This struck a little too close to home

For the record, I was never a programmer.


via ColonelTribune

Really, Dan Ponce?

When I saw this in Tribune media reporter Phil Rosenthal's Twitter stream, I thought it was a joke. But then I saw this:

WLS-Ch. 7 reporter Dan Ponce is leaving the city's top-rated TV news operation to pursue a music career with his a capella group, Straight No Chaser, the station said Tuesday.

Whaaa?

Look, I don't begrudge anyone their dreams. And if Dan Ponce wants with all his heart to be a full-time a capella musician - and if Wikipedia is correct, said holiday CD did receive a fair amount of acclaim - I hope all goes well for him and he never gets laryngitis.

But I ask you this Dan: When's the last time your a capella gig got you licked by a winsome blonde:


I rest my case.