Jon Prell

On the morning show today, Leslie and I were talking about Downtown Evansville and all of the increased activity thanks to the Deaconess GLVC basketball tournament that started today at the Ford Center. We got on the topic of what downtown needs in the absence of something like the GLVC tournament to bring people downtown.

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Here we go again. Daylight Saving Time officially begins this Sunday at 2am, as we spring forward - and with the time change, comes the annual debate for changing Indiana's time zones. This debate has been raging for so long and nothing has been accomplished. So, why are we still debating this? Simple. Because everyone has a different opinion and nobody can agree.

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Colin Farrell's new movie "Dead Man Down" opens this Friday and the promoters did something very unusual to promote the film in the form of a prank. The prank involved real people getting onto an elevator in New York City and seeing what appeared to be a murder in progress.

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Over the weekend, a very disturbing and troubling news story broke in Bakersfield, California involving a nurse who refused to give CPR to a dying woman. The incident occurred at the Glenwood Gardens Independent Living Home when an 87-year-old woman, Lorraine Bayless, collapsed in the dining room of the home and later died.

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It's that time of year to set your clock ahead one hour before you go to bed This Saturday night because Daylight Saving Time officially begins at 2am this Sunday, March 10th. Although not very punctual in the modern sense, it should be noted that ancient civilizations adjusted their daily schedules to the sun more flexibly than modern DST does.

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Juggling is one thing - solving a Rubik's Cube is something else. I cannot do either; in fact, I don't know anyone who has ever solved a Rubik's Cube, even though I know people do it all the time. Now, imagine solving a Rubik's Cube while juggling. Sounds impossible, right? Wrong.

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The NCAA tournament is right around the corner and it will have a very different look, especially for six teams. Adidas just unveiled some new uniforms for Cincinnati, Kansas, Notre Dame, Baylor, UCLA and Louisville that will be worn in the conference tournaments and the NCAA tournament.

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Martin Tremblay was a youth hockey coach in British Columbia seven months ago, and he is now going to jail for intentionally tripping two opposing players, aged 10 and 13, during the postgame handshake. One of the boys actually broke his wrists trying to break the fall. At the time, Tremblay was arrested and charged for his actions, but the other day, Tremblay received a 15-day jail sentence.

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Country music's two most famous Georges are both embarking on their farewell tours in 2013. George Strait is off and running with his final 'Cowboy Rides Away' tour and George Jones is getting ready for his farewell tour that will stop in Evansville on March 23rd at The Centre.

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The Harry Potter movies gave us so many cool things, like the Elder Wand, the Resurrection stone and many other devices that will probably never exist beyond the imagination. The coolest gadget from the movie had to be the Invisibility Cloak, which was passed on to Harry by his father James. The cloak itself does not exist yet, but the technology does and a prototype proves it.

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Earlier today, my daughter Emily e-mailed me a copy of an assignment she did for school. The assignment was to write a paper about looking through their lives and assign a song that best describes certain parts of their life. I was very surprised at what she wrote and extremely touched.

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Leslie and I were discussing this on air this morning in light of yesterday's Daytona 500 where Danica Patrick finished 8th after earning the pole position in qualifying. At the start of the final lap, Patrick was third with a shot at second, but by the end of the lap and the race, she dropped to 8th. A Top 10 finish is certainly great for Patrick but did she live up to the hype?

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