
8 days until football season...
Quote of the Day
I spotted a man hanging out of his attic window. I shouted questions at him (an impromptu interview). He talked about how quickly the water rose, trapping him and his girlfriend and child upstairs all night.
Jonathan Betz, WWL-TV.COM
Blog of the day here.
Quote from said blog: "Tomorrow we're going to Las Vegas for a couple days. I'm in a bad mood just thinking about what a nightmare the Oakland airport is going to be but I've got my fingers crossed the flight doesn't get diverted because some passenger has a tube of Poligrip in their carry-on."
