Archive for August, 2008

The mid-week penalties have been announced by NASCAR. If you don’t follow racing closely, Tuesday is always known as penalty day for NASCAR. That’s when the higher ups in the sport sit down and decide what the penalties will be from any weekend infractions. Many teams sit on the edge of their seat wondering what...
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When a freebie prize, really isn’t a freebie prize. Oprah was pounded for this a few years ago when she gave out so-called free cars to her studio audience. Obviously everyone in the audience were thrilled to hear the news they were getting a free car just for showing up at a taping of an...
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The dust has settled, the smell of rubber has dissipated, and the crushed sheet metal is ready for straightening. Another NASCAR weekend at Bristol Motor Speedway is in the record books, and once again, what a weekend it was. Bristol is always a big show for race fans. The short track packs in some...
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Do you ever get tired of the same old same old news. You know what I’m talking about. News about politics, gas prices, Olympics. Whatever it might be, sometimes we just get tired of doom and gloom news. It’s also especially hard to talk about such stories around the water cooler at work. Well, have...
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There was a time when cheating brought with it the stigma of embarrassment, turning a person into a social outcast. There was a time when the phrase cheaters never prosper resonated in the minds of people looking for integrity, causing them to think twice before cheating, and in many cases, stopped a person from...
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American swimmer Michael Phelps entered the record books over the weekend winning his eighth Olympic gold medal as his swim team won the 400 meter medley. With the win, Phelps surpassed the previous record held for 36 years by Olympian Mark Spitz. Facing reporters following the race Phelps said it was not an easy...
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Flying the friendly skies has been costing more and more for quite some time. Of course if you fly the friendly skies a lot, you also know the skies aren’t always friendly. There are long lines at check in, long lines at security, and long lines while boarding! Then, there’s the fact that for...
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