If you think stockbrokers are desperate for a little good news, consider the poor TV newscasters. December is traditionally a slow news month, but with a recession in full swing, it's hard to find any happy talk.

Case in point: I was enjoying lunch at the Xmas Market that has sprung up in Gallivan Square that includes vendors of Belgian waffles, crepes and bratwurst along with wood warming fires in 50-gallon drums. My frigid lunch break peace was interupted by a Channel 2 News' helicopter circling above. From every direction, television news crews were converging on the high rise going up on Main near Second South.

The cause for the waste of a lot of aviation fuel and digital memory? The final beam — the topping out — was going into place on what will be the ugliest building in Utah. The 222 S. Main office building soon will overshadow its classy little neighbor the Monaco Hotel.