race weekend

I went to Bristol a few weeks ago... but the only day I had tickets to the track was rained out! I had a ticket to Pole Day Friday... here are some pictures:




















































Dale Jr's new ride
















F-18s practicing for the prerace show
















Dale Jarrett's final race
















Inspection
















Jamie McMurray being interviewed (then a fuzzy zoom)
































Bobby Labonte































Kasey Kahne

more snow pictures

Here are some more snow pictures - this time, after the sun came out. Some of the prettiest snow pictures include the bluest sky... but the snow doesn't last long under that blue sky!

snow!

Since we’ve not seen snow in a while, I thought it’d be nice to remember some pointers:

First, make sure you don’t eat any yellow or dirty snow. Here are some examples of what I’m talking about:

Once you know what to look for...

...then you can enjoy the scenery...

...and have some fun!

what the...

First of all, I don't understand the violence or the desire / will to kill someone. Don't get me wrong - I've known a handful of people that I think the world would be much better without - not to mention those "famous" pieces of crap that have left their mark on the world. But never would I be ok with actually pulling the trigger on someone who wasn't trying to kill me first.

Next, I don't understand why people still believe that "gun free zones" are safe and - gasp! - gun free. Since last April - not even a year! - we have had Virginina Tech , Louisiana Technical College, and Northern Illinois University. Now, in just two days, we have two more college students shot and killed on or near campus: the first at Auburn, the second at UNC - Chapel Hill.

I realize that these last two incidents are quite different from the first three, but I can't tell you how many times I had to walk across a large campus at night... early in the morning, late at night, whenever. Once, in broad daylight, I was followed by a bum for a couple of blocks when walking home from campus. I wasn't about to lead him to my apartment, so I went to a nearby Burger King. So did he. I went straight to the bathroom and stayed there for 10 minutes... luckily, he was gone by then. I was not on campus at the time, but I came from campus. Had I been able to carry, I may not have felt as helpless and afraid. I currently work on a college campus, and assume the position of "sitting duck" if someone came into by building with a gun. "Gun free zones" are only gun free for those who follow the rules. Doesn't anyone realize that criminals don't follow the rules?!? Why doesn't this make sense to otherwise sensible people?