Thursday Night Short Post

Not much to rant and rave on tonight, so we'll run throw a few comments and call it a night.

- It's worth mentioning that today (December 8) was 25 years since the death of John Lennon. I'm sure all of you have seen something on the news or internet about it, but I just wanted to throw in my two cents. Lennon was an icon, not just for music, but for standing up for what he believed in. The man had the world eating out of the palm of his hand in the 10 years that he lived post-Beatles. With regards to the Fab Four, I've said it before and I'll say it again: There has never been and will never be another band/musician/artist that will have more of an influence on music fans around the world. There's too many different genres of music today, but back in 1964, everyone was a Beatles fan. You just can't find that any more with how saturated the market is with so many types of music. Absolutely astounding when you think about the impact those four men had. It's just a shame that some loon had to cut Lennon's life short....

- I have inside sources that tell me that the Sopranos could be moving from Sunday night to Monday night because HBO doesn't want to compete with ABC's Desperate Housewives for the Sunday night 9pm time slot. I don't blame them. Plus, it'd give us something to watch on Monday nights in the spring in the absence of Monday Night Football...

- More snow on the way tomorrow. We dodged a bullet up in this area on Monday night when the storm decided to take a path a little further to the south and ended up missing the New York metro area. It's doubtful that we'll be so lucky this evening, as I fully expect to wake up in the morning and see white on the ground. Then, I'll have to make a gametime decision as to whether I want to drive in to work or work from home. We'll see....

- The President of Iran has a brilliant idea: Let's move Israel to Europe. Last time I checked, we can't just pick up a whole country and move it a few thousand miles.

Let's call it a week. I've seem to be digging for stories lately, so I just wanted to take a moment to take some requests for stories/articles/commentary, I'll be glad to entertain them. Additionally, if anyone is feeling adventurous and wants to do a guest column, you're always welcome. Just get ahold of me and we'll discuss. The readers of the RPR may want to hear a voice other than mine every now and again.

Enjoy the weekend. Beware of heavy snowfall, avalanches, slippery roads, and crazy Christmas shoppers. You take your life in your hands in each of those cases, so be sure to show some caution.