Start Your Engines

Category: General
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/31/2006 10:13:18 PM
As you can see, this past week was the first time I skipped trivia. I even posted when I was on vacation in OC earlier this year. I know most of my readers were away from home for Christmas, so I decided not to post one this week.

In other news, I was in Indianapolis this weekend to see my friend Chris get married. I decided to drive out, leaving Thursday morning to stop overnight at my uncle's in Pittsburgh. Then on to Indy on Friday. Saturday, I hung out with some of my friends (who were also going to the wedding) and we decided to go to the Indianapolis Speedway where the Indy 500 takes place. It's relatively cheap ($3 for the museum and andother $3 for a track tour). We started with the track tour, which is a bus ride along the entire length of the track. There is a tape that plays giving you the track's history and the bus driver also points out some interesting things along the way (for example: there is a full 18-hole golf course inside the track!). Inside the Hall of Fame building, they have many cars that have been involved in the races. I leaned toward the classic cars myself. If you’re interested, there are pictures I took here.

The wedding, of course, was nice, but I’m not going to go into much detail in this space.

Until next time!

RIP: Gerald Ford (1913-2006)

Category: Politics
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/27/2006 10:11:19 AM
Former President Gerald Ford died last night at the age of 93. The other month when he passed Reagan as the longest-living former President, there was a nice article about him on NRO. I never got the chance to post it, but they've reprinted it today in memoriam. Check it out.

Mitch McConnell: “Gerald Ford was a man of modesty, decency, and national healing. Although he never aspired to America’s highest office, once there he renewed our faith in our nation’s system of government. He also earned our affection and respect.”

Here's a list of speeches by President Ford
A campaign video from 1976.

Trivia Time: Week 43

Category: Trivia
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/18/2006 8:53:57 AM
What British rock band used Marx Brothers film titles for two of its albums? Bonus: What were the films?

Tony vs Paul

Category: General
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/16/2006 3:23:52 PM
This is very interesting. Reminds me of an old Peter Gabriel video.

Trivia Time: Week 42

Category: Trivia
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/11/2006 8:47:59 AM
How many muscles in the human body are involved in walking?

Trivia Time: Week 41

Category: Trivia
Posted by: StephenD   On: 12/4/2006 4:01:38 PM
What were thermometers filled with in the 1600's, before mercury came into use?
 
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