Proof that things could be worse here.

Someone at Reuters put together the “10 Most Painful TV Events of 2003.”
The sad thing is that you put together a list of T.V.’s 2003 “highlights,” the two lists might resemble one another.

Per Drudge comes this New Year’s Eve advisory from Rep. Christopher Shays, who apparently isn’t out to make friends with the tourism industry:

Republican Rep. Christopher Shays, however, said people ought to avoid places like Times Square, calling it irresponsible for officials to make people think they don’t need to take precautions.
“Secretary Ridge says just do what you normally do,” Shays said. “If normally you go to Times Square, I wouldn’t do what you normally do. I wouldn’t go into places when you’re packed and where if there was panic, a lot of injuries would take place.”

I don’t know how great the threat at Times Square is, but props to Shays for not feeding us the same old act-normal-but-be-alert line.

Steve Spurrier quits:

Coach Steve Spurrier and the Washington Redskins worked out the final details of his resignation this afternoon — after a few hours of confusion in which Spurrier was unaware that he had quit his own job.
Spurrier’s resignation was worked out by agent Jimmy Sexton while the coach played golf, presumably in Florida. Spurrier, who had hired Sexton on Monday, was initially unable to reach the agent today because of cell phone troubles on the golf course. That led Spurrier to deny that he had quit after the team had announced his departure in a news release.

A rather embarrassing episode to end the old ball coach’s tenure in D.C. I had hopes that Spurrier might be able to turn things around for the Redskins. But by season’s end it was becoming painfully clear that things weren’t headed in the right direction.
The Post identifies Dennis Green, Tom Coughlin, and Jimmy Johnson as potential replacements.

Don’t post pictures of yourself breaking the law:

It wasn’t the fact that Melissa J. Harrington appeared naked on the Internet that got her in trouble with police. It was where she got naked.
The 21-year-old Web designer was busted for violating Lincoln’s public nudity ordinance by posting pictures on her Web site that apparently showed her naked in a downtown bar.

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