http://www.hailming.com Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:37:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Intensity - Texas Style http://www.hailming.com/?p=754 It is well documented that Dusty's taste for music is broad and deep and generally excellent (with the notable exception of his love for The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, but many better men have also succumbed to the siren call of Prog Rock), but Dusty has no call ... http://www.hailming.com/?p=748 I don't think Marty was being racist. I think he might even have been ignorant of the racist overtones in his request. He really ought to know better though. Just dumb. All that being said, its sorta duchey no matter who he asks to tap-dance for ... http://www.hailming.com/?p=744 http://jalopnik.com/5602629/espn-announcer-to-black-nascar-crew-member-tap-dance-for-us http://www.hailming.com/?p=741 So Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters are both being charged by the House Ethics Committee for violations that could have them thrown from their lofty Congressional perches. How egregious must these violations be if the charges are being levied now, when the Democrats have unified control over the House, Senate, and ... http://www.hailming.com/?p=738 So the morons who picket soldier funerals with their "God Hates America" signs decided to take it on the road to ComicCon this year. Go figure, the comic nerds found out in advance and counter-demonstrated. Hilarity ensued. Enjoy. Here's my favorite photo from the counter-demonstration: http://www.hailming.com/?p=736 Interesting if brief article in NYTimes today about how F1 teams are using remote telemetry (like back at the factories in England) to determine how the race cars are running and should be tuned for the races. Enjoy: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/automobiles/27TELEMETRY.html?hpw http://www.hailming.com/?p=734 Fascinating article in Racecar Engineering that I just stumbled upon. I know that there are enough F1 addicts around here to appreciate this: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/f1/449813/f-ducts-how-do-they-work.html Now how Red Bull and Ferrari have managed to work this into their designs is an unanswered question. Martin Brundle has a good animation showing how the folks ... http://www.hailming.com/?p=730 When Rolling Stone bodyslams Obama about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, that's when you know the honeymoon is over. On top of which, the reporting contained therein is top-notch. Kudos to RS for getting this in print. And God help us if we elect Sarah Palin. Oh Lord, please no. http://www.hailming.com/?p=724 [caption id="attachment_712" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Separated at birth?"][/caption] Adam....how could you have hidden Karl from us all of these years? I knew of two brothers, but a twin is something sacred and to be shared. Nonetheless, after speaking with the beer guzzling, f-bomb dropping, Levi jean short wearing Karl, I understand why ... http://www.hailming.com/?p=710