Fish in a barrel

We could mock the ER's headline choices, but a bit of amusement from this one still lingers.

We could tease the thin-skinned Ms. Muller about the fact that after her dramatic coverage of the intersection where the mountain lion was sighted, the actual killing of the beast was reported via press release.

But that's too easy.

Let's turn our attention to the T-S. An ER-sized photo with a fairly gripping lead and story by the ever-golden John Driscoll. The photo's a little weak -- we'd love to see "DRAMATIC REENACTMENT!" screaming across the top -- especially for something that large that doesn't actually show anything. The juxtaposition of "Lion killed in Arcata neighborhood" next to the teaser "11-Year-Old Killed By Bear While Camping" headline works well, however. (Er, unfortunately well, that is.)

Rising T-S star Thadeus Greenson continues his solid coverage of the Teen Challenge brouhaha, although we must say, "There seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding..." seems to be a bit weak. Why not go with "Some confusion surrounds..."?

We abhor the passive.

But quibbles... quibbles... What else?... Faulk sets us up nicely, like the opening scene in one of those movies he's always going on about: "Not feeling his best..."

'Course the ER's got the bone and the McCoveys.

Suddenly we feel so very content.