Yahoo! News: Babies & Sugar

So many things wrong with this headline
From my at&t Yahoo! Homepage: Couple’s accidental meeting surprises parents.

So the story goes like this: These two crazy kids are born on the same day 25 years ago at the same hospital in the same room. The mom of the son runs into this girl at work, as they actually work together. She sets up a meeting between the two, and they hit it off and get married.

OK now, two things strike me off the bat. First off, they didn’t “accidentally meet.” The mom set them up. The mom & the daughter accidentally met, but that’s not what the headline said, now is it? No, it said the parents were surprised that the children accidentally met 25 years later.

2nd thing, and one that happens often with at&t Yahoo! lately, is that it’s under the heading of “Dow Jones Marketwatch.“

Yeah you got me on that one, too. I haven’t the slightest how this relates to the Dow Jones Market. At all. But hell if that doesn’t stop Yahoo from giving us these stories about weekly, from house care to lawn furniture choices to proper BBQ techniques. All, apparently, related to the Dow Jones Marketwatch.

I had no idea they were that widespread.



Thanks, Captain Obvious (Formerly Cap’n Crunch)
Apparently, these cereals – not any others! – are high in sugar. Seriously, it’s spot-on journalism like this that keeps me informed. How the hell else would I be able to guess that a cereal like “Honey Smacks” or Cookie Crisp” or “Lucky Charms,” what with its colorful MARSHMALLOWS, might be unhealthy?

Thank you, Consumer Reports. I’m glad you’re out there, eating all the sugary snacks, instead of, say, testing vehicle safety or something.

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