A Few Notes From The Week That Was:

- Tough break(literally) for the Carolina Hurricanes. Erik Cole, their second leading scorer and a high energy guy, has suffered a fractured bone in his neck and will miss the rest of the regular season and maybe beyond. It will be interesting to see if Carolina can continue to hold the league's best record without one of their big guns.

- Saw a pretty funny Miller Lite commercial where men run around mistaking falling rain for beer. The really funny part, of course, is the fact that Miller Lite is making fun of watered down light beers. Hey, I love Miller Lite, but it's no dark beer.

-One would think that Dancing With the Stars would have broken me of the reality TV habit, but no. This week I've become addicted to "Deal or No Deal? ". You know, the game show that NBC will run into the ground like ABC did to "Millionaire"? That's right, I'm still a loser.

-Natalie Portman, hot even with the short hair, was pretty funny on SNL this week. Check out her rap video/interview. While you're there check out the "Chronicles" and "Young Chuck Norris" videos, too. All very funny. http://www.nbc.com/Video/