Jimmie Johnson’s Fourth Straight Sprint Cup Championship Declares His Greatness To The Ungrateful
(Photo Credit: Rusty Jarrett/Getty Images for NASCAR) Copied over from my Examiner column. There’s no pleasing some people. In the case of NASCAR, a lot of people. The last time someone in any major sport won four or more championships in a row was when Roger Federer won five straight at Wi

Listen To Your Elders, You’ll Learn Stuff
I hadn’t planned on a continuation of the media theme from yesterday, but Greg Engle’s column this morning… A life lesson all too often learned too late is the wisdom of listening to your elders so you can benefit from their wisdom obtained by life’s lessons, the ones only experience can teach. This is especially true when the ones speaking are veter

Most Everything You Read About Dale Jr. Is Wrong, But If You’re A Fan You Knew That Already
Been a while since I’ve ranted, although this one is toned down due to my wanting to run it at the Examiner as well as here. That said, I do believe I got my point across…   Deep within the recesses of my iPhone’s iPod section is a lengthy playlist titled “For When You’re In One Of Those Moods.” It’s an assortment of tunes covering several genres, all bound together by a common thread of serving as musical comfort food for moments when thoughts are introspective or perhaps a touch wistful; a whisper melancholy. Or as is the present case, more than a touch surly. I’ve opined more than once about how in the eyes o

Missed Opportunity
Being that I was alive in the ’80s (and the ’70s and the ’60s and the last year of the ’50s… sigh), I know what Hall and Oates sounds like. They and their mix of blue-eyed soul, pop and rock were inescapable. Switch on a radio, flip by MTV, and there they’d be. Anyway, the reason I mention them is how you could pretty much set yesterday’s Texas Sprint Cup race to a setlist of Hall and Oates songs. Shall we? Maneater – An apt description for Sam Hornish Jr. taking out Jimmie Johnson on lap three, thus adding at least a dash of drama to the Chase entering the final two races. Missed Opportunity

Deep In The Heart Of… Oh, You Know, Yellow Rose And All That
“Hey, Slim?” “Yeah, Clem?” “What’s all the fussin’ and hollerin’ over there?” “Oh, just them NASCAR boys in town again.” “Man, they sure make a racket.” “Ay-yup, sure do. And they’s just gettin’ started on the day.” “Don’t know how much of that racket I can take, Slim. And you know how’s much it upsets Ellie.” “Well, it’s only for a few hours, Clem. Reckon you can handle it that long?” “Yeah, I reckon. Say, how come that feller’s limping around out there?” “Oh,