Screaming Bean |
Sunday, April 06, 2003
Odd day today...my mother's power is still out and it's not looking like it'll be on before Tuesday at the earliest, due to the fact that we have another storm hitting tomorrow. She's become a fixture at my house. Can't say I blame her, since it's 50 degrees at hers. Part that cracks me up is that she doesn't live out in the boonies somewhere, she lives less than a mile from the city line of the capital of New York. And there are approximately 15,000 more people in her position around the Capital District. In her neighborhood, only her street is out. And if you only have 30 homes affected, they are much lower on the list, since they're currently working on the "boonies" first. On another note, it was shocking and saddening to hear of the death of NBC correspondent David Bloom. He was in Iraq on assignment, but died of a pulmonary embolism. He was only 39 and left three children and a wife. On a totally unrelated note, I think it's awful that Giancarlo Fisichella was given 2nd in the Grand Prix of Brazil, even after passing Kimi Raikkonen to take the lead. The race was red flagged and ended after a couple horrific crashes, and the rule book in all it's arcane glory declares in the event of a red flag being thrown to end a race, the results are declared two laps prior to the Red Flag being shown. As Fisichella had crossed the line to complete his 55th lap, the result is declared at 53 laps and so victory goes to Raikkonen with Fisichella second, Alonso third. Fisi was screwed, and seemed terribly depressed at the awarding of the trophies. I would have been too.
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