March 1st!

The cherry tree in the front yard is getting started and by Easter it will look just like this picture. When my Dad was alive (what a dork thing to day, sorry) He used to look out the window at Easter lunch and talk about how great that cherry tree looked! He used great rather than beautiful cause he was not a girly man and it fit him better.

He died in March so when the limbs start to wake up we all remember him.

Now for MORE happy thoughts!

The Feb. TV ratings are over and although WBIR kicked the other two "news" producing stations to death some odd but fun numbers materialized in the over nights durning the Olympics. WBIR was still running that what nationally turned out to be a mega looser "The Games" and WVLT and WATE had the 11 pm slot all to themselves.

WVLT actually BEAT WATE at 11 and then SHOCK OF SHOCKS on Monday evening with NO OLYMPICS on at 11, WVLT beat them again.

Reason this is so odd is the fact that WVLT is the bottom feeder of the three and their late night anchor guy is just scary! You know, low end GAME SHOW HOST SCARY, with a touch of Home Shopping persona tossed in to smooth out the plastic! I will say that WVLT has added some tepid to warm looking women on the anchor desk, but at 11, this guy sucks all the oxygen out of the room and replaces it with methane!

SO the giant question is HOW can WVLT even win ONE when the Olympics are gone and the powerhouse, WBIR is back in the hunt at 11? Heck if I know, could be so many watched CSI (a CBS/WVLT show) and got used to hanging with WVLT at 11 that they are just in a flipper lock at 11? Folks, if you happen to be one of them and are looking around, trust me, WATE does a great job also and I still find BIR a great home for local news before the dogs go out to pee that one last time. Try all of them again and if you are still returning to WVLT at 11 then bless their hearts they must be offering enough quality product to over come the dry, used car salesman, scary man who spits it at us from the anchor desk.

Lord what a fun rant, naturally nothing like this will be in the column but if you wanta see the Monday numbers for WVLT check out hallsnews.com anytime after March 1st and click on my name.

Hey, if you ever have a comment about anything you read or see in this adventure PLEASE send it on I would really enjoy hearing how you agree with me! Or not?