Tag: Rain

Sarah Palin fans stiffed at book signing

Hundreds of fans in Noblesville, Indiana lined up all day in the cold and rain at a Borders bookstore for the chance to meet Sarah Palin and get their copies of Going Rogue signed by the former Alaskan governor.  The first 1,000 people in line that bought a copy of the book were given a colored wristband. This was supposed to ensure that they would get their book signed by Palin. The problem is that Palin left the book signing before everyone that had a wristband could get a signature.

Is it so hard to believe that a person who quit in the middle of her term as governor would also quit her own book signing? I say no. This is what makes her the lovable  that she is. You think she’s going to do one thing, but she does the complete opposite.

These people that walked away from the book signing without a signature should not be sad or disappointed. They should be happy. They’ve been rogued by Sarah Palin. They should display their colored wristband and their unsigned book as a shrine to Sarah Palin and the complete rogue that she is.

Granted, she could have stayed at the book signing and continued to sign books for everyone that stood all day in the cold and the rain, but that would have been inconvenient for Sarah Palin. She’s not particularly found of doing things that are personally inconvenient for her. For example, finishing her term as Alaska governor.

Daytona 500

hairy-nascar-fanI’m trying to be a good American and watch the Daytona 500.  I’m an American and everyone knows that the NASCAR Nextel Sprint Cup series is the premiere racing series in America.  The Daytona 500 is the most important of the series.

I just saw something that I found to be extremely embarrassing. They called it a Competition Yellow. They waived the yellow flag not because there was a hazard on the track that required drivers to slow down and stop passing. They waived the yellow flag so drivers could go into pit row and change their tires. The reason?

Because it rained earlier in the day.

How embarrassing is that? There is no reason rain should  effect a race like that.  It’s bad enough that NASCAR racing stops as soon as a drop of rain hits the track.  It’s ridiculous that rain earlier in the day can cause something as retarded as a Competition Yellow.

In Formula One racing (the world’s premiere racing series), that race continues in the rain.  Teams make adjustments to the rain, they don’t call it quits and hide in the garage.

Rain is a part of driving, but then again, so is turning the steering wheel right as well as left.  They don’t do an awful lot of that in NASCAR either.

Game 5 of the World Series suspended for puddles and wetness

The fifth game of the World Series was suspended last night in the 6th inning. The game is rescheduled for today at 8:00 p.m., but that seems unlikely since they are calling for even worse weather.

The Phillies and Rays are tied 2-2 with the Phillies leading the series 3-1.