For some time now, we have had a small, but vocal number of readers who have suggested that we can be…how best to put this?

That we can be a bit long-winded at times. (Well, it's not like we have had simple topics to cover in these dispatches lately.)

But on this Friday, before we get to the weekend--we’ll leave this here with no added commentary. Other than to admit that when we recently watched this video, we started out laughing.

That quickly turned to being uncomfortable at just how accurate this bit from The Onion truly is, at least in capturing the conundrum that is local television news today.

And the kicker? This parody was made some 15 years ago. (That’s a clickable link to view it. Fair warning, it has a few NSFW words in it.)

Hope to see you right back here on Monday. Have a great weekend, everybody.