It's been almost three weeks since my last note, but sometimes you just don't have anything to say.  And to be honest, today is no different, but there are a few odds and ends I can ramble about.

Since I last wrote, we've had a Super Bowl.  Who won?  Oh yeah, it was Green Bay.  It usually takes at least a month before we forget who won, so ask me again on St. Patrick's Day.  There were a few good commercials during the game, but none that were absolutely amazing.  I liked the Little Darth Vader commercial, but then again, I like anything with a Star Wars theme.

What's new in the world of TV channels?  Well, WCCB-18 in Charlotte was supposed to start carrying the ME-TV network on February 1 on their subchannel 18-3.  However, just hours before they were supposed to flip the switch, they ran into some kind of problem.  Nothing official has been stated, but the rumors are that there are contractual issues involving other local Charlotte stations which have syndication rights to some of the old shows that air on the ME-TV network.  Hopefully they'll get that worked out soon.

In news that probably only interests me, I found my gggg-grandfather last weekend by accident.  Last month I posted a note -- and a picture -- about my Alleghany County ancestor Bill Irwin who was born in 1819 and died in 1906.  I knew about where he lived, but in 20 years of research I had never found his headstone.  Last weekend I met some distant cousins who said I might want to check out a cemetery "down at the end of the road".  After a short hike halfway up the mountain, there it was.  After searching the old deeds, I learned that he owned at least 350 acres, with the cemetery located near the center.  It's a coincidence that I would find his picture and his headstone in separate searches within the span of only a few weeks.

Finally, to quote the great philosopher George Costanza, "Onward and upward".