OVERHEARD
"Not only did they reroute the arteries they installed and EZ-Pass" Letterman joking after heart surgery about New York’s new electronic subway EZ pass

"Olivia and I are overwhelmed by the concern expressed by so many people" George Harrison on the public sympathy expresses after the stabbing.

STATE OF THE EARTH 2000

• Earth’s temperature has risen 0.8 degrees in 30 years
• Extinction threatens 11% of bird species, 25% of mammals, 34% of fishes

INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY ON THE HIGHWAY
Get ready for the web in your new car by the end of the year. Utilizing relatively slow wire less technology you’ll be able to give voice commands to your car’s computer to retrieve email, stock quotes, individualized traffic, stock, news and sports reports. Your car will even be able to give you directions.

MICHAEL MCDONALD HONORED
February 4^th, the former Doobie Brother and master singer-songwriter will be honored for his contributions to music and an all star lineup will be showing up to perform, including long time collaborator Kenny Loggins. Jeff Bridges will host and here’s just some of who will perform: RAY CHARLES, STEVE WINWOOD, PATTI LABELLE, TOTO. BOZ SCAGGS, ALAN PARSONS, EDWIN MCCAIN, SHE DAISY, JAMES NEWTON HOWARD, JAMES INGRAM.

BOYCRAZY THE GAME
Here’s one that’s raising some eyebrows. Cindy Thornburg invented the card game for young adolescent girls. Not the BACKSTREET BOYS or N’SYNC on these cards. Nope average young boys, non celebrity types, racially diverse. Girls win points by guessing which boys their friends will like best. Some think it reinforces negative anti-feminist sentiments. Others say girls will be boy crazy no matter what and that it’s a healthy outlet. ONE MILLION HITS A DAY on the website. 

MOM THERE’S MONEY IN MY CHEERIOS
Cheerios is teaming with the US Mint, putting a newly minted millenium penny in every box, while every 2000^th box will have the new GOLD DOLLAR coin featuring Sacawagea. The boxes hit the shelves Feb. 1^st.

GAME SHOW FEVER CONTINUES
Who wants to be a millionaire? Is showing no signs of slowing down. The show averaged 29 million viewers for a happy ABC each of it’s five nights this past week.

BRICK RED FULL MOON ?
The full moon is expected to turn BRICK RED for a little more than an hour this THURSDAY night 9:05pm MST during the lunar eclipse. It should be visible throughout the Americas.