28 Jan
Drive a Tank
Some people say their big SUV’s drive like a tank. With enough overhead on your credit card balance you can actually drive a tank. A mail order tank from Amazon.com no less.
Seriously. Check it out.
Archive for January, 2008
23 Jan
The “Matt” Factor
I read an interesting blog post the other day that projects that either USF or Georgia will win the next BCS championship. Why? The quarterback for USF is Matt Grothe and Georgia will start Matthew Stafford. What does that have to do with anything?
LSU won a BCS title in 2003, starting Matt Mauck at quarterback.
USC [...]
17 Jan
New horsepower from smaller engines
I read an article in the USA Today that talked about Detroit’s new strategy for increasing the mileage ratings from their fleet: direct fuel injection and turbo chargers. Turbo charges are not new, of course, they’ve been around for years. But they quote some interesting numbers. By using a smaller engine with more push, they [...]
09 Jan
National Champs
After a wild and wacky season that saw all sorts of #2 teams lose and several weeks with multiple losses in the top ten and some interesting bowl results (Oklahoma comes to mind) the one thing that we can say with certainty is this: LSU won the designated championship game. Are they the best team? [...]
06 Jan
Happy New Year
Welcome to 2008. It’s a leap year (in case you didn’t know) so get ready for an extra day in February. Some random thoughts…