Over this weather; many letters to the editor lately tearing apart local news; remembering old news anchors; people still coming to terms w/ Philip Seymour Hoffman's death; Russell Brand's article on addiction; plead vs. pleaded; Doc Ellis never pitched a game sober; news reporting pet peeves; 21 states are against cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay; 2 schools in West Virginia sends kids home early after getting sick from the "safe" drinking water; vaporization of marijuana; Pittsburgh's problem with the verb form "to be;" Callers; Joe / Unknown.