Honest Newscaster on Real-Life ‘Up’: Interesting Way to Kill Yourself WPIX’s Howard Thompson isn’t quite impressed with this dude who may travel across the Atlantic in a balloon-floated house. The story is clearly supposed to be light, something like “IT’S UP IN REAL LIFE,” CHUCKLE, SIGH, SNORT. Not Howard. He goes here: “Look, I think, a lot of people get bored as they get to a certain stage in life, and people start looking for interesting ways to kill themselves … and obviously this guy is … he’s there. I wish you luck, though, pal!” </noscript> Awesome. We need more editorializing like that. MORE LOCAL NEWS FODDER: • Turkey Call BJ Makes For a Perfect Local News Thanksgiving • Drunk Lady Tries Videobomb, Can’t Shake Local Austin Reporter • ABC Denver: ‘All Up in My Snatch’ Is Name of Petraeus’ Biography • Weatherman Fully Aroused By Moisture From Tropical Storm John Follow Us