Please someone tell me that it almost hasn't been a week that I didn't post?! Shame on me. Sorry folks. Been busy with personal life and such so now the only time I seem to post is on my lunch break. Oh wells, sometime life is like that.
Hope everyone is well. Just a few random points I like to point out, then you all can be on your way.
1) Looks like Punxy Phil is wrong. After a high of 57 and upper 50's for the past few days, looks like a early spring as sprung. And tomorrow (on my day off, love it!), it will be a high of 62. Oh yeah. Loving it.
2) KTVT-TV in Dallas/Fort Worth has a very nice interview with Tony ROMO, who states that the Dallas Cowboys crew next year, will be different and that 'we have the chance to do something great'. Tony knows it, I know it, the whole Dallas Cowboys nation knows it. Next year will be different. We can get 6 Super Bowls too. We will not be denied. Maybe, just maybe that Super Bowl trophy can be the great last minute, last chance house warming gift, eh?! Oh yeah. Believe fans, believe.
3) How about this drama with Chris Brown now? His career is now offically over. I know that people fight, but when you put your hands on a woman who is defenseless, there is no excuse for this. And guess what, from now on, he will be known as a woman-beater. Sorry about being blunt there, but it is the truth. There is no one who can come back to the music industry or the entertainment industry when something like this happens. Do I feel bad for Chris Brown? Eh, maybe just a little. But what he did was unexcuseable. Simply that.
More later. Take care. Be well.
-- Matt
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
UPDATE on DTV and the SusquValley
Brian Roche on News 8 @ 5:30 this evening reported that ALL of the area TV stations will go digital on June 12th, and NONE will go make the switch digitally early.
How disappointing.
-- Matt
How disappointing.
-- Matt
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
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
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Back to the Grind ...
Well good morning everyone.
Sorry I didn't post a Phil in review post last night. Once '24' was done, I was out. But I am back. I hope to do a decent size post right now.
Arrived at Clearfield Sunday around 1:30 or so. Once I unpacked and everything, then headed to Punxy. Punxstauwney, PA is in Jefferson County, PA. About 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Punxy is a very nice small town. And it all revolves around the groundhog, Phil. They make him out to be more or less like a god in that town. Now, not saying that is a bad thing or something, it's just different to see. Punxy has a nice town square. At the library, they have a 'groundhog zoo'. 365 days a year, Phil is there. In his natural habitit. There was vendors all over the town. They were even selling, 'Shadow Towels', a neat and interesting rip-off of the Terrible Towel.
Went back to the hotel then. Watched as the Pittsburgh Steelers came back with less than a minute in the game to become the first NFL team to win 6 Super Bowls. A brief opinion about this ... Good for them. But do they really need a 2-hour-delay for schools the next day? And do they really need to say they are 'Six-burgh'? I think not. Hey Pittsburgh ... just wait til Dallas gets 6. Then we will be 'Six-allas'. Better yet, just wait til we get 7 and 8. But really, in a good attempt to be nice ... congrats. As for the ads, I thought they were bascailly ok. My fav was the Doritios ad where the guy throws the crystal ball at the vending machine. Very funny. And yes, that was voted the best on the USA Today ad meter.
Then woke up at 2:45 in the morning. Began the trek to Gobblers Knob. This is one of the best experiences that you can do in your lifetime. I suggest that everyone does it at least once. Got into town around 4:30 AM. Paid $5 for shuttle transportation. State Police and National Guard kept very good crowd control. There was up to 15,000 people at Gobblers Knob. The Knob is a field with a slight hill and that is where Phil makes his winter weather guess. Everyone was having much fun. There was one jerk with one of those horns that were blowing it every 30 seconds for the better part of 2 hours. Other than that, what a morning.
Afterwards, went back to the hotel, had their breakfast. Then headed back home. Made a pit-stop at State College. Got some ice cream at the Creamery (nice place), then went home.
Overall, it was a nice trip. I really needed to get out and get away. Just what I needed.
I hope to post pics later tonight. Have a great day.
-- Matt
Sorry I didn't post a Phil in review post last night. Once '24' was done, I was out. But I am back. I hope to do a decent size post right now.
Arrived at Clearfield Sunday around 1:30 or so. Once I unpacked and everything, then headed to Punxy. Punxstauwney, PA is in Jefferson County, PA. About 60 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Punxy is a very nice small town. And it all revolves around the groundhog, Phil. They make him out to be more or less like a god in that town. Now, not saying that is a bad thing or something, it's just different to see. Punxy has a nice town square. At the library, they have a 'groundhog zoo'. 365 days a year, Phil is there. In his natural habitit. There was vendors all over the town. They were even selling, 'Shadow Towels', a neat and interesting rip-off of the Terrible Towel.
Went back to the hotel then. Watched as the Pittsburgh Steelers came back with less than a minute in the game to become the first NFL team to win 6 Super Bowls. A brief opinion about this ... Good for them. But do they really need a 2-hour-delay for schools the next day? And do they really need to say they are 'Six-burgh'? I think not. Hey Pittsburgh ... just wait til Dallas gets 6. Then we will be 'Six-allas'. Better yet, just wait til we get 7 and 8. But really, in a good attempt to be nice ... congrats. As for the ads, I thought they were bascailly ok. My fav was the Doritios ad where the guy throws the crystal ball at the vending machine. Very funny. And yes, that was voted the best on the USA Today ad meter.
Then woke up at 2:45 in the morning. Began the trek to Gobblers Knob. This is one of the best experiences that you can do in your lifetime. I suggest that everyone does it at least once. Got into town around 4:30 AM. Paid $5 for shuttle transportation. State Police and National Guard kept very good crowd control. There was up to 15,000 people at Gobblers Knob. The Knob is a field with a slight hill and that is where Phil makes his winter weather guess. Everyone was having much fun. There was one jerk with one of those horns that were blowing it every 30 seconds for the better part of 2 hours. Other than that, what a morning.
Afterwards, went back to the hotel, had their breakfast. Then headed back home. Made a pit-stop at State College. Got some ice cream at the Creamery (nice place), then went home.
Overall, it was a nice trip. I really needed to get out and get away. Just what I needed.
I hope to post pics later tonight. Have a great day.
-- Matt
Monday, February 2, 2009
Well, now that's over with ...
Yup, so 6 more weeks of winter. The crowd must have swelled to over 15,000. Went to the high school for their community fair thing. Now heading back to Clearfield. Will write a more detailed account of today's happenings and pictures once i get back home.
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