regrettable FAIL. awesome response.

A Mountain presiding


One highlight of this past weekend's Arizona trip was that I got to see good ol' A Mountain while I was hanging around Tempe... and I got to see the A in its proper form — painted gold.


Sadly, though, I just found out that this morning, A Mountain was defiled with some red paint:



Now, while this video delivered some sad news, it also reminded me of another important point: As much as I make fun of various things that I see on TV here in Nielsen market No. 142, I sometimes forget that there's plenty of goofy stuff that goes on the air in market No. 12 too. (If you don't get that comment, you clearly did not watch the video all the way through.)


However, for the record, what you see in the video above is a lapse in objectivity and professionalism... that I wholeheartedly approve of and endorse.