After suffering through winter, days without sunlight and overcast skies, now I finally have a single day to pour my frustrations into.

The story about January 24 being the most depressing day of the year is actually a real thing. I guess this is what happens when psychologists have too much time on their hands. They figure out ways to determine which days suck most by contrasting different variables such as weather, debt and motivation levels. "Time since Christmas" is actually another one of these variables, which I think says all that needs to be said about the validity of this research. Wouldn’t this variable automatically exclude 2/3rds of the world’s pouplation? How about "Time since Rosh Hashanah?" Seems only fair if you want to be thorough.

Personally, this time of year is depressing for me because theaters become a dumping ground for the movies that couldn’t make a big enough impression to compete with all the Oscar hopefully that flood theaters at the end of the year. Seeing a remake of When A Stranger Calls or Big Momma’s House 2 cluttering up screens doesn’t surprise me. But what has really bummed me out is that the remake of The Pink Panther is being dumped in February as well.

I know in my heart of hearts that there is NO WAY this remake is going to be any good. For one, you just aren’t going to top Peter Sellers. I’m sorry, you can’t. Not even if you’re Steve Martin. And I LOVE Steve Martin. Second, Beyonce Knowles is a co-star. Not a good sign. I like the fact that Kevin Kline is playing Inspector Dreyfus. Jean Reno is a good casting choice as well. But if I had a Magic Eight Ball and asked it if The Pink Panther was going to be any good, I have a strong feeling that it would respond with "All Signs Point To ‘No’."

It probably doesn’t help that the movie has been pushed back TWICE away from it’s original Summer 2005 launch date, either.

Not much else to say. I was about to mention the sale going on in the store again, but you guys already know that there’s only a week left to take advantage of the reduced prices, don’t you? February 6 is the cutoff date.

Let’s talk about something else for a minute. Like perhaps my MySpace profile!

I know for a fact that MySpace is kind of pointless, so don’t send me e-mails trying to make me aware of that fact. But I’ve run into a lot of really cool people through the service. People that are perhaps more casual (though no less enthusiastic fans) that I might not otherwise cross paths with. Maybe they’re too busy to join the THorum or too intimidated to send an e-mail. If that’s the case, go to your MySpace account and ask to be added to my friends list. You know I’ll say yes!

By the way, I hope this doesn’t offend the Google Gods, but I need a little help understand AdSense. I think I’m doing it wrong and Google FAQs aren’t helping me out very much. If you have any expertise, will you please send me an e-mail?

Also, I’m trying to feel my way around Search Engine Optimization for the site. I kind of feel like I’ve reached the point where advertising and link exchanges are only going to do so much for traffic, so I’m trying to grow in different ways. Again, if you have any suggestions, please send me an e-mail. Thanks!

Remember that fun Frappr map thing from a while ago? Well, it’s sort of like that. Totally informal. I just want to see who’s alive and kickin’ out there!

Sorry for the delay with today’s blog. I was having computer troubles for most of the morning and early afternoon. I’ll catch up with you soon.