Ramblings

Richard found out today that he won't be able to go back to work until in December. I guess the Dr. that did his carpal tunnel surgery didn't think his hands were healed enough for him to start working again. It didn't surprise me all that much, but I also didn't think his Dr. would want him to wait another 4 weeks...maybe that will give his ankle a chance to completely heal before he goes back to work too.

A big "thumbs down" goes out to XM Radio today from me. They removed my favorite channel (76 - Fine Tuning) from their line-up. Unfortunately, they also don't have any channels in their new line-up that play Celtic music which earns them a second "thumbs down". The suggested replacements for Fine Tuning just aren't good enough...for a third "thumbs down" they now have a 24/7 Bruce Springsteen channel. Bruce Springsteen is a good song writer in my opinion, but his band stinks big time (every remake of one of his songs has always sounded better than the original). Listening to that channel 24/7 would be torture! They also added a 24/7 Grateful Dead channel. The Grateful Dead are certainly cultural icons, but their music is average at best. Well, maybe the "dead heads" are going to listen to it for their daily flashbacks, but it seems like it could get pretty old and boring rather quickly for anyone else.

I'm not going to quit my subscription to XM because they still beat all the local radio stations, and they still have some really good channels to choose from.