WeekEnder: October 15-21
Friday, October 20, 2006
TAG: BANNED AT TWO MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOLS
Two Massachusetts schools have banned the game of tag on their playgrounds. School officials at an Attleboro elementary school and a Framingham school say the game is just too dangerous for children. God forbid: kids may get hurt doing what kids are supposed to do! Even more priceless: the Framingham school says kids CAN play tag, they just can't touch each other! How the hell do you play tag without touching each other? How many kids have suffered life-long injuries from a game of tag? ZERO! Just another sad case of parents thinking they know what's best for this generation of kids. It would be funny if it wasn't so sickening.
Update: After a public outcry, officials at the Attleboro school decided to let kids play tag.
QUICK HITS
- NBC Universal is restructuring in response to its primetime troubles. Some 700 layoffs are expected.
- The "Flavor of Love 2" finale was the highest rated show in the history of VH1, with 7.5 million people tuning in.
- The population of the United States hit 300,000,000 last Tuesday.
- Former ABC News co-anchor Bob Woodward is working on a special to air next spring. It will focus on his recovery since he was injured by a roadside bomb in Baghdad last January.
- The divorce of Paul McCartney and Heather Mills gets nastier. British tabloids say he stabbed her with a wine glass, did not want her to breastfeed their baby daughter and drank and used drugs. McCartney's lawyers say the allegations are rubbish.
- Does anyone care that Madonna adopted an African baby? Enough coverage of this. Talk about a publicity stunt. Madonna should have disappeared after the '80's. She's a snooze who couldn't sing her way out of a paper bag.
- Ratings for new daytime shows are less than encouraging. Rachael Ray is leading the pack, but only with modest numbers. Greg Behrendt, Dr. Keith Ablow, Megan Mullally and Judge Maria Lopez all have such low ratings that they will more than likely be cancelled.
- Miss listening to Howard Stern? The Stern show will be available for FREE this Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 25/26) through the Sirius Satellite Radio website.
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