FYI - Phillip Merril ('55) missing in the Chesapeake Bay http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2006/06_11-69/TOP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/11/AR2006061100053.html
They've been doing blanket coverage of this locally in Maryland.
Now, ok, he's an alum, and of course I hope he's okay -- that this was a clever way to run out on his wife, or something. But the media blitz on this has been pretty outrageous. I think it's an excuse to get the news chicklettes (none of whom look over 25, in either age or IQ) in tank tops and out on the splashing sea).
[quote Trotsky]I think it's an excuse to get the news chicklettes (none of whom look over 25, in either age or IQ) in tank tops and out on the splashing sea).[/quote]And you have a problem with this? :-)
I'd prefer it if the gene pool from which the professional was drawn was from Arizona or California. But on the whole, um, no.
[quote KeithK][quote Trotsky]I think it's an excuse to get the news chicklettes (none of whom look over 25, in either age or IQ) in tank tops and out on the splashing sea).[/quote]And you have a problem with this? :-)[/quote]
Exactly: It's not news. It's television.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/19/AR2006061900774.html