I'm hitting the summer-wall these days.  I made the mistake of taking my holidays early - late June/early July. I don't think I'll do that again. 

Listener Karen phoned in yesterday morning with a well-intended but misguided opinion on eating locally.  She'd read a blurb in the New York Times that suggested local eating was not an environmentally friendly option - in fact imported fruit and vegetables may have less of a carbon-footprint than food grown within a hundred mile radius of where you live.  See, I could care less about 'carbon-footprints' when I'm shopping, cooking, and most importantly, eating.  Saskatchewan-grown food tastes better, period.  And, you cannot go wrong supporting Saskatchewan producers.  So I don't think I'll be opting for the cardboard, imported produce over the gems that I can pick up at any provincial farmer's market everyday. 

Today we talked about George Palanciuc, and the parents of the little four-year old girl who's mouth he felt the need to insert his 'ding dong' into.  On Tuesday in a Regina courtroom her parents begged the judge for leniency for George, saying they "didn't want him punished by going to jail."  Really.  Anyway, George's lawyer called the show to shake his finger at us for talking about it.  In fact, he told me Gormley was a "f-cking disgrace" for daring to speak about the plight of poor George.  Again...really.  What kind of world is this when not only is some dude is looking for sex from a toddler, but then her parents turn around and stand up for him, and finally his lawyer figures everyone else should just sit back and shut up?  There's a whole lot of f-cking disgraces playing a role in this story, and Gormley isn't one of them.   

On the lighter side - have you heard about the six-toed Sasquatch sighting (say that ten times over quickly) in northern Ontario?  I really want to believe in the Bigfoot.  It's fun to think about the possibility that someday we'll realize that we really aren't crazy - they do exist.  But then again, maybe the not knowing is the best part. 

Finally, implementing sirens for use in the event of a tornado warning.  I see Himpe has already got to this topic on his blog, but I can't say that I agree with him this time.  In this day and age, do we really need sirens to warn us about impending doom?  Isn't that what the internet is for?  Seriously though, I think that with radio, television and internet to inform us, our tax dollars could be spent better elsewhere.  Sirens seem kind of regressive, don't they?  The Weather Network has a great website where you can subscribe to weather updates that come to your cellphone - inclusive of all watches and warnings. 

Speaking of which, as I type this there has just been another tornado warning issued for the City of Regina - what a year for weather this has been.  Mother Nature seems awfully cranky.

Tammy Robert is the Executive Producer of 'The John Gormley Live Show' - listen live every weekday morning from 8.30am - 12.30pm on NewsTalk 650 or NewsTalk 980.