Runner up again! Is Mark Martin ever going to win the Winston Cup?

I think I can say, with a pretty high degree of confidence, about 90% or more, that I won't name my first child "Clabie."

It's pretty sad when you go into a Blockbuster and can't find a single video about the Lone Ranger. Luckily for me, there is ebay.

We (the U.S.) said yesterday that Iraq's firing on coalition (U.S. and British) aircraft is a violation of the new U.N. Resolution. This morning, Kofi Annan (of the U.N.) said it is not a violation. Doesn't this seem like a simple thing to determine? Firing on patrol aircraft sounds like a violation of something. However, it is probably a violation of past resolutions, not the new one. Unless the new one supercedes the old ones.

But, are we doing the same old patrols to make sure they aren't flying in the "No-Fly" zone. Isn't that what we're supposed to be looking for? If we (the U.S.) are bombing targets (softening their air defenses up for an attack) then that ain't really patrolling the zone is it?

Who ever said politics was easy? Actually I don't think anyone ever said it. I guess this is why.

It's raining and I am a couple of hours away from embarking on another rainy plane flight. At least this plane will be able to fly above the clouds, unlike the puddle jumper I was on last Sunday. Isn't it amazing how much trust we place in a pilot's hands? You hope and hope they are not drunk for once.

Quote from a few days ago: "You should advise people on their relationships. After all, you've had SEVERAL successful relationships!" ---Roger Banks

Quote of the day: "I never realized how little I had to say, until I had someplace to say it." -Eric Banks

How did she ride so fast? An observation and analysis of Natascha Badmann's 2002 Kona bicycle.

Think you know the one-and-only origin story of Superman? Here is how it usually goes: Jor-El sends Kal-El to Earth, Krypton explodes, Clark grows up with the Kents in Smallville, moves to Metropolis, becomes Superman, etc. etc. But it wasn't always so. Here are some little-known facts about the development of his origin:

<< It was the SUPERMAN radio show that created Jimmy Olsen, Perry White, the Daily Planet, kryptonite, and -- here's a biggie -- they gave him the ability to fly (that's right: a new medium opened the comic creatively). Originally Krypton's people were all superhuman -- they could fly and move mountains just like Superman could. (This idea was axed -- after a long, long time of being around -- because it was essentially nonsensical: if the Kryptonians could fly, why didn't they get the hell off their planet when it was quaking to oblivion?). Superman's powers were later credited to Earth's lesser gravity. It wasn't until 1960 that this was dropped for the "yellow sun of Earth" explanation. There was a time when Clark had no farm-life to speak of. He went to high school in Metropolis. Then Superboy came around and we learned of a place
called Smallville. Clark had a girlfriend, Lana Lang, had an enormous history with those parents, the Kents, and didn't leave for Metropolis until he was much older. And wasn't there a storyline somewhere after all this which showed a three-year- old Clark on Krypton, pre-blowup, and had him remembering the planet, its people, his parents, and its ruination? Listen, I'm no expert on SUPERMAN. (Far from it, in fact.) However, the Superman we know today is not the same one that existed when he first raced into our world. >>

This morning as I was commuting along my somewhat mindless trek from I-65N to I-440W, I checked my rear-view mirror and caught sight of a black Mustang doing one of those "no-look, 3-lane-at-once changes." They swerved from the far left lane, through the middle lane behind me without pause, and into the far right lane, passing me on my right side about 10 mph faster than I was going (which was about 65.) I turned to look at the Mustang as it passed and what did I see? The driver spritzing and teasing her hair, checking her work in her own rear-view mirror. Shaking my head I thought to myself "I'll that if she wrecks someone who is talking on their cell phone, the phone caller will be blamed." There is no justice.

Just created! Not sure what I am going to put on here but I'm sure it will evolve!