Um, if you have to write the very basics on your hand, are you really prepared to be the president?
Scary....

Not being a football fan, I generally "watch" the Super Bowl for the ads.
I wasn't too impressed this year, although these two weren't bad...
Did get a chuckle from Emerald Nuts again... and Doritos had some winners.
Anyone have a favorite?

No, these people aren't prepping for a party... they're scrambling to stock up before the blizzard of the millennium hits the area today.
Well, maybe not a blizzard, but definitely a "snow event."
What I want to know is, when did everything become an "event"?
We don't have snowstorms or rain storms or hail storms.
We have snow events, rain events and hail events.
Ever wonder why? It's not like we get an invitation, after all.

In case you missed it, Punsxutawney Phil proclaimed the bad news this morning: SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER!!
Yes, just when you may have been hoping that the worst was past us, Phil dispelled all doubts.
Hey, did you really think we were getting off that easy?
But really, Groundhog Day is great. And watching this spectacle on PCN is a must see.
I've never been to the town on Groundhog Day, but I have been there to see Phil in his "spring digs" -- a portion of the town library complete with glass walls so you can see him.
The park boasts a huge wooden groundhog statute...
really, you must go. The town bears no resemblance to the famous movie, but it's a great trip nonetheless.
Now, back to the grand weather prediction.... Phil told us what we all expected anyway... so bundle up!

Just when you think humans can't get any worse, consider this story by the Associated Press.
I guess this person didn't know how to "dispose" of dogs the way one "celebrity" did...
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State police are looking for the owner of a mixed breed pit bull that was left for dead with dog fighting wounds along a southwestern Pennsylvania highway.

State police near Uniontown say the animal also had its throat slit by a human who apparently wanted to kill the animal before it was found about 10 p.m. Wednesday.

Police say the dog was found along Route 201 in Dunbar Township, about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital, but died Thursday morning.

Police said the dog's throat and trachea had been crushed and bruised, apparently by another dog. It also had scars from previous bites, perhaps from past dog fights.

The Fayette County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is offering a reward for information.

OK, please people.... you've got to be kidding!
According to a report from the Associated Press, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants organizers of Pennsylvania's Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.

The animal rights group say it's unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each Feb. 2 in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

But William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is "treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania."

The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture.

Deeley says PETA is looking out for publicity, not Phil's well-being.

I have to agree on this one.
I love all critters and don't want to see them mistreated.
But I really don't think Phil is in any danger!

Adam is gone.
Yes, the last of the main cast of "Bonanza" has ridden off into the sunset.
I have to admit, even though I loved his all-black outfits, Pernell Roberts was not my favorite on the show. That choice belonged, of course, to Little Joe, played by Michael Landon.
But how I loved "Bonanza." Before we had a color TV -- yes, shockingly, those days existed -- a neighbor would sometimes invite us to watch the show at their place. What a treat!

Roberts always seemd like a bit of a snob to me, and it wasn't a surprise when he left the show at a point when it was enjoying huge popularity.
I guess, in essence, he rode off into the sunset then.

But it was reported that Roberts, 81 -- it's hard to believe that age! -- died of cancer on Sunday. It also was noted that he had not liked the restrictions of the popular TV show.

"They told me the four characters (Greene, himself and Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as his brothers) would be carefully defined and the scripts carefully prepared," he complained to The Associated Press in 1964. "None of it ever happened."

It particularly distressed him that his character, a man in his 30s, had to continually defer to the wishes of his widowed father.

"Doesn't it seem a bit silly for three adult males to get Father's permission for everything they do?" he once asked a reporter.

"Bonanza," with its three remaining stars, continued until 1973, making it second to "Gunsmoke" as the longest-running Western on TV. Blocker died in 1972, Greene in 1987, and Landon in 1991.