Meet Seung Cho, Playwright
Virginia Tech Killer's Violent Rantings
Cho Seung Hui, the student who committed mass murder at Virginia Tech University was an English major who manifested a tendency towards violent themes in his writing projects. Thesmokinggun.com published a one-act play of Seung's here.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Non-Youtube Video of the Day
DEA Agent Shoots Himself in the Foot
If you're a DEA agent, what's the only thing worse than shooting yourself in the foot with a Glock pistol? Uh, maybe shooting yourself in the foot with a Glock pistol while you're giving a gun safety demonstration to a high school class -- and with somebody getting the whole thing on video.
Here's a link to the video on thesmkinggun.com
DEA Agent Shoots Himself in the Foot
If you're a DEA agent, what's the only thing worse than shooting yourself in the foot with a Glock pistol? Uh, maybe shooting yourself in the foot with a Glock pistol while you're giving a gun safety demonstration to a high school class -- and with somebody getting the whole thing on video.
Here's a link to the video on thesmkinggun.com
GM is Wuling on Sunshine in China
GM Joint Venture Selling 300,000 minivans/yr
GM may have pulled out of the minivan business in the US, but in China, sales of its minivan/minibus, the Wuling Sunshine (produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling), are booming. Sales are up more than 50% this year to 300,000 per year. At a price equivalent to $5,000 US, the Sunshine is affordable to the new Chinese middle class. The same vehicle platform forms the basis of a broad range of commercial vehicles including box trucks, flatbed trucks and an extended-bed pick-up truck.
The Wuling Sunshine is more of a people-mover minibus than an American/Japanese style minivan. It has a 47-75 horsepower engine, 1/4 of the power of American vans, but still seats 7 people. It weighs about 3400 lbs, about the same as a Saturn Aura and 1000 lbs less than an American minivan. With a 98 inch wheelbase, and a 145 inch overall length, we'd consider it to be a subcompact car. For more specs click this link.
GM Joint Venture Selling 300,000 minivans/yr
GM may have pulled out of the minivan business in the US, but in China, sales of its minivan/minibus, the Wuling Sunshine (produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling), are booming. Sales are up more than 50% this year to 300,000 per year. At a price equivalent to $5,000 US, the Sunshine is affordable to the new Chinese middle class. The same vehicle platform forms the basis of a broad range of commercial vehicles including box trucks, flatbed trucks and an extended-bed pick-up truck.
The Wuling Sunshine is more of a people-mover minibus than an American/Japanese style minivan. It has a 47-75 horsepower engine, 1/4 of the power of American vans, but still seats 7 people. It weighs about 3400 lbs, about the same as a Saturn Aura and 1000 lbs less than an American minivan. With a 98 inch wheelbase, and a 145 inch overall length, we'd consider it to be a subcompact car. For more specs click this link.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Youtube Video of the Day: Gospel Aerobics.
Gospel music is good. Aerobics are good. Put the two together, and how can you lose, right?
Well . . .
I'm not going to be the first to cast stones, you can be the judge.
Gospel Aerobics
Gospel music is good. Aerobics are good. Put the two together, and how can you lose, right?
Well . . .
I'm not going to be the first to cast stones, you can be the judge.
Gospel Aerobics
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Lee Iacocca is Mad as Hell
. . . And Takes it out mostly on George W.
Ex-Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has written a new book called Where Have all the Leaders Gone. He has some choice words about the man in the White House. Here's a quote from a chapter that is available free on the Buy.com website:
. . . And Takes it out mostly on George W.
Ex-Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca has written a new book called Where Have all the Leaders Gone. He has some choice words about the man in the White House. Here's a quote from a chapter that is available free on the Buy.com website:
My friends tell me to calm down. They say, "Lee, you're eighty-two years
old. Leave the rage to the young people." I'd love to -- as soon as I can pry
them away from their iPods for five seconds and get them to pay attention. I'm
going to speak up because it's my patriotic duty. I think people will listen to
me. They say I have a reputation as a straight shooter. So I'll tell you how I
see it, and it's not pretty, but at least it's real. I'm hoping to strike a
nerve in those young folks who say they don't vote because they don't trust
politicians to represent their interests. Hey, America, wake up. These guys work
for us.
WHO ARE THESE GUYS, ANYWAY?
Why are we in this mess? How did we
end up with this crowd in Washington? Well, we voted for them -- or at least
some of us did. But I'll tell you what we didn't do. We didn't agree to suspend
the Constitution. We didn't agree to stop asking questions or demanding answers.
Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason. Where I
come from that's a dictatorship, not a democracy.
Youtube.com Video of the Day:
Make Your Own Sanjaya Mii
Once again Sanjaya dodged elimination on American Idol last night. I gotta give the guy his props. He's only 17. At 17 I was - uh, never mind. He can carry a tune, he has good teeth, good hair. Teen idols have gotten by with less. FYI, Sanjaya, if you read this: enjoy it while it lasts. Leihttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostinthepast.net/past/Leif6/00052lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostinthepast.net/past/Leif6/Leif6.html&h=896&w=952&sz=93&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=wkizeDJ6XysfYM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dleif%2Bgarrett%26imgsz%3Dxxlarge%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en%26sa%3DNf Garrett then. Leif Garrett now.
Which brings us to my pick for youtube.com video of the day. Make your own Sanjaya Wii Mii. Can you get any more 2007?
Make Your Own Sanjaya Mii
Once again Sanjaya dodged elimination on American Idol last night. I gotta give the guy his props. He's only 17. At 17 I was - uh, never mind. He can carry a tune, he has good teeth, good hair. Teen idols have gotten by with less. FYI, Sanjaya, if you read this: enjoy it while it lasts. Leihttp://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lostinthepast.net/past/Leif6/00052lg.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lostinthepast.net/past/Leif6/Leif6.html&h=896&w=952&sz=93&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=wkizeDJ6XysfYM:&tbnh=139&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dleif%2Bgarrett%26imgsz%3Dxxlarge%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rls%3DGGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en%26sa%3DNf Garrett then. Leif Garrett now.
Which brings us to my pick for youtube.com video of the day. Make your own Sanjaya Wii Mii. Can you get any more 2007?
USA Today Commenter Beats Hof's Blog to Obvious Joke
Terrible Lizard was Finger Licking Good
So I read the news story today about scientists learning that T-Rex shared a similar protein with the modern-day chicken. First thing that came to my mind: 'So, it's official, T-rex tastes like chicken.' A person commenting on the T-Rex article named powerslyder, beat me to the punchline by 49 minutes. Get a life, dude.
Terrible Lizard was Finger Licking Good
So I read the news story today about scientists learning that T-Rex shared a similar protein with the modern-day chicken. First thing that came to my mind: 'So, it's official, T-rex tastes like chicken.' A person commenting on the T-Rex article named powerslyder, beat me to the punchline by 49 minutes. Get a life, dude.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Nascar goes Bollywood
Here's a link to the website for a new Indian movie called Ta Ra Rum Pum. Apparently, it's a traditional Bollywood musical about a Nascar driver and his family. The well-sponsored race car on the website is a Chevrolet Aveo. (Moving Chicane?). There are some Nascar purists who said this was inevitable once they let in the Toyota Camrys. FYI, if they ever hold, and you go to, a Nascar race in India, if you hold up a sign that says "show us your Tatas", they'll show you the car they drove to the track.
Robin Miller's Worst Champ Car Drivers
While we're on the subject of moving chicane's. Here's a link to a discussion of Robin Miller's list of the 20 Worst Champ Car drivers. This article is "marked for creation" by Wikipedia. It may not make the cut, so click on it now.
GM Puts Rear Wheeled Drive Cars on Hold
According to the Chicago Tribune, GM's "can don't" car czar, Bub Lutz, is whining that a proposal to increase CAFE standards 4% annually will cost GM $5000 per car. He implies that pending government mandates is causing GM to put on hold pending rear-wheel-drive cars except possibly the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro. This would include the 2010 Chevrolet Impala, the replacement for Chevrolet (and GM's) most popular domestic car. If you can't find anything else to sell, maybe you can open up a lemonade stand, Bob.
Here's a link to the website for a new Indian movie called Ta Ra Rum Pum. Apparently, it's a traditional Bollywood musical about a Nascar driver and his family. The well-sponsored race car on the website is a Chevrolet Aveo. (Moving Chicane?). There are some Nascar purists who said this was inevitable once they let in the Toyota Camrys. FYI, if they ever hold, and you go to, a Nascar race in India, if you hold up a sign that says "show us your Tatas", they'll show you the car they drove to the track.
Robin Miller's Worst Champ Car Drivers
While we're on the subject of moving chicane's. Here's a link to a discussion of Robin Miller's list of the 20 Worst Champ Car drivers. This article is "marked for creation" by Wikipedia. It may not make the cut, so click on it now.
GM Puts Rear Wheeled Drive Cars on Hold
According to the Chicago Tribune, GM's "can don't" car czar, Bub Lutz, is whining that a proposal to increase CAFE standards 4% annually will cost GM $5000 per car. He implies that pending government mandates is causing GM to put on hold pending rear-wheel-drive cars except possibly the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro. This would include the 2010 Chevrolet Impala, the replacement for Chevrolet (and GM's) most popular domestic car. If you can't find anything else to sell, maybe you can open up a lemonade stand, Bob.
Monday, April 02, 2007
What's Chrysler Worth?
$4.5 to 9.0 billion
According to the Detroit Free Press, the rumor mill says offers for DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit range from $6.0 billion to $9.0 billion, with Cerubus Capital Management as the leading contender. Auto parts maker Magna International had indicated an interest on bidding for Chrysler with the help of a private equity partner, but Magna only values Chrysler at $4.5 billion. Multiple sources suggest that GM will not be a bidder for Chrysler.
To put these figures in perspective. The Free Press states that Daimler bought Chrysler for $40.00 billion; however one of the readers who commented on the story countered with the assertion that Chrysler at the time had $35 billion in cash as a "rainy day fund."
$4.5 to 9.0 billion
According to the Detroit Free Press, the rumor mill says offers for DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler unit range from $6.0 billion to $9.0 billion, with Cerubus Capital Management as the leading contender. Auto parts maker Magna International had indicated an interest on bidding for Chrysler with the help of a private equity partner, but Magna only values Chrysler at $4.5 billion. Multiple sources suggest that GM will not be a bidder for Chrysler.
To put these figures in perspective. The Free Press states that Daimler bought Chrysler for $40.00 billion; however one of the readers who commented on the story countered with the assertion that Chrysler at the time had $35 billion in cash as a "rainy day fund."
Special Final Four Link
The Science behind the Perfect Basketball Shot
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to shoot a basketball. Well, maybe it does. A scientist named Saleh Satti, from the Physics Department of the College of Wooster, has posted this short paper on the physics of the perfect basketball shot. If you think this is bad, it's a good thing that the distance beween the shooter and the basket is short. If it were longer, you'd have to figure the rotation fo the earth into the equation, including factors for centrifugal force and the coriolis effect. External ballistics anyone? Is it any wonder that nerds get pantsed in gym class?
The Science behind the Perfect Basketball Shot
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to shoot a basketball. Well, maybe it does. A scientist named Saleh Satti, from the Physics Department of the College of Wooster, has posted this short paper on the physics of the perfect basketball shot. If you think this is bad, it's a good thing that the distance beween the shooter and the basket is short. If it were longer, you'd have to figure the rotation fo the earth into the equation, including factors for centrifugal force and the coriolis effect. External ballistics anyone? Is it any wonder that nerds get pantsed in gym class?
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