Well, I’m not sitting on five weeks’ worth of IndyCar news just to keep with the regular schedule around here. With F1 having the week off, I thought I’d take the opportunity to recap some of the more interesting news in the IndyCar series since the last race in Baltimore. And there certainly has been some interesting rumblings in the world of IndyCar.
Month: September 2013
Sunday Link-Off: The Real Story
It’s the end of the week so it’s time for links. Before we get started, don’t forget that there’s still time to sign up for the Lowdown Blog Hockey Pool. Well, Breaking Bad is ending tonight. I don’t watch that so I don’t have to worry about replacing it. But if you’re looking for something new, Alan Sepinwall says that Masters of Sex, starring Lizzy Caplan, is a good watch. Sepinwall is a bit trolly, though, so take that recommendation with a grain of salt.
Qatar’s efforts to run the 2022 World Cup has been nothing but controversial but this takes the cake. An investigation had found that the Qatari organizing committee has been using what amounts to slave labour to get ready for the World Cup. (The Guardian)
Did video games drive Aaron Alexis to his shooting at the Navy Yard? Not even close. The FBI found a note from Alexis saying that low-frequency radio waves drove him to it. (Talking Points Memo)
Reuters’ Next was supposed to be a big consumer offering from Reuters but was cancelled as a result of just one person leaving. (BuzzFeed)
Entertainment Link-Off: Everyone Loves A Happy Ending
It’s foodimals vs. porn addiction at the theatres this weekend. While Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a lot of fun, how could I pass up a film featuring the gorgeous Scarlett Johansson? Yeah it might be worth checking out Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s directorial debut Don Jon after all.
After the jump, some Breaking Bad related stuff, a look at the new romantic comedy cliches, Pacific Rim is one of the top 10 grossing original films of the year and Mortal Kombat Legacy returns! Continue reading
Caption This: September 21 – 27, 2013
Inspired by the Globe and Mail’s caption writing person, we waste our time writing funny picture captions for some of the more interesting photos we come across when blogging. So here are some of the best pictures from the past week with a funny (-ish) caption. Continue reading
The Best of F My Life
It’s time for another part in our ongoing series in the best of the interweb that can help you through your day. We haven’t looked at the best of the hilariously depressing stories of F My Life since last year so let’s make up for it now. After all, it’s the best site to go to for stories that make your life seem just that little bit better because it could be so much worse.
The Best of Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2013
Barrett-Jackson only runs four of its world-famous collector car auctions each year. The final auction is one of its newer ones. This weekend is Barrett-Jackson’s 6th annual Las Vegas auction which appropriately takes place on The Strip at the Mandalay Bay Resort.
Every year, millions of people drop billions of dollars in casinos looking to win the big jackpot. At Barrett-Jackson, car buyers will spend millions of dollars hoping to hit the jackpot by buying the car of their dreams or a collector car that will increase in value. So here are five of my favourite cars from this week’s auction that will be a cool ride for the lucky buyer that hits the auction block jackpot.
Join The 2013-14 Lowdown Blog Fantasy Hockey Pool
It’s time once again for the annual Lowdown Blog Fantasy Hockey Pool. As per usual, we’ve created our fantasy hockey league over on the TSN/ESPN fantasy website. It’s a public pool so anyone can join. If we run out of space in the pool, we’ll create extra pools to get readers a pool for the year. And we’ll be doing the head-to-head writer challenge again this year where we laugh at how bad I am at fantasy hockey where PIM is a stat.
It’s a head-to-head league with the winner of each match-up based on winning the most of the nine categories (G, A, +/-, PIM, SOG, STP [Special Teams Points], Wins, GAA, SV%) in play kinda like the old Yahoo pools we all used to play. Each team has 20 roster spots with nine forwards, four defensemen and two goalies starting each night.
The autopick draft takes place at 5:00 AM on Monday, September 30, so sign up now and set your picks.
Click here to go to the LowdownBlog.com Fantasy Hockey Pool.
Wednesday Link-Off: Book It
Later today, we’ve post the link to this year’s Lowdown Hockey Pool. As always, it’s for bragging rights but who doesn’t like a little friendly competition. Anyway, it’s time for the link. Let’s start with Tina Fey who picked up an Emmy for 30 Rock earlier this week.
It’s not just the Democrats and economists who think that playing chicken with the debt ceiling is hurting the economy. Bush 42’s budget director thinks that political gamesmanship with the debt ceiling hurts the economy. (Washington Post)
Here’s a slightly heartwarming story about a gunman in the Kenyan shopping mall attack freeing a family after a four-year-old boy told him that he was a bad man. (The Independent)
The folks at the Louisville Courier-Journal clearly don’t watch The Newsroom because they printed a letter to the editor from a character using a direct quote from the show. (Mediaite)
How Much is the TMNT’s Sewer Lair Worth?
Have you ever been interested in prime sewer real estate? Okay, I haven’t either. But if you’re a turtle trained in the ancient art of the ninja, you might want somewhere underground to use as a headquarters when you fight crime. Sure, Master Splinter probably had squatters rights on his and the turtles’ abode but how much would it cost you to take it off their hands…Or whatever turtles have?
F1 Singapore Grand Prix: This is Why NASCAR Fabricates Cautions
The Formula One World Championship may have left Europe but the change of scenery doesn’t mean that there has been a change at the head of the field. Sebastian Vettel dominated the weekend and the race with such a dominant win that you almost wonder if everyone else ran GP2 cars this weekend instead of F1 cars.
The Lowdown 