Random droppings and Irreverent, forsooth!
TeamSpeedKills, an SEC sports blog on SBNation, posted a roundup of yesterday’s news that included both mention of the passing of the University of Georgia’s bulldawg mascot, UGA VII, and (further down the same page) mention of some foolish-sounding title of a Klansman. I didn’t follow the link to see what [...]
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Odd juxtapositions de rigeur in the South
Wardenclyffe to be sold, again. Huh?
Wardenclyffe, in case anyone is wondering, is the tower/facility that Nikolai Tesla had constructed as his laboratory and to explore his theories about radio, electromagnetic waves, and wireless power transmission. Construction was halted when his main financier, J.P. Morgan, famously asked (paraphrased) how giving away power was going to make him any money. The facility [...]
Yay! A milestone!
My 150th site member just registered! I am now HUGE!
Of course, that 150th member was a ‘bot. Just here to spam my comments section. Not enough clever enough to get past the email response. Actual users accounts? Eight. Eight WONDERFUL, clever people. Number of useless spambot attempters? 140. (Laurie, the other two are me and [...]
Whither GM?
Without trying to spend too much time discussing matters I really don’t understand, I have to mention an interview I just read with the CFO of GM. He talked a lot about acknowledging past errors, cost structure, etc. and talking about how they were moving faster, going leaner, etc. I just missed one point: what [...]
