I'm going to be interviewed today by satellite for a Rochester-area station; the subject is my Atlantic article on what happens to America when the baby boomers retire, which was partially set in my mother's hometown in western New York State. In the process of setting the details of who does my makeup (answer: me), Evan Dawson, who will be interviewing me, sent this observation about life in the glamorous world of television news:
As an aside, the first time your girlfriend asks to borrow your bronzer, it's embarrassing. The second time, not so much. The third, and you begin to wonder if you could make a fortune by inventing "Cover Guy" to compete with the heretofore monopolizing "Cover Girl."
MM,
make sure to remind them: even the cost of Water will be going up--all those pumps, all those miles of pipe, all those unionized 'civil servants' are demanding ever more FedRes Notes just to maintain, let alone improve, a creaky infrastructure that is, by itself, sadly dilapidated..
http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/comm/WaterLI/20071205/#huge
"Despite increasing need, federal investment in infrastructure funding continues to shrink. Once funding 90% of the water and wastewater infrastructure, federal and other sources of funding has decreased by 70% over the past 30 years for capital investment in public water resources (re: American Society of Civil Engineers). Compounding this problem is the fact that utilities in general have not set their rates at levels that cover infrastructure maintenance and replacement. Together, this has lead to a significant funding gap. The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis released by EPA in 2002 notes a gap between the planned investment in infrastructure and the infrastructure capital need from $3.5 to $26 billion per year – nationally - over the next 20 years."
I'm guessing you've never heard of Maybelline for Men.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/recaps/#cat=33&mea=1522&ima=35284
Kirk wore makeup. I'm sold!