Today’s biological clock for men

Guys, is your clock ticking? According to the “Today Show,” it should be. Men have a biological clock, too, according to the segment. As men get older, they can pass on an increased risk of autism, Down’s Syndrome and a variety of other genetic disorders. When will this happen? How common is it? Don’t look [...]

Incomplete reporting “Today”

Jenna Bush is all grown up now and has a book coming out about an HIV-positive woman in Panama. Is this image control, publicity for the former party girl who embarrassed the president (as if he needed any help)? Today asked a book publisher — it was unclear whether this was her publisher or a [...]

Monday’s “Today” — the cyst

Good Monday morning! Yesterday was a beautiful day in Colorado, warmer, achingly blue skies, and today promises to be even more gorgeous. And how did we start this lovely day? A cup of coffee, a bagel, and a 90-plus pound ovarian cyst on our television. Okay, it is an interesting story, a medical anomaly, a [...]

Today — Second Life Twice

Today, Today did a segment on Second Life. The other day, Today did a segment on Second Life. Seeing double?  Well, the only difference I could see is that this time, they made an Avatar (Second Life character) of Matt. Next week, they’ll do a segment on Second Life. Maybe it will have an Avatar [...]

Wednesday’s “Today” Outrage — 1,200-pound fondue

This morning, Today ran a segment out of the UK about an 8-year-old who weighs nearly 200 pounds. His parents feed him a snack every 20 minutes. Apparently there’s talk of making these kinds of situations legally punishable as a form of child abuse. Then, Today teased a segment on women who were anorexic in [...]

Today Show Outrage

For some inexplicable reason, I keep watching the Today Show, despite the fact that it puts my panties in a bunch nearly every day. But I realized this might be the perfect outlet for my daily outrage over the “news” on Today. Occasionally, I’ll turn on CNN out of frustration, but the last time I [...]