(Long Beach, California)….The Risi Competizione No. 62 Ferrari F458 Italia shook off a tough break right before qualifying and took on a host of factory teams at the Tudor United Sports Car Championship Tequila Patron Long Beach Grand Prix to finish second, just 2.9 seconds behind the winning factory BMW team. Giancarlo Fisichella and Pierre …
Monthly Archives: April 2015
The Weekend Concert Series: Ed Sheeran Live in Dublin on the Irish Leg of the Multiply Tour
Ed Sheeran is not just a massive talent, he is a very kind, very human artist, of the type we simply do not see enough of these days. This concert was filmed lived in Dublin and was part of Ed’s Multiply tour (you knew the X on the album meant “multiply”, not “x”, of course) …
The Brief on Brief Research
We’ve all been there–typically at about 2 or 3 in the morning before a big paper is due–and it’s never been a whole lot of fun. It’s the final polishing step in putting your thesis, term paper, position paper, whatever: citing the references and citing them correcting. At one time, it was done, rather tediously …
Anchors Away
Do we really need news anchors anymore? Is it a position that is no longer required, given the multiplicity of news sources and the sheer velocity of information that is readily available? New York Magazine thinks the position needs re-thinking. Many media critics would take the position that today’s anchorman is more news reader than news reporter (perhaps …
A.A.Milne on Disorganization
“One of the best things about being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries…”
The Last Race of Stirling Moss, Easter Weekend, 1962.
Racing. The 1962 Goodwood Tourist Trophy Race weekend, conducted over the Easter Holiday, was one of the most spectacular race meetings of all time, bringing together the top racing drivers of the time battling it out in the era’s greatest sports and F1 cars. The race featured a brace of legendary Ferrari 250GTOs (the Ferrari GTO has turned …
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Oscar WIlde on Being Yourself
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken….”
One Last Class Act
This past weekend, the final gesture in the amazing life of University of North Carolina basketball Coach Dean Smith was revealed. Smith–who always thought first about others–gave one last gift to the on-court family he had nurtured, coached, pushed, developed, and lead to two National Championships at UNC. The executors of his estate sent to each …
Eric Clapton & Robbie Robertson: Who Do You Love
The Hunt For New Music. Two giants of music, Robbie Robertson, semi-reclusive, alternately dark and light, and Eric Clapton, perhaps the very best guitarist of our era, a shape-shifting musical chameleon who has mastered more musical styles than most have heard, combine for a stirring rendition of “Who Do You Love” performed at Clapton’s Crossroad …
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Eric Clapton & Robbie Robertson: Who Do You Love
The Hunt For New Music. Two giants of music, Robbie Robertson, semi-reclusive, alternately dark and light, and Eric Clapton, perhaps the very best guitarist of our era, a shape-shifting musical chameleon who has mastered more musical styles than most have heard, combine for a stirring rendition of “Who Do You Love” performed at Clapton’s Crossroad …
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