This strange photo for today’s look at the news comes from the one and only Gregg Beever.
At first you look at it and you’re just “Whatever, it’s a TV in a parking lot, I see that all the time. People throw their garbage everywhere and I…wait…is it…plugged in?”
Yes, it is. Someone brought their TV to work with them. Or some TV junkie is roaming the streets, looking for an outlet to plug in their television and get their tube fix.
You know, they could just get an iPad. It would probably save them some back pain.
Hey, don’t forget, you could win $95-million tonight.
That seems like so much money I can’t even wrap my head around it.
Officers who wore “no rats” t-shirts still anonymous
Edmonton police badge among cache of stolen goods (Umm, yikes.)
City Centre Airport is a dead issue – please give it a rest (What he said.)
Hostage crisis spurs major security upgrades for WCB buildings
MP wants Stelmach to send ‘clear signal’ to protect water
Real estate rebels now free and clear (The ComFree couple.)
Spending strategies examined at city hall
Teachers want breathing room (They don’t want to face job cuts.)
Edmonton in top five of ‘family-friendly’ cities in Canada
Waste management centre gets new paper recycling plant (We do love our waste management here.)
Local magazine folds (After decades of publishing, Edmontonians is done. Hicks on Six also has some radio news.)
No breaks for noisy bikers (Happy Canada Day!)
Lights…camera…sell Edmonton (Should the City sponsor hilarious YouTube videos?)
Seguin gets a taste of Oil Country (SEGUIN!!!!!!!)
Fewer Albertans collecting EI benefits
Former EPS officer pleads guilty to assault (I think he was working here when the charges were laid. The story’s not 100 percent on that though. A quick Google answered my question that he was indeed on-duty here when charged.)
Many Edmontonians going hungry: doctor
City to review safety of McDougall Hill stairs (There will be some pruning to cut down on hiding places.)
Simon & Garfunkel shows on hold (I just remembered a had a string of S&G stories so I thought I’d keep it going.)
City mulls temporary bus service to airport (The story is good news. The “mull” is not. Come on! You know, I wish I could look back at all the stories I did in daily news and see if I re-used words like mull.)
B.C. inquiry to release report on Dziekanski death (Step 1: Don’t instantly Taser people. Step 2: They probably won’t die if you follow Step 1.
Stelmach stands by Blackett’s comments on Canadian television (I do too. Without naming CBC or news-style programming I bet you can’t name me a regular roster of Canadian shows you watch on a regular basis. I know I can’t.)
And we end on an up-note: Dinosaurs! And more dinosaurs!
The City should totally sponsor YouTube videos!
I hope someone was watching the World Cup on that TV.
We were just talking about Lindsay (hee hee! GIRL’S NAME!!! Does he hang out with Laurie Hawn?!?)) Blackett’s comments here at work; while it’s hard to necessarily disagree with the fact that there is a LOT of horrible, horrible Canadian TV (I won’t point fingers *cough*SoupNews*cough*), it’s absolutely ridiculous that the Alberta Minister of Culture is ripping on content for which he is indirectly responsible… Admittedly, good programming isn’t totally dependent on the amount of money put into it, but it really helps. One episode of a show like ‘ER’ cost more than an entire season of a show like ‘Caution: May Contain Nuts’.
It’s a bit like the government slashing funding to schools and laying off teachers, then turning around and saying “Man, our kids are fuckin’ STUPID! What’s up with THAT?!?”