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Archive for July, 2009

27 Jul

Detroit Billboards

I was forwarded an email with these images in it. Supposedly they were used as billboards during a recent auto cruise in Detroit. Many of them feature my favorite car.
This is, of course, no doubt a nod to the “big block” days of the 1967 Corvette.

I like this one on many levels. First [...]

21 Jul

Former Athletes Sue NCAA

I read an article on Yahoo! Sports today that was really eye-opening. (There is a link at the end of this post.) It started out talking about a former UCLA basketball player named Ed O’Bannon. He played in 1995, played for a few years in the NBA, then retired. But EA Sports has made a [...]

14 Jul

Burn Notice Season 1 – Get It, Watch It, Have Fun

I read a review somewhere online that described this TV series as a combination of “Rockford Files” and “McGyver” and decided I had to get it. It’s really quite good. I’ve watched about half of season one so far and am really enjoying it.
For what it’s worth, I found it on sale at [...]

09 Jul

I wasn’t out of date…

On July 4th I got pulled over for an expired inspection sticker. That surprised me a bit, because I had not realized it was out. Well, it should not have been. I got my car inspected at the Chevy dealer and it turns out the didn’t put the new sticker on! I just [...]

05 Jul

National Champions Again

LSU took on the field and won at the 2009 College World Series. I won a lunch from a coworker who attended Texas. The Tigers finished with a 56-17 record and worked their way through the series with only one loss, and that in the best-of-three series with UT for the final. The [...]

04 Jul

Got Pulled Over Today…

… for an expired inspection sticker. While I was sitting on the side of the road with a trooper behind me, another red Corvette drove by and gave me a sympathy wave.