Not Sure What Will Come Out of This Post

So every now again, I come to a dry spell in material for this blog. This is one of those times. The progression goes as such: I'll punk out one night, and in this case, it was Tuesday night. I really was tired and besides that, I just couldn't think of anything off the top of my head to write about. Then skip ahead 24 hours. Here I am again. Except I can't punk out 2 nights in a row because then people start asking questions like, "Dude, where you been?" and "Come on, where are the updates on the RPR?" We all know that we don't want to upset the readers. And as a result of all of this, you get a product that looks like this. Like what? Like me opening up a new post on the Blogger dashboard and just start typing whatever comes to my mind -- even about the fact that nothing's been coming to my mind. It's quite fascinating that I can even get this far with nothing of substance, but let's face it: I have a captive audience and you'll probably continue to read all of my nonsense. I think I've just decided that I'll turn this into a ramblings article.

- Haven't had a music update in a while.

Records that I've been extremely pleased with:
1. Ryan Adams - Jacksonville City Nights
2. System of a Down - Hypnotize (come on, you didn't know that I like some quality hard rock?)
3. The Go! Team - Thunder Lightning Strike
4. Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago

And for good measure, I had heard a lot of good things about Minus the Bears' "Menos El Oso". I gave it one listen through and there was something about it that I didn't quite like. I don't like to pass judgement on albums before giving them the due diligence of at least 2 listen throughs, so we'll see what I think after I give it another go.

- The blogging community has been going crazy over a band from Minneapolis called Tapes 'N Tapes. You can download a few songs from their record by entering the website and then clicking on "Tapes". I'd recommend downloading the three tracks they have available from their latest record The Loon. ("Insistor", "Cowbell", and "Omaha") You watch, these guys could be the next big thing...

- I keep forgetting that the 2006 Winter Olympics are coming up next month. We had the Summer vs. Winter Olympics debate at work the other day and I may have been the only one who stood up for the Summer games. Winter games are ok. I'll watch the hockey, speed skating, and some of the skiing, but other than that, you can keep it. Regardless, at least I know there'll be something to watch during that time as NBC announced that they'll have about 416 hours of coverage between NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, and USA.

- File this one under "I've Said It Before and I'll Say It Again": Wednesday's are the worst weeknight for TV. Seriously, there's nothing on which is very disappointing. At least ESPN and ESPN2 decided to have college basketball doubleheaders. Plus, I got to watch #3 Villanova squeeze past Rutgers tonight (it was a surprisingly close game that went into OT). Since I've always been a fan of college basketball from Philadelphia, gotta support the hometown schools who have solid programs. You know, one year it's St. Joe's and another year it's Nova. I'll jump on the bandwagon since the Penn State basketball team will be lucky to match the number of wins that the football team put up this year.

- Someone want to give me a small update on these Samuel Alito hearings? I'm ignorant to anything political, but I'm always curious about items that are constantly in the news.

- I need to get a trip planned for Las Vegas. It needs to happen. The fact that I've been of legal gambling age for 3 years now and have yet to set foot in the paradise known as "Sin City" is a sin in and of itself. I need to get out there this summer. It'll be a few days full of coke and hookers, just like Pat O'Brien would have dreamt it. Who's with me?

(There's Pat. I'm sure he'd be down for a Vegas trip. Wonder if Betsy would join?)

- Lastly, a great news story about this guy in Santa Cruz, CA, who decided it'd be a great idea to run a marathon... while he was collecting workers' comp. Something tells me that if you can run a marathon, you can drive a bus. Way to go, hotshot.

That's it for this evening. I'll be back tomorrow night.