Archive for April, 2009

Greed Killing Formula 1?


I will be the first person to admit that this is a story that could have been written in any of about the last 10 years. Formula 1 has become the largest sink hole of cash in the last few years, with teams routinely spending more than 300 million a season to run less than [...]

What Can Brown Do For You? Go Slow?


Okay, now, it isn’t very often that I do this sort of thing, but damn, I gotta let this one out because it’s driving me batty. It’s a little story of rims for my car, a really slower shipper, and some totally ridiculous non-service from the guys and gals that drive the big brown trucks [...]

North Korea Firing Rocket or Launching Satellite


Well, as I mentioned about a month ago, airlines had started to turn north korea into a no fly zone, as a result of Pyongyang suggesting that there might be trouble. Everyone in the west knew it was because North Korea was going to try launching another rocket (the last ones didn’t do so well). [...]

ER Draws Last Breathe; Era of TV Ending?


NBC’s long time hit show ER is grinding to a finish this week, the end of it’s 15th a final season. It’s been a struggle the last couple of years for this “use to be really big” show, but they still pull a large and loyal audience, and still produce at least somewhat compelling TV. [...]