A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little hair he had left. “Amazing!” he thought as
Sports Super Tour
I didn’t realize it, but over the last couple of weeks I completed a major tour by attending 6 games involving 6 different teams in 3 different sports: 1. NHL Hockey – Columbus Blue Jackets – 11/15, see posting here
More on Intellectual Property
After being smacked down a few times by the courts, Major League Baseball has continued to employ the legal machine in pursuit of royalties for intellectual property. MLB has continually claimed that it owns the rights to players’ names and stats
Bombers Lose in Overtime
Len and I convinced my father to join us for the Dayton Bombers hockey game on Saturday night… The Bombers looked tough in the 2nd period going up 4 -2, but were greatly outplayed by Reading in the 3rd period and
Airport Security
An interesting commentary from the Volokh Conspiracy about airport security: I noticed two obvious differences between the US and Israeli systems. First, the Israelis forego the stupid TSA ritual of making all passengers remove their shoes. Most of the time, this is
Music Industry CEO Out of Touch
A great posting in TechDirt about the CEO of Universal Music, Doug Morris. This CEO reportedly said that he had no idea that the business model for music was changing: To make matters even worse, Morris is so clueless that
Lousy Weather Predictions
John Tarvardian sent me a link to an article about a hotel mogul in Florida who is threatening to sue a hurricane expert over his blown predictions of increased hurricane activity… John notes, “With any luck, local channels will throttle back on
Sticks and Stones… and Cultural Values
If this were not so intimidating it would almost be humorous… According to a recent article in the Associated Press, Thousands of Sudanese Moslems demanded the execution of a British teacher convicted of insulting Islam for allowing her students to
Buckeyes Lose to North Carolina
I made it to the big basketball game at Value City Arena last night to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes take on the #1 ranked North Carolina Tar Heels. My buddy, Steve Weiss, had great tickets for the game amongst
Death Penalty: Practical & Theological
I happened to be reading the Torah (also known to many as the “Old Testament” of the Bible) and came across the prescribed punishments for crimes such as murder. I don’t subscribe to the principle that the Bible is divine guidance,