Since the whole Reality TV craze started some years ago, I've never been a big fan on the genre. But it continues to be hugely popular. much to my chagrin. Ok, I admit that every now and then I find myself getting caught up in one of these programs for a few minutes. They aren't with a certain appeal, obviously. However, the people are usually just so vacuous that my stomach starts to turn, and I change the channel.

Still more networks are getting in on the act, it seems. I was waiting in the doctor's office yesterday and the TV on the wall was tuned to The Food Network and there was another one of these abominations: The Next Food Network Star...or something like that. They were doing the standard evaluation bit. At one point, one of the candidates is being harshly evaluated, and runs off the set. Oh, what drama! It's the same old crap.

I wonder how far this trend will go before people become tired of it all. How about The Weather Channel? Why haven't they gotten in on the Reality TV craze yet? Hey, I can see it now: Who Wants to be a Weather Channel Star? Yeah, that might work. Perhaps it will go something like this:

Evaluator: "Jessica, when burst out laughing while reporting on the Asian Typhoon that killed over 5,000...well, that didn't set well with us."

Jessica: "But I don't think it's particularly fair when someone is behind the camera making goofy faces. It's just..."

Evaluator: "That's part of the test, Jessica. You have to be able to handle such situations. It shows you can focus on the story, and not be distracted."

Jessica bows her head in shame.

Evaluator: "I'm sorry, but you're out."

Yes, it takes a special sort of person to be a Weather Channel star. Saying "Be sure to drink plenty of fluids and don't over exert yourself" with a straight face to people in a region where the temperature has soared to over 100 for the 12 day in a row...well, that takes some serious talent. And not just anyone wield that pointer with the kind of flair and pizazz necessary to keep viewers glued to their sets. Well, it's not necessary for me because I'm a weather junky. Seeing those pointy cold fronts zooming across the country just gets me excited. When those isobars are packed tightly over my region, I get ecstatic knowing I'm in for an interesting hair day.

Maybe I'd watch that one, who knows.