And They Wonder Why We Don't Buy Newspapers

My Firefox opens to The Denver Post's home page - kind of my nod to the news since I cancelled my hard copy subscription years ago. I don't need it for sports, since I have that in my ear on the radio, nor do I use it for the weather (what's more unreliable than the TV weatherman?... what the TV weatherman writes for the paper!). It's more to get a snapshot of the world at a given moment. The Web allows "newspapers" to become organic beings. Good for the end-user, if done properly.

Unless, of course, you want to start your day off poorly. Here were the slate of headlines that sit in the middle of the Post's site as of 8:15 a.m., MDT.

11 Headlines: 3 that do not imply death, disease or financial shortfall. Read them top to bottom. The last one becomes funny, then.

The Twitter headline is more of a throwback to the days when the newspapers were simply behind the curve on trends - nostalgic, even. Westminster obviously has smaller fish to fry and of all the headlines above, the only "positive" headline is about the successful transplant, but only after a hair-raising journey. If you thought that the $18M award to the paralyzed kid is an uplifting story... someone's paralyzed and a bankrupt company is on the hook.

So that's how my day started. I think I'll go for a run and be thankful for what I have.