Jenna, Ditka et al.

Base10's project is proceeding in a more or less timely fashion. Here are a few interesting tidbits:

Base10 is looking forward to this weekend, which is shaping up to be a non-stop, multi-sport extravaganza. First, there is the Tour de France with good mountain stages coming up.

Second, the Mets begin a 11 game homestand tonight beginning with a four game series against Philly. Unfortunately, they're going into the weak part of their order right now. This homestand could well decide whether the Mets have any post-season shot.

Third, the British Open is being played as I blog. This year's tournament is already filled with excitement. YOu see, Ernie Els hit a hole-in-one. How rare is that at a PGA major?

Last, but not least, for those of us who cannot wait for even the hint of football, the NFL's Quarterback Challenge airs this weekend as well.

In other sports news, Mike Ditka has decided not to run on the Republican ticket for the Illinois senate seat. Citing his temper and his ultra-conservative views, he decided against the run.

NYPD's erstwhile Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik is again in the news. It seems that during his watch, the Depoartment purchased a set of $50,000 security doors for the entrance to headquarters. The purchase apparently bypassed the usual contract bidding process and resulted in the doors being unuseable because of their weight. Well it seems that the doors have gone and disapeared right out of headquarters. And it turns out that ex-Commissioner Kerik is a board member of the holding company that owns Georal International, the door supplier. Georal by the way is being investigated for fraud in relation to other city contracts. This event once again strengthens Base10's conviction that the Bernard B. Kerik Complex (formerly known as the "Tombs") will one day achieve the distinction of being the only correctional facility that will house the person after whom it is named.

Several news sources are reporting that Jenna Bush, daughter of the President and recent college graduate, will be teaching at the the Harlem Day Charter School. Base10 thinks this is a great thing for Ms. Bush to do and wishes her the best of luck. However, Base10 is a little disapointed in her father. How could he let his daughter work so close to a known pervert?

For today's geek items, there is an interesting article (via Slashdot) in Wired about the New York Times and why it should release its digital archive. Base10 would like to point out that the Times is already available for free with a local library card. See this link.

Also in Slashdot was a interesting piece about the existence of methane and ammonia in the Martian atmosphere. It seems both substances can only be formed by living cells or volcanic processes. To date, no Martian probe has detected volcanic activity. Very X-Files!


- posted by Base10 @ 4:28 PM