CSI: Sesame Street

 Hello, all you beasties out there! Is it beasties or Midnighters? Did we ever decide? Well, if you are here, you know who you are.

It's Friday! In some places that still means something, I guess. Just another day around here. There are some number of you out there that may be preparing for "the weekend", whatever that may entail. Hope that goes well for you. 

We have run up against a rainy patch here, thus we are relegated to indoor games. A good opportunity to check in. Though we have been less active here at the site, things have been quite busy over these summer months. We do have some projects in the works, and you can expect a marked increase in content in September. We won't tease with any details now.

We do have an intriguing report to share from current events. There has been a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth coming from NPR and PBS. You might have heard, the Congress just cut them off. Good move. Long overdue. Quit whining! If your product is any good, then you can compete in the open market like everyone else. Plenty of pharmaceutical companies with ads to buy for drugs targeting children.

Sadly, however, there are some tragic consequences related to this story. Our sources from the Big Apple have shared some details of a developing story, which will appear as a feature length story in The Muppet Times, sometime early next week.

....this very disturbing report, early this morning from Sesame Street. In the pre-dawn hours of Friday morning, reports of gunshots from a familiar apartment building. Authorities arrived in response and were alerted by other residents to check one of the basement apartments. A chilling scene upon entering, the longtime residents of the apartment, Bert and Ernie, found dead, the victims of an apparent murder/suicide.

Most residents could only express tearful disbelief at this bizarre turn of events. There was, however, one neighbor who spoke on the condition of anonymity, who stated that "the couple was distraught over the pending loss of their rent controlled flat, due to budget cuts at PBS".

Bert and Ernie, dead today, at the age of 56.