from MSNBC.com
Waitress asks for ID, gets stolen license back
Bar server checking patron’s age is handed very familiar driver’s license
WESTLAKE, Ohio - A bar waitress checking to see if a woman was legally old enough to drink was handed her own stolen driver's license, which was reported missing weeks earlier, police said.
"The odds of this waitress recovering her own license defy calculation," police Capt. Guy Turner said Monday.
Maria Bergan, 23, of Lakewood, was charged Sunday night with identity theft and receiving stolen property. She was arrested at her home in suburban Cleveland and was jailed in Westlake to await a court appearance.
The 22-year-old waitress, whose name was not released, called police last week and said she had been handed her own stolen driver's license by a woman trying to prove she was 21. The woman, who became suspicious of the delay as the waitress went to call police, fled the Moosehead Saloon, but her companion provided her name.
The waitress said she had lost her wallet July 9 at a bar in Lakewood.
The victim also had a credit card stolen. The stolen card has been used to make $1,000 in purchases, Turner said.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Friday, July 28, 2006
Living in Sin
I love those old archaic laws....
Until earlier this week it was illegal for a man and a woman in North Carolina to live together if they weren't married!!!
That law was on the books for 201 years!!
from CNN.com
It's legal to play house in North Carolina
Judge lifts state's cohabitation ban, calls it unconstitutional
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A state judge has ruled that North Carolina's 201-year-old law barring unmarried couples from living together is unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued last year to overturn the rarely enforced law on behalf of a former sheriff's dispatcher who says she had to quit her job because she wouldn't marry her live-in boyfriend.
Deborah Hobbs, 41, says her boss, Sheriff Carson Smith of Pender County, near Wilmington, told her to get married, move out or find another job after he found out she and her boyfriend had been living together for three years. The couple did not want to get married, so Hobbs quit in 2004.
State Superior Court Judge Benjamin Alford issued the ruling late Wednesday, saying the law violated Hobbs' constitutional right to liberty. He cited a 2003 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Texas sodomy law.
That ruling showed that "the government has no business regulating relationships between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home," Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the ACLU of North Carolina, said in a statement.
She added that "the idea that the government would criminalize people's choice to live together out of wedlock in this day and age defies logic and common sense."
The suit named Smith, the state and Attorney General Roy Cooper as defendants. Cooper had argued that Hobbs couldn't challenge the law because she wasn't charged with a crime.
A Cooper spokeswoman said Thursday that lawyers had not decided whether to appeal.
Hobbs said Thursday she was "very happy for myself and for everyone else this law has affected." She added that she hasn't thought about applying for another job with the sheriff's office.
Rudinger said that since 1997, the law has spawned about 36 criminal cases in North Carolina. State officials have said the number of people actually convicted under the law -- formally known as the fornication and adultery statute -- is not clear.
The law also has been used to deny compensation to crime victims, child custody, health benefits, probation and parole, Rudinger said.
The law states, in part: "If any man and woman, not being married to each other, shall lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together, they shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor."
About 144,000 unmarried couples live together in North Carolina, according to the 2000 census. The ACLU says along with North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi and North Dakota have laws that prohibit cohabitation.
Until earlier this week it was illegal for a man and a woman in North Carolina to live together if they weren't married!!!
That law was on the books for 201 years!!
from CNN.com
It's legal to play house in North Carolina
Judge lifts state's cohabitation ban, calls it unconstitutional
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A state judge has ruled that North Carolina's 201-year-old law barring unmarried couples from living together is unconstitutional.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued last year to overturn the rarely enforced law on behalf of a former sheriff's dispatcher who says she had to quit her job because she wouldn't marry her live-in boyfriend.
Deborah Hobbs, 41, says her boss, Sheriff Carson Smith of Pender County, near Wilmington, told her to get married, move out or find another job after he found out she and her boyfriend had been living together for three years. The couple did not want to get married, so Hobbs quit in 2004.
State Superior Court Judge Benjamin Alford issued the ruling late Wednesday, saying the law violated Hobbs' constitutional right to liberty. He cited a 2003 Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Texas sodomy law.
That ruling showed that "the government has no business regulating relationships between two consenting adults in the privacy of their own home," Jennifer Rudinger, executive director of the ACLU of North Carolina, said in a statement.
She added that "the idea that the government would criminalize people's choice to live together out of wedlock in this day and age defies logic and common sense."
The suit named Smith, the state and Attorney General Roy Cooper as defendants. Cooper had argued that Hobbs couldn't challenge the law because she wasn't charged with a crime.
A Cooper spokeswoman said Thursday that lawyers had not decided whether to appeal.
Hobbs said Thursday she was "very happy for myself and for everyone else this law has affected." She added that she hasn't thought about applying for another job with the sheriff's office.
Rudinger said that since 1997, the law has spawned about 36 criminal cases in North Carolina. State officials have said the number of people actually convicted under the law -- formally known as the fornication and adultery statute -- is not clear.
The law also has been used to deny compensation to crime victims, child custody, health benefits, probation and parole, Rudinger said.
The law states, in part: "If any man and woman, not being married to each other, shall lewdly and lasciviously associate, bed and cohabit together, they shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor."
About 144,000 unmarried couples live together in North Carolina, according to the 2000 census. The ACLU says along with North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi and North Dakota have laws that prohibit cohabitation.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Tiger Woods Wins the British Open
Tiger Wood's successfully defended his British Open title this past weekend.
All of the emotion of Tiger's fathers death were finally released after his putt on 18.
Your dad would have been proud! Congrats Tiger!
In other British open news....
When did Sergio Garcia get an endorsement deal with Garanimals? (Remember those? If you don't....Garanimals are a clothing line for kids. All kids have to do is look at the tag and as long as the tags match, their clothes match. For example, you have blue shorts, with a rhino tag and then you have a blue and white shirt that also has a rhino tag....they match....you match. YIPPEE!)
Here's a couple shots of him from practice rounds earlier in the week.
This one's not too bad....Brown stripes, tan hat....typical professional golfer attire.
Then there's this one....More stripes, just green and blue....again standard dress.
Not bad, looks good....using the Garanimals matching tag system perfectly!
Sunday's final round arrives and Sergio decides that he wants to wear the clothes with the monkey tags.
So he finds some slacks with a monkey tag and then he finds a shirt that has a matching monkey....aaaannnd POOF!
You're a BANANA!Friday, July 21, 2006
ADDENDUM: How to get on an Elevator
from the BlogBerry
What's up with the button hogs?
You know who you are....you're the first one in the elevator and you just stand there right in front of the buttons! I don't need to reach in front of you to push the button, and if you're a dude, I don't need to be that close to your junk! Just move back.
Then there's the polite version of the button hog, the one who asks, "What floor?"
Dude, just move to the back and let me push my own button.
And stop entering the elevator diagonally and cutting me off in the process!
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld
How to get on an Elevator
from the BlogBerry
I have this pet peeve....I've had for quite a while now.
I've worked in law firms since 1992, a good 14 years now. I've always worked in tall buildings. Anywhere from 16 to 50 stories tall.
OK, now I know what you're thinking....and NO this isn't about elevator etiquette.
It is about elevators though....and about people getting into them.
Why does it seem like everyone who gets into an elevator (in front of me) has to walk into the elevator diagonally???
It's the 2000's folks....elevator's have buttons on both sides....and ya know what?? They work on both sides too!!
I just don't get it?
In the process of walking diagonally, they cut me off....COME ON!!! Watch where you're going.
I am very conscience of this myself and make sure that I don't do it. There's no need to do it.
Maybe I'm too logical....who knows.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
New York City Helicopter Crash
This is amazing video footage from NYC!
I'm not sure when this happened....but DANG!!
I'm not sure when this happened....but DANG!!
Monday, July 17, 2006
Vonage V-Phone
I use Vonage at home. I really like it....and it's really saved us some money.The other day, I was checking out the new available products on their website and saw this.
It's the V-Phone....
This thing is pretty cool, it plugs into your laptop's USB port and it comes pre-loaded with their Vonage Talk software already installed. This turns your laptop into a phone!
Also included is an ear-piece microphone.
The V-Phone also acts as a 250MB thumb drive.
Pretty cool, huh?
More Than Meets the Eye
This is about a week or more late to my blog....
BUT, did you see the teaser trailer for the TRANSFORMERS MOVIE???
It's directed by Michael Bay, so we can expect some stuff to get blown up....that's for sure!
BUT, did you see the teaser trailer for the TRANSFORMERS MOVIE???
It's directed by Michael Bay, so we can expect some stuff to get blown up....that's for sure!
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Super Chicken
A friend of mine and I were talking today at lunch about Super Chicken....do you remember that cartoon?
Here's the intro....
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Chicken was a cartoon produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. It ran with George of the Jungle and Tom Slick (cartoon) on ABC TV on Saturday Mornings from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
Super Chicken (voiced by Bill Scott) and his lion sidekick Fred would usually begin their adventures with the battlecry that went something like: "Quick, Fred, to the Super Coop."
His secret identity was well to do Henry Cabot Henhouse III; Fred acted as his butler/servant, etc. But when danger reared its ugly head, he would take his "Super Sauce" (often from a martini glass) and don his "Super Suit," which consisted of a plumed cavalier's hat, cape, Wellington boots, mask and a sword.
The cartoon had several running gags, including:
Here's the intro....
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Super Chicken was a cartoon produced by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, who earlier had created the Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. It ran with George of the Jungle and Tom Slick (cartoon) on ABC TV on Saturday Mornings from the late 1960s to the early 1970s.
Super Chicken (voiced by Bill Scott) and his lion sidekick Fred would usually begin their adventures with the battlecry that went something like: "Quick, Fred, to the Super Coop."
His secret identity was well to do Henry Cabot Henhouse III; Fred acted as his butler/servant, etc. But when danger reared its ugly head, he would take his "Super Sauce" (often from a martini glass) and don his "Super Suit," which consisted of a plumed cavalier's hat, cape, Wellington boots, mask and a sword.
The cartoon had several running gags, including:
- The "Super Sauce" apparently either tasted really bad or packed quite a punch when it kicked in, as Henry would have a violent reaction moments after drinking it, nearly always stopping in mid-sentence to cluck loudly as the reaction hit him.
- Fred would often ask Super Chicken why he didn't use his "super-vision", to which Super-Chicken would respond with something to the effect of "If I had any supervision, do you think I'd be running around dressed like this?"
- In the course of a plan to defeat the bad guys, Super Chicken would suggest something dangerous for Fred's part, which Fred would be reluctant to carry out. When Fred voiced his reluctance, Super Chicken always reminded him, "You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred!"
Ahhhh, those were the days!! I wish they made cartoons like that these days!
Friday, July 14, 2006
Lipstick Pepper Spray
Ladies! Here's a new defensive tool to add to your arsenal.Lipstick Pepper Spray
It looks like a regular tube of lipstick (which by the way, comes in five colors), but it contains 5, one-second bursts and sprays up to 6 feet.
At only $13, it's a pretty good deal, especially when your personal safety is involved.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
USA! USA! USA!
Stephen Colbert says that we're Co-Champions of the World Cup!
from the Colbert Report on Comedy Central
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
FREE Slurpee Day!
Monday, July 10, 2006
Dallas Hospital Plans to Bill Mexico
Taken from the Washington Times.com
By Hugh Aynesworth
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published July 9, 2006
DALLAS -- Parkland Memorial Hospital plans to bill Mexico and other countries to help cover the costs of health care for indigents.
The plan, which also seeks payments from adjoining counties in Texas, has brought a negative response from the Mexican government, with a diplomat terming it "an act of discrimination."
Last year, hospital officials said, Dallas County spent $76.5 million to treat people from outside Dallas. Of that, almost $27 million was not reimbursed.
Much of the cost was for treating patients from adjoining counties in Texas, which Dallas County officials claim is unfair to local taxpayers.
Collin County, just north of here and one of the state's richest counties, owed the most of any single entity, Parkland officials said -- about $7.6 million.
County Judge Margaret Keliher said she was not hopeful that other counties -- or countries -- would pay up.
But, she said, the county commission thought the matter should be made public and bills sent.
"If you're not Dallas County residents, we think where you are from should pay for your indigent health care," Judge Keliher said.
Hugo Juarez, a consul official at the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, was visibly perturbed.
He called the statements made by the judge "a strange posture, a strange reasoning." He said there had been no agreement or contract between his nation and Dallas County that would make such action legal.
Lobbyists and county officials last year tried unsuccessfully to get the Texas Legislature to come up with a law that forced counties to reimburse those hospitals that took in large numbers of indigents.
"What's wrong with sending them a bill?" commission member Maurine Dickey said. She said officials "hoped" the counties that sent their citizens to Parkland would pay something. "We owe it to taxpayers to at least try."
Mr. Juarez also was curious about how hospital officials would know where to send the bill.
"How do they know who is Mexican?" he said. "Nobody asks for your nationality nor immigration status when you go to the hospital."
Currently, Parkland is reimbursed by the federal government for treatment of illegal aliens, but Parkland officials said that agreement covers only 48 hours of emergency care and falls far short of what expenses the hospital often incurs.
The hospital has spent more than a week figuring out how many foreign nationals have been treated and how much to bill each of the nations.
An estimated 90 percent of those affected are Mexican nationals, one source told The Washington Times.
John Gates, Parkland's chief financial officer, said he was in favor of sending the bills, though he doubted anybody would pay.
I (personally) think that this is freaking hilarious....I don't know how they're gonna do it, but GOOD LUCK!
By Hugh Aynesworth
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Published July 9, 2006
DALLAS -- Parkland Memorial Hospital plans to bill Mexico and other countries to help cover the costs of health care for indigents.
The plan, which also seeks payments from adjoining counties in Texas, has brought a negative response from the Mexican government, with a diplomat terming it "an act of discrimination."
Last year, hospital officials said, Dallas County spent $76.5 million to treat people from outside Dallas. Of that, almost $27 million was not reimbursed.
Much of the cost was for treating patients from adjoining counties in Texas, which Dallas County officials claim is unfair to local taxpayers.
Collin County, just north of here and one of the state's richest counties, owed the most of any single entity, Parkland officials said -- about $7.6 million.
County Judge Margaret Keliher said she was not hopeful that other counties -- or countries -- would pay up.
But, she said, the county commission thought the matter should be made public and bills sent.
"If you're not Dallas County residents, we think where you are from should pay for your indigent health care," Judge Keliher said.
Hugo Juarez, a consul official at the Mexican Consulate in Dallas, was visibly perturbed.
He called the statements made by the judge "a strange posture, a strange reasoning." He said there had been no agreement or contract between his nation and Dallas County that would make such action legal.
Lobbyists and county officials last year tried unsuccessfully to get the Texas Legislature to come up with a law that forced counties to reimburse those hospitals that took in large numbers of indigents.
"What's wrong with sending them a bill?" commission member Maurine Dickey said. She said officials "hoped" the counties that sent their citizens to Parkland would pay something. "We owe it to taxpayers to at least try."
Mr. Juarez also was curious about how hospital officials would know where to send the bill.
"How do they know who is Mexican?" he said. "Nobody asks for your nationality nor immigration status when you go to the hospital."
Currently, Parkland is reimbursed by the federal government for treatment of illegal aliens, but Parkland officials said that agreement covers only 48 hours of emergency care and falls far short of what expenses the hospital often incurs.
The hospital has spent more than a week figuring out how many foreign nationals have been treated and how much to bill each of the nations.
An estimated 90 percent of those affected are Mexican nationals, one source told The Washington Times.
John Gates, Parkland's chief financial officer, said he was in favor of sending the bills, though he doubted anybody would pay.
I (personally) think that this is freaking hilarious....I don't know how they're gonna do it, but GOOD LUCK!
Home-Alone Boy Survives 11-Story Fall
Taken from CNN.com
Child treated at unit where his mother was working, reports say
ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A 4-year-old boy survived a fall from an 11-story window after being left alone at home, bouncing off a metal awning into a concrete courtyard and then trying to stand up, officials said. He was able to chat with doctors.
"I'm amazed the kid's alive," Police Chief James Tuffey said.
Hasim Townsend remained in serious condition Saturday, a day after his fall, with a broken skull, a broken leg and other injuries.
"It's an incredibly good sign that he was talking, and I can't attribute it to anything other than good luck," said Dr. Michael Dailey, an attending physician in the emergency department.
The boy ended up in the same pediatric intensive care unit at Albany Medical Center where his mother works as a receptionist, police reports said.
Elizabeth Burciaga, 21, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. She initially told police the boy had been left with a baby sitter, officials said.
A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for her, authorities said, and an order of protection to keep her away from the boy has been filed.
The boy stood on a bed and pressed against a window screen, which gave way, police said. He hit the awning about 12 feet off the ground, and it flexed and saved him.
Police came after residents heard him crying. Paramedics had to hold the boy still.
Albany has no regulation requiring bars or other window guards in high-rise apartments, said Steve Longo, executive director of the Albany Housing Authority.
I'm just reporting the news here, folks....but I'm really trying to keep my comments to myself!!
Child treated at unit where his mother was working, reports say
ALBANY, New York (AP) -- A 4-year-old boy survived a fall from an 11-story window after being left alone at home, bouncing off a metal awning into a concrete courtyard and then trying to stand up, officials said. He was able to chat with doctors.
"I'm amazed the kid's alive," Police Chief James Tuffey said.
Hasim Townsend remained in serious condition Saturday, a day after his fall, with a broken skull, a broken leg and other injuries.
"It's an incredibly good sign that he was talking, and I can't attribute it to anything other than good luck," said Dr. Michael Dailey, an attending physician in the emergency department.
The boy ended up in the same pediatric intensive care unit at Albany Medical Center where his mother works as a receptionist, police reports said.
Elizabeth Burciaga, 21, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child. She initially told police the boy had been left with a baby sitter, officials said.
A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for her, authorities said, and an order of protection to keep her away from the boy has been filed.
The boy stood on a bed and pressed against a window screen, which gave way, police said. He hit the awning about 12 feet off the ground, and it flexed and saved him.
Police came after residents heard him crying. Paramedics had to hold the boy still.
Albany has no regulation requiring bars or other window guards in high-rise apartments, said Steve Longo, executive director of the Albany Housing Authority.
I'm just reporting the news here, folks....but I'm really trying to keep my comments to myself!!
Lindsey Lohan Joins the Party!
Lindsey wants to play dress-up with Britney and Christina too.
These are from GQ in the UK.
These are from GQ in the UK.
World Cup Update - Day 25 - THE FINAL
FRANCE 1 - 1 ITALY 
(Italy win 5-3 on penalty kicks)
(Other than the obvious), this was a great game.
France played very well and I think deserved to win until their captain, Zinadine Zidane, imploded and head butted an Italian defender.
Ummmmm....WTF?
Seriously, what goes through your head at that point? Did he think that the sideline ref wouldn't see it? All that guy does is watch the defenders!
I don't agree with some who've said that this whole head butt thing has ruined Zidane's brilliant career....it's scratched it a little, but I don't think it'll scar it for life. He's still a spectacular footballer.
You can watch the replay below.
Seriously, what goes through your head at that point? Did he think that the sideline ref wouldn't see it? All that guy does is watch the defenders!
I don't agree with some who've said that this whole head butt thing has ruined Zidane's brilliant career....it's scratched it a little, but I don't think it'll scar it for life. He's still a spectacular footballer.
You can watch the replay below.
The rest of the extra time goes on without a goal and we move on to penalty kicks.
All players made their kicks EXCEPT for David Trezeguet....he hits the crossbar.
That's all the Italians needed.
I still think that the Italians dive a little too much, but they're the World Cup Champions!
Saturday, July 08, 2006
World Cup Update - Day 24
PORTUGAL 1 - 3 GERMANY 
This game was fast paced and pretty wide open.
Germany wins and gets a 3rd place finish in the World Cup.
Britney's PR Campaign
After Brit-Brit's horrible interview on Dateline....she needed some obvious PR work done.
Enter a professional photographer, a make-up artist and Harper's Bazaar
Enter a professional photographer, a make-up artist and Harper's Bazaar
I agree, she did need some extra PR work done, especially after that Dateline interview. Don't get me wrong. I think she looks great and it was nice to see the beautiful Britney back instead of the greasy hair, gum chewing Britney.
But there's a part of me that think she's just trying to keep up with Christina Aguilera. Christina also recently posed "nude" for GQ Magazine.
Ummmm....keep it up girls!! Maybe you'll get Jessica Simpson to try and keep up with the both of you!!
BRAVO!
Friday, July 07, 2006
Spiderman 3 Trailer
The Spiderman 3 trailer was released last week. I am pretty excited by the trailer. If you haven't seen it yet check it out below or to see a high quality version click here.
**WARNING**
The Comic Book Geek side of me comes out below
I have to say it's AWESOME to see the black costume make an appearance. It's the right time for it in the movie series....I do wonder how Peter is going to obtain the symbiotic costume, since there's probably not going to be a SECRET WARS.
I did see a bell tower in the trailer though and that explains a little bit....but I'm not going to spoil it for those of you non-comic book geeks.
Hopefully this will end up leading to Venom being introduced in the next movie and a possible Venom spin off movie.
Who knows!
Thursday, July 06, 2006
The World Cup Final is Set
vs. 
France will meet Italy in Berlin on Sunday.
Right now, I'd bet on France....I think they have definitely peaked at the right time. So for right now....
Viva la France!
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
World Cup Update - Day 23
FRANCE 1 - 0 PORTUGAL 
Today's game wasn't near as exciting as yesterday's but still a good game.
Arsenal striker Thierry Henry draws a penalty and Zidane burys it in the back of the net.
France moves on to the final game.
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
World Cup Update - Day 22
ITALY 2 - 0 GERMANY 
Two big stats stood out before this match started.
1) Germany have never lost in the stadium in Dortmund.
2) Italy have never lost to Germany in the World Cup.
This has to be considered one of the best matches of this World Cup....the best part was that the ref didn't get involved and he let the players play!
They went in the extra time tied at zero.
Then the last 5 minutes of the extra time were amazing....great end to end action. Fabio Grosso scores for Italy with less than two minutes to play....then del Piero scores again for Italy to seal the deal!
Italy are on to the final in Berlin.
Saturday, July 01, 2006
World Cup Update - Day 21
ENGLAND 0 - 0 PORTUGAL 
(Portugal win 3-1 on penalty kicks)
Everyone was waiting for it to happen....and it finally did. Wayne Rooney was given a red card. I don't really think that he was given the red card for stepping on that guys groin, because I don't think he did that on purpose. He had to have said something to the ref and from his push of Christiano Ronaldo (his OWN TEAMMATE @ ManUtd).
FRANCE 1 - 0 BRAZIL 
I think that France played GREAT attacking football, they were honestly the better team. Henry scores on a nice free kick from Zidane.
Portugal will meet France in the next round.
What is wrong with ABC?
What is wrong with my ABC affiliate?
I'm sitting here trying to watch the England v. Portugal World Cup match and every ½ hour my local ABC station is running a PROGRAM NOTE at the bottom of the screen telling kids that their normally scheduled Saturday morning programs aren't going to be on at the regularly scheduled times.
I don't have a problem with the program note, what I have a problem with is the SIZE of it and the regularity of when they run it.
They start showing the "program note" about 10 minutes before the scheduled program is to start. Then they show this message, what seems like,continuouslyy for about a minute or so! OVER and OVER and OVER!!
Now I have very little problem with the message itself...It's cute.
"Hey Kids! Catch {insert show name} later today at {insert show time} here on ABC 7."
But...The message is so !@#$% HUGE...It takes up so much of the screen that you can't see the bottom part of the field and if ABC shows any stats at the bottom of the screen, there's no chance that you're gonna see those stats!!
It was awful during the penalty shoot out....I wasn't sure who I was more upset with ABC 7 or England!!
Way to go ABC 7....THANKS! (jerks!)
I'm sitting here trying to watch the England v. Portugal World Cup match and every ½ hour my local ABC station is running a PROGRAM NOTE at the bottom of the screen telling kids that their normally scheduled Saturday morning programs aren't going to be on at the regularly scheduled times.
I don't have a problem with the program note, what I have a problem with is the SIZE of it and the regularity of when they run it.
They start showing the "program note" about 10 minutes before the scheduled program is to start. Then they show this message, what seems like,continuouslyy for about a minute or so! OVER and OVER and OVER!!
Now I have very little problem with the message itself...It's cute.
"Hey Kids! Catch {insert show name} later today at {insert show time} here on ABC 7."
But...The message is so !@#$% HUGE...It takes up so much of the screen that you can't see the bottom part of the field and if ABC shows any stats at the bottom of the screen, there's no chance that you're gonna see those stats!!
It was awful during the penalty shoot out....I wasn't sure who I was more upset with ABC 7 or England!!
Way to go ABC 7....THANKS! (jerks!)
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