Okay so I’m behind on the “breaking news” front. I’ve always been a procrastinator. And, I’m not a huge country music fan. I mean, I like a lot of country groups, have a lot of favorite songs that are country, but I don’t really follow any group or artist closely, so this shocked me when [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Rants category.
Balloon Boy…
So, Thursday October 15th, I was reading CNN.com, as I usually do each day, and perusing the day’s comments on Twitter, and along comes this breaking story about a 6 year old boy who was trapped in a home-made hot air balloon, which accidentally broke away from the ground and was soaring seven thousand feet [...]
Watching Live Events on TV – A Viral Epidemic has Afflicted Network Reporters
I first noticed this issue bothering me a few years ago, when during a mining accident, I tuned to CNN to get the latest news and up to the minute reports. Anderson Cooper was on the scene reporting, but it quickly became obvious that he was not using a teleprompter as he normally does when [...]
My thoughts on the whole Serena Williams US Open event
So, I watched the US Open along with millions of other people, and saw Serena Williams totally lose it at the lineswoman. Here are my thoughts about the whole thing:
In her defense, she didn’t foot fault, according to the replays, and it did seem just unbelievable that she was called for so many foot [...]
Gold, and Silver, all in one.
Finally, the US managed to take the podium in Gymnastics away from the Chinese. I have nothing against China, in fact, I would just love to visit there some day, it has some of the oldest historical sites in the entire world, and an amazingly rich history. But we have some amazing gymnasts, and they [...]
Wimbledon 2008
Well, I realize it has been a while since I updated this, but I guess other things too precedence. Wimbledon this year was… well, I cannot argue that it was an awesome men’s final match, but I am still bummed by the outcome.
The news agencies are of course, making this out to be disaster, [...]
Wimbledon 2007
So, I’m watching Wimbledon, one of my favorite tennis tournaments of the year. And I just have to rant a little bit.
First of all, ladies, seriously, why do you have to scream at every single shot you hit? A few years ago it was just a few annoying girls who did it, and they [...]
