Fail

One video project already was completed, and another was set to begin soon. So Nick Johnson, 16, of Clarkfield, Minn., and two friends from Yellow Medicine East High School apparently decided to get a jump on their new assignment early Saturday.

The subject would be pedestrian safety, and in the end, it would claim Johnson's life four days later -- the result of injuries sustained when the teen was accidentally pinned under a car while acting out a role in the project.

Stan the Man

WIBW-TV lost a founding family member when Stan Stauffer died at a Topeka hospital on Thursday, losing his battle against cancer at the age of 86. Stan Stauffer was Chairman of the Board and President of Stauffer Communications when the company bought Channel 13 in 1957.

Stauffer, along with his father Oscar and brother John, helped lead the station and the Topeka Capital-Journal to a higher level of journalistic excellence during the time its Kansas newspapers and stations were run by the family.

Stauffer graduated from KU in 1942, and as a member of the KU Alumni Association, donated $200,000 to create the Stan and Madeline Stauffer Multimedia Newsroom at KU four years ago.

Everyone who knew him is recognizing Stan Stauffer as a giant in the field of newspaper and television journalism in the state of Kansas.

CJOnline has a longer, more detailed story (reg. required: try RegistrationIsDumb/123456 as login/password) on the man -- though I didn't know him until his twilight years, he was, even then, still a hell of a guy, disproving Tim Richardson's assertion that (from memory) "old people don't got no skills."

Rest well, good man, then get up early in the morning, because I'm sure there's a Blue Marlin out there with your name on it.

Picspam November Alpha

Air Force is leading Army 43-0 late in the third. That's...just sad. The UN should step in at some point. Anyhow. ( 30 pics below.... )

Picspam November Bravo

I'm saving the worst for last this time. This one nearly broke one of my cow-orkers. ( 42 pics below.... )