LAF is going on semi-hiatus for much of August. Our stand-in will be moderating the blog and adding some pre-packaged, timeless posts.
But the fun continues. Turn on the news. Grab a bottle (not before noon, please). Do a shot whenever you hear:
- Makeshift memorial
- Totally destroyed
- Barely escaped with their lives
- only on (this station)
- our helicopter is over an accident now…
- “he was a quiet guy, kept to himself…”
- closure
- the staccato voice of Mark Winne
- Ken Cook calling Atlanta “the city of fountains.”
Do a double shot whenever you hear these horrifying cliches:
- More questions than answers
- Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst
- It sounded like a freight train
- Remains to be seen
- Monica Pearson appearing overly sincere (limit: two per newscast).
And then, when you’re done, chase it with a beer and watch Tom Waits conduct the best news conference ever. Stay tuned for the visual punch line at the end: