Tomorrow’s news tonight

Sometimes I’m up late.

Sometimes it’s close to midnight.

And sometimes, I decide to stay up just that little bit longer, to midnight, to check tomorrow’s newspaper. Because The Age usually pushes its new stories onto their web site at midnight. The front page may not be updated, but the National news page is.

I used to be impressed that shows like Lateline would show you the next morning’s newspaper front pages, but in reality, they’re probably more-or-less nailed down by mid-evening, so perhaps it’s not quite that impressive.

Of course, if I do stay up late, I’m tired the next day. Informed but exhausted. Not such a good idea after all.