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I found an interesting quote in the thaivisa forum. It's from the late E-Sangha, written by Dhammanando Bhikkhu about the ordination possibilities in Thailand.
I hope this will be useful for somebody (at least for me it was useful).Hello all,
I have lately been getting quite a few PM's enquiring about the practical details of ordaining as a bhikkhu in Thailand. Rather than replying to each separately I will just post to this thread and henceforth direct enquirers to it.
It used to be the case that foreigners could get ordained in Thailand very easily, indeed almost at the drop of a hat, but owing to abuse of the system (e.g., hippies getting ordained just so that they could get a long-term visa) new regulations were introduced that made bhikkhu ordination somewhat more difficult.
A non-Thai who wishes to ordain in Thailand and stay here long-term now needs to enter the country with a special "monk-to-be" visa. Strictly speaking, abbots are prohibited to ordain a foreigner who does not have one of these visas. In practice a lot of abbots outside Bangkok and the larger cities are ignorant of this rule (or else they know about it, but don't give a ######!) and will ordain foreigners who don't have it. However, if you ordain in this way it's likely that you'll run into problems when you apply for a visa extension. Therefore it's best to do things by the book.
To be eligible for a monk-to-be visa you will need to obtain a letter from an abbot in Thailand certifying that he is willing to ordain you. You will also need a letter of sponsorship from a Thai layman. (At some embassies it is sufficient to give the layman's name and address). This person will be making quite a big commitment, for he will be responsible for your behaviour and for repatriating you if you go insane, commit a crime or whatever.
So, given these new regulations, there are two ways that one can proceed. The better course, imo, is to come out to Thailand on a normal visa and spend a few months travelling about, visiting temples, going on retreats, questioning ajahns, making acquaintances etc., until you find some place or teacher that clicks with you. Then notify the abbot of your wish to ordain and follow whatever procedures are in place there. These will vary a lot; some abbots may write you a letter and find a lay sponsor for you straight away; if that happens then you just need to go to Laos or Malaysia, get the special visa, re-enter Thailand and you might be a bhikkhu by the end of the week. Other abbots will expect you to go through some kind of program, e.g., spending so many months as an 8-precept layman, then so many months as a samanera, before being eligible for bhikkhu ordination. If that's the case then you might need to enter and leave the country several times during your training, as the normal visas only last for 2-3 months.
Another way to proceed is to start attending a Thai temple in your home country and befriending the monks there. If they like you and trust that you're sincere they may be willing to arrange for an abbot in Thailand to issue a letter and find you a sponsor. I wouldn't myself recommend this procedure, however, for it has the drawback that you'll be committing yourself in advance to ordaining at a temple and with an abbot that you know nothing about. (Bear in mind that once ordained, your preceptor can insist that you stay with him for five years, so you really ought to select the man with some care). On the other hand, if you are only planning for a temporary ordination this might be the better way to go.
Once you have been ordained as a bhikkhu you will be eligible to apply for a one-year visa. This can be extended every year without needing to leave the country.
Regarding the best place to ordain for foreigners, this is a matter on which opinions will differ (and sometimes heatedly!). Obviously if you already have some faith in one or another of the Theravada sub-traditions (e.g., Mahasi-style vipassana, the forest tradition of Ajahn Mun or its off-shoot, the Ajahn Chah tradition, or Ajahn Buddhadasa, or Ajahn Naeb or whatever) then the choice will be dictated by that. For example, to train with Ajahn Maha Boowa you'll need to be ordained in the Dhammayuttika Nikaya; to be a monk in the Ajahn Chah tradition you'll probably need to start at Wat Pa Nanachat, etc. On the other hand, if you don't have any such prior commitment, then my own suggestion is that you start off at some place where you'll be trained properly in Vinaya. As far as I know this really cuts down the choices to three:
1) A Dhammayuttika Nikaya temple. In general the Vinaya observance is stricter in this Nikaya than in the Mahanikaya. The drawbacks, however, are that as a Dhammayutt monk you'll miss out on much of the richness of Thai Buddhism, you'll only be able to stay at about 5% of the temples in Thailand, Dhammayutt Abhidhamma scholarship is poor, and the one and only practice tradition is that of Ajahn Mun, with its eternalist doctrine of the "citta that lives for ever." Also the Vinaya observance tends in some respects to be pharisaical rather than virtuous; e.g., the Dhammayutts take pride in not using money, but in fact most of them do have bank accounts, even including some of the Ajahn Mun forest monks. They differ from money-using Mahanikaya monks only in that they don't physically handle the money.
2) Wat Pa Nanchat. This is Ajahn Cha's branch wat for training western monks. The Vinaya training in this wat is quite thorough and not so prone to Dhammayutt-style hypocrisy. The drawback is that you're not likely to learn very much Dhamma or to get competent guidance in meditation. Also, I don't think it's very healthy to be living with other western monks during one's formative years of training; too much time gets wasted on gossiping and squabbling.
3) Wat Tha Ma O; this is the Burmese monastery in Lampang of my own Pali teacher Sayadaw Dhammananda. Though the wat is primarily a Pali and Abhidhamma study centre, the sayadaw is also a meditation master and he gives his monks at least as good a Vinaya training as they'd get at Wat Pa Nanachat, but with much else besides. This is nowadays the only place in Thailand that I can wholeheartedly recommend for a western would-be bhikkhu.
Well, that's all I can think of for now. If you have any questions on this matter I'd prefer that they were posted here rather than sent by PM, unless they concern a matter that really needs to be kept private.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu


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�The Empathy Exams� By Leslie Jamison. Graywolf Press, 2014. 226 pages. Paperback. $15.
In the title essay of Leslie Jamison�s book, �The Empathy Exams,� she writes about her job as medical actor. For $13.50 an hour, she assumes the persona of a young woman with conversion disorder. After her brother�s death, this fictitious woman�s sublimated grief manifests as seizures. To prepare, Jamison studies 10 to 12 pages of notes detailing the disorder and her prescribed behavior during the 15-minute sessions with the second- and third-year medical students who will talk with her, ask her questions and offer a diagnosis. Afterward, she completes an evaluation. If the medical student voices empathy, then he or she has handled the most important part of the affect section of the evaluation well. Some students, she writes, understand that �empathy is always perched precariously between gift and invasion.� If they ask humbly they may discover that a �root system of loss stretches radial and rhyzomatic under the entire territory of [the sister�s] life.�
In this essay, like many of the others in this critically acclaimed book that was awarded the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize, Jamison takes creative leaps with the essay form, with the idea of memoir and with the way she comes at her understanding of the subjects she�s viewing, dissecting, examining, parsing, turning over and over. In the title essay, she moves on to another case study, that of herself, five-and-a-half weeks pregnant with an irregular heartbeat that is going to require surgery. We begin to see that this young author is complicated, intelligent, deeply introspective and precociously aware of herself and others. And she�s on a mission to know more. She writes to know. Another thing we discover is that her brilliance at understanding, writing and thinking is more evolved than her mastery of her own behavior. But, like any work with self-revelation as a component, the self is fed to readers in discrete, controlled pieces not unlike bait meant to lure fishes closer. She tells us what she wants us to know and we gobble it up because this is a writer in charge.
In the title essay Jamison establishes the themes she will pursue. She does an intriguing thing when she gets into the head of Stephanie Phillips, the person she�s portraying. She empathizes, drills down into her psyche, channels her. She mines for the pain and studies the way the body responds to pain. Whether it�s the made-up Stephanie or the real Paul, who believes he has small things wriggling constantly under his skin, things that must be excised, she is intent on staying open.
In the essay �Devil�s Bait,� Jamison tests empathy. She wonders, can you empathize when the disease isn�t real? Paul has a condition known as Morgellons disease. She meets him at a conference in Austin, Texas, and finds out that 12,000 suffer from this affliction in which some sort of substance � fibers, parasites, strings, crystals � emerge from beneath the skin. The patients are self-identified and call themselves Morgies. Morgies grow obsessed with these moving, wriggling things. They examine themselves, experience the sense of something trying to get out, and they try various methods to extricate the foreign objects. They have scars, lesions and cuts. One woman calls her arm a sculpture garden because of the protrusions. Jamison can relate, to some degree. A maggot has to be cut from her ankle after traveling overseas. �I probably spent hours poring over my maggot wound�,� she writes.
Folie a deux is the clinical name for shared delusions. Paul, with scars and a mutilated ear and discolored skin, looks the worst. He spends hours poring over selfies and he says he spends 10 to 12 hours a day keeping �them� at bay. He experiences �ceaseless motion� beneath his skin. The stricken take antibiotics, horse dewormers and large, continuous doses of other potentially toxic substances. �Is it wrong to call it empathy when you trust the fact of the suffering, but not the source?� Are those with self-inflicted wounds less deserving? She asks.
�I didn�t believe there were parasites laying thousands of eggs under his skin, but I did believe he hurt like there were.� She wants to know: When does empathy actually reinforce the pain it wants to console? Does gathering and talking about it, like they do for three days every year, help or �deepen its hold�?
Jamison attends a writers gathering in Tijuana and Mexicali, she teaches Spanish to kids in Nicaragua, she observes a punishing footrace in Tennessee known as the Barkley Marathons and she inhabits the wounds women suffer. Her boyfriend calls her a �wound dweller� and, among the many she cites in this literary book is the Greek Menander, who wrote, �Woman is a pain that never goes away.�
In the book�s final essay, �Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain,� Jamison gets to what I find to be the heart of the matter � women�s pain. �We can�t stop imagining new ways for [women] to hurt,� she says. In her view, our perceptions of women are elevated by the pain they endure. She cites Susan Sontag: �Sadness made one �interesting.� It was a mark of refinement, of sensibility, to be sad.� And while I personally see the pain we cause women in our media and entertainment � just look at �Law and Order: SVU� to see the many creative ways writers find to cause women to suffer for our viewing pleasure � as wayward and wrong, Jamison�s points are valid. She goes back to Anna Karenina�s leap under the train, to Caroline Knapp�s anorexia, to Carrie�s blood bath at the prom to the �Wounded Mix� playlist she listened to when she was younger. And she argues passionately for opening ourselves up to women�s pain, to allowing its validity, no matter how clich�d or fetishized. �I want our hearts to be open,� she writes.
I read this book slowly and carefully because I didn�t want to miss anything. I found much to be learned as a writer, reader and woman who often wonders about the quality of my own empathy. Jamison says, �We care in order to be cared for. We care because we are porous. The feelings of others matter, they are like matter: they carry weight, exert gravitational pull.� She tells us that �empathy is a choice we make to extend ourselves� in ways that transcend our personal inclinations.
Rae Padilla Francoeur�s memoir, �Free Fall: A Late-in-Life Love Affair,� is available online or in some bookstores. Write her at email@example.com. Read her blog at http://www.freefallrae.blogspot.com/ or follow her @RaeAF.
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The duo – the most intimate form of improvisation – allows musicians to engage with and respond to each other in a way no other constellation does: every second must be heard, understood and transformed into one's own performance. Julie Sassoon & Willi Kellers do that in a sensitive, quiet and lyrical way. A magnificent yet concentrated listening experience. Nils Wogram & Joe Sachse are more expressive. They take broad-meshed composition material as a starting point for their musical performance, but this leaves so much scope for playful freedom that one can also speak of improvisation here too. While these two approaches may be different, they are both internally consistent, highly sensitive and collaborative performances by the best improvisers in the German jazz scene.
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Dijkstra's Example Simplified By Off-The-End Values: First Try
Last week, I described a problem that Edsger Dijkstra posed in his excellent book, A Discipline of Programming. This article continues that description; please read that first entry before continuing.
Dijkstra used a variable
r to denote the index of the last red pebble (if any),
w to denote an index one less than the first white pebble, and
b to denote an index one less than the first blue pebble. In order to avoid confusion, I am going to choose entirely new variable names in the revised version. We shall stick with Dijkstra's notion of dividing the sequence of buckets into four consecutive subsequences that are known to contain red, arbitrary, white, and blue pebbles, respectively. Where we shall part company with Dijkstra is in how we delimit them:
rb is the index of the first (as opposed to the last) red pebble;
xb is the index of the first unknown pebble, or, equivalently, one past the last red pebble;
wb is the index of the first white pebble;
bb is the index of the first blue pebble; and
N is an index that is one past the last blue pebble.
This description is vague, in the sense that it does not cater to the possibility of one or more of these regions being empty. However, we can make it precise:
- If
rb<= k <
xb, bucket k contains a red pebble.
- If
xb<= k <
wb, bucket k has not yet been examined.
- If
wb<= k <
bb, bucket k contains a white pebble.
- If
bb<= k <
N, bucket k contains a blue pebble.
Where Dijkstra was striving to be symmetric, we are being uniformly asymmetric. We have also abandoned Dijkstra's use of
1 as a lower bound, preferring instead to use
rb to index the first bucket and
N to be one past the index of the last bucket. Because we are not constraining the lower bound, we use four variables in addition to
N where Dijkstra used three. However, one of those variables,
rb, is already initialized. We can establish the initial conditions similarly to how Dijkstra did so: Set
xb to
rb, and set both
wb and
bb to
We shall follow Dijkstra's strategy of repeatedly examining the last unknown element to determine where to place it. Here, we encounter the first problem with our asymmetric notation: No variable contains the index of that last element. Rather, that element, if it exists, is element
wb-1. Accordingly, our code looks like this:
while (xb < wb) { Examine bucket wb-1. If the pebble in that bucket is Red: Swap buckets xb and wb-1; increment xb. White: Decrement wb. Blue: Swap buckets wb-1 and bb-1; decrement wb and bb. }
This code cries out for refactoring: It evaluates
wb-1 in three different places and decrements
wb in two out of three cases in the three-way test. If we do not wish to introduce an additional variable, we can nevertheless rewrite the code by decrementing wb before examining any bucket:
while (xb < wb) { Decrement wb. Examine bucket wb. If the pebble in that bucket is Red: Swap buckets xb and wb; increment xb and wb. White: Do nothing. Blue: Swap buckets wb-1 and bb-1; decrement bb. }
I find this code easier to understand than Dijkstra's version. However, it still has two shortcomings:
- It decrements
wband then sometimes increments it again. Alternatively, it could have saved
wbin an auxiliary variable and restored it in the case that a red pebble was seen, but that strategy seems like the waste of a variable.
- Even though we have a variable, namely
xb, that we know contains the index of a bucket to examine, we do what seems like a gratuitous computation instead of using that variable for that purpose.
Can we do better? The advantage of examining the last unknown pebble rather than the first is that we never need to swap the pebble over more than one boundary between regions. If we looked at the first pebble, and it happened to be blue, we would have to swap it over all the unknown pebbles and all the white pebbles in order to put it in the right spot. Moreover, we would have to do something with the white pebble that might already be there, perhaps requiring two swaps.
However, we can get around this objection by changing the order of the four regions: Instead of putting the unknown region second, we can put it third. We'll try that alternative next week.


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1aOf David.
The LORD is my light and my salvation;
whom should I fear?
The LORD is my life's refuge;
of whom should I be afraid?
2When evildoers come at me
These my enemies and foes
themselves stumble and fall.
3Though an army encamp against me,
my heart does not fear;
Though war be waged against me,
even then do I trust.
4One thing I ask of the LORD;
this I seek:
To dwell in the LORD's house
all the days of my life,
To gaze on the LORD's beauty,
to visit his temple.c
5For God will hide me in his shelter
in time of trouble,d
He will conceal me in the cover of his tent;
and set me high upon a rock.
6Even now my head is held high
above my enemies on every side!
I will offer in his tent
sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and chant praise to the LORD.
7Hear my voice, LORD, when I call;
have mercy on me and answer me.
8"Come," says my heart, "seek his face";*
your face, LORD, do I seek!e
9Do not hide your face from me;
do not repel your servant in anger.
You are my salvation; do not cast me off;
do not forsake me, God my savior!
10Even if my father and mother forsake me,
the LORD will take me in.f
11LORD, show me your way;
lead me on a level path
because of my enemies.g
12Do not abandon me to the desire of my foes;
malicious and lying witnesses have risen against me.
13I believe I shall see the LORD's goodness
14Wait for the LORD, take courage;
be stouthearted, wait for the LORD!
* [Psalm 27] Tradition has handed down the two sections of the Psalm (Ps 27:1–6; 7–14) as one Psalm, though each part could be understood as complete in itself. Asserting boundless hope that God will bring rescue (Ps 27:1–3), the psalmist longs for the presence of God in the Temple, protection from all enemies (Ps 27:4–6). In part B there is a clear shift in tone (Ps 27:7–12); the climax of the poem comes with "I believe" (Ps 27:13), echoing "I trust" (Ps 27:3).
* [27:2] To devour my flesh: the psalmist's enemies are rapacious beasts (Ps 7:3; 17:12; 22:14, 17).
* [27:8] Seek his face: to commune with God in the Temple. The idiom is derived from the practice of journeying to sacred places, cf. Hos 5:15; 2 Sm 21:1; Ps 24:6.
* [27:13] In the land of the living: or "in the land of life," an epithet of the Jerusalem Temple (Ps 52:7; 116:9; Is 38:11), where the faithful had access to the life-giving presence of God.
a. [27:1] Ps 18:29; 36:10; 43:3; Is 10:17; Mi 7:8.
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A Los Angeles judge revoked Lindsay Lohan's probation Wednesday and scheduled a probation violation hearing that could result in more jail time for the closely watched "Liz and Dick" star.
The 26-year-old actress faces three counts of reckless driving, lying to a police officer and obstructing an officer from performing duties after an accident in which Lohan's Porsche slammed into the back of a dump truck in June. Authorities in Santa Monica, Calif., allege Lohan lied about being behind the wheel before the accident and the charges could prompt a probation violation in her 2011 necklace theft case.
Lohan did not appear in court Wednesday. She was represented by her attorney, Shawn Holley. California defendants facing misdemeanors can avoid appearing in court if they are represented by an attorney, unless a judge orders otherwise.
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The new case could prompt a judge to sentence Lohan to jail for violating her probation for taking a $2,500 necklace from a store without permission in 2011. The jewelry was later returned, but it sparked months of court hearings and morgue cleanup duty for the star, who has struggled personally and professionally since being arrested twice in 2007 for driving under the influence.
A probation violation in the necklace case could result in Lohan being sentenced to 245 days in jail after the Santa Monica case is resolved. Her probation violation hearing is set for Jan. 15.
Lohan was on her way to the set of the Lifetime biopic "Liz and Dick" on Pacific Coast Highway before the June accident, which sent her to the hospital briefly. She returned to the set later in the day, but police determined she had lied about her assistant driving her Porsche at the time.
After being removed from supervised probation in March, Lohan attempted to mount a comeback, filming two movies and a cameo with Charlie Sheen in the latest installment of the "Scary Movie" franchise. Her performance in the first film released, "Liz and Dick," wasn't greeted favorably by fans or critics.
Lohan was ordered to remain out of trouble and a judge urged her to stop partying at nightclubs, but neither has happened.
She also faces a misdemeanor assault charge in New York after a woman claimed she was hit by Lohan in a Manhattan nightclub. It is unknown whether New York prosecutors will pursue charges, or drop them as they did earlier this year when Lohan was accused of hitting a man with her car.


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Saturday, December 13, 2008
"Ride Of Their Lives" Does Re-Air At 4PM On Sunday (CMT Network)
To start this column, click here for the video link to the Ride of their Lives trailer from the CMT website.
When Kevin Costner appeared at the Sprint Cup Banquet, there was some information being given out about about a future film project to which he would lend his voice.
Like many other media members, I assumed it was a project for 2009. As it turns out, The Ride of Their Lives program is airing Saturday, December 13th at 9PM ET on CMT.
One quick check of the NASCAR.com front page reveals absolutely nothing about this project or the fact it is on CMT tonight. Even clicking to the NASCAR.com News Center will not help. The Turner folks who run NASCAR.com are not very kind to programs appearing on other TV networks. It would seem this is the case with CMT.
Here is the CMT summary of the program:
The history and heroes of NASCAR are brought to life through the men and women who lived the dream. The Ride of Their Lives, narrated by Kevin Costner, is a story of family bonds and personal struggle, rebellion and teamwork. These are the threads that weave through the sport's first 60 years and a half century of Daytona 500 races. From the moonshine runners of the postwar years to the superstars of the 21st century, The Ride of Their Lives celebrates a sport that grew from humble Southern roots to become a national spectacle.
This project is being co-produced by The NASCAR Media Group and CMT Films. DALE was the original project that sparked this follow-up. "On the heels of our success with DALE, which was the largest selling sports title ever and was nominated for 2 Emmys, we are pleased to be working again with CMT and with a talent of the stature of Kevin Costner," says Jay Abraham, COO, NASCAR Media Group. "This new film will give fans an exciting inside view of the history and evolution of the sport from the unique perspective of some of the families that made the sport."
So, it looks like fans lucky enough to catch this program will have some final NASCAR-themed TV programming before Christmas. This two hour program has the original airing from 9 to 11PM Saturday, but also re-airs on Sunday from 4 to 6PM Eastern Time.
Update: TDP will NOT have a review of the program. Comcast, my cable provider, apparently has placed CMT on a tier to which I do not subscribe. This is certainly a new development for me as I have enjoyed CMT as a basic cable service for years.
So, it will be up to the NASCAR fans and TV viewers to add your review and comments about this program over the weekend.
To add your comment, just 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.
45 comments:
- majorshouse said...
If the trailers I have seen are any indication, it will be really interesting to see how well put together this production is.
- December 13, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
David Poole had a review of the film on Firday. He really recommends it for both new and old fans.
- December 13, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- Steve L. said...
With economic times as bad as they are in NASCAR, I don't understand why there's not more cross-promotion in the industry than there is.
Any exposure to the sport is better than none at all!
I'm looking forward to seeing the film, no matter what network it's on.
- December 13, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks for the heads-up. You do a service to us fans with columns like this one.
- December 13, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
JD, I am shocked, SHOCKED to not be able to fond any mention of the film on EESPN's webbed site either.
- December 13, 2008 at 7:00 PM
- The Loose Wheel said...
Thanks JD. Cant wait to see this. Guess it explains his presence at the banquet now.
Comcast...Lollers...what a joke of a provider. I have CMT and SPEED both as part of my basic cable package here out west.
- December 13, 2008 at 7:01 PM
- Anonymous said...
Sometimes CMT will show full episodes of their concerts. Hopefully this will be one of them.
I don't have CMT either.
- December 13, 2008 at 7:38 PM
- Sophia said...
Here SPEED and CMT are two tiers up on digital. STINKS.
If I did not love the SPEED trucks so much and WT and the SPEED shows, I would ditch Digital in a minute. Course with cutbacks as they are, might do that down the road anyway since NASCAR refuses to acknowledges the REAL ISSUE of NASCAR and the fans.
P.S> FRANKLY I do not know why SPEED can NOT be n basic EVERYWHERE with the rubbish on that station 90 per cent of the time???
- December 13, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Bobby said...
CMT is MTV, and I don't tolerate MTV. Race fans should know what MTV did to the ASA and World of Outlaws.
- December 13, 2008 at 9:08 PM
- PammH said...
JD & all w/out CMT...so far, this show is excellent! I'm very sorry you are missing it. I'm taping it for a friend who also has Comcarp. They are talking about Wendall Scott as I type...wow.
- December 13, 2008 at 9:32 PM
- Anonymous said...
It would be nice if COMCAST was not such a terrible cable provider. CMT is not on the standard line up.
- December 13, 2008 at 9:39 PM
- alex said...
I'm glad they spent a lot of time discussing Tim Richmond. It's good to see him included since Nascar often ignores his career.
- December 13, 2008 at 10:09 PM
- Karen said...
At least 10+ minutes devoted to Tim Richmond. I've never really seen much about him or even his picture. The whole show so far has been excellent. Sorry you can't watch, JD.
- December 13, 2008 at 10:26 PM
- Newracefan said...
JD you need a friend with CMT and a DVR/VCR. It was worth the watching. I'm sure you'll be able to buy it at some point but what a bummer. I have no clue what tier CMT is on for me since I had to go far up the digital tier just to get ESPNClassic for the NW races I have CMT.
- December 13, 2008 at 10:46 PM
- Dot said...
I'll be tuning in to watch this show. And yes, will be commenting later.
CMT is on my basic tier and SPEED is on the upper tier. How come there is no ryhme or reason to this among the cable providers? Is it demographics? JD, do you know? Also, is there some kind of TV/cable law that prevents cross promotion?
- December 13, 2008 at 11:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
Just finished watching the show. If you don't get CMT and you love racing, go to a neighbor's house or get them to tape it for you....it was amazing. Seeing a quality program like this really makes me wonderwhy Nascar doesn't do more of this type of production. It covered the history with respect, an obvious love of racing, and focused on the personalities of the drivers. Perhaps the highlight, as the covered the progression of racing thru the years, and the family connections, was showing Brian France and the third France to run the family business...but managed to not have any audio of him blathering. Well worth the time to watch!
- December 13, 2008 at 11:11 PM
- TexasRaceLady said...
I really enjoyed the show. There were some pictures and interviews that I had not seen before.
The stories of Tim Richmond and Davey Allison had me tearing up.
And of course, watching DaleJr talk about his dad and his relationship with Rick Hendrick really got to me.
I'm planning on watching the re-air on Sunday.
- December 13, 2008 at 11:27 PM
- Anonymous said...
What the ____????
Aw, man, I was out tonight and didn't check your blog until late tonight.
I can't believe
a) I missed this
b) I had never heard about it
c) NASCAR.com didn't mention it
d) CMT will not be re-showing it
- December 14, 2008 at 3:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
According to this webpage there will be re-airings
Sunday 12/14 at 4pm
Monday 12/15 at 9pm
Wednesday 12/17 at 9pm
No idea what time zone, but at least the show will re-air.
- December 14, 2008 at 3:58 AM
- Vicky D said...
It was a good show except I felt they dwelt too much with the deaths of the drivers whether it was by crashes or other reasons. I also enjoyed the interaction between the Petty's. Well done program I'm glad you had the update on the show I never would have seen it. I'm sorry more folks don't have CMT.
- December 14, 2008 at 6:54 AM
- Anonymous said...
I thought it was a very interesting show. It contained a lot of stories and history coming from the "horse's mouth", which I love. Basically it was supporting the family traditions in the sport, starting with the France family, the Petty's, the Allison's and the Earnhardts. And then mixed in the "Hollywood style" of Tim Richmond and Jeff Gordon, it was a good balance for the new and old NASCAR fans. I enjoyed it.
I'm sorry for the people that don't get CMT, they(CMT) did a good job. If you're a NASCAR fan, it's one of those shows you'd watch over and over again. I'll probably watch again tonight.
- December 14, 2008 at 7:13 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to offer comments on this program. The good folks at NMG are going to be sending me a DVD of the show.
Still bummed about Comcast moving a bunch of channels like CMT and Oxygen to a pay tier. Weird.
- December 14, 2008 at 8:12 AM
- Anonymous said...
The good thing about it being on CMT is, it will be shown many times. If its like DALE was it will be on for several months at various times.
- December 14, 2008 at 8:28 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
JD, welcome to the world of ComCan't/Won't! I think the name PammH used, (ComCrap — although misspelled), is the best yet, right up there with Sophia's BSPN.
I watched the show, and mostly enjoyed it. The Wendell Scott and Tim Richmond pieces alone were worth watching the whole thing. Some of the early Petty, (Lee & Richard), stuff was apparently from a story/documentary done a long time ago. I thought the focus on Earnhardt, Jr. and Hendrick was a little heavy on sentimentality, but didn't really detract from the overall quality of the presentation.
I also particularly enjoyed the Allisons stories. I would have liked to see more on Pearson, Junior Johnson, and the very early drivers, (Flocks, Turner, White, etc.), but there is only so much time. Maybe a three hour show would be possible with pieces from the cutting floor that didn't make it into this show. I expect there is enough additional footage, (digital images?), to do another whole show.
Overall, a very good, quality presentation. My neither of VCRs are working well right now, so I need to find a way to tape one of the re-airings. I do want to keep this one.
- December 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM
- Rockin Rich said...
JD: I, (and I assume other readers), will be interested in seeing your opinion of this show. Do you intend to do one once you have seen it?
- December 14, 2008 at 10:18 AM
- Anonymous said...
Very well done. Good stories. The interviews though seemed to be off on my tv. The lips moved but didn't really match up exactly. Some parts more apparent than others. Anyone else see this? Regardless a very good show. While they did spend more time on Richmond than any other segment, it was neat to see.
- December 14, 2008 at 10:42 AM
- majorshouse said...
I will be watching it later on this afternoon and cannto wait to see it. The trailers I kept seeing while watching CMT yesterday afternoon made me want to see it. I will comment later on how I felt about the presentation of it and am glad that Tim Richmond is included. I really liked him because he could drive the hell out of the car and was not the typical NASCAR mouthpiece.
- December 14, 2008 at 10:50 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Be updating the column once I see the show. Had no idea CMT had moved to a pay tier on my cable system. In the process of fixing that issue.
- December 14, 2008 at 11:03 AM
- Dot said...
I loved this show. Very well made and provided alot of information.
One thing I noticed was the passion that Bill Jr had for NASCAR. Far from that of the Emperor. Bill Jr even admitted that if NASCAR noticed things weren't right, they were fixed. Why did this attitude stop with him?
The Allison story was touching, losing both of their sons. I am so glad they got back together. And what a character Tim Richmond was. I wish I would have been watching racing in the 80s.
I hope there are more of these shows.
- December 14, 2008 at 12:36 PM
- Sophia said...
It STINKS when cable companies play "digital tier roulette". One lame station "Used to be digital" and is now basic and I am sure that has happened to others.
IF NASCAR wants to get more racing eyes, FOX/SPEED should SERIOUSLY lower their fees and put SPEED on basic. For the racing shows alone and WT, and TWIN, I guarantee that would help the sagging ratings and those that hate BSPN.
I missed the first part of this show but it had me in tears...D Allison story, Jr talking with Rick H...among others.
But I was GLUED to the tv with the Tim Richmond segment. NEVER EVER have I seen so many clips of him and wish they would show us more. I was not watching in those days and have just read websites and heard of him through others.
Quite the character and while I understand the IGNORANCE of AIDS back then and the scary aspects of it, it's a shame he has been such a secret part of NASCAR history and rarely mentioned during a broadcast.
Great show...should be on DVD so we can view without commercials. VERY poignant show, though....I suggest having some tissues handy.
- December 14, 2008 at 1:40 PM
- The Loose Wheel said...
I agree. The Davey Allison and Tim Richmond stories were AMAZING. This was really well done, wish they could have fit another 2 hours in it. So many stories to tell there just isnt enough time. I really liked the portraits they did, wish I could get my hands on copies of those.
- December 14, 2008 at 1:43 PM
- Karen said...
Wonder if you can find out who the artist was that did the picture. He was great. Sam Bass comes to mind but I really don't know his work.
Also, was surprised there was no mention of Alan Kulwicki at all.
- December 14, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
According to the CMT web page, "Ride of Their Lives" will re-air tomorrow at 9pm followed by "Dale."
- December 14, 2008 at 8:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
I enjoyed the Jeff Gordon part. I had never seen an interview of his step-father before.
- December 15, 2008 at 12:44 AM
- alex said...
I think you'll enjoy it and I look forward to your review. I had originally planned to watch the 1958 NFL Championship game on ESPN Saturday night, and tape CMT at the same time. I changed channels from ESPN to CMT during the first segment of the show, and never changed back. I'm glad I taped it, so I can watch again in a few days. It was a very well-done program and while I would have liked them to have gone in depth on a few more people, they did all they could do in a 2-hour format. If this is released on DVD in the future I'll buy it, and I'd like to thank NMG and CMT for producing this show. Also I hadn't seen it mentioned but Kevin Costner did a nice job narrating.
- December 15, 2008 at 9:11 AM
- Tracy D said...
Caught it on my DVR because of this column's heads-up. Loved it. Wish they'd discussed how Nascar tried to force Richmond into blood tests before he passed away. Altogether, it was a good program. As someone else said, it'd be nice if they did more of them, covering the "older" crowd of drivers. This is the type of show I've been craving.
Fascinating how Kyle Petty can say "I love you,Daddy," and Richard can't say the words back.
- December 15, 2008 at 9:55 AM
- The Loose Wheel said...
Isnt that Kyle Petty interview from the TNT series that Kyle did last year? I thought it was but I'm not positive
- December 15, 2008 at 1:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
I would have liked to see this, but Comcast took CMT off our regular cable service. I would like to see this rebroadcast on Speed instead of some hour after after hour of the same show
- December 15, 2008 at 2:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thoroughly enjoyed it. Tim Richmond was a bit before I was a NASCAR fan, so I enjoyed learning more about him.
Also the Allison story was a real tear jerker for me, and of course, Dale sr.
Tracy, I also picked up in the Kyle and Richard interview that Kyle said "I love you", but Richard just shrugged it off -- I think that is a generational thing. Lots of older folks have problems showing their emotions, esp. in public.
- December 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Turns out this CMT vs. Comcast issue is a big one.
Lots of email coming in telling me about Comcast deciding to move CMT while keeping several other Country Music channels on basic.
Comcast also moved other channels like Oxygen and C-Span 2 off my digital basic.
Might just have to re-think this DirecTV thing.
- December 15, 2008 at 6:14 PM
- Vicky D said...
Right now we are watching the Summer Shootout (from Lowe's) we had recorded from the 7th. I don't know why Speed doesn't televise this sooner in the year than 6 months later but it's nice to see something with racing in it. JD I think you would like satellite better than cable any day.
- December 15, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Very well done. Interesting stuff for this long-time NASCAR fan and, I'll bet, for the newbies, too.
- December 16, 2008 at 12:19 AM
- alex said...
Good news for those that loved the show or missed it and want to watch... It will be released on DVD, according amazon, it will be February 10th.
As with most DVDs these days, I hope it includes some deleted scenes or more unaired footage. I'm looking forward to this.
- December 16, 2008 at 9:48 AM
- GinaV24 said...
thanks for posting that this will be re-aired! And thanks Alex for the heads up that it can be pre-ordered on DVD at amazon. That looks like a keeper of a program.
JD, Comcast has done a lot of weird stuff lately. I know I'm considering Verizon Fios as an option -- a little competition for pricing is a good thing.
- December 16, 2008 at 4:37 PM
- Cranky Girl said...
This was a great show. I highly recommend it.
- December 17, 2008 at 12:20 AM


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