NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge – SOLD OUT!

Wow. Congratulations to Jay Howard. The Pit Crew Challenge is his baby.

Here In The South, It’s Timin’ & Scorin’

Parachuted into Charlotte for my annual week at the NASCAR Pit Crew Challenge.

You know you’re in the South when……Timing & Scoring is known as Timin’ & Scorin’

 

The guys in the loading dock at Time Warner Arena:

Andrew looks particularly pleased to be back in Charlotte

 

Trampass models the latest in Timin’ & Scorin’ headgear:

Fashionable! If your friends at the All England Club could only see you now.

Keiser Report

About two weeks ago, my favorite pop culture author (Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone) appeared on The Keiser Report. Ever since, I have been watching Keiser regularly.

Imagine a fake pundit with fake outrage (i.e. Colbert, Lewis Black) who is just as outrageous and entertaining, but real.

LINK:    http://rt.com/programs/keiser-report/

Keiser’s news show is recorded in New York and appears on RT.COM, which is controversial. RT was formerly called Russia Today, and originates from Moscow. Some call it Russia’s version of Al Jazeera, some say it’s subversive and anti-Western. Others call it the most important alternative media outlet in the world. RT is the 2nd-most viewed news outlet worldwide, behind BBC.

Keiser spends most of his time taking down Wall Street, especially Goldman Sachs, the too-big-to-fail banks, and the ratings agencies. It’s nice to see somebody taking those people on directly. Why 1500 Wall Street bankers and traders, and the entire senior staff of Goldman aren’t rotting in jail right now is a mystery Keiser fully intends to get to the bottom of.

 

ORF! ORF! ORF ORF ORF ORF ORF ORF ORF !

I have a great idea….let’s name our TV network after the sound a baby seal makes as it is being clubbed to death by an Eskimo hunter.

ORF!

ORF!

ORF! ORF! ORF! ORF! ORF! ORF!

link to dumb story

Rest Assured – I Will Be Flying Malaysia Airlines The Next Time I Fly Through Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines has banned children from the upper decks of its A380s.

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Ah, silence. Not only will I be flying Malaysia Airlines whenever possible, but let’s just hope this most splendid innovation proliferates amongst all international carriers as fast as baggage fees and some other, uh, less pleasant industry trends have spread.

Of course, until then, I’ll continue to keep my Etymotic MC2 noise-isolating ear buds in my chest pocket, ready to deploy at a moment’s notice, even though they may or not be plugged into an electronic device.

 

Must-See B.G. Posterizes Gasol – Twice

My Feelings Exactly

Various Lakers fans – and an actual Laker – react to Blake Griffin’s posterization of Pau Gasol. I was watching live on Fox Sports West and experienced a similar level of disbelief.

It was “Must See B.G.”‘s second ridiculous, life-threatening thunderdunk of the evening on Gasol. Unfortunately, the Clips couldn’t execute during their last two possessions and lost. The once-mighty Lakers played out of their minds and just barely won, basically by a fluke.

I love seeing The Lakers rendered mediocre. They still lead the league in felony arrests. If the owners had any class whatsoever, they would get rid of Kobe and Artest on moral grounds and consider dumping Bynum of he doesn’t grow up very, very soon.

Somebody Got Screamed At……

D'OH!

For those of you who are in my business, you know exactly what I’m talking about. For those of you who aren’t, it would take too long to explain.