Wherein I imitate and flatter

pace Ken’s “Best Line of the Day, so far” and Eric Zorn’s “Fine Lines“
Speaking of “Memorial Stadiums” and their relationship to the First World War:
That is a concept easy to forget in a time when stadium names change with the expiration of a business deal. It used to be that they named a stadium to [...]

Welcome back, my friends

“Another job that you hope at last/ Will make your future forget your past.”
Let’s see if I can make this work. It’s been a whirlwind year at PQV headquarters: a couple of moves, lots of fun, a couple of tears, and here I am back in Indiana. As I turn the key on the door [...]

Media thoughts from all over (my head)

Weezer is a band that I was about five years too old to catch on to, but this new video for Pork & Beans is nerderrific. The song isn’t so bad either. You’re welcome.
I still haven’t completely decided whether I’m a Danica Patrick man or a Sarah Fisher man. Granted, Sarah has always played Andrew [...]

Changes in the neighborhood

The Panda Express that used to be right next to my office has gone the way of most restaurants, which is not such a big thing, since I went there almost. . . one time. Almost. It is however, exciting that a Dunkin’ Donuts is gong to take its place. I usually make my own [...]

My Man Biffle

Though I am certainly not the traditional target market for NASCAR, having never lived south of the 40th parallel, I live around enough people with 24, 8, 48, and halo-3 stickers that I felt that it was in my best interest to pick a favorite driver. I wanted it to be a name that would [...]

Jesus was a carpenter

This was so odd this morning that I risked life and limb to photograph it in relatively heavy traffic (click for a slightly clearer picture):

For those of you who can’t read it, the name of the company is “Thank God Inc. Site Clean-up and Demo, Masonry and Construction.” Googling the company brought me to an unrelated site that [...]