Posted in society, sports, tagged Eight Belles, Kentucky Derby on May 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The legendary Kentucky Derby was run today. And as I do almost every year — indeed, almost every time a horse race is televised — I watched it. And once again I’m wondering why I did.
You see, I was one of those stereotypical horse-crazy little girls … almost half a dozen decades ago. And I [...]
Posted in random, society, tagged list on May 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Originally posted in 2004, and recently expanded:
People who ding my car
Hangnails
Telemarketers
Paper cuts
Door-to-door hustlers
The “F” word outside of “R” rated movies
Reporters who mangle the English language (when did our schools stop teaching grammar?)
Religious people who think I should be
Bosses who know less than I do about my job
Anyone or anything that wakes me up
Zits (not fair [...]
Posted in environment, society, tagged Earth Day on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today is Earth Day, and you don’t have to run barefoot in the park to appreciate it. It takes only a second to realize that without the earth beneath your feet, literally, you wouldn’t be here. And unless you have a plan to teleport yourself to another habitable planet, you might want to consider taking [...]
Posted in International, language, random, society, tagged car, Nano, Tata on April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is it just me, or is Tata a terribly unfortunate name for a car company? Unfortunate if they want to sell cars in the U.S., anyway. Don’t companies consider these things when branding their products? (Apologies to Mr. Tata, but marketing is marketing.) Remember the Chevy Nova (”No va” is Spanish for “it doesn’t go”)? [...]
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