I really hate the local news. As many of you are aware, we're having power problems here in California and are subject to rolling blackouts. Now, I admit, rolling blackouts can cause problems: people can get stuck in elevators, traffic lights go out, etc. But really, for most of us, how inconvenient is it for the power to go out for an hour?

Of course, the local news tries to make it sound like the world is coming to an end. They interviewed an Apple employee, clearly just back from a jog around the Icon Garden, who said "yeah, we can't get back into the building because our keycards won't work." Quick, sell your stock!

Next up, they reported that a city in the East Bay "had no fast food for an hour!" Cue to a guy sitting in his car: "Yeah....well... it was lunch time. And I was hungry. And, uh...I couldn't get a burger." Children were crying in the streets, I tell ya.

They even interrupted Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? with an Emergency News Broadcoast. "Oh no!" I thought. "The President's been shot! A meteor is going to slam straight into the Transamerica Building! Parmesan Cous Cous has been linked to cancer!" But no. Just an informationless update on the power crisis. Grrr.