April 15 hasn’t been a very enjoyable day for me for nearly two decades now as that’s the day I must have a very large check to the United States Treasury Department postmarked by. Additionally, my birthday is on April 16 and quite honestly, my own annual mortality thoughts are usually in full gear on April 15. However, this year April 15 fell on a Monday and it just so happened to coincide with the annual release of Gil Brandt‘s Hot 150 list. If you’ve read the sire religiously over the years, you should know by now that I really look forward to the release of that list.