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Wow, the Chiefs lost, who would have ever thought that would happen. The Kansas City Chiefs brought to a close what has to be the worst season in franchise history on Sunday by losing to the Denver Broncos in a game I didn't even bother to watch. The Chiefs are now guaranteed the first overall pick in the NFL draft in April and will most likely pursue a quarterback. Unfortunately, there don't appear to be any exceptional quarterbacks who will be part of 2013's draft. There are several good young quarterbacks out there but most of them have elected to actually pursue a college education and not come out early. This leaves the Chiefs to ponder the available choices. This also raises the question of who exactly will be pondering those choices as the Chiefs need to make major wholesale changes including getting rid of their general manager and their coach both of which need to be done quickly. If they do neither then it really doesn't matter who they draft in my opinion because things won't be getting any better.
The St. Louis Rams are in a much better place and although they lost Sunday they show lots of promise and I expect them to be a force to be reckoned with in the next couple of years. We'll have much more on the NFL later in the week.
The Missouri Tigers men's basketball team lost a tough one on the road late Friday night losing to UCLA in overtime. The Tigers not only had to play a very tough young UCLA team but also had to contend with some of the worst officiating I have seen in recent memory. Missouri showed a lot in Friday's game but also showed it has some work to do as they were outplayed several times during the game. I think Friday's game was a wonderful learing experience for them which will help them tremendously when they get into SEC play.
There are something like 15 college football bowl games between now and January 7. We are going to preview some of them this week but certainly can't cover all of them. One of the interesting matchups on Monday is between Georgia Tech and USC. USC looked to be headed to the Rose Bowl at one point before losing a couple of key games in mid season. Georgia Tech for reasons I'm still trying to figure out is playing in a major bowl game with a record of 6 and 7. If you have a below .500 record then you shouldn't be in a bowl. There are teams out there who had better records who deserve Georgia Tech's spot much more than they do in my opinion. However they don't have the name value of Georgia Tech so there you are.
Monday night's feature game is a top 10 matchup between a very good LSU team and Clemson. This in my opinion is the two best matched teams to play one another in a bowl game up to this point and is kind of the kickoff to the better bowl games to come.
Tuesday's games feature a Rose Bowl which in my mind has lost some of its luster but that's not the fault of the Rose Bowl. Stanford who rode a late season surge the PAC 12 title which earned them a trip to the Rose Bowl plays Wisconsin who won the Big 10 title by crushing Nebraska in the title game. However, Wisconsin comes in with a record of 8 and 5 and actually finished third in their division of the Big 10 but played in the title game because Ohio State and Penn State were not allowed to go to bowl games this year as they are being "punished" by the NCAA. I just wonder if the NCAA realizes that when they do this stuff it not only hurts the school but also the fans, the bowl game organizers, the city in which the bowl is to be played, and the network carrying the bowl game which of course is ESPN. The people who actually are responsible for whatever NCAA violation the school is being punished for are almost always long gone and the punishment ends up only affecting those who had nothing to do with the violation. It is totally absurd in my opinion.
Tuesday also features a game between a Nebraska team that didn't live up to expectations and Georgia who narrowly missed being in the BCS title game by losing a very good game to Alabama. This is an interesting game in my opinion because you have a team in Nebraska trying to salvage a season that at one time looked very promising and Georgia who came so close to beating the Crimson Tide back on December 1.
Of course Tuesday ends with the Orange Bowl and it will be interesting to see how Northern IL handles being in the spotlight. My prediction is not well at all but we'll see.
We'll be back on Wednesday with more previews of upcoming bowl games and whatever else comes our way. Please continue to support all the blogs on this site and thanks for all your support over the past year. I look forward to writing many more blogs in 2013.
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Friday, February 15, 2008
"Shifting Gears" Thrills Earnhardt Junior Fans
The emergence of Dale Earnhardt Junior as a man who has decided to control his own destiny continued Friday night with the second episode of Shifting Gears.
Created by Hammerhead Entertainment, Earnhardt's own television and media production company, this unique series is re-defining the entire NASCAR TV industry.
Rarely has there been such an entertaining and informative program centered around one driver. Rather than fawn over some tightly-created media marketing campaign, Junior made sure that this program opened his life up and turned it over-and-over again in the most raw fashion ever seen by his fans. It was sometimes startling.
Building on the first episode, Junior's slow and painful departure from DEI and his decision to move to Hendrick was explained in much more personal and emotional terms than NASCAR fans are normally exposed to on TV.
The NASCAR Media Group, the TV production company owned by NASCAR, has specialized in highly-produced and totally scripted "NFL Films" style programs. Highly popular shows like NBS 24/7, NASCAR Beyond The Wheel and 7 Days are all off-the-air. In terms of high-end post-produced national TV programming, they are now barely visible.
Junior payed tribute to MTV and their style of production as the network was on-hand to create another episode of "Cribs" at Junior's place. The Hammerhead producers paid tribute to the network by editing this show in a manner that would have made MTV executives proud.
The TV production techniques were varied in both the audio and video components. Going from color pictures to black-and-white, formal to informal settings, jump-cutting to still photos from video and carefully adding never before seen pictures and family memorabilia set a cutting edge and continually interesting pace. The audio mix was simply outstanding.
Kudos to the editing and writing staff on this project. They have perhaps lit a fire under other media entities to get busy and create their own NASCAR-themed program series. Not all NASCAR programming needs to be intimidated by the high price for racing footage charged by the NASCAR Media Group.
In the same way that MTV moved-on from music videos, Hammerhead worked hard in these first two shows to "extend the brand" of Junior and JR Motorsports. Along the way, they have managed to present the National Guard in a new light, explain the choice of Amp Energy Drink as a sponsor and detail the fascinating history of the new paint scheme on the 88.
Simply said, the content of this program was amazing for both Junior fans and fans of NASCAR as a sport. Here was the son of an icon, opening a painful and formerly private time in his life for all to see. It was a rare and interesting glimpse that will continue with one more show before Sunday's Daytona 500.
That third episode of Shifting Gears airs Saturday, February 16th from 4:30 to 6PM Eastern Time on ESPN2. This episode ends the pre-season coverage, as the TV crew then follows Junior through the first part of the year and returns with two final episodes in the week prior to the Brickyard 400 in July.
If these first two shows are any indication, we may be seeing a lot more media projects from Hammerhead Entertainment in the future. ESPN would be well-served to invite this group to use ESPN2 whenever they please to bring quality NASCAR programming to the fans. Even fans of other drivers must have a new found respect for Junior after his willingness to make this portion of his life an open book.
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- Anonymous said...
This episode was OK. It was better than last week's. Still waaaay too much talking (exposition) and talking heads (Helton, Waltrip, Gordon, Johnson) and not enough "showing/doing" of life.
The visit back to the military school Dale Jr and Kelley attended as children was very nice to watch. That's what I mean by showing/doing and not talking. That's what I want to see.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:10 PM
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- February 15, 2008 at 11:12 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Please stop shouting or turn off your cap locks button.
I enjoyed the show but still say the music OVER the talking was loud in parts...least on my old two tvs (not hi tech new HD stuff)
I always thought Jr and DW were close....why else would he have asked DW to fly from TN last spring when he made the announcement to leave DEI? I heard that last spring. DW has been great support to Jr.
I liked hearing all the talking.
But I never watch ESPN so am glad you posted about this show AHEAD of time JD. I really like Jr and was glad to catch the show. (well I caught part of ESPN so called "quals" show today but did not see this advertised)
- February 15, 2008 at 11:20 PM
- elena said...
This is sure good for Jr. He's getting a lot of ink, too. He will be one the cover of Sports Illustrated. Actually, it's a good month for HMS. Jeff got a 10 page spread last month on a magazine, Jeff's wife got a 2 page spread in SI this month (great pictures!)
Marty did a piece on JJ and showed how he come from humble beginnings. JJ took cameras and we saw the old trailer park. Talk about not forgetting his roots.
I can see how Jr fits in with his new teammates--and smiles a lot.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:35 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
I just remembered I had to leave for about 20 minutes during this show and just now rewatched that part...it was about his military school.
While that is well documented, it was poignant to hear Jr's words about how homesick he was, missing his toys and friends and stuff. what a great sister and thank GOD for her. I am still mystified why his mom was missing so often in the early years (yes I know about the fire and she sent Jr and his sister to Sr's house)
But the kids childhood was far from happy.
I think as far as reading articles tne most compelling article on Jr was in --of all magazines, Playboy after his father died. It was online somewhere when I started watching NASCAR in 2004. I learned more about Jr in that 10,000 word interview and finally felt I understood the sadness that I think is often seen in Jr's eyes/face and demeanor.
This really was a great show.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:37 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 11:12PM,
Just send that to me by email. This is a blog, not Sports Illustrated. Those shows are not on the air, right?
What NASCAR Media Group post-produced series are on SPEED or ESPN2 right now? That is what we are talking about.
Hey, I have great relations with the former NASCAR Images group. What we are trying to advocate is MORE programming on the NASCAR TV partners.
One of the big stumbling blocks is the footage, as I am sure you know. Working around that, and still originating programming is tough to do.
If you want to come in and discuss that issue, please return.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
WOW, I did not know JJ had such humble beginnings..sorry I missed that show. Thanks for the heads up on SI, too.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:39 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Any idea ,JD. if this series might be on DVD in the near future? It had so many commercials but such quality stuff ....
- February 15, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Just so we are all clear. Lots of my friends were in the movie Dale. It was a movie, so it was not reviewed here. It was discussed in Q&A sessions, but not reviewed like a TV series or event.
DirecTV is a home satellite service. As you may have noticed, the programs reviewed here and the other comments are about the cable and broadcast networks. We have talked about trying to add DirecTV reviews, but we will not be able to do that series this season.
I understand the preview shows, since we are still smarting from the reviews shows the company produced. Generic thirty minute shows with no announcers or network "talent" on-camera.
The NBS 24/7 issue I will check on tonight and report back. I am fully aware that NASCAR Media Group provides the production for the SPEED Stage, I email with that crew all the time.
Again, what we are advocating is additional NASCAR themed programming on multiple networks that can "extend the brand" beyond the current NASCAR TV partners. Junior on "Cribs" is a good example.
I hope this puts things in better perspective, and if you are upset by any issue, just drop me an email anytime. Thanks.
- February 15, 2008 at 11:47 PM
- elena said...
sophiaz123, The piece was only about 5-8 or so minutes. You would have liked it. It was not one of those expensive trailer parks (there's one in Malibu where the coaches cost over $1mil). At the beginning of the piece they show one and it's a single wide.
It had a clip of home movie when at 4 he got a motorcycle! His mom was a bus driver and his dad a mechanic, I think. Don't remember all the details. Just thought it was great that a guy who makes $20m a year is not ashamed to tell fans about his beginnings. I think that's why he wanted to raise that 1 million for the fire victims. Just because you live in CA or San Diego doesn't mean you're rich.
- February 16, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- elena said...
sophiaz123, You can go to SI online and see the current issue. If you click on "models" , it will have the athletes wives. It has 17 pic of Ingrid, taken 6 months after Ella was born!
Like JD says, this expands the brand. They will sell tons of copies (best selling edition), and I think it said something like 250 Million (?) hits to see the swimsuit site. It also has who 59 celeberites think will win the 500. Some are funny, like Jimmy Johnson, the former NFL coach, voted for JJ, cause "he has a great name!"
- February 16, 2008 at 12:13 AM
- elena said...
Bryant Gumbel on HBO tomorrow at 10am (central) will have a piece on Dario Franchitti. Dario will be interviewed by Mary Carillo. She's a tennis gal. Though I know lots of people are turned off by pieces done by non-NASCAR press, I often find that they bring to light things that NASCAR reporters do not.
An example that I found out from the show: This is not the first time Dario has faced prejudice. (NASCAR fans and drivers not liking someone from outside the south, from a differnt country, from open wheel, etc. The program lasts 1 hour, but the Dario piece is at the beginning.
At 18 and looking for a ride, he was told he could not find a sponsor because of his last name--it's Italian. It was even suggested he change his name! (And that was in his own country!)
He had to leave Scotland to seek his future. Of course, they are now proud of him!
- February 16, 2008 at 12:37 AM
- Vroom said...
Hammerhead is producing Gr88 stuff!
- February 16, 2008 at 6:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
Yes JD, I did miss the first showing. But did enjoy the show last night. Yes again, it was very telling of Dale Jr to let us in some private times of his life that we assumed and now know. I was touched about his friend in Iraq, you know based on my email to you earlier this season. Thanks.
Kingston, NY
- February 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- pbump said...
Thought Jr's comments on the Guard and soldiers in Iraq were very empathetic. I wasn't sure about them as a sponsor for him, but now I think it's a great fit!
Enjoyed the segments with his mom, sister and niece. It's nice to see them together and know that they are so down to earth.
Anyone know when the Cribs show is scheduled to air with Jr? I think JD mentioned it once.
- February 16, 2008 at 10:23 AM
- red said...
hey jd. second episode was, in my opinion, strong and hit all the right notes. good blend of the man he is now and the boy he was then, both at oak ridge and at the time of his dad's death.
i, for one, like the production values and i am in no way a member of mtv generation (in fact, i'm not a member of sesame street generation, either: think romper room!) i could stand to have the camera hang on a bit and not jump quite so much but that's minor. for me, the best part of this entire venture is that dale is clearly comfortable w/his hammerhead team and is just being him, even at his most introspective. again, i think nascar images could learn alot about producing this sort of show from hammerhead. it's not necessarily about slick production with lots of bells and whistles. it's about letting the subject of the footage become comfortable enough to be open and honest. perhaps some of the current drivers wouldn't be able to pull it off but i'll bet there are a few others we could all name who could handle that sort of introspection on camera. it's the personalities that have always driven nascar and it's that part that's been recently muted by nascar.
so, back to my original questions post-episode 1: word is espn plans re-runs -- any info on that? also, any info on status of a possible dvd?
- February 16, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
I asked about the re-airs or the DVD, but the network says Hammerhead owns the rights. My feeling is this is going to be a DVD set by the end of the season.
Even my friends who do not know or like NASCAR were fascinated by this show. That is impressive.
- February 16, 2008 at 12:19 PM
- Jo said...
This is a good move on Jr's part--like _Driver 8_, it opens up his life without opening up his privacy. It's going to make fans feel more intimate ownership in his life (though that's a two-edged sword). I wish his producers, though, would use the same style for shooting Rick Hendrick, Jeff Gordon, etc., as they do for Jr--pull the cameras back from the tight head shots. Let us see the body language, the movements, etc. Since they're not taping the last two episodes since mid-season, hope they'll take the suggestion! But you're right--this has DVD written all over it.
- February 16, 2008 at 12:27 PM
- darbar said...
Is Hammerhead the same company that does "Back In the Day" on Speed? That's a great show that honors the real early days of Nascar. I wish Jr's company could be contracted with networks to produce other shows in this same way. Shifting Gears is very interesting, nicely produced and a good look into the life of a person who someday may be called an icon.
- February 16, 2008 at 12:42 PM
- elena said...
One thing that I also loved is that fact that Jr is proud to be patriotic. In some circles you want to keep it a secret. Not him. So his partnership with the National Guard really is natural. I notice that he is one of the few drivers that puts his right hand over his heart when the national anthem is played. God bless America!
- February 16, 2008 at 12:44 PM
- elena said...
JD, I forgot to say that I think you selected a great picture of Junior for this column. We don't see to many of him smiling that much.
- February 16, 2008 at 12:53 PM
- flee said...
After reading all these comments I'm really hoping for a DVD. We do not have ESPN in Canada so can not see this series. A DVD will be the only way we can enjoy this.
The up side of no ESPN is that we don't ever have to make a choice between Nascar Now and Speed although it sounds as if we might miss some really good programming this year. Allen Bestwick has always been one of my favourites.
- February 16, 2008 at 1:11 PM
- Anonymous said...
Shifting Gears came about because Jr was making an update to his video Any Given Day. They had so much footage they made the tv deal. It's a good bet that it will end up on DVD.
- February 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM
- red said...
thanks for the update on the dvd possibility, jd! my instincts say a dvd before the holiday season, likely a quick production turn around after the last race at homestead!
here's a thought: what about hammerhead branching out to do something on the history of the sport? one of my greatest complaints about nascar is the lack of history "out there" for folks who are either interested in learning about where the sport came from or who are long-time fans: few books, fewer dvds. back in the day has started to fill in that gap but there must be more amazing video out there in the world that could be pulled together -- if everyone would play nice and share! failing that, as i say it would be great if hammerhead would take on current drivers, maybe a series of shows, each featuring one driver.
finally, i would suggest that the strength of shifting gears is its ability to captivate folks like your friends who aren't interested in nascar. that's EXACTLY what the first mtv cribs show, the playboy and rolling stone interviews and driver#8 did for dale -- AND nascar! -- before. bluntly put, our sport sucks at promoting itself beyond the obvious channels and new growth can't happen if different channels aren't explored. that, combined with controlling the outrageous cost of tickets at the cup tracks(!), would help bring more folks to the party!
i'm just sayin' . . .
- February 16, 2008 at 3:06 PM
- red said...
and as dale just said in post-race interview: there's a lot of neat things about our sport if we could just get that out there."
my point exactly.
- February 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
Junior is right, but NASCAR is so behind the times they don't do justice in publicizing their drivers. They're more excited about Ashley Judd than they are the actual drivers.
It's interesting that all of Junior's media placement was originally done by Jade Gurss, who was the Budweiser PR person. He's the one who got Junior the MTV, Playboy, Rolling Stone stuff and got Junior used to that kind of wide media placement so that he can now control it on his own.
Jade is no longer with Bud since they went with Kasey Kahne. I read on his blog he's freelancing PR work now; NASCAR would be wise to hire him as an exec in their dusty old PR department. Seriously, the Daytona 500 is tomorrow and where have we seen the drivers in non NASCAR media the past couple of weeks? Nowhere.
- February 16, 2008 at 7:16 PM
- elena said...
Well, in the after race interview, Jr stated that most of the production on his "Shifting Gears" was contracted out. It seems that Hammerhead was in charge making sure it got done. And that is a smart way of doing things. You cannot be an expert at everything, so you find the one that is, and you hire them. Very good business practice, Jr.
- February 16, 2008 at 10:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
I found the show very telling as to why Jr left DEI. He pretty much does what his sister wants and now his own mother is back in the picture and there may have been some issues between Theresa, Jr.'s sister and Jr's mother, saying hmmm we want half the company, left on his own, he would not have left DEI, and he did say that. Hope it works out for him, but sorry that he did it, I think for the wrong reasons.
- February 17, 2008 at 9:15 AM

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Well Fargo announced today $3 Billion in profits. It was fantastic news and it sent the stock market soaring.
However, one thing that didn't get talked about was why they made so much money.
Wells Fargo CFO Howard Atkins discusses the banks $3 billion reported first quarter 2009 earnings. Atkins hypes the impact of mortgages to the bottom line, due to low interest rates and foreclosure selling no doubt, but shockingly admits at the 7:45 mark that with the writedowns that would have been required by Mark to Market the bank actually lost money on the quarter.
To put it another way, Wells Fargo made money because the government allowed them to play "let's pretend your assets are worth something".
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Pre-summer madness...
Earlier, I nearly ran out of the Four Season's in sheer fright at the sight of over 50 terrifyingly chic ladies tucking into anti pasti like size zero did not exist. It was a brunch hosted by Harper's Bazaar, which has made a quiet but impressive debut into the overcrowded desi fashion market. I didn't stay long enough to sample the sea bass - my stomach was full gorging on all the gossipy tidbits doing the rounds.
Call this Pre-Summer Madness - I am feeling light headed and reckless. But in a positive way. My stint on ndtv is enjoyable, especially since there are at least two hot air balloons on every show that I love pricking. The next round starts on monday... meanwhile, am frantically searching through my files to locate a piece I had written for Elle Decor's current issue. It is a page devoted to writers and what they think of home. If I find it, I'd love to share it with you. Also, do let me know if you' re interested in reading an interview conducted by Karan Johar with me for GQ three months ago. And if you'd like to view a short clip of the Spa Diva function . I hate to foist stuff on you guys, so remember, your feedback is key! Achha.. toh hum chaltey hai..
40 comments:
- Priyadarshini Karanjai said...
Green signal from me. Keep those clips and interviews coming!!
- April 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Rujuta said...
Love to read your blog regularly.....
Would love to read your interview and see ur clip.....please do share it with us......
- April 24, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- krish said...
Green signal for the interview with KJ na dthe clips........
- April 24, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- Gajendra said...
please do share (clip)
- April 24, 2009 at 1:31 PM
- Mayank said...
hi De,
The one who is your critic is your best friend i read it somewhere. i know my comment might be deleted from here but now a days this blog is getting bored day by day dont know why,it is not what it used to be , we still wait everyday to read the blog thse same way as we wait for your write up on sunday newspaper,Please do write something interesting something wich aware people ,we have a lot of expectation from you make a change De.
- April 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM
- fms1988 said...
Would love to see th KJ interview & clip.
Btw im british & hell i think the queen is so moody lol.& i aint the only one there's many ppl out here who are not so fond of her.Even the white lot!Oh well we all have a few enemies here & there i guess !
- April 24, 2009 at 2:36 PM
- smita said...
Oh yes...would love to see the Karan johar interview & the clip from "spa diva".
- April 24, 2009 at 2:54 PM
- muthu said...
no offence... mayank... just kidding..
but what do you wanna Ms.De to write... propaganda notices.... :)
I again say, I was jus kidding. no offence meant nor taken....
anyways.. loved you on NDTV Ms.De. esp the time you sent every one running with their tails in between their legs, when you blatantly refused that our politicians will neva bring back the black money. You are right.... who are these people kidding- themselves.... god save them..
and am actually hungry while writing this comment and you further upped it with your description of the dishes.... Damn you Ms.De..... :P
And the interview..... I would love to see it Ms.De....
Post it please....
- April 24, 2009 at 2:58 PM
- Roshni said...
Please share the Interview and clip with us.
- April 24, 2009 at 3:01 PM
- Nandini said...
Oh lovely..I just love your interviews, please do share it with us (also the clip).
Is that drumstick curry? BTW, I love my mum's drumstick sambar.
- April 24, 2009 at 3:32 PM
- sudhir said...
Cummon u want to share it, Right?? or else you wouldn't have asked for "feedback" :) you know you will get yes for an answer.:) So now why are you waiting, juz post it na.:)
- April 24, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- Tish said...
Oh please do post the interview with KJ. I had watched the one where you were paired with Vijay Mallya. It was brilliant.
And the clip of the Spa Diva function will be icing on the cake.
Please do!
- April 24, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- himani said...
Ofcourse i wanna see the clip and the interview both !!
P.S- Ma'am I am a media student...and your blog is such an interesting insight into a lot of thngs...I love the wonderful use of metophor by you...you indeed are an inspiration for me
- April 24, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- kaprasanna said...
Hey Shobha...
shevgyachhya shenga, pateli..
You couldn't have been more marathi..
You really have what they call it, 'world charm' as you speak of Flamboyante, Harper's Bazaar, Eric Lobo, Elle Decor, Queen of England and shenga with same zest and panache.
Good to have you around this blogsphere.
And please forgive Mayank for what he has said above..
Keep your experiences, interviews and pictures coming in..
- April 24, 2009 at 4:04 PM
- Raj said...
Yes, Please share ur interview and clip.
- April 24, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- kala said...
Which egoes did u prick? And how?
- April 24, 2009 at 4:45 PM
- cmpershad said...
"if you' re interested in reading an interview conducted by Karan Johar "
Will it not be an honour to your readers!!
- April 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM
SRK interview by you will be excellent. After 24th May-IPL final
(what an idea - claps!claps!claps!)
- April 24, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- Jogeshwar said...
Yes, please keep those links coming would love to see them.
- April 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Gulshan said...
Look I am trying to be on a diet n every time I read ur article i have to go for some nice stuff.... Now first question..how u keep urself so maintained??
Ofcourse urs K Johar combo wud b good.. bring it on
- April 24, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- Quirky Mon said...
Hello Ma'am,
This is my first commenting on your blog, even though I lurked around your blog for quite some time now. I'm a 23yr old doctor from Guwahati, Assam.
I just want to share an important turning in my life with you today. When I got my net connection for the first time in 2001, your book "Speedpost" was the first thing I ordered online. And for the past 8 years, I have read this book innumerable times. I haven't read any of your earlier fictions and have only read your recent works and the autobiography, but I can't emphasize enough how much "Speedpost" helped me. At that time, I was going through a very difficult adolescence, and confused about the going-ons in the adult world. Communication with friends and family during this stage rarely delved into clearing the insecurities and questions that plagued my young mind. It was your book, the experiences you shared...I devoured it all. I related a lot to your childhood experiences, and it's these similarity in experiences that made me follow the advice that you gave your children in the book. Unknowingly, you've shaped the formative years of my life....and I'll always be thankful for that. :)
- April 24, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- NAT said...
Keep it coming, except personal bashings, Neta's not included.
By the way what is your view on Priyanka's statement that we should not treat Ministers like gods, as they are our servants, that they are there to serve us, the people.
I guess we have not got over the Brits.
- April 24, 2009 at 11:20 PM
- Sameer said...
'Shevagyachya shenga' sounds cool. I like the 'pithale' that we make of those shengaas. Very traditional maharashtrian menu - to die for. Also, do share your clips, interviews. I always enjoy knowing and reading your views. By the way, happened to watch your appearance at Mrs. Bhende's marathi book launch "Mazhya Jagaat Me". I have to say, although I appreciated you speaking Marathi, I was shocked to hear your marathi. I mean you were taking help of english words for all the simple marathi words like " aayushya/jeevan (life) " etc. It felt like a non maharashtrian who just learnt marathi.I am no fan of Raj Thakare, but for someone who is by birth maharashtrian and who has lived in Mumbai for most part of her life, I would have expected much more proficiency at the language. And the event was to honor a marathi writer for her marathi book, so I had expected to hear you speak marathi. I know, you can not read or write marathi (as per your autobiography), but I think hearing you speak normal Marathi should not be that painful.
Hope you take this advice in right spirit.
- April 24, 2009 at 11:39 PM
- Shiva S K said...
Madam De
my hands r already stretched to grab your interview with Karan!! He should 've had some really witty questions and shud i even say how crackling ur answers wud 've bin! it shud be fun read at its best- and yes, the sort of fun tats intelligent! and wat? u hate to foist stuff on us? think u shud take some more blanc's to keep ur chill and stop urself frm goin mad.. lol.. u r sparin ur time and puttin up yummy reads and who wud dream of complainin? Dil Maange more Ms.De! more and more :-)
- April 25, 2009 at 12:08 AM
I have been reading your blog regularly. You have great writting skills and some great thoughts. You are very outspoken. But sometimes I feel that you jump to the conclusion too fast and judge people. Also sometimes I feel that, as a reader why should I be interested in where did you travel and what did you drink and what did you eat and the detailed description of chef and the recipe?
It is too much at times. Though it is entertaining at times, I am not interested in who invited you, who visited you and why are you impressd with somebody or something. BTW I am also marathi who is in USA.
- April 25, 2009 at 1:45 AM
- Another Kiran In NYC said...
A Kokumtini? Okayyyyy kalakhatta with gin is how I think it would taste. Perhaps the Queen could be toasted with Kokumtini. I hear that family quite likes its gin!
Harpers Bazaar in India? Nice. I like that magazine. Cannot put a finger on it really but it does seem sort of less commercial and more editorial than the other fashion rags I see on the newsstands. I feel that I am getting atleast a dollars worth of news about trends instead of only paying to look at 20 page spreads advertising boring Ralph Lauren and execreble Bebe. The few Indian fashion magazines I have seen have maintained thier innocence as trendspotters instead of becoming mere advertising machines. But that was a couple of years ago. I hope things have not changed.
Do you have any thoughts about the Rubina craziness. Shekhar Kapur had a blog entry about it (which I disagree with vehemently). http://www.shekharkapur.com/blog/archives/2009/04/rubina_from_slu.htm
Any thoughts about journalistic ethics or lack thereof? Any thoughts of where the filmmakers responsibility for these child actors stops?
And yes ofcourse I want the links!
- April 25, 2009 at 2:25 AM
- Ravi Patel said...
Dear Mrs Shobha De,
I have just read your column in the Asian Age on Gujarat and your criticism of the dirt poor condition in a village called Palodia about 40km from the capital Gandhinagar .It is nobodys case to argue that the whole of Gujarat is now a developed State.It is very easy to pick a hole in a big state like Gujarat. But what is a fact is that there is a very evident and positive chang in peoples lifestyles. After the mess that the Congress party has made of the country after ruling us for almost 50 years it will take some more time before people like Mr Modi are able to correct the mess. Your biased mind and contempt for Gujus a typical Ghati affliction has failed to see the lot of positives in the state.
And why would NarendraBhai send you a Swagatam? who are you except a peddler of page three trash. Narendrabhai has much better standards and better things to do then send Swagatam to some little page three society girl. Mr Ratan Tata a truly great son and philinthropist is a very worthy of Swagatam any day my lady.
By the way Mrs De, you just live about a kilometer or so from that atrocious slum called Dharvi which has brought India such international infamy ('slumdog'). Have you ever raised your voice or led a movement over the years to improve the living standards of these poor folks who live in that hell hole? I suggest you stick to your own turf and also to that black hole Kolkata in your hubby's native supericilious BongoBongoLand.
- April 25, 2009 at 4:37 AM
- kala said...
Mumbai or Delhi or even Kolkata is criticised like anything but none of those states take it personally. Why should Gujaratis take criticism of Modi or some part of Gujarat that seriously? No state can boast of complete progress and it is quite impossible to expect it so. I would like to quote some famous dramatist in this way. All the progress of Gujarat cannot wash away the Gujarat riots episode. I include in this various riots including the infamous and unforgivable 1984 sikh riots. These riots and the mindset(no asking for forgiveness. Rather justifying it in all possible ways) is what makes secular Indians angry and most Gujaratis touchy.
- April 25, 2009 at 9:26 AM
- kala said...
I read your blog Gujarati Gudiya in Asian Age which is very good. I wish Mallika wins for the sake of those poor souls.
- April 25, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- Ravi Patel said...
Yes Kala, other cities and states are criticised but Gujarat bashing has become a cottage industry in this wreatched ungrateful country and such bashing often borders on the abuse. I agree that the Gujarat riots were a blot and should never have happened but this happened more than 7 years ago and yet not a day passes without one media outlet or the other focusing on it. The Gujus have been made into the new hate figures in India. We simply just have had enough. If you guys have a problem with us and are so embarrased to have us as Indians I suggest you just kick us out of the Indian union. And by the way if only you slumdog Indians had the pride and self-respect to occassionaly focus on the plight of your fellow countrymen the Kashmiri pandits kicked out by the Kashmiri Islamists and now langaushing in dirt poor conditions in their tens of thousands in refugee camps then this will do a world of good to the self-esteem of you Dhimmis.
- April 25, 2009 at 12:08 PM
- Priyadarshini Karanjai said...
Shobhaa, there goes another hot air balloon... two actually, that you hit by fluke. Anyway, I'm very much interested in where you go and what you eat, what you like and what you dont. You have pretty much shaped my bizzre mind! There are loopholes in every state and pointing them out only brings them to much needed attention.
- April 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM
- Ravi Patel said...
And 'Secular'did you say Kala? Indian 'secularists' are nothing but cowards and simply been unable to come to terms with their past, what is happening in the present or what is likely to come to them and us in future.
- April 25, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Ravi Patel said...
Ms Karanjai it is not so much the pointing out of loopholes in the State that is in question but the contempt with which De madam has written about the Gujus that is the point I am trying to make.
- April 25, 2009 at 12:24 PM
- kala said...
Ravi, The answer lies in your question. You may hate it, but the truth is once you gujjus kick out Modi and his cronies, you will be loved by all of us secularists once again. It is not that we hate you as such, we feel sorry for you for sticking to Modi. You gujjus are the best and you will be the best state because you are all hardworking and focussed even without Modi. It is Modi who brought bad name to Gujarat just like that Tytler and Sajjan Kumar who made congress shamed. Get rid off such people. You will shine more brightly. As for the way Shobhaa wrote, it is her style. She cant help it. Without it, she will lose her identity.
- April 25, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Ravi Patel said...
Dear Kala, You know something you dupliticitus 'secularists' can keep on abusing and villifying us Gujus as much as you want. You must be out of your mind if You think we are going to get rid of Narendrabhai Modi just to earn kudos and love from these pernicious and treacherous 'secularists'. Live in eternal hope my fellow.
Narendrabhai is the greatest chief Minister this wreatched,ungrateful country has ever had.How do you come to the conclusion that he is evil?. What proof do you have? Has he ever been convicted by any court of law.Just because the Islamist activists and their rented leftist/'secularist' collabrators have run a malicious and mendacious campaign against this great man that we too will be part of this agenda. If there was even an iota of proof against Mr Modi, do you think Soniamata and her Indian servants would have let him off the hook. First produce proof before peddling your nonsense.
During every calamity that hits any part of India the Gujarat government of Mr Modi and the people of Gujarat are in the forefront of sending the maximum amount of funds and resources. Next time something like this happens,God forbid,I suggest you and your ilk advocate the refusal of such aid.Let's see who refuses it.
- April 26, 2009 at 12:25 AM
- NAT said...
Sure everyone Indian knows that the late ATS Chief Karkere's Family refused his charity of one Crore, as they were aware of the reasons for this publicity stunt.
When one wants to donate anything in kind or in cash, it should be quietly and in private. The whole world should not know about it.
Besides the Big hearted Modi does not give it out from his own purse. It is the Public's (Maybe Gujratis) money.
Handing out dole from one's own pocket and taking credit is one thing, while donating from Public's coffers and making TOM TOM, taking the credit does not speak of........
- April 28, 2009 at 12:28 AM
- Guru bhai said...
Hello NAT/ Kala...
why don't he advertise...what he did.. any Secular [as per your definition] NGO or party left any incident to publish their greatness...and i tell you one thing all these media... including our Page3 doll Shobha de earns lot of money when they abuse Narendra Modi...
if this media not abuse him their bread & butter will stop....
Mr. Kala...tell me one point why we throw Mr.Modi from out of Gujarat. he never spread any hate speach like [Raj Thakare] he always invite everybody... he only speaks about development.. and we aware with it...
I think Shobha never visit gujarat properly... if you want any report on development doen in last 7yrs tell me i will send you the balance sheet...
- April 28, 2009 at 12:17 PM
What I like about small business owners is that they are not afraid to take huge risks and lay it all on the line. But, I agree they do need a lot of help with their marketing. I think having them go the social media and email route is not only the least expensive but its also the most effective. Thanks for the stats!
With Facebook and Twitter being among the leaders of the Social networks, marketing as a small business is being transformed..
Respondents according to the Vertical Response survey appear to need some differentiation with the use of SE marketing and Social media Marketing
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Columbia College students, faculty and staff participated in a kick-off event to introduce a new initiative called LEAN, a widely used efficiency concept in which individuals identify and correct organizational inefficiency. The event featured a bit of a twist - participants navigated a LEAN-themed maze, complete with zombies representing inefficiency.
"We're passionate about innovation at Columbia College, and we believe a good idea can come from anywhere," said Mara Roberts, assistant dean for Academic Affairs at Columbia College. "We're asking our campus community to help us make the college a better, more efficient place and what better way to get people excited and shake things up than to lean on our zombie friends for inspiration."
After completing the event, participants received a brief tutorial on the LEAN initiative, as well as what they could do to help the college. This initiative, one of the main goals for Dr. Terry Smith, interim president of Columbia College, will have far-ranging implications, touching all of the college's 35 campuses. Columbia College students, faculty and staff can submit ideas on processes they believe to be inefficient, or non-student friendly.
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Reviewed: 05-19-16
Not much here
Sorry, but Ove just did not grab my imagination, interest or fondness. The first chapter pretty much sets the stage for the entire book. No, there are no surprises here; it's all pretty predictable. Given all the rave reviews, I thought I just needed to give it another chapter or two and the story would improve and I'd see the light. 'never happened. Most reviewers here have written the book's about an old curmudgeon with a heart of gold. While I didn't see much glitter, that pretty much sums up the book and little else. For me, it was not worth the time or credit.
12 of 20 people found this review helpful
- Beauty
- By: Robin McKinley
Reviewed: 08-09-14
Watch the movie; go to the musical; avoid the book
I finished this book searching and hoping for something redeeming at least in the ending. I never found it.
The book could easily have been written by an above average high school student.
Okay, only three words so as not to waste any more time on this book:
Silly, Simplistic, Uninspired.
15 of 30 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 08-09-14
I loved the story, the writing and the narration.
This is probably the most enjoyable book I have read/listened to all year and the year is 2/3 complete. For those among us who gravitate to fantasy, this is certainly that. For those looking for something quite unique this is that also. For those among the hopeless romantics, you have come home. I loved everything about this book: the story, its depth and its ending. And narrated by George Guidall; what more could one ask for?
The nature of my world these days has caused me to cut back on the number of reviews that I am able to write. But I just have to share what I find to be the truly wonderful books I come across and this is one of them.
88 of 97 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 04-01-14
A page-turner
Brandon Sanderson is one of my favorite authors. His development of unique characters, worlds and systems-of-magic are perhaps for many of us without parallel in modern writing. It is in the actual writing that I am sometimes left frustrated. The story-telling is superb and keeps me coming back there's no question about it. I finished the book in less than a week and that after spending the previous week reading Book 1. Every available and non-sleeping moment was spent with the book. But there was always something missing... something that said this is still just not a literary work. Maybe it just seemed to me to be a bit too commercial. But Sanderson is young and I have no doubt that his writing will mature even more and I will come to a completely different conclusion about his place in history and the body of works considered great literature.
The production and narration by two premier narrators was excellent.
40 of 59 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 04-01-14
Read the book Quiet instead
If you were to read one book on the subject of introversion, I would highly recommend Quiet. The book was superlative. The Introvert Advantage communicates many of the same tenets as Quiet just not as completely or entertainingly.
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- By: Peter Clines
Reviewed: 04-01-14
The stars say it all.
This book has been around and promoted for a while now. I've seen and been tempted but not so much till it went on sale. While I think it was worth the sale price, it was not worth my time. I was tempted to quit in a number of places but continued to hope it would somehow redeem itself. It didn't.
The book has almost 1000 ratings on Audible and over 4 stars. I don't get it. I thought the book was silly, trivial and uninspired. You can read what the book was about and why others liked it elsewhere. But for me, I'm done.
54 of 74 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 04-01-14
A wonderful classic
This was one great book. I loved every minute of it. Sure there were nautical terms bandied about (it's a book about the Royal Navy) and a awareness of these terms can help in its enjoyment but such knowledge is not essential. At first I thought this was a coming-of-age story and in some respects it is. And, while it could be classified as YA, this story has something for everyone. The actor/narrator Christian Rodska takes the book to a whole other dimension. His voices for all of the characters seem spot on.
The book is truly exciting, touching and hilarious. I highly recommend it. I loved it.
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 02-21-14
Interested in statistics? This is the book.
You're presented with three doors. Behind one door is a car and behind the other two doors are goats. Sound familiar? It is. You pick door number one. Instead of opening your choice, Monty opens door number two and reveals a goat. He then asks you if you wish to keep what's behind your original choice (door one) or change your mind to door number three. If you think it makes no difference whether you switch or not and that your odds are 50/50 either way, you might be surprised at the answer and enjoy reading this book. If you are surprised by the answer to this ridiculously simple challenge, you're in for a plethora of awakenings about the assumptions we make of the numbers and statistics we hear in our daily lives.
Peppered with charm and wit; wonderfully read by Sean Pratt, I would highly recommend this title to anyone interested in a history of the development of statistics. Books about numbers are especially not easy ones to listen to but Sean Pratt reads this one at just the right pace and with just the right inflections to make listening to and learning from The Drunkard's Walk totally accessible. I will often read two or three books at a time. This one, however, was just so captivating, it monopolized my complete attention. But then I'm a nerd and that too might be a requirement for truly enjoying this title.
40 of 41 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 02-11-14
A lot to like
There was a lot to like about this book. I felt it was original having been written in the 1st person with a protagonist who is autistic. My understanding is that the author has personal experience with a family member who is autistic and we can probably rely on its authenticity. Thinking and speaking from the perspective of one who is autistic was for me sometimes painful. I wanted to give up on the book at times. But I could not, which must say something for the book in itself.
From the aforementioned perspective, the book is quite simple. And this is not meant in any kind of derogatory sense in that respect. If most of us were more simple not only in how we view and feel about the world but also in how we relate about those things to others, there might be fewer misunderstandings among us. I think that the strongest aspect of the book is its ability to really get inside the head of the protagonist and help us to feel what he must have been feeling especially in his frustration with "normal" people. And truly, he was much more normal if not more ideal than many of us who do not carry the label of autistic.
I believe that the book deserved a better plot. The plot seemed almost too trivial given the nature of the subject material. The ending was not what I expected and it seemed too short. Further, I have to think that in the end, I would not have chosen for myself what the protagonist chose for himself. Perhaps the book was deeper than I thought and I might have missed something. But I don't think so.
I'd liked to have given the book a 3.5 stars rating but since I could not, and because for me it was quite original, I gave it 4 overall.
16 of 17 people found this review helpful
Reviewed: 01-30-14
Not even if you have nothing else to do...
I think many of us are sometimes either encouraged to purchase or dissuaded from reading a book by a publisher's summary. I know that I can be influenced by them. Like most things in life we are trying to decide about, we search for support of our position to do something that we are leaning toward such as purchasing a book. We use these summaries as well as the reviews of others to give us that little extra nudge to hit that "Add to Cart" button. In deciding to purchase The Art of Procrastination..., I believe that I was totally misled by the summary and in disagreement with most of the reviewers. This book was one of the smallest wastes of time I can imagine.
The book was one of the smallest wastes of time only because it was so short. I finished it in one round trip drive to and from a work assignment. Thank goodness I didn't waste that time doing something that required my full attention... or... maybe I did. There's continuing debate about whether we can safely multitask while driving. Though the book certainly was not so profound as to draw my attention away from the road. It was not so laugh-out-loud funny as to cause my eyes to tear up and obstruct my vision of the road. It was not so wise as to cause me to ponder and plumb its depths and unconsciously and dangerously change lanes. Not once did I think of Thurber, Wodehouse, or Harry Frankfurt's *On Bullshit* though there was plenty of dung to conjure those thoughts and be analogous to the contents of this book along the country roads of my drive. The book was not for me at all insightful, charming or witty. It did not entertain, educate or illuminate.
I can only conclude that the author is, as he claims to be, the consummate procrastinator: Anything else the author might have had to do and that he put off doing, had to be more important than writing this book. If you are looking to procrastinate, justify and avoid doing something else more important then read or listen to this book. But I can promise you that almost anything else that you do instead will be more rewarding. If your wish is to discontinue your procrastinating, you will find no insights here: avoid it.
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NH death row inmate's appeal targets Attorney General's officeBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 17. 2013 11:20PM
The entire New Hampshire Attorney General's office should disqualify itself from death row inmate Michael K. Addison's appeal and turn the case over to a special prosecutor given the state may have accessed key defense strategies and privileged documents when it recruited one of Addison's defense attorneys to work for its office last July.
In a 40-page motion filed Monday, defense attorney Andrew R. Schulman asked the state Supreme Court to order the Attorney General's office to immediately remove itself from all direct or collateral appeals of the state's first modern-era death penalty case.
Failing that, Schulman seeks a court order disqualifying anyone employed by or associated with the Attorney General's office in the two-month period when former New Hampshire Public Defender Lisa Wolford joined the office until she was effectively "screened" from prosecutors handling Addison's direct appeal last September.
Not only was Wolford not "screened" to ensure prosecutors could not gain access to confidential information and strategies related to Addison's appeal, but Wolford also brought with her at least one confidential document related to the appeal with her to the Attorney General's office and installed it on its computer network, Schulman wrote. That document dealt with aggravating factors — an issue that has yet to be argued on appeal.
New Hampshire Attorney General Joseph A. Foster said Thursday he has yet to review the motion.
"I knew the issue was out there and a motion might be filed. We will be reviewing it and filing an appropriate objection. Other than that, I can't comment yet," Foster said. Foster was sworn in May 15 as Attorney General to succeed Michael A. Delaney, whose term ended March 31.
Addison, 33, is the first and only person sentenced to death since the state's capital murder law went into effect in 1977. A Hillsborough County Superior Court North jury in 2008 found the former Boston street gang member, guilty of capital murder in the 2006 shooting death of Manchester Police Officer Michael L. Briggs, 35, and imposed the death penalty.
Addison's appeal of his conviction and sentence has been briefed and argued before the state Supreme Court. An order is pending. If Addison does not prevail in this phase of the process, the appeal would proceed to the third stage to explore the issue of proportionality review.
Wolford joined Addison's appellate defense team in 2009 while his appeal was pending. She met at least once with Addison on death row, was his attorney of record in the Supreme Court and worked extensively with his defense team in brainstorming and drafting legal strategies related to proportionality review and the sufficiency of aggravating factors needed to impose a death sentence.
Addison's attorney claims Wolford was privy to what arguments the defense would make, what responses from the state it feared most and other critical strategies.
"In poker terms, she not only knows the defense team's hand, but how the defense intends to play it. In chess terms, she knows how many moves ahead the defense has thought and how it is likely to react to the prosecution's moves and the court's rulings. In football terms, she has her old team's playbook," Schulman wrote.
"In our profession's terms, she has confidential and privileged information including not only privileged client communications but also attorney work product consisting of the mental impressions of the defense team," he added.
Schulman claims then Attorney General Delaney failed to implement an adequate screening procedure when Wolford joined his staff even though he was warned of this in writing by then Executive Director of the Public Defender Program Christopher Keating on June 11, 2012, about a month before Wolford became a prosecutor.
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A selection of adventure run possibilities for 2009 and beyond in Washington State.
- Ptarmigan Traverse: Tough to pass on this one.
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5Htp for Fibromyalgia … and a dose of morning stiffness thrown inAugust 18, 2009 at 1:19 pm | Posted in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) | 3 Comments
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Well I got my 5Htp (5-Hydroxytryptophan) in the post yesterday and gave it a try for the first time last night. 5HTP is a plant extract which is converted to serotonin in the liver, and serotonin, amongst other things, helps to sort out the balance of sleep – the lack of which is suspected to lead to fibromyalgia. It's all a bit uncertain and unproven but my sister-in-law-to-be, who has had fibromyalgia for some time, reckons it does help her, so I thought I'd give it a try.
Well I certainly slept like a log yesterday and feel better for it today. Whether it was the 5Htp or the fact that I had an exhausting, though thoroughly enjoyable, weekend, I'm not sure! I shall keep using it through the week and see how I go.
One thing I did notice was that for the first time in a long time I woke up with quite a bit of morning stiffness. Luckily that was at 5.40am, so by the time I needed to get up at 7.00 it had worn off (and yes, I did have some sleep between 5.40 and 7.00!)
I do wonder if a more solid, deep and peaceful night's sleep does lead to more morning stiffness, because my usual sleep is SO disturbed that my body isn't resting in one place for long, so the joints don't have the opportunity to get stiff. My consultant did one of those looks over his glasses when I suggested this a while back, but it seems logical to me!
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Thanks for your blog. I'm a novelist and my latest heroine had RA. You helped me get into her head! My daughter, age 24, has RA and Lupus. I have fibro.
BTW, I rarely move when I sleep because there are so few positions that are truly comfortable. I happen to agree, even if the MD does give you a weird look. If he laid on the same shoulder, in the same position all night it would be stiff and sore. Tell him to give it a try.
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I'm trying to find out whether 5htp is right for a neighbor with Parkinson's. I'm finding that blogs, like yours, are really helping me. Another I just found mentions 5htp and Pollyanna! The author is John, and he wonders if he is being a Pollyanna in his attitude toward his own Parkinson's Disease. He also writes a lot about 5htp, and how it has helped with a variety of symptoms. I thought you might want to take a look.
I send all the very best thoughts to you, NotPollyanna!
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Monday, August 25, 2008
"Starting And Parking" In The Nationwide Series
Please click here for a direct link to a great article on the "start and park" teams currently haunting the Nationwide Series. Many TDP readers asked me to address this issue after the ESPN coverage deliberately avoided mentioning that ten cars left the race when the rain came in Montreal. That is driver Morgan Shepherd roller-skating above as he always has for exercise.
The NASCAR Insiders talk plainly about the reality of "starting and parking" and why it has taken hold on the Nationwide Series tour this year. Please leave them comments on that issue and feel free to address the TV issues on this post.
The Daly Planet welcomes comments from readers. Simply click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. The rules for posting are located on the right side of the main page. Thanks again for taking the time to stop by.
29 comments:
- tom in dayton said...
Mr. D:
I understand the "start & park" concept in the lower series. Several times, in earlier columns, you've made mention of the Sprint Cup/TV situation that is likely to occur after the Chase begins.
Could you explain the TV contract aspect as it pertains to the Sprint Cup series?
Thanks as always...
- August 25, 2008 at 12:54 PM
- cvt said...
JD,interesting that you posted this link. Care to comment on my speculation that the 43 car count is written into the tv contract with NASCAR, at least for Cup?
- August 25, 2008 at 12:55 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
There has always been the understanding that the Cup Series would put a full field on the track for a national TV race.
This season, between the economy and the limited number of COT's available to small teams, the talk has been about whether or not 43 will show-up after Richmond.
Currently, there are about 35 teams in the NCTS and in the Nationwide Series far fewer. Companion races feature the Cup cross-overs, and stand-alone races feature the "start and park" set.
After The Chase begins, it should be interesting to see who goes to New Hampshire and Kansas and if anyone suspends operations until 2009. Teams do not have an obligation to show-up, and those far out of the top 35 might just take a break.
If you saw Johnny Sauter in the FUBAR Dodge and Sterling Marlin in the casino car, you understand how interesting the rest of this season is going to be.
What happens if Yates, the Pettys and the Wood Brothers decide to re-group for next season after Richmond?
This point was originally sent to me by a TV guy who wondered about the contract. As you may know, the person who negotiated the current TV deal has left NASCAR and is working on an Internet project in LA.
It should be interesting to look at the California Speedway entry list for both races once it is posted.
- August 25, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- red said...
jd? is it an "understanding" or a contractual obligation? sounds as if it's a non-binding "gentleman's agreement" to put 43 cars in the field. if so, we easily could see fewer cup cars on the track after richmond.
(and why would the networks care if 43 cars showed up as opposed to, oh, say, 35? as long as the pre-conceived storyline teams are represented each week, they should be fine. it's not as if they actually cover the guys from about 20 on back on a regular basis, is it?)
- August 25, 2008 at 1:40 PM
- cvt said...
JD, your point about there not being any obligation to show up raises an interesting question. With the #18 car locked into the Chase, what's to keep JGR from choosing to skip Fontana and Richmond (notwithstanding contractual sponsor obligations)and give their team some time-off, test, and return at Loudon locked & loaded?
It's unlike F1 where teams contractually commit to appear at races, receive travel money etc. But that would require NASCAR to commit to the f-word.
- August 25, 2008 at 1:42 PM
- red said...
hey cvt? i'm just guessing here but i'm pretty sure you're not meaning the same f-word i'm thinking, are you?!? maybe you could clarify for me? 'cause otherwise, we have to fine you at least $25,000 and 25 points . . .
- August 25, 2008 at 1:46 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
The fulltime teams have sponsors who obligate them to participate and that will never be an issue.
It is the backmarkers and the teams struggling for dollars who have to think seriously about what the final nine races will get for them vs. the cost.
Kansas and Loudon are the longest tows, so it should be interesting to see who shows up.
- August 25, 2008 at 1:51 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
that would be "franchise" red...
- August 25, 2008 at 1:52 PM
- cvt said...
red, I mean franchise, but NASCAR might still want to fine me!
- August 25, 2008 at 1:57 PM
- ts said...
I would think if you were in the Top 35 you would finish the season: for any hope of sponsorship for 2009, being in the Daytona 500 would be mandatory. And if Petty or Woods would stop showing up for races, teams like Yates, or Ganassi who are having cash issues – they would be tripping over each other to S & P a Cup race.
In my eyes, will we have 43 full time teams in 2009?
- August 25, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Thanks for the article JD. I don't blame any of those guys for doing it, it's obviously easy money. I'd still like to see NASCAR do something to stop it though. NASCAR doesn't let teams change engines or roll out their backup cars unless they can prove jusitifiable cause to the inspectors. Similarly, when a car falls out of a race they should have to show that there is a legitimate problem with the car. If they can't then they shouldn't receive points or prize money. Start-and-park can be harmless when the field isn't full but when more than 43 cars show up I hate to see legitimate teams that would have run that whole race go home in favor of start-and-park cars, especially those that have qualifying exemptions for being in the top 30 in owner's points and didn't even have to "earn" a starting spot on that race weekend.
JD, I still think all the talk about Cup fields being less than 43 cars is much ado about nothing personally. Other than the postponed fall 2001 New Hampshire race (where the starting lineup was set by points as of 9/11 and one team folded between then and the actual running of the race in November) a Cup race hasn't run with a short field since the fall of 1993 at Dover. There are 43 regular teams right now, and the Front Row Team that shows up almost every week. Even if some of those full-time teams (and it would have to be ones between 36th and 44th in points) I guarantee you the fields will still be full. The second a preliminary entry list with less than 43 cars is released teams like Furniture Row and Front Row will instantly roll out backup cars to start-and-park and collect the very large paychecks, or part-time guys like Stanton Barrett or James Finch will instantly file late entries to fill the field. Even if none of those happen there are still guys like Kirk Shelmerdine and Norm Benning out there that have a few CoT's sitting around that could easily start if necessary.
2004 was as bad as it ever got in recent years, with only 35 teams running the whole schedule (any newer fans that wondered where the top 35 number came from that's it, the full-time car count in '04). If they still managed to fill the field for every race that year I have no doubt they will still fill the field this year if the full-time car count drops below 43.
- August 25, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
It would have been short at MIS without a couple of "late adds."
We are just trying to track this process, not affect it.
Ever since the Montreal mess on TV it has become something to watch.
- August 25, 2008 at 2:06 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
cvt said...
JD, your point about there not being any obligation to show up raises an interesting question. With the #18 car locked into the Chase, what's to keep JGR from choosing to skip Fontana and Richmond (notwithstanding contractual sponsor obligations)and give their team some time-off, test, and return at Loudon locked & loaded?
It's unlike F1 where teams contractually commit to appear at races, receive travel money etc. But that would require NASCAR to commit to the f-word.
August 25, 2008 1:42 PM
NASCAR has several 'plans' that award appearance money to the teams that run every race. Those higher in points receive the most money and those lower receive less. I think the cut-off is around 30th or 35th unless something has changed in recent years. They also have the Winner's Circle program that awards the winningest teams in the sport with even more appearance money. The second one of those teams didn't show up for a race they would lose their appearance money and be off those plans.
That's why at Bristol, for example, Jeff Burton won more money by finishing 42nd than David Ragan did for finishing 10th.
Besides the money, in Kyle Busch's case there are still 10 bonus points out there for winning at California and Richmond that I'm sure will keep them motivated to show up.
- August 25, 2008 at 2:11 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
The picture of Morgan Shepherd is very interesting. Despite being 67 and still competing, he gets almost no attention from the media, especially the national media, even though he finished in the top 26 at both Watkins Glen and Michigan. I believe this again demonstrates the bias of the media. Even though the story of a 67 year old still occasionally being competitive and highly respected in the garage should be of some interest, his strong religious convictions are something the media abhors, or at least is scared to have to address.
- August 25, 2008 at 2:37 PM
- red said...
daly planet editor said...
It would have been short at MIS without a couple of "late adds."
We are just trying to track this process, not affect it.
Ever since the Montreal mess on TV it has become something to watch"
i'm with you there. i'm just trying to figure out whether this is part of the legal contract between nascar and the networks, something that, say, espn can demand from nascar.
i know why we're at 43 cars nowadays versus the 50+ sometimes "back in the day" but i'm wondering how hard and fast this is from the networks' end of the business. is the "drive for 43" mostly coming from nascar or from the tv partners? who, if anyone, would be "penalized" if fewer than 43 showed up to qualify?
- August 25, 2008 at 2:45 PM
- cvt said...
Richard in N.C. said...
I believe this again demonstrates the bias of the media. Even though the story of a 67 year old still occasionally being competitive and highly respected in the garage should be of some interest, his strong religious convictions are something the media abhors, or at least is scared to have to address.
I'd be the last person to be accused of carrying water for the media, but this misses the mark entirely.
I saw a nice piece on a pre-race show about him, getting tires bought for him by DJ and Harvick, with first-rate close-ups of the hood on his car.And can you name one other sport that covers the pre-game invocation live?
- August 25, 2008 at 3:07 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
I believe there is a difference in carrying the invocation and actually talking about or to a man racing in part to spread his religious beliefs. I've been a racing fan long enough to remember Morgan in his prime. What really caught my attention was being unable to find any mention of how Morgan did at the Glen (even though I believe he finished just barely 1 lap down) or at Michigan. As I recall, I believe Wendy V. did do a piece on Morgan last year on Race Day.
- August 25, 2008 at 3:20 PM
- allisong said...
Not sure what your issue is with TV not mentioning why those cars didn't finish the race in Montreal. You know, I know, and everyone knows they were S&P cars. Were the pit reporters supposed to go find the driver and his one mechanic loading the car up and ask them what was the reason they were out? LOL!
Funny thing, I distinctly remember hearing Randy LaJoie at a standalone NW race use the phrase "valet driving" while the starting line up was being shown. I believe something must have been said to him from higher-up because at the next race, Montreal, while the end of the line up was showing, Rusty said "I know not many people may have heard of these guys, but they are here to WIN THIS RACE, by golly!" Had to laugh at that.
- August 25, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- red said...
richard in nc: i don't believe it has to do with morgan's religious beliefs as much as the reality that he's "not the story" for the networks. the bias isn't his age or beliefs: it's that he doesn't have the equipment to run with "the big boys" anymore. more's the shame.
harvick and stewart (and probably others i can't recall) have all stepped forward to help shepherd and that's been written about. and didn't he run God as a sponsor on the hood of the car for a bit? that was a classic piece of marketing he did, for sure.
i agree that his is one of the many stories that i'd like to see covered and updated each week. instead, we get the "same old, same old" and only rarely a storyline that speaks to the history of our sport. morgan shepherd was, and is, part of that history -- and so are the woods brothers and yates racing and bam and all the rest who we don't hear about.
- August 25, 2008 at 3:58 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
red- I guess it's just one of those days to be crotchedy. I really thought Morgan deserved some recognition for how well he ran at Watkins Glen and was real disappointed that I never could find any mention of what he did. As I recall he parked unusually early even for him in Canada - I believe when the race was red flagged for rain modifications - and I assumed it was because he figured he had too much risk of a major loss (wreck) running in the rain. Frequently he runs with "Racing for Jesus" on the hood if he can't get any sponsorship.
- August 25, 2008 at 4:42 PM
- Bill H said...
For some reason or another I thought that picture was a sky diver landing and not someone on roller skates.
- August 25, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
I agree that it's the fact that Mr. Morgan is not the story and nothing to do with his beliefs. If a 20-something phenom were winning and running up front in the car they'd be all over it.
- August 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Dot said...
How far in advance do you have to enter the upcoming race? Do you know how many are going to enter? I know there is an entry fee, but I don't know how much it is. If a car enters post entry, no points are awarded. NASCAR should rethink this and be grateful to get a full field. If it comes to that. At least until the economy picks up.
If I were a car owner w/o sponorship, I would think twice before entering a race especially this late in the season. (read Chase). Even more so if there is a track far away. As a sponsor, I sure wouldn't want my product not to be mentioned if my driver is not one of the golden boys. Now we know why Juablo was holding up the leaders at Bristol, TV time.
- August 25, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
If you go to a race, you can see Morgan roller-skate the track. Its a sight.
There are deadlines for entry for every race in all three series. There are also non-refundable entry fees for them.
- August 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Richard in N.C. - Actually, Morgan always runs the "Racing for Jesus" on the hood of his car ... He'll sell the A-posts, bumper cover and (I think) the deck lid to sponsors, but they have to agree to those spots and NOT demand the hood ...
ESPN got called on the carpet by Tony Stewart after the April Nationwide race at Talladega because Morgan finished in the top 15 and ESPN had blown him off as a S&P team ... Tony didn't care where he himself had finished, but was more concerned/impressed that Morgan got the top 15 ... Had the race gone more laps, with the unpredictability of RP racing, Morgan could've won the race ...
- August 26, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
SPEED is no different than ESPN ... SPEED doesn't exactly pay much attention to the S&P teams either ...
Though, they don't always give adequate coverage to legit teams either ... They tend to focus way too much of the coverage on a handful of teams ...
This was quite obvious during the telecast of Wednesday's Truck race ... They failed to inform the viewers what happened to teams that were in the garage & eventually withdrew from the race ...
One team in particular was that of CHS Motorsports' driver Tayler Malsam ... Tayler was the first driver mentioned in the "SPEED Spotlight Driver" and was Ray Dunlap's pick ... Ray's mic had issues and we didn't hear all of what he was saying about Tayler & the team ... Though we did learn that CHS had bought their trucks from GEM ...
About lap 53, Tayler was assisted into the wall by Matt Crafton ... Both had to go to the garage ... SPEED never bothered to find out what exactly happened to cause the wreck (They assumed, right after the wreck), that it was a tire issue with Tayler's truck) ... They told us when Crafton came back onto the track, but we never heard WHY Tayler's team had withdrawn the truck from the race ...
This appears to be SPEED assuming that Tayler was a S&P team who weren't going to run the whole race ... But, that's WRONG ... Tayler wanted to run the WHOLE race, but there was structural damage that they just couldn't fix & had to withdraw the truck from the race ...
This was Tayler's NASCAR debut ... CHS is going to run Tayler in the Truck series full-time next year ... The team is currently running Tayler full-time this season in the ARCA series under the Cunningham Motorsports banner with sponsorship from Dodge Development ... Cunningham also recently signed a deal with Penske to be a driver development team ...
I guess I should be thankful that they at least spelled his name correctly in the ticker & graphics ... Though, they did get his hometown wrong as they said it was "Seattle" when he's actually from Sammamish, but lives in Mill Creek (of the Little League World Series fame) ...
My point is this ... The networks need to cover ALL of the drivers fairly ... Not just the precious few who actually have a shot at winning the race ... Because you NEVER know what might happen and who could win ... Look at the results of the 2003 Busch race at 'Dega and you'll find that Tina Gordon got a top 10 finish & she was hardly given any tv coverage for that ...
- August 26, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- bowlalpo said...
PRN interviewed Kevin Lepage who qualified (IIRC) 13th for the Food City 250, and Kevin said for everyone to hear, "I don't know how many laps I'll run; you can't see it but the car is blank." I don't know if he S&P'd but he instantly dropped like a rock and finished 42nd.
The team probably had no crew but it was a shame that the good qualifying effort was for nothing but a small paycheck. I'd rather see 28 competitive cars than 43-with-10-that-S&P.
- August 26, 2008 at 10:56 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 7:49AM,
Are you saying there are "start and park" teams in the NCTS?
I checked on this before writing this column and basically was told that there is not enough money for that practice and NASCAR is happy to go with a short field.
The NCTS races have between 33 and 37 Trucks normally, so I have a hard time understanding who might feel it was worthwhile to "start and park."
SPEED heard it from us nice and loud about why and how several of the stories of the recent NCTS race were ignored once the racing began.
Basically, the sixteen second laps at Bristol made it tough and SPEED only has the budget for two pit reporters. That makes it almost impossible to get someone to the garage. This is something we have been complaining about for two years now.
Thanks for the comment.
- August 26, 2008 at 10:46 PM
- Richard in N.C. said...
Anonymous 7:20AM- Thanks. I did not know "Racing for Jesus" was still on the hood when Morgan has sponsorship. I listened to the race on the radio when he finished in the top 15 (13th?) and one of the first things Tony said when he was interviewed was how great it was how well Morgan ran, and Tony thought he'd finished 10th. I still think the story of a 67 year old holding his own deserves more attention - and in qualifying or practice in the last 2 weeks someone did mention that Morgan was racing before many competitors were born.
JD- Thanks for the picture.
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Austin had a hard time at first, trying to figure out how exactly the doll worked. He didn't get the key on his wristband to connect with the doll's back at first and the doll's cries escalated into full-blown screams. Despite the fact that Austin's gone through 5 siblings' screaming and crying fits over the years, listening to this doll scream really stressed him out. The next morning, he said that he didn't sleep all night because he was worried about missing the doll's cries. LOL! Welcome to parenthood! Now multiply those feeling 100 times for a real baby.
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