just one more thing - man I'm getting wayyy off the topic, feel free to yank me into the "reporters behaving badly" thread...

But I've gotta add that TWA 800 claimed another Detroiter - a well-known music director at the largest church in the city, Word of Faith on the Northwest side - and I was lucky enough to cover his funeral. We dealt very sensistively with his family and the funeral and all. This being Detroit, the 100-voice choir at this guy's 10,000-member church was absolutely incredible. Probably a few them had Motown recording contracts...

Anyway, just wanted to add that media isn't all bad - I just like to mention the dark side because most people don't see the cut-throat reporting that's done to get stories (unless they have the very unfortunate situation of losing someone in a tragic accident or crime) Those smiling anchor people who read the news kind of obscure the seemy side of the biz.

But Karen seems like a nice enough person