Random Thoughts: 2/5/2009

Good afternoon all ...

Just a few thoughts this afternoon:

1) Looks like stupidity rules and the DTV deadline is pushed back until June. All is not lost though. Up to 1/3 of all US stations are planning to defy the ruling and flip anyway to digital on February 17th. Good for them. No word as of yet on if any Susquehanna Valley TV stations will do this, but don't be surprised.

2) Etta James is mad at Beyonce. Or is it more like jealous? She is upset that Beyonce sung her big song 'At Last' and Obama's big day 2 weeks ago. My feelings ... get over it. If you don't like her, so be it. But why not you do it yourself?

3) American Idol is full gear this week as we just completed the first round of Hollywood week. I don't think the Osmond guy needed or leave, or the guy that was the high school president. Oh, and the bikini girl is gone too. Oh well. We still have a good year coming. At least we saw my girl Alexis Cohen from Allentown this year. You Go Girl!

4) A MUST-READ article about the future of newspapers, from Time Magazine. More, perhaps HOW to save your local newspapers. Any person, like me, or perhaps you who loves your newspaper in the morning, needs to read this article.

and finally ...

5) How about those nightly snow bursts we have been getting, eh? First it was Wednesday, where Lititz, Lancaster County recieved a cool foot of snow. Now parts of the midstate woke up to 3 inches, like me in West Hanover Twp., Dauphin County. I don't know about you, but I want spring now! Good news is that we will get a nice preview of that, as Sunday's high should flirt 50 degrees, or maybe higher.

Stay Tuned ...

-- Matt