Unlike many people, I watch the local evening news from time to time. This is something only old people do, which is up there with heading to Olive Garden at 5 pm, driving 25 mph in a 35 mph zone, and taking out a bunch of clipped newspaper coupons in the express check-out lane, causing you to miss most of the second half of the Germany-Ghana match. Watching the local evening news, with its coverage of about a renovated community center, a Trinidadian cultural festival that took place last weekend, and a brush fire that happens to be surprisingly close to my house at the moment, is an action which tends to be up there with practicing for the spelling bee.