Thursday, January 18, 2007

For Those Who Have Trouble with the Concept of “High” and “Low” …

Our favorite sentence in the Houston Chronicle this week---and we know the week’s not over---is from the front page of Wednesday’s three-star edition, in a story (no link available) headlined “Ice may slow commute today”:
Today’s high and low in Houston are just degrees apart---38 and 34, respectively.
You get the feeling the daily newspaper isn’t overestimating the intelligence of its readers.