Newsroom Snickering

I am a night owl, as most would clearly see by the time I am writing this post.  The news just before late night TV shows give me all the news I can afford to watch, coupled with another half hour of reading the Times before going to work.

But I’ve noticed something recently between the anchorman and anchorwoman on WCBS’s 11:00 news.  At first, it was just a little bit of teasing that both parties were guilty of, but now it looks to be jokes not unsimilar to those tossed around between fictional newscasters on Family Guy.  The other night, I heard the anchorwoman ”Coming up, a publication that [anchorman's name] has his heart set on joining,” or something similar.

Sure enough, the story was on the new FDNY calendar, where New York’s finest firefighters pose to help fund raise, I guess.  After the story, the anchorman stated he took offense to the earlier comment, and she said, “Oh come on!  You love to look at yourself.”  And then to sports.

I figure someone should record the news every day to keep watch of their antics and edit them together.  I see this getting more and more juicy.

“Aaron”

Starting Sunday, I have to start babysitting my neighbor’s kid “Aaron” (I do not think I should use his actual name).  Aaron’s mother is going on a sort of vacation/retreat with a church group.  Thus, her son will stay home and I’ll keep an eye on him for the week.  I have a few duties as his babysitter:

• Drop him off to day camp on my way to work
• Pick him up after work
• No TV (his mother is a very strict parent)
• 9:00 is bedtime

He’s only eleven years old, and he knows how to cook his own dinner.  I’m quite impressed with him; he seems like a smart and, more importantly, a calm kid.