People I Hate

No preamble. Just bile. Bon apetit.

The Outdoor Life Network (OLN)

Okay, I didn't complain too much when OLN scored the NHL's television contract. I only knew the station existed because they have exclusive rights to the Tour de France, but I figured even they couldn't screw up hockey all that much.

I was wrong.

Picture this little scenario: it's Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. The winner will face the Edmonton Oilers for the Stanley Cup championship. Thousands of Philadelphia area hockey fans are watching the game unfold on OLN.

And then it happens.

A bolt of lightning strikes a satellite station in Delaware - the home of tax-free shopping . . . and little else - resulting in the entire OLN feed to be blacked out in the tri-state area in the middle of the second period. DURING GAME SEVEN!!! Um, guys, wouldn't it be prudent to have a backup plan during a GAME SEVEN??? Didn't you realize that hockey fans would riot after seeing only half of GAME SEVEN??? Idiots.

Luckily, OLN will still draw fans for Professional Bull Riding and the Tour de France. What's that? Lance isn't riding this year? Oh, never mind.

Katie Couric

Okay, Katie is cute in a perky cheerleader/Satanist kinda way, but the second she offers an opinion, most of us tune out. To wit:

LAS VEGAS (Hollywood Reporter) - Katie Couric hopes to bring a "humanistic, more accessible" approach to her job when she takes over as anchor and managing editor at "CBS Evening News" in September, she said Thursday.
More accessible? Cool. So, I can stop by and have a beer with you at your lovely home?

Addressing the annual convention of CBS affiliates, Couric predicted that the "pretentious era" of the evening-news anchor is going to be a thing of the past.

Yeah. Good luck with that. Dope.