Titles Might Be Tougher to Come Up With Than the Actual Post

- In the big news of the day, they have found the winners of the PowerBall $365 million jackpot. Turns out that it was split by 8 workers of a meat processing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska. Well, you know what... good for them. Some blue-collar folks who can now live the high life. Remember a few years back when some millionaire in West Virginia hit the PowerBall? There's an example of a guy who probably didn't need more millions on top of those that he has. For these factory workers, they ended up taking home, after taxes, about $15 million a piece and I think that's fantastic. Two of them are Vietnamese immigrants and another is from central Africa. Maybe they can bring their families over to America to live a better life. They all have the extreme privilege of retiring way ahead of schedule. All the power to them. Must be nice to have that much money...

- As you guys know, I'm always searching for new music, and I've haven't really found any new bands lately that really peak my interest. I need some new band to check into. Some of the indie stuff is a little too indie for me, and some of the mainstream stuff is a little too mainstream. I'm being vague here because I wanna see what you'll throw at me...

- I need to plead with the readers of the RPR for article ideas and/or offers to write guest postings. I'm not gonna lie to you: I'm having bloggers' block. Really having trouble coming up with decent stuff to write about these days. I mean, let's be serious: my life isn't all that exciting. I sit in an office all day, and then I come home, hopefully get my ass to the gym, make some dinner, watch a little bit of TV, chat with the Jessica, and then try to come up with some blogging before I call it a night. So let's just say that the atmosphere surrounding me isn't exactly conducive to what we'd call a "thrilling lifestyle". That's why I need your help. Give me some ideas for articles, things you'd like my comments on, or even give me an idea for a Top 10 list of sorts. (I'm still sorting through my Top 10 Favorite Albums of the 90's.) And I know some of you would be good guest columnists. Write about whatever you want... doesn't matter to me. Takes about as long as writing an email to a friend. Keep it to a couple of paragraphs; believe me, it doesn't have to be a novel. Appreciate your help, because I'm in a dry spell here and need to kick the blog up a notch.

Hey the week's almost over. Let's hear it for 4 day weeks. Enjoy Thursday.