Archive for June, 2006
Tour De France Doping Scandal
They should just let these guys use all the dope they want. This from the AP:
Favorites Jan Ullrich, Ivan Basso and dozens of other cyclists were barred Friday from the Tour de France in a doping scandal, causing a massive upheaval on the eve of cycling’s premier race. Tour director Christian Prudhomme said team managers [...]
Rice and Albright are “Sisters”
I heard a great piece on the radio the other day. Madeleine Albright was Secretary of State during the Clinton administration. S he was the first female secretary of state. Her father was a professor of international relations at some university in Colorado.
Current U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice studied with Albright’s father, was his [...]
Stephen Colbert’s Other Life
Now that it’s been pointed out to me, I remember.
Stephen Colbert, of the popular Colbert Report, used to be on that weird Comedy Central Show, Strangers with Candy. Now it looks like there will be a movie based on the show Strangers with Candy.
The show and movie were co-written by Colbert, Paul Dinello, and Amy [...]
Interesting Headstone
There is a graveyard about a 6-7 minute walk from where I work. I took a walk at lunch the other day and took a lap around the graveyard and saw the most amazing headstone. This stone was about 5-6 feet tall and it looked like it had some sort of fancy laser-engraved photo on [...]
Cell Phones
Every day I get up and clip my cell phone to my belt. I carry it around all day. I have made five calls on it in two months I haven’t received a call in almost four months. Sometimes I wonder why I have it. Am I hopelessly out of touch with today’s world?
Everywhere, people [...]
Canadian GP
This weekend is the Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villenueve Circuit in Montreal. The McLaren team just completed a test session at Paul Ricard and feel confident going into Montreal.McLaren CEO Martin Whitmarsh talked about the Canadian and United States races on Fox Sports web site.
“As both tracks have similar characteristics, dominated by long, [...]
