Monday, December 5, 2022

Unfinished Monday

 

Regular blog readers know I like trains.  Congress last week stepped in to try to avoid a rail strike set for later this week.  It's funny how we don't realize the value of freight trains until we are on the verge of losing them.

Two days late, but Luzerne County finally certified the results of the midterm election.  We still don't know why things went off the rails (another train reference) last month.  I have no doubt the district attorney will do a fair and thorough investigation.  Still, the optics would have been a lot better is someone from outside the county handled the probe.

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie died last week.  79.  Songs from the glory days of Fleetwood Mac are as good and timeless as anything every produced in this era.  Think about it.  So many of Fleetwood Mac's hits fit in on rock stations, adult contemporary stations, oldies stations, top 40 stations...  Few groups or individuals accomplished that.

"Parade" disappeared from the Sunday newspapers last month, as was noted here.  Now, the Washington Post is ending its Sunday magazine section.  Ten people lose their jobs, and a once great newspaper becomes less great.  It's just one more reason to drop that subscription and get your news somewhere else.  The business is its own worst enemy.  Give people a reason to buy the paper.

On that same note, CNN axed a bunch of people last week.  That one deserves an entry of its own.  Tomorrow.

I recently prattled on about GSN's original productions.  Some are pretty good.  Others are awful.  I watched the latest, "Tug of Words," a few times last week.  It's actually a fun little game.  There some issues, but there is potential here.