Archive for April, 2008
Throw Away World
The environmental movement seems to be gaining steam every day. Today’s modern life is about tracking your carbon footprint, recycling, reusing, and learning new ways of living green. There used to be a common recycling practice when I was growing up in the 1960’s and 1970’s that went away and I don’t [...]
Mortgage Crisis
In every newspaper and on every TV you see and hear about the mortgage crisis the country is facing. Here’s a quote from a Slate article called Inside the Liar’s Loan: How the mortgage industry nurtured deceit.
Under ordinary circumstances, we think of lying as something that a few people do. But the nickname “liar’s [...]
Danica Wins – Finally
The most anticipated win came in Japan when Andretti-Green driver Danica Patrick won her first Indy Car race at the Twin Ring Motegi. Here’s what she had to say:
“I’ve been asked so many times when and if I can win my first race,” she said. “And, finally, no more of those questions.”
It looks like the [...]
Candidate Endorsement
The Pennsylvania primary has come and gone. Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania by 9.3 points. There is still much hand-wringing and gnashing of teeth over the “bitter” fight for the Democratic nomination. I’m not sure it’s as big a deal as the media makes it out to be. It’s why we vote.
At the beginning of [...]
Only in Florida
Topless woman says God told her to direct traffic. This is just one in a series of “only in Florida” type stories. I lived in Columbus, Ohio for 35 years and we rarely got a great story like this one. This story courtesy of the Orlando Sentinel.
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IRL-Champ Car Reunification
I have to agree that the reunification of North America’s two open-wheel race series is a good thing. The split has undoubtedly hurt the sport. See this Autoweek article for more details.
Let’s see now — Hmmm, who are the winners and who are the losers? I would argue that there are no winners. [...]
