Jesse Helms, former U.S. Senator from North Carolina, died today, the Fourth of July. He joins John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Monroe, who also died on the Fourth. In one of my favorite presidential stories, John Adams showed his contempt for Jefferson in his final words, “Jefferson survives.” Adams did not know, however, that [...]
Pretty cool: All-Pro New England Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss has purchased half of a Nascar team. The team’s single entry, a Craftsman Truck Series Chevrolet Silverado, will change to #81, Moss’ jersey number. The purchased team, Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, will now be called Randy Moss Motorsports.
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Forbes Magazine says Hendrick Motorsports is the most valuable team in Nascar, worth $335 million. They also ranked race cars, and the #24 DuPont Chevrolet (Jeff Gordon - $92 million), #88 AMP Energy/National Guard Chevrolet (Dale Earnhardt, Jr - $79 million), and #48 Lowe’s Chevrolet (Jimmie Johnson - $58 million), all three from Hendrick Motorsports, [...]
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The University of Georgia’s independent, student-run newspaper is threatening students. Today they ran an open letter to parents saying they would again post mug shots on the front page of students charged with alcohol related violations before classes start. Maybe a good response to this would be a student boycott of the Red and Black.
Since I like to blog, I thought I’d share this interesting link.
Scientific American reports that blogging, and really, writing, is good for you.
The Orlando Sentinel pretty well describes how the Southeastern Conference could take over the Bowl Championship Series and the NCAA.
Police car runs over kid’s foot, kid kicks police car, kid charged with damaging government property. Idiocy.