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Crash claims life of Newberg High School junior
17-year-old dies Saturday afternoon in single-vehicle crash
DUNDEE — A 17-year-old Newberg High School junior was killed about 5:15 p.m. Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Northeast Fox Farm Road near Hidden Springs Road.
The Yamhill County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Alex Neel Weiler of 949 Seventh St.
Capt. Tim Svenson of the sheriff's office gave this account:
Weiler, who was driving a 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, was southbound on Fox Farm Road toward Highway 99W. He lost control as he was negotiating a sharp "S" corner.
"He went off the side of the road, overcorrected, shot across the road and sideswiped a tree," Svenson said. "When he did that it caused a fuel line to snap and there was a fire.
"Witnesses, a passerby and a Newberg-Dundee police officer arrived within minutes and reported smoke and fire coming from the vehicle," Svenson said. "Attempts were made to get him out."
The rescue attempt included breaking windows out of the vehicle, but responding individuals were driven back by the heat and smoke of the fire, according to the captain.
Speed and slick road conditions contributed to the crash, Sheriff Jack Crabtree said.
In addition to the sheriff's office and Newberg-Dundee police, the Newberg and Dundee fire departments and Oregon State Police responded. The county's Victim and Witness Services Program handled family notifications.


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Saturday, January 3, 2009
Wisconsin Dells or Bust
THURSDAY: We were going to leave bright and early so we could get up to the Dells by 10:00AM when the waterpark opened. I suppose I should explain what "the Dells" are for those of you who don't live in the midwest. My friend Dee from Long Island asked me, "So what are the Dells? Anything like the Hamptons?" Umm, not exactly. "So you won't be running into any Baldwins there?" I don't think so. Unless they suddenly take up hunting, camping, and snowmobiling...
The Wisconsin Dells is a resort area with a ton of indoor/outdoor waterparks and other attractions. This is the first time I've ever been here, but it looks like there's a ton of stuff to do in the summer (a lot of things are closed now because it's off-season). People up here wear cheese hats and say stuff like "soda" and "yah hey der". Seriously.
Anyway, we got up here at about 11:30. I stood in a mile-long line to check in. Our room wasn't ready, but I was given wrist bands for all of us so we could swim while we waited for our room. We parked 400 miles away and dug through the suitcases to find everyone's bathing suits. Did I mention it was freezing cold, snowy and icy? I couldn't find Savannah's bathing suit anywhere. Know why? SHE FORGOT TO PACK IT! Thankfully there was a gift shop in the hotel. Fortunately, there was a bathing suit for sale that fit Savannah. Unfortunately, it was cheapish suit that cost $60!
Frozen, we all trudged through the snow to the hotel. I slipped and fell because I'm just classy that way. I bruised my knee and my ego, but thankfully wasn't really hurt. We went to one of the three indoor waterparks at this hotel, The Wilderness Territory. We swam for a while and then the kids started getting hungry. I don't know why. I mean, I fed them Twizzlers for breakfast on the way here. Chris dressed, got his room keys, and moved all his family's luggage into their room. Joe disappeared in the water park and since the kids were starting to chew their arms off, I got dressed and drove up to the main building to get my room keys. I joined the 4000 mile long line and waited for my room keys.
Ok, got the keys. Went out to car. Tried to get around circle drive so I could park, but a dozen idiots had decided to PARK in the turn-around. A line of cars behind me began to honk until some of the idiots moved.
Twenty minutes later, I got out of the circle drive from hell (Look kids! Big Ben, Parliament!) and started looking for a parking space near my room. Nothing. I began driving up and down aisles looking for a space farther away. Nothing. I began looking for any spot anywhere in the state of Wisconsin. Nothing. Grrr.
Like 4 and a half hours have passed since I left the waterpark. I'm totally stressed out. I know the kids are still back at the pool probably eating their towels at this point. Chris called me to see if I needed help. YES! I can't find a parking spot! So, Chris came out and helped me look for a spot. I found a guy who was leaving but he needed a jump. Chris pushed his car out, I gave him a jump and took his spot. Yay!
So Chris grabbed a luggage cart and helped me load up everything and get it into the hotel. It's a good thing too because I don't think I could've pushed that cart through the snow by myself. As Chris and I carried my luggage up to my room, he asked, "What room do you have?"
"I have 680."
"No you don't. That's my room."
"WHAT? Seriously? No way!"
Sure enough, the front desk gave me the same room as my friends. They gave me keys that opened THEIR door. Great. Just fabulous. The thought of walking back to the main desk gave me heart palpitations. Seriously, if you've never been to this place, it spans miles (and that's not an exaggeration.) Chris called and complained until they agreed to send someone over with keys to the right room.
This is the point we started drinking. The rest of the night was much more pleasant after this. Finally, we loaded up some food and wine and headed to the waterpark. We had fun going on the waterslides, hanging out in the lazy river and playing with the little kids in the splash areas.
FRIDAY: We went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Although I LOVE Cracker Barrel, we seem to have bad luck there. We waited an hour for our food after ordering. Ugh. The kids were awesome for the first 45 minutes, but started to lose it before our food came. I don't blame them one bit.
Back from breakfast, we went to another waterpark in the hotel. This one has a glass ceiling and tropical plants inside. It has a huge wave pool with some pretty big waves. We hung out in here for most of the day. Sometime in the afternoon, Clay told me, "I'm hungry."
"OK, well have a snack." I pointed to the bags of food we'd brought with us.
"I want a banana," he said. I knew immediately what he was thinking. He'd seen the palm trees with actual green bananas growing from it. I knew that's what he wanted.
"No, Clay, you can't pick a banana!"
"Why not?" he asked innocently.
"Because they're not your bananas. And they're still really green anyway. You wouldn't even like them now."
A short time later, I saw Clay walking back to our table with (yep, you guessed it) a banana! He climbed the tree and picked a banana! Grrrr.
SATURDAY: We hung out at the park with the huge wavepool for most of the day. We saw Billy Ray Cyrus there. One time, while Jen and I were in a double tube in the wave pool, a huge wave crashed over us and a strange girl popped up in our tube. Umm hello? One minute it was just Jen and me and the next second, some stranger was sticking her head through Jen's side of the innertube! The next wave washed her right back out. Jen and I started laughing so hard, I swear we almost drown. Ahhh, good times, good times...
We hit another park in the afternoon and they talked me into going on this waterslide called the hurricane. It's called the hurricane because it's a horrible torturous horrible horribleness. (Yes, that's a word.) You sit in this 4 person tube and drop down 15 stories and then flip around inside this big cone until you nearly fall out of the innertube. You scream your head off while you're in there. It echos off the walls. People get mad at you when you scream too much. Or so I've heard...
Truth be told, I would've gone again if the line hadn't been so long. Shhh, don't tell anyone I said that.
We finally wrapped things up and decided to grab some dinner and head home at about 6:30. As we walked out to the car, Clay slipped, Charlie Brown style, and went flying. It was really icy out. We drove across the street to Culvers for dinner. A nice couple came in and sat down by us. They overheard us talking about driving home to Chicago and felt compelled to tell us how bad the roads were. I had skidded into the parking lot at the restaurant and I was driving really slowly, so it didn't surprise me. They told us it had taken them several hours to get there from Milwaukee and they finally pulled off the highway and got a hotel room. The gentleman said he was a truck driver and was scared to be out there. They claimed they'd never seen 90 so bad.
That's all I needed to hear. I didn't get the names of those folks, but am so thankful for their warning! By the time we left the restaurant, our cars were iced over and the parking lot was a solid sheet of ice.
We decided to go across the street and find a cheap hotel room for the night. That's where we're at now. The kids are trying to get to sleep, but everyone has really red, rashy skin. The kids are all complaining that their skin is on fire. I think too many days of too much chlorine and rubbing against plastic inner tubes has really hurt our skin. Even after a shower, my legs are still on fire now too.
I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of stuff, but this is already super-long and whatever I've forgotten is probably not important anyway. I'll share some pictures tomorrow when I get them off my camera.
Posted by Dawn at 9:39 PM
38 comments:
- Lo said...
Hysterical! On fire legs sound verra bad...I hope it's not bed buggies.
- January 3, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Kikilia said...
Sounds like you guys may have "swimmers itch"... The water park most likely had too much chlorine in their pools.
Hope you make it home safe and that a few days of cool water helps the itch.
- January 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM
- Angie [A Whole Lot of Nothing] said...
Two things:
1. You are one crazy Mama for taking your kidlets on so many vacations.
2. You are one AWESOME Mama for taking your kidlets on so many vacations.
- January 3, 2009 at 11:00 PM
- Cookie said...
Wow! Sounds like a "fun" trip ;)
And just so ya know. I'm not from Wisconsin and I say "soda." Actually most of the country does say, "soda." There is something wrong with people who say, "pop." :P
- January 3, 2009 at 11:03 PM
you mean you didn't drag the kids to Paul Bunyon's for breakfast? I liked it, the kids were not impressed and mad we took them away from the water park.
I have never been to Wilderness, but after hearing your and other peoples' impressions, I'll keep staying at the Kalahari
- January 3, 2009 at 11:06 PM
- Mayberry Mom said...
I live in WI (2 hours from the Dells), I do say "soda", but not once in my life have I said "yah, hey der" LOLOLOLOLOL I do say "bubbler" though. and there is a great Wiki article on why we say that here:
For those that don't want to follow the link, it's a brand name, kind of like how we call tissues "Kleenex".
I went to college in MN and they say "uff da" in the Northern Part of the state. I almost drove home to WI the next day after hearing that one!!
The ice is headed my way, oh joy!
I hope you get home safely on Sunday!
- January 3, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Im so glad you posted. I have been following your twitters (and dare i say Laughing my head off at a few of them) Im SC we NEVER see weather like you speak of, but we did have a main water line break tonight and flood our yard and it is coldish (45 *snicker) so the water froze my feet...close enough? LOL I cant imagine looking out of the pool and seeing snow falling ...sounds great!
Oh and im glad you figured out the @replies tab on twitter..took me a while when i joined as well!
- January 3, 2009 at 11:30 PM
- SuburbanCorrespondent said...
That skin on fire thing doesn't sound right to me! Was there too much chlorine in the pool? Do the suits look bleached out?
- January 3, 2009 at 11:38 PM
- Colleen said...
I'm probably not the first to say this, but the rashes could be from bacteria in the pools. Sorry. If it's not better in a day or two, might want to make a trip to the Drs. Sounds like a fun time tho!
- January 3, 2009 at 11:57 PM
- Julie Sturgeon said...
Dawn, that is definitely the kind of vacation we end up with in our family. Right down to Cracker Barrel and Culvers ... isn't it a blast?!
- January 4, 2009 at 12:39 AM
- Paula71 said...
What an adventure you have had? I pray you get home safely. Try Aveeno for soothing relief. It may soothe them.
Twit to us to let us know how things are going.
- January 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- Andi said...
Praying for your safe return to civilization. Doesn't it seem like when you come back from vacation, you need another one to recover from the one you just took? Glad you're back....
Whatever happened to the banana that Clay made a souvenier out of?
- January 4, 2009 at 1:16 AM
- momto3cubs said...
We LOVE Wisconsin Dells! Definitely go back during summer. You could spend an entire month there and not experience half the activities. Heck, you could spend most of the winter just visiting a different indoor waterpark each weekend. (Mt. Olympus is our favorite resort. And they have world-class roller coasters to enjoy during summer.)
- January 4, 2009 at 1:21 AM
I LOVE THAT HOTEL!! My family went there two years ago over Christmas break. My kids also got some nasty red rashes, must be they add way to much chlorine in the water. And you saw Billy Ray Cyrus?!?! Please explain more!
- January 4, 2009 at 2:59 AM
- Carla said...
Happy Dells to you!! Even though I live in WI I have never worn a cheese head hat nor said Yah Hey Dere. :)
I am sorry for all of the mishaps but then what would you have to blog about?
- January 4, 2009 at 6:05 AM
I'm a faithful reader of your blog and also a HUGE Billy Ray Cyrus fan. I almost spilled my coffee when you casually mentioned you saw him.....LOVE your blog!
- January 4, 2009 at 7:04 AM
- Story of our Life said...
I love going to the "Dells". We live close enough that we can/do make "day trips". If we don't - the samething happens to me that has happened to you. Usually, I insert a few curse words and then some more frustrations.
(((HUGS))) Hopeyou had fun.
- January 4, 2009 at 7:51 AM
- VanderbiltWife said...
I'm glad to hear it was an inside park. Reading your Twitters I kept getting images of a water park in Wisconsin winter and shivering. :)
- January 4, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Joanna said...
Wow.... that is one heck of an adventure! Travel home safely!
- January 4, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Theresa in Mèrida said...
The banana incident could have been much worse, banana sap is very staining, and it stains things black! Unripe dessert bananas are very gross as Clay probably found out, though unripe plantains or "cooking" bananas are what you make banana chips and tostones out of, yum.
The idea of an indoor waterpark just boggles my mind. We haven't been swimming since the water temperature dropped into the 70s, brrr and you did while there was SNOW outside???
- January 4, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Kel said...
For the end of posts like this, sounds like you need a little "*sad face* Dawn" signature. Hope the skin heals quickly!
- January 4, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- KarenKal said...
Hey Dawn,
Next time (if you ever go back) go to the Wilderness on the Lake. You can get 2 or 3 bedroom condos. They have full kitchens and are HUGE. If you go with another family, you can split the 3 bedroom and there is enough room for 15 people to sleep. The nice part of the Wilderness on the Lake, is you can use all the Wilderness pools too but the Lake resort is not as big and less crowded. We have been going up there since it opened in 2003 and love it!
- January 4, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- Jerri Ann said...
That sounds like the most wonderful vacation from hell ...I mean, it sounds fun....maybe it was rough around the edges but..hey fun is fun no matter how you color it on the outside.....
- January 4, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Billy Ray Cyrus? You mention his name in passing with no details? What's up with that???!!!
Sorry, no cheese hats in this Wisconsin house . . . . Go BEARS!!! There is far too much green and gold in this state . . . . need a little blue and orange to spice it up!
Hope you had/have a safe trip home . . . . the roads were pretty crummy this morning.
- January 4, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Wow, it sounds like there were a LOT of people there in the so-called "off-season!" Oh, and what's weird about soda? I'm from the west (lived in Nevada, Utah, Colorado), and that's what I call soda! What do you call it--pop?
- January 4, 2009 at 12:39 PM
You really saw Billy Ray Cyrus, in Wisconsin? Random.
I NEVER would have paid that much for a swimsuit! I probably would have spent hours trying to find a Walmart and messed up the day even more!
- January 4, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- The EQ Alert Guy said...
The Wisconsin Dells comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! It produces half of the total tourism dollars for the State of Wisconsin!
Please visit us again in the summer for stuff like camping, boat tours, Ride the Ducks, Mini-Golf, Noahs Ark, Tommy Bartlets Ski Sky and Stage show (water permitting) and of course so the kids (and Dawn) can RIDE THE GO-CARTS!!!!!
One of my favs is the beautiful downtown where they get all those "I Took a Swig at Nigs" T-Shirts! And of course those pics where they dress the whole family up like gangsters, etc!!! And don't forget the FUDGE!!! And all the rest!!!!!
Thank-You for visiting us up here in big wonderful WISCONSIN!!! Come and see us, again!!!
Moviestar (and EQ Guy)
- January 4, 2009 at 1:20 PM
- Michelle said...
Oh Dawn, you did have some lovely moments there, didn't you? I'm impressed that you can remember them all after the alcohol. You must not have drunk as much as I would have ;)
Glad you made it home safely. It was icy this am here... I slipped a couple times going into church. Couldn't figure out what you were talking about with the icy streets yesterday, but I sure get it now!
And ummm good luck with the redness. That doesn't sound quite right :s
- January 4, 2009 at 2:55 PM
We go to the Dells every couple of years either during Spring Break or in the summer. Typically we stay at Mt Olympus and have never had any skin problems.
After reading all the comments, I think its funny that people actually think you saw Billy Ray Cyrus and didn't get the mullet reference. Guess they've never been to WI!
- January 4, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Shari said...
I am glad you have fun. I do have one question though. Did Clay get disciplined for doing what you told him not to in the first place? Such as no time playing for a while or another discipline?
- January 4, 2009 at 5:15 PM
- Linda C said...
Back up--Billy Rae Cyrus up here in Wisconsin (I live near Madison) in this snow and ice when he could be hanging out in California??? Sweet niblets...Now I really question his intelligence. No Miley??
- January 4, 2009 at 5:27 PM
Hey, not fair, I've lived in Wisconsin all of my life and not once did i ever say 'Yah Hey Der'That is an Upper Michigan accent! I've also never worn a cheese hat, i think they are ugly!! Though i have never figured out how my inlaws in Illinois have an almost southern twang to their speech and only live about an hour south of Chicago??
- January 4, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- Rebecca said...
As a Wisconsinite, it's my duty to inform you that it's not "ya hey der", but "ya der hey". And you're only required to say it if you live in northern WI. It's a phrased borrowed from our Upper Penninsula Michigan (da U P) & Canadian neighbors.
- January 4, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Stayed at the Wilderness before - didn't like it either. We have however been to the Great Wolf Lodge severals times and loved it each time.
- January 4, 2009 at 8:37 PM
- LL said...
Dawn, 2 exits north is Walmart and Kohl's. For your next trip up there and forgotten swimsuits. ;)
Oh, and just so you know, if you're the fat girl in the group *ahem* like me *ahem*, you will ALWAYS be the one going backwards on the Hurricane and your ass drags on all the seams of the ride. It's really not as fun that way. So don't gain weight or go with the skinny people. Just sayin'....
- January 5, 2009 at 3:10 PM
- The Pirate said...
I must confess I was not smart enough to figure out how I always ended up backwards on the Hurricane, LL!
Dawn, too bad you had a somewhat bad experience at Wilderness. I've been a few times and always had a great time. Last summer at the Wilderness was probably the best vacation I've ever had, eh?
-Yooper who says "ya, hey der"
- January 5, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Amber Narae said...
Dawn, your grammer and spelling have taken a toll from being in WI so long! You may not be saying "yah hey der", but you are definitely slipping! For instance:
"The next wave washed her right back out. Jen and I started laughing so hard, I swear we almost drown."???
Lol. Had to give you a hard time for that one. And I did repost your "how not to use google" post on my myspace, with proper credit, of course. =)
- January 8, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Ok, let me just say one thing: We only say 'yah hey der' for the FIBS! Ok, I lied, let me say something else... Dawn, $60 for a bathing suit at the gift shop when JUST up the road was Walmart!?!?!? Honey, call me next time you all come to WI Dells area. Let me guide you through the low cost, don't get ripped off by the touristy gimmicks those of us locals know about. ;) I am glad you all had a pretty decent time! "Come back real soon, now yah hear, hey der?" (giggle, snort!)
- January 8, 2009 at 8:31 PM


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Installing FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE
Installing OSs with gore series
Introduction -
This is a Tutorial to install FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE on your machine in a very simple manner. I'm going to show you exactly how to install FreeBSD, from start to booting up at a shell, step by step, and, make it so easy even someone with little knowledge of a Computer in General would be able to follow along, and successfully do this.
After reading on the Internet that some users "Would Love to try BSD out, and would love to try FreeBSD because of how stable and Secure it is, but are scared of the text based installer" I've decided it's time to do another one of these.
I've written quite a few Operating System Installation HOWTOs / Tutorials in my day, and whoever is reading this, if you want more, just let me know. You most likely found it on a forum I'm a member of, so, you can just ask there, or reply to the thread asking. If I'm now a member of the Forum you found this at; Whoever posted it DOES know where I'm a member and can probably tell you where they got it.
My first FreeBSD Installation Tutorial was posted to AntiOnline.com under my username "gore" and most of everything I've written has ended up there. I started writing these when I started to love installing Operating Systems.
I've written a lot of them; Everything from FreeBSD to 30 different versions of Linux, and even BeOS.
I've been told that one of the most popular I've ever done however, was my FreeBSD 5.0 Installation tutorial. I haven't written to many for FreeBSD because basically, the installer rarely changes, so you don't NEED to re-learn the whole process.
However, with my finished download of FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, not only do I feel "it's time" again, I feel it's changed a little and, a nice easy guide the way mine have always been may help
Assumptions! -
I'm Assuming you're installing from THIS:
FreeeBSD 8.2-RELEASE - CD 1! (This is one of your options when you grabbed it. You could have gotten the DVD, and if you did, then, most of this is still the same. However, I'm out of DVDs to burn, so you're stuck with me doing with from the basic install CD. Your other option is the BootOnly CD which is very basic like the CD, but more so, and you just use FTP to install everything).
I'm Assuming you can make your own Microsoft / DOS / Windows Partitions. I'm not holding your hand to Dual Boot this with Windows.
Actually, this has gotten some questions I've been asked over the years, as to why I don't seem to write how to install FreeBSD AND how to dual boot Windows with it, and so on.
I've written a few Tutorials on installing Slackware, and installing and dual booting Slackware with Windows, and even Debian.... Well, I had more time then.
And the reason I never did with BSD.... Call it Lazy, call what you like, I just simply don't care. FreeBSD's reputation on being hard to install is in no way true, as I'm writing ANOTHER one of these, and I've YET to read documentation for installing it. I haven't read an Operating System Installer, yet I've written docs on installing them heh.
Anyway, I just simply have no plans of using a machine with FreeBSD, and also using Windows on it. Why waste disk space? Even with as cheap as HDs are today, and how cheap it is to get even a TB of Disk, I'm still not wasting even the minimum on Windows when FreeBSD is going on the machine. Mostly because I rarely reboot, ever.
Let's Begin!
Start by taking the FreeBSD Installation Media (The DVD you burned, or the CD you burned of Disc 1, whatever it is) and putting it on the drive of your computer.
Then shut the machine down, or reboot if you want to wait the extra few seconds.
If you're dual booting your machine with Windows, or something else, be sure to have copied the needed data. FreeBSD has you make Partitions for it anyway, so, making some for another OS is two extra buttons being pressed.
You should be seeing Text on the Screen and some Numbers and something spinning at first, which is normal.
After this, you'll get to a screen that says "Welcome to FreeBSD!" and has a neat looking FreeBSD ASCII logo.
It also has numbers.
Press "1" on your keyboard to boot FreeBSD, which is the Default.
After you press "1" you'll see that spinning, and some MUCH brighter White text.
Once this Brighter text starts to appear, which is pretty quick, you'll see a screen with a Blue Back Ground, and the Country Selection Screen.
I'm in the US, and by default, the "United States" Option is selected by Default. My screen has a Blue Back Ground, with a Grey section with Countries listed, and, "232 United States" Selected already.
Just Press ENTER here.
After you've pressed ENTER:
Now you're at the FreeBSD Installation screen!
By Default, you'll see "Usage" selected. If you've never used a text based installer before, and you aren't sure, go ahead and press the UP and DOWN Arrow Keys a few times, and see how it highlights different Options.
This is basically how you're going to work on this.
Now, by Default, like I said, it has "Usage - Quick Start" Selected By Default. So, I do this:
Press the DOWN ARROW KEY once, and you've now selected "Standard" to begin a Standard Installation. Press ENTER.
Once you've Pressed ENTER:
You'll now see a screen that says how it's going to show you a DOS style "Fdisk" Partitioning Scheme for your Hard Disk.
On the Screen that says you're going to see the DOS Style "Fdisk" press ENTER.
After you've Pressed ENTER:
You MAY see a screen around here saying "Having a geometry Blah Blah screen with these numbers isn't OK for older BIOS systems" and so on...
You can safely ignore this normally. In fact, unless you're installing this on REALLY old Hardware, you're fine.
It's basically saying "Would you like to keep using the current Geometry?"
By Default, "Yes" is selected, so, just Press ENTER here.
After you've Pressed ENTER :
Now your screen is Black.
You should see a Black Screen that has White Text, and this is Fdisk. Well, sort of....
If you came over from DOS / Windows, and you've used Fdisk there, you're probably wondering how a "Hard to learn Operating System that's old, out dated, and archaic" like Microsoft told you, has a way nicer looking screen, and is all around better, then, well, welcome to Unix! There are no lies here.
In Unix, if it's hard, that's because it's at least possible. This might be a shock for you if you've come from DOS and Windows and Microsoft Products where there are actually limits.
So, now, you're looking at this black screen, and you can take a minute to look at it if you'd like, or, you can simply follow along to get the install done as fast as possible.
If you look that the middle of the screen, above the "Commands" at the bottom, you'll probably see Partitions that might say NTFS, or Windows, or if you're installing this over a Linux distro, you may see some numbers, and then "unused" and then "Linux_Swap" and then "ext2fs" even if you're using Ext4FS.
This is what you're going to do:
Press the UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS:
See how it selects Partitions? Well do this:
Press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you've got the Bottom Partition (Which, again, could say Ext2fs, or Windows, or DOS, or FAT, or NTFS) and then Press "d" on the keyboard ONCE.
This Deletes the Partition. Note that if you ARE dual Booting, DO NOT do this. You should have made space for FreeBSD before hand.
After you press "D" you'll notice it becomes "unused" and you may have more partitions listed now.
Basically, just use the UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS Highlighting Partitions and pressing "d" until you see just ONE Partition saying "Unused".
Now, on my screen, I see "unused" and no other Partitions.
Press "a" now. This will tell FreeBSD to use everything on the disk.
Once you've pressed "a" you'll see a FreeBSD Partition.
Now press the UP ARROW KEY ONCE to highlight the new FreeBSD Partition, and press "s" to make it Bootable.
You'll see an "A" under "FLAGS" after this.
Once you've press "a" and made FreeBSD's Partition Bootable, press "Q".
Once you've pressed "Q" you're back at a Blue Colored Screen.
If you're not dual booting, and I'm not, then by default, you'll see that "Standard" is Selected by Default. Press ENTER.
After you've pressed ENTER:
Now you see a screen saying that you need to create BSD Partitions inside that new FreeBSD Partition we just made. Just Press "ENTER".
After you've Pressed ENTER:
You're back at a Black Screen with White Text, and, you'll see Commands at the bottom.
Press "a" and notice it makes multiple Partitions. This is telling FreeBSD to basically set all Defaults up. This is simple, and generally, for ANYONE who is reading this, which is made to be easy, it's incredibly simple.
Once you've pressed "A" you can now press "Q" to exit that screen.
Once you've pressed "Q" you can now see another Blue Screen. Just do this:
Press the DOWN ARROW KEY ONCE to select "all" and hit "ENTER".
Once you hit ENTER, you see another screen that says "Would you like to install the Ports?" and so on.
Just Press ENTER here, as "YES" is already selected.
Now you're back at the screen we saw before.
Press the UP ARROW KEY ONCE and hit ENTER to exit this screen.
Now you'll see the "Choose installation Media" screen.
I've put the CD in, and it's Selected by default, so just hit "ENTER" here to install from a CD/DVD.
After you hit ENTER, you'll see a screen asking if you're sure, and telling you it's the last chance and that you have to be sure you want to continue the installation. By default, "Yes" is Selected, so press ENTER.
Once you've pressed ENTER, it'll make new File Systems and so on, and then, you'll see it go to another screen saying "Extracting base in / directory" and so on. Let it run.
You can safely get yourself a Cup of Coffee here, or, a can of Jolt, or Monster, or whatever else. I lit a Cigarette and started smoking it.
You'll also see it extracting other things into other directories during this process, and it's going to take a little time. It won't be a whole long time though, so, basically, just sit back for now.
Finishing the Base Installation -
After a while, you'll see a screen saying "Congratulations! You now have FreeBSD installed on your system." So now, just hit ENTER.
After hitting ENTER:
It asks if you'd like to Configure an Ethernet Network, and I say yes to this because I have a LAN here that shares my Net connection.
You can skip this and do it later of course, but I'm going to now:
I press Enter, and select my card. You can see two normally, but the PCI option is usually what you want. It's selected on my screen by default so I simply press ENTER.
After hitting ENTER, you'll see it ask about IPv6, and unless you know you need it, you don't. By default, NO is selected already, so I press ENTER again.
Then it asks for DHCP. I personally DO need this, so I press the LEFT ARROW KEY ONCE to highlight yes, and hit enter.
It scans for my Server and then shows me a page of information to fill out. I type out my host name, which can be anything I want really, like "FreeBSDBox.org" and the Domain has my ISP's info already there. You get to the next box by hitting "TAB" so after filling out the information, I TAB my way to "OK" and hit ENTER.
After hitting ENTER, it'll ask if I'd like this to be a gateway. No is already Selected so I press ENTER.
Next is the Configuration of InetD. I select Yes because I want to be able to log in over SSH and use this for FTP.
I press the LEFT ARROW KEY once, and hit Enter.
It asks if I'm sure and I hit Enter.
Then it asks about Configuration, and I hit Enter again.
Editing the Text File for InetD -
Now I'm in a text Editor. I press the DOWN ARROW KEY until I get to the "#" symbols of what I want. I press Delete to Enable the things I want.
By default, and for a new user, I wouldn't enable much. SSH might be OK just in case the GUI ever freezes up, you can log in over SSH, kill it, and get your machine to un-freeze.
When I'm done, I hold down CONTROL and press the "[" button, next to the letter "P" on the keyboard.
This brings up my menu. I hit Enter as leave editor is already selected.
I hit Enter again to save the Changes.
It asks me if I want SSH and I hit the LEFT ARROW KEY to select Yes, and hit Enter.
It then asks for Anonymous FTP. No is already selected to just hit Enter again.
Then hit ENTER again to select no for an NFS Server.
And Enter again for NFS Client.
Then press ENTER again to say no to customizing the settings of the Console.
Then, Press Enter to do the time zone.
It asks about UTC, and whatever you want to put is fine. You can change it later if you picked the wrong one.
You come to the screen showing the Regions, and I'm in the US, so I press the DOWN ARROW KEY once, and hit Enter.
Now you press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you see your country and hit Enter.
I'm in an Eastern Time Zone, so I Hit Enter. EDT looks fine to me, so I hit Enter again.
Now it asks for the Mouse. I have a USB Mouse so I hit ENTER as NO is Selected by Default.
It then asks if I want to look at the Packages. I recommend you wait for this. It's easier to just use pkg_add and get what you want.
I press the RIGHT ARROW KEY once, and hit ENTER to select No.
Adding User Accounts to your new FreeBSD System -
Now you add user accounts. You should add at least ONE for yourself. Logging in as root all the time is incredibly stupid. Don't do it.
So hit ENTER and make an account for yourself.
You come to a screen showing the User and Group Management, so hit the DOWN ARROW KEY ONCE and select User, then hit ENTER.
The Login ID is the Username you'll log in with, so put whatever you want here. Once you've typed the username, just hit TAB a few times until you're at Password, and type the password for the account in.
UID and Group won't matter right now. And probably won't ever for an average user.
Where it says Full Name, you can hit Backspace to delete the "User &" and enter your name.
For member Groups, if you want to add one, you can add "wheel" if you want this account to be able to become root. Otherwise, you won't be able to "su" to root.
You can then hit TAB until you have "OK" selected, and press ENTER.
After you're Happy with the accounts, hit the UP ARROW KEY once, to exit, and hit ENTER.
Now it's time to set the Root Password - .
Remember that root is the super user account, so, don't make this something on a sticky note on your desk.
Press ENTER to set the Root password.
Now it'll ask you to type the Root Password. Type the password, and then hit ENTER. It'll ask you to do it again, to make sure you didn't have a typo, and hit ENTER again.
Now it'll ask you if you'd like to go back to the Configuration menu for a chance to change anything. I don't need to, so, I press ENTER, as no is selected by default.
Now you're back at the screen you saw when we first started. Press the RIGHT ARROW KEY to select "Exit Install" and hit Enter.
It'll ask if you're sure, so, Press the LEFT ARROW KEY ONCE and hit ENTER to select Yes.
It should now spit the CD you used to install out of the drive, so go ahead and grab that, and then, press ENTER to tell FreeBSD you've taken the disk out.
Once you hit ENTER the machine reboots, and you now can see your FreeBSD boot screen. The Timer is really only there to boot the OS if you don't already. If you don't want to wait for a few second, you can press "1" and boot your new FreeBSD Operating System right away.
If you want to look at the options, you can press the SPACEBAR key, and it'll pause the timer.
Once you've hit the number "1" on your keyboard, FreeBSD begins to boot, and after some text scrolls on your screen, you see your log in prompt.
Log in with the account you made for yourself, and you're done.
You can of course become root and do this too:
pkg_add -r kde xmms pidgin xterm xorg
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The world you see has nothing to do with reality. It is of your own making, and it does not exist.
...inducing the mind to give up its miscreations is the only application of creative ability that is truly meaningful.
Only your misperceptions stand in your way.
...truth can break through the barriers the ego has set up and can shine into your mind.ACIM
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Plastic bag ban leads to nationwide increase in shoplifting rates -
On Friday, New Jersey Democratic operative James Devine was arrested for attempting to snatch $22 worth of merchandise from a local ShopRite pharmacy. Devine tried to smuggle lettuce, shampoo and protein powder out of the store, perhaps trying to hide the fact that he was about to make the world's most disgusting salad. To avoid detection, he stashed the goods in a reusable grocery bag.
What seems to be just another edition of Democrats doing dumb deeds actually represents a nationwide problem. Thanks to laws in several major cities banning the use of plastic carryout bags in retail stores, there has been a spike in shoplifting incidents over the past couple years, a trend that business owners, law enforcement officials and customers have duly noted.
In 2011, Washington D.C. enforced a reusable bag tax and officials became steadily more suspicious of shoppers' activities.
"Since the fee was established last year, we have noticed customers using traditional bags, along with less traditional pieces such as backpacks, to not only transport items from the store, but to carry items throughout the store," spokesman of the Advisory Neighborhood Commission of Washington D.C. Craig Muckle said in an interview with Washington City Paper.
This suspicion solidified into disturbing data a year later on the other side of the country. When a Seattle ordinance banning plastic bags took effect on July 2012, 21.1 percent of surveyed Seattle business owners said that the plastic bag ban led to an increase in shoplifting problems. Seattle's Lake City Grocery Outlet, for instance, had thousands of dollars worth of goods stolen that year.
Austin, Texas instituted a plastic bag ban in March of this year and officials have noticed that shoplifters are trying to take advantage of the new law, though no conclusive data exists on the subject.
"We are getting a new type of offender that is taking advantage of the system," Austin police officer David Silva said in an interview with the Leader-Telegram. Owners have also noted that the ban could make it easier for people to steal, and though theft rates have not substantially increased, it is difficult for store employees to differentiate between customers and shoplifters.
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This is actually the living proof I'm a geek...
I've seen a lot of recipes for "Inside-out chocolate chip cookies" or sometimes called "Reverse chocolate chip cookies", that refer to a chocolate dough with white chocolate chips. To me, in all my geekiness those are not really inside-out or reverse, to deserve that name a real inside-out CCC would have the dough transformed into the chips, and the chips transformed into the dough. Are you a bit confused? I don't blame you, but...
Meet the "Cookie Chips Chocolates"!
So yes, I've made cookie chips! Personally I think they're adorable and I was happy just staring at them, but was even happier when I folded them into melted chocolate. Oh yes!
I've made a chocolate chip cookie dough with the chips, put it into a pastry bag with a small round tip and then chipped away.
Here they are before baking.
And here they are allready baked and ready to dive into the melted chocolate.
Now this is what I'm talking about when I say "Inside-out"!
- 110 gr (4 oz) butter room temperature
- 6 tbs sugar
- 6 tbs brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 180 gr (6 1/2 oz) flour
- 1/4+1/8 tspn salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 250 gr (9 oz) chocolate of your choice (I used milk)
Beat butter and both sugars just until they come together. Don't over-beat. Add the egg and beat just until incorporated. Mix together the flour, salt and baking powder and add to the batter. Stir just until blended and put into a pastry bag with a small round tip*.
Drop into a cookie sheet pulling up so the dough get a thin point, characteristic of the chips. Bake into a preheated 170ºC (325ºF) oven, for 5 minutes.
Let them cool while you melt the chocolate in the microwave or over a double boiler. Poor the chips over the chocolate and mix until they're all coated, being careful not to break them. Reserve some to decorate the top of the cookies. Drop by teaspoons onto a tray lined with plastic wrap, foil, silpat or baking paper. Decorate with 3 or 4 cookie chips and take to the fridge to harden.
* If you want to do this but don't want to bother doing the chips, you can just spread the dough with a spatula or the back of a spoon in a cookie sheet, bake and then cut or break into chunks.
Now look at this amazing discovering of mine: If you like your cookies crunchy leave them in the fridge, if you prefer them chewy, take them out! See I'm a geek, but I'm a clever one, lol!


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Saturday, October 20, 2007
In-Progress At Martinsville: Craftsman Trucks On SPEED
Saturday on SPEED the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series will run one of their highest-profile events of the season. Joining the Truck Series regulars will be several Cup Series drivers and also several open-wheel stars continuing to make the transition to NASCAR.
SPEED will begin the day with NASCAR Live at 10:30AM Eastern Time to update the weather and the activities at the track from Friday. NASCAR Live is hosted by John Roberts.
The Truck Series activity begins at 11:00AM with live qualifying, which is scheduled for one hour. Later in the afternoon at 2:30PM, SPEED begins the race coverage with The Set-Up pre-race show hosted by Krista Voda.
The event coverage begins at 3PM, and features Rick Allen in the booth along with Phil Parsons as the analyst. On pit road will be Adam Alexander and Bob Dillner will continue to sub for Ray Dunlap who has been suspended by the network until the TX race. I do not have current information about Michael Waltrip's participation in the race coverage.
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36 comments:
- Vince said...
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- October 20, 2007 at 11:25 AM
- Vince said...
Somebody please explain to me why we need 3 commentators in the booth for qualifying? Geez! Talk about overkill. And somebody tell Mikey it's ok if he lets someone else talk. He's dominating the conversation again, as usual.
- October 20, 2007 at 11:27 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, beautiful morning and it does not look like a soul is at the track. Should be over 10,000 people camping at the track, you'd think some might take in the truck series!
- October 20, 2007 at 11:36 AM
- Anonymous said...
I love the Truck Series. I regard it as a series that stands on its own merits. It has its own unique flavor and facinating story lines. There are many very good drivers that have found a home in the series, away from the politics of sponsor demands and the high profile team pecking order. The focus is on the track. The CTS is entertaining racing.
The NASCAR media generally seems to treat the CTS as the poor relation that is seated at the far end of the buffet. The major websites report the race results, but it is a treasure hunt to find information about teams and drivers leading up to the event.
I think SPEED does a very credible job with their coverage of CTS. They treat the series with respect. The announcing team does a good job, especially Phil Parsons. (However, as I watch the CTS qualifying program, I do wish that M. Waltrip would tone down his "stream of conscience" chatter. It is distracting.) It was nice to see Hermie Sadler make the race in the SPEED truck.
Unfortunately, in my area COMCAST has placed SPEED in the premium catagory of their pricing structure. Consequently, many NASCAR fans do not get to see the CTS series. That is too bad, they are missing a fun series.
- October 20, 2007 at 12:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
We've offered event coverage of every NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event inlcuding Live! Bud Pole Qualifying online since we launched at Daytona in 2001.
Steve Keller, Editor
- October 20, 2007 at 12:45 PM
- bevo said...
Sorry, I just can't listen when Waltrip is on.
- October 20, 2007 at 1:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
I like the truck series. Unlike some I think all three announcers do a great job with the broadcast. Waltrip or Wallace? I'd take Michael every time at least he's not boring.
- October 20, 2007 at 1:31 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mr Keller:
I wrote the post above yours while at my office. After I pasted the text to the blog, I edited out a few wordy portions. Because of some distractions, I inadvertently edited out the last paragraph which mentioned your fine website. My apologies.
"I should note that there is a website, truckseries.com, that provides a lot of CTS information. In fact, I'm tracking the qualifying on truckseries.com right now as a compliment to SPEED's coverage. Unfortunately, many casual NASCAR fans never get beyond NASCAR.com, so they probably don't know about it."
- October 20, 2007 at 1:38 PM
- Stephanie said...
I'm sorry, "knock the snot out of any man"? How classy. I wish the FOX guys did the truck races. Krista is horrible, full of cliches, and just blah. The truck series deserves better. And can't she figure out something about her hair? It's more out of control than David Ragan.
- October 20, 2007 at 2:42 PM
- mant2003 said...
I wonder why people don't show up at the truck races. A lot of empty seats. I think the broadcast is just fine and Krista does a good job for this to be her first full time year.
- October 20, 2007 at 2:51 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thankfully, Krista Voda keeps reminding us that Martinsville is a historic track. I never would have guessed.
- October 20, 2007 at 2:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think a truck pre-race show host desk is a waste of time. I think Phil and Rick do a better job, put Krista in the pits. She doesn't give it a big event feel. Rick Allen gives you a feeling this is a big race.
- October 20, 2007 at 2:56 PM
- Jason M. said...
IMHO, I think Phil and Rick are great! Why do we need to listen to Michael Waltrip babble on and on with his nasal voice. It's like nails across a chalk board. I wish there were more short tracks on the schedule.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:00 PM
- mant2003 said...
How about the VO/SOTs on the pre race show. I disagree with you Anonymous 2:56. The truck series needs a pre race show just for this reason. I don't just want to know who's racing but give me a storyline I can follow like Travis Kittleson or Dennis Setzer. The Set-Up is needed for the fans who want to know more about the other drivers not just the top contenders.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
Mant2003, Phil and Rick Allen can throw to the sound bites just fine.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:13 PM
- batchief said...
The Setup is a great show with loads of information which would not get covered during the race. Krista is one of the most respected announcers by the drivers, crews, owners, officials and her peers. Keep up the good work Krista.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- mant2003 said...
Yea, Anonymous 3:13 but it looks more professional when there's an overall host. The Setup is a separate show form the Truck Series and having a pre race show solidifies the speed production. How many sports productions do you know that don't have pre and or post shows?
- October 20, 2007 at 3:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'm sorry Krista is mediocre host. I think she is OK as a pit reporter. When she hosts, life hinges on a teleprompter. I'm sure she is a nice girl. Judging by her web site, she reminds me of Jamie Little. I just think Phil and Rick Allen do a much better job.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Whats happened to Ray Dunlap, was he fired?
- October 20, 2007 at 3:28 PM
- Anonymous said...
I see he was suspended, but what for?
- October 20, 2007 at 3:33 PM
- Anonymous said...
Ha! The mighty SPEED missed a restart!
That doesn't bode well for how many ABC will miss tomorrow...
- October 20, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- mant2003 said...
I don't think they ever said why he was suspended. I hate to say it but I would have to dismiss him. Suspended twice in a two year span, not good.
- October 20, 2007 at 3:38 PM
- Newracefan said...
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- October 20, 2007 at 4:16 PM
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- October 20, 2007 at 4:19 PM
- Newracefan said...
sorry computer issues all fixed now. Don't you just love the way they get excited with lead changes or spins and the guys in the booth are obviously watching the race and not the monitor.
- October 20, 2007 at 4:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
Wow - how refreshing. Dilner was doing a voice over and interrupted himself annoucing a lead change and throwing it back to the booth. And even tho Dilner was talking, we actually saw the lead change.
- October 20, 2007 at 4:28 PM
- stricklinfan82 said...
Is it just me is does it seem like the Speed guys are going overboard in their praise of the open-wheel guys running in today's race? Villeneuve crashes and Rick Allen immediately calls it a racing incident that wasn't his fault before we ever saw a replay. Sure enough once we saw the replay we saw that he was the one that made the mistake and caused the incident. He's 3 for 3 by the way in causing crashes in his Truck starts, 4 or 4 if you count the Cup race at Talladega where Elliott Sadler claimed Villeneuve wrecked him long after he had slowed down for a crash in front of him, which was missed completely by ESPN. Yet Michael Waltrip praised both Villeneueve and Franchitti for great jobs today. Villeneuve was at least semi-competitive but Dario ran in the back all day and got wrecked, how is that considered doing "great"? It reminds me of the Martinsville Cup race a few years ago where the NBC announcers were praising the job Hideo Fukuyama was doing early in the race while the graphics were displaying "Hideo Fukuyama - started 43rd, currently 43rd, 7 laps down".
I think the TV guys need to be more objective when critiquing the new drivers. It seems too often everyone sings te praises of all of the new drivers for doing "great jobs" when in actuality they aren't.
- October 20, 2007 at 4:48 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
I CLEARLY heard Waltrip say Dario made a mistake trying to get in that space on the track.
I have that comment tattoed in my brain as these guys switch between dario proper pronouncing and then calling him "Dario" (rhymes with Stereo)
When Mikey said Franchitti made a mistake, he started to pronounced the name correctly, I THINK, and then called him the other Dario sounding name. :-)
Me no gotta DVR to check that but I know many of you do.
I am still stunned over this late crash. Sauter got hit several times.
I have never seen a crash like this at a short in the few years I have been watching....Then heard mikey say this kind of crash was unusual for Martinsville.
It is SO NICE to have less crap on the screen, isn't it? Though SPEED has made some weirder CHAIN type of graphics which I do not get and they take up more time.
Also, while it is no secret I do enjoy Mikey MOST of the time, I would still take him in the booth over RUSTY "I wanna hear my voice" Wallace.
- October 20, 2007 at 5:20 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Dang!!! Look at the FLUID on the track...GOODNESS.
And SPEED pulled an ESPU and went BLACK on my tv for a few seconds. Also the shade is REALLY dark there on the cameras.
Wildest finish I have ever seen for short track.
Cross between Dega and Bristol!!
- October 20, 2007 at 5:25 PM
- Busch Series Fan! said...
Yes when Crafton was getting ready to pass someone our tv also went black and we missed David Starr passing Rick Crawford so it really messed us up for the finish.
- October 20, 2007 at 5:31 PM
- jfs-va said...
Wow...that was a fun race. Loved watching Hornaday keep his truck under control at the end. Then a wreck right before the start/finish line which somewhat blocked the rest of the racers from getting to the line.
I noted the brief blackout right at the end too. Between the blackout, shade, and smoke, it was hard to see some of what was going on.
- October 20, 2007 at 5:35 PM
- mant2003 said...
Wow, great race looked like speed had to leave the trcks for the sports cars so not too many interviews and they didn't really do a follow-up on what happened to the 17 truck. Going to black for about a second hurt the broadcast but overall it was okay
- October 20, 2007 at 5:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Other than the missed restarts (weren't there at least three???) it was great coverage of a great race.
- October 20, 2007 at 7:06 PM
- Matt said...
I think the blackout was a camera problem, not the overall broadcast. Because the showed replays from other cameras, but not that one.
- October 20, 2007 at 8:14 PM
- SophiaZ123 said...
Well if it was a single camera black out, they were slow on the uptake to switch.
Also, I noticed two missed restarts for sure and maybe a third. but in all fairness, I DO know this is more of an issue at short tracks. Not to make excuses.
but there is NO REASON to miss restarts at LONGER tracks, especially the superspeedways in my opinion.
Simply folks asleep at the wheel.
ESPN is the worst I have seen at this and NO IMPROVEMENT. Except in a couple of BUSCH races.
I thought the camera work was poor in the shade at this track. I doon't remember seeing a race look "so dark" on my tv on SPEED or anywhere. That was odd.
but we never missed a wreck on the track though on the big one, it seemed the replay took forever and even showed a couple of laps earlier...so you wonder what that was about? They did not show a GOOD CAMERA "replay" view of the big wreck until about the 4 or 5th attempt.
That was also unusual for a SPEED race.
- October 20, 2007 at 8:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
@Mr. Keller--I LOVE the truckseries site! I've known about it for quite a few years and tell folks when asking about Pick 'em Up info. Thank you for providing all the information for us!
@newracefan--yup that's why I love the coverage..they watch the race and not the monitors!
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I've been so excited to start something new here on the blog–an opportunity to share some of my favorite women and writers. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while, and it seemed the perfect time with a new baby coming (we're still waiting). Over the next couple of months, in between regular posts, I will be sharing the words and photos of other women–women I feel lucky to know, women who've become my friends and have offered advice and support and community, women I've admired from my side of the computer screen for their ability to share a bit of their quest to live their one wild and precious life–and all because of the Internet.
My goal? Well, to relax and settle in with baby, for one. But I also hope these posts echo the important message of community and women celebrating women. I didn't set out to ask women and mamas who were just like me to be a part of this. In fact, what I love about this group of women that I'm sharing is that we are different. Different backgrounds, different writing styles, different parenting methods and different stories. Each of these women seeks to find the good and has created a space online where she brings her unique voice and style and love of life to readers. Some of these women have big blogs, some have little blogs, most are mamas, but all of them are making their mark on the world while supporting and celebrating those around them.
I hope you enjoy their contributions and discover some more love out there.
The first contributer is a friend I met through Instragram/e-mail. One e-mail led to another, and another, and another–and soon we were exchanging phone numbers and discussing heart-of-life issues. We both have two daughters, we both have experienced grief, and we both wrote about our stories in memoirs–our first books that came out last year. Consequently, we're hoping to meet each other in New York next month if all goes as planned, as we are both nominated for a Books for a Better Life Award.
Claire Bidwell Smith is genuine and kind and is wholeheartedly digging through life's experiences like the rest of us, finding meaning in both the good and bad, the extraordinary and mundane. Her book, The Rules of Inheritance, slayed me. "Damn girl, can you write" was, I believe, my e-mail to her after two chapters in. Read it. It's gripping.
I'm so honored to share Claire's words today.
Finding My Mother
by Claire Bidwell Smith
One of my favorite memories of my mother probably isn't one she would want me sharing as often as I do, but it so perfectly sums her up that I can't help but revisit it.
In the memory I'm about thirteen years old. We're living in Destin, Florida and we're headed to the mall. I am an only child and my mother and I are close. Things I love to do with her: hang out in the kitchen while she cooks, hang out in the bathroom while she gets ready for an evening out, and go shopping with her.
All of those are pretty basic mom-daughter activities, I know, except my mom wasn't your basic mom. She was messy and creative, uncommonly beautiful, and stylish in an utterly head-turning way. She was also incredibly outgoing and quick-witted, and she brought so much wild beauty into the lives of my father and myself that it's a wonder we weren't blinded by it all.
Oh, and did I mention impulsive? She was that too.
So, this one afternoon we're driving around the mall parking lot, looking for the perfect spot. My mom had this thing about finding a perfect spot. And suddenly it happened: a car started pulling out of this tiny stretch of coveted spaces right in front of the entrance.
My mom yanks the wheel, turning us into the one-way parking aisle, and snaps on her blinker. Then she turns and gives me this smile of wonder and pride. But as the exiting car backs out towards us, another car suddenly zips into the parking aisle from the wrong direction and puts on its blinker too.
I watch my mother's eyes widen. "That woman is NOT going to steal my space," she mutters. She then makes some desperate hand-waving gesture at the other driver, receiving only a catty shrug in return. We watch together as the original car backs out of its space and then as the other waiting car pulls in before we have a chance to.
My mother's jaw drops. Her grip visibly tightens on the wheel, and her mouth closes into a hard line. She pulls up behind the newly-parked car and lowers her window. I am pensive in my seat, scared but also excited by this unfolding of events. A woman emerges from the car and begins to walk towards us.
"You just stole our parking space," my mother says tersely, "and this is a one-way."
"Yeah, well too bad," the woman replies. She flips her hair over one shoulder and walks right past our idling car.
My mother is so stunned that she just sits there for a moment. And then she throws the car into gear and drives quickly to an open parking spot near the back of the lot. "Come on," she says through her teeth, practically yanking me from the car, and we fast-walk towards the mall.
Inside the doors my mother heads straight for a candy shop that sits adjacent to the food court.
"Mom," I plead, "what are we doing?"
But she doesn't answer. All she does is depress the lever on a large dispenser of gumballs, and I watch as the colorful orbs pop out and into a plastic bag she holds open. She is hardly finished paying for them before she thrusts several into my hand.
"Chew," she instructs, grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the entrance of the mall again.
As we walk, I slide the gumballs over my tongue, my mouth instantly smarting with their sweet flavor. In less than a minute we are outside in the parking lot again, the intense Florida heat shimmering off the cars around us. I follow my mother to the car that now sits in our coveted space, and I stand beside her, both of us furiously chewing our gum. I stare at our reflection in the window, my lanky adolescent figure timid next to her glamorous and stately one. In that moment I know that I will say yes to anything she will ever ask me to do.
"Okay, now smear," she says, grinning at me, light dancing in her eyes.
Carefully I remove the giant wad of gum from my mouth, holding it between my thumb and index finger, and I watch my mother do the same. Then, working quickly, we spread them out across the windshield and driver's side window. Within seconds we are done and walking away, leaving the gum to bake in the hot, afternoon sun. I let out a breath I hadn't known as I was holding, and my mother does the same, except hers sounds more like a giggle.
Several months later my mother is diagnosed with stage four-colon cancer, and five years later she is dead.
It's now been sixteen years since I've held her hand or heard her voice. In that time I've grown into a woman. I've traveled the world, gotten married, and become a writer. But all these years, through everything I've done and everywhere I've gone, there's been the sense that something is missing. There's always been this little (and sometimes not so little) space inside my heart.
But then three years ago my daughter Veronica was born. Seven months ago my second daughter Juliette was born.
And in the moments and days and hours and months that have occurred since their births I have become a mother.
And in this wildly unexpected way I feel as though I have been given my mother back. Time and time again I hear her voice in mine, I feel her hand in mine. She is there with me when I'm teaching Vera how to bake cookies, or when I'm up in the middle of another sleepless night, cradling my smallest.
It's not even that I feel like she's been given back to me, but that my mother has been given to me anew. I understand her in a way I never did before. I see her in a way I never did. When I tuck my girls into bed at night, when I smooth Vera's hair away from her forehead when she has a fever, or scoop Juliette into my arms after a tumble, my heart spilling over for them, I often find myself breathless with the realization of just how much my mother loved me.
They will never know her the way I did. They will never call her grandma or experience any of her mischievous adventures. They will never get care packages in the mail from her or cook with her in the kitchen as I did. But they will know her in the way that I love them, in the way that I see them and hear them and name them.
It's funny the stories that stay with us. To this day I refuse to look for the perfect spot in any parking lot, always preferring to park in the back, no matter how far the walk. And in all these years, no matter how much I have tried to emulate her, I have not become my mother. I would never dream of smearing gum across a stranger's windshield, no matter their misdeed against me. I am also not nearly as messy, nor as beautiful, as my mother was.
But she lives within me somewhere in a very real way. And I know that each of these moments and days works to create a world in which my girls will carry me within themselves as they move forward in their lives, no matter what lies ahead.
Claire Bidwell Smith lives in Los Angeles with her husband Greg Boose and their two daughters. Claire is an experienced therapist specializing in grief and the author of the memoir THE RULES OF INHERITANCE (Penguin/Hudson St., February 2012).
Claire has a bachelor's degree from The New School University in Manhattan and a master's degree in clinical psychology from Antioch University in Los Angeles. She has written for many publications including Time Out New York, Yoga Journal, BlackBook Magazine, The Huffington Post and Chicago Public Radio. She has also worked for nonprofits like Dave Eggers' literacy center 826LA and most recently worked as a bereavement counselor for a hospice in Chicago.
Claire is currently working on her second book.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
ESPN's Odd Man Out
On a weekend where three races dominated the headlines, a little blurb of TV news still has NASCAR fans and media members talking.
Jack Roush answered a post-race question in Iowa about tension between star driver Carl Edwards and young gun Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the Nationwide Series. Roush said he would control it this season, but next year it would not be an issue.
"I think he's (Carl) made his decision," said Roush. "I think he is going to become a sportscaster for ESPN for the Nationwide Series races. I'm not sure if he is going to just do the companion races or all the races."
When veteran reporter Bob Pockrass from scenedaily.com contacted ESPN, the network spokesman said he had "nothing to announce" about the topic at this time. That's a pretty good indication that Roush was right on the money.
When ESPN opens each season with the Nationwide Series race in Daytona, the network has eleven on-air voices. Three announcers are up in the TV booth and four reporters are on pit road. There is a host and two analysts in the infield studio and of course, Tim Brewer in the Tech Garage.
During the season when one on-air personality takes a vacation there is simply a little switch of roles and the show goes on. Since 2007, ESPN has built up a group of approximately twenty on-air talent who work on race telecasts.
Last weekend was a great example of the depth of personalities. Marty Reid, Ricky Craven and Kenny Schrader worked the Iowa race with Jim Nobile, Rick DeBruhl and Shannon Spake on pit road.
Meanwhile, the 2011 starting line up of Allen Bestwick, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree called the Sprint Cup Series race in Pocono. Nicole Briscoe, Rusty Wallace and Brad Daugherty manned the infield pit studio. The four pit reporters were Jamie Little, Dr. Jerry Punch, Vince Welch and Dave Burns.
All of this raises a very interesting question where Roush's recent Iowa remarks about Edwards are concerned. It's not likely that ESPN is going to put four men in the booth, use Edwards as a fifth pit reporter or squeeze a fourth person into the infield studio.
The bottom line is that in order for Edwards to join the team, someone has to go.
It's very doubtful that Dale Jarrett will be moved from the booth. Jarrett and Bestwick are ESPN's NASCAR TV future for the next several years. The other former driver on the team, Wallace, just had his contract extended by ESPN until 2014.
Petree and Brewer both bring to the table a veteran crew chief perspective that Edwards lacks. That leaves only one person in the mix. Is Daugherty the odd man out for ESPN next season?
It's been an awkward TV role for Daugherty since Bestwick christened him the "Voice of the fans" years ago. Daugherty is a cheerleader for the sport who speaks in politically correct generalities. Since he became a Sprint Cup Series owner, his comments are even more generic and his role has lessened.
Daugherty came to this NASCAR on ESPN TV package with an agenda. He and NASCAR chairman Brian France co-founded NASCAR's Diversity Council several years ago.
"Brian said to me that the cultural impact of this is huge and I think that's what intrigued me the most," Daugherty told NASCAR.com in 2006. "I thought that if I don't step up and take this opportunity, who will? It probably wouldn't be another African-American. So I felt some responsibility as well as being a big racing fan who loves the sport."
These days, the color of Daugherty's skin makes little difference to TV viewers. Last year, ESPN's struggles to provide compelling Nationwide or Sprint Cup Series telecasts resulted in an emergency meeting with NASCAR in Charlotte, NC.
ESPN has spent the last four seasons featuring the Nationwide Series until late July when the network's Sprint Cup Series coverage begins. Shortly after that, the Nationwide telecasts are unceremoniously sandwiched between two college football games in a timeslot that usually guarantees the pre-race show will never see the light of day.
Suddenly, the series gets lip service from disinterested announcers on a TV network completely in a stick-and-ball frenzy over college and pro football. Since 2007 the Nationwide Series has been thumped over the head with a TV hammer by ESPN from September through November. It's affected the sponsors, the ratings and the sport in general.
Arriving at Daytona in 2012 along with Carl Edwards will be Danica Patrick and Travis Pastrana. The Nationwide gang is betting on Patrick and Pastrana to bring the media focus back to a series that has long been ignored by TV networks, including the one telecasting the races.
It should be fascinating to see how ESPN positions Edwards for Daytona and if a member of the existing on-air team steps aside to make room for him. Once Edwards puts on his TV hat, it will also be interesting to see how Nationwide Series drivers, team owners and TV viewers react to his opinions and analysis.
As an ESPN NASCAR analyst, Edwards will still be a full time Sprint Cup Series driver who is closely associated with one manufacturer and employed by a major team that continues to race in the Nationwide Series. That's a tough sell.
We welcome your comments on this topic. To add your opinion, just click on the comments button below.
37 comments:
- Andy D said...
I don't see the need for a crew chief on the announce crew. Any competent driver can provide the basic strategies as well as a crew chief can.
Crew chiefs would be very helpful if they wished to provide us with useful information. To stop explaining push, wedge and why round tires are better. But as it stands, no, Larry Mac isn't imparting any secret info that Jarrett wouldn't know about. That said, Edwards and Jarrett may be clashing personalities. Carl is energetic and Dale is homey.
I think we can do without the infield studio too, but I've said enough already.
- August 9, 2011 at 4:52 AM
- w17scott said...
Mr Editor -
Tough sell, indeed ...an active driver in the booth or in a regular on-air role puts ESPN and NASCAR at cross purposes ...more like heading down the wrong road ...many more-qualified voices available mean 'Cousin Carl' overload is likely even before Speed Weeks is over ...it's bordering on over-exposure right now ...another case of tail wagging the dog and ESPN over-reaching to resolve an issue easily addressed by improving the quality of the telecast.
- August 9, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- earl06 said...
Love to see Rusty get the axe but we all know that won't happen.
Ray was in the infield studio a bunch with both Rusty and Brad so I don't see that someone has to go.
- August 9, 2011 at 8:25 AM
- Sally said...
Carl puts on his 'personable' face for TV easily. But, since we know that Nascar doesn't hesitate to keep their thumb on drivers who say anything that isn't the party line, won't this just be another 'cheerleader' for all things wonderful in Nascar? Considering how many confrontations Carl has had with several drivers over the years, it could be entertaining to see how/if he manages to handle that. It really would be best if they just cut back on the number of talking heads...especially those with their own agenda.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
Have you seen ESPN's coverage of other sports? They just keep adding more and more and more people. I'm sure they will do the same with NASCAR.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- GinaV24 said...
Brad D sure isn't MY voice as a fan. I could make more compelling comments on the topics than he does.
So the only reason he's in the booth is to fulfill BZF's diversity model? Wow, I'm impressed. Actually I'm not, that depresses me, especially since Bill Lester who was a solid driver couldn't get sponsorship to keep driving. What about the other young ladies and young men who can't get sponsorship to drive? Weren't they supposed to be part of NASCAR's diversity program? Well, we have Danica, so I guess that fulfills that need. oh joy!
I'm not thrilled that Carl will be in the booth for the Nationwide series for ESPN. This choice once again puts a conflict of interest front and center. I don't care how photogenic or charismatic he may be, while he's competing in Sprint Cup, I'm not interested in hearing him "commentate" on a weekly basis.
I made the decision last year NOT to listen to Carl's post race booth activities. I can choose to tune out again this year, but I find it frustrating that I have to do this.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- James said...
When Brad first came on the NASCAR scene he was a bit of an anomaly and it is true that he was dubbed the "voice of the fan", but Brad decided to become an owner and got involved with MWR and the sad part is, he adds little to the broadcast, except as you mentioned JD, his political correctness.
I believe it's time to flush the birds into the air, with the addition of competent pit reporters, all the fans need is maybe Tim Brewer at the cutaway car and the three people in the booth. If part of the cost is a commercial issue, let us first cut the booth staff and give the fans ears a break, with less commercials. If Rusty an Nicole and Brad and Jamie are let go, maybe we could see one less commercial, I vote for that.
We were reminded of the great Neil Bonnett a few weeks ago and his seamless transition to the booth, that started an avalanche of former drivers and crew chiefs into TV, some are good, some not so much. I have no use for Larry MAC, the man cannot speak ENGLISH and when paired with others he drags them down to his vocabulary. He may have a redeeming quality, he knows the weather, well get a former weather person we can understand to replace him, and then he will be freed up to help his son with his career.
When there was only one show a week on NASCAR we were given more in a half hour than what we see now. Again, RACE Hub is only down the street from most of the shops, therefore it is easier to get the "HOT" guest.
The theory of a cutie reporting on racing has proven to be a bust also. Only Wendy comes from a racing family and knows the history of the sport, but when she LIED about the BS "apology" about Kentucky Speedway, she lost my respect.
Does it not bother anyone when Indy drew a slightly larger crown than Iowa did for a NNW race?
ESPN has really done a fine job of recognizing and fixing it problems, but you still have to look out the window and call the on track action, no matter what video is being shown to the fans, if a PxP person fails to do this, their services are not needed.
So, to sum it up, its time for changes, and I agree with you 99% of the time. The Danica and Pastrana SHOW should be quite entertaining and will definitely bring attention to the NNW series.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:55 AM
- OrangeTom said...
Glad I'm not the only one who remember's Neil's stellar but too brief time in the booth. He made more of an impression in his first month on air than Brad has in five years. I still don't get why he is there, which doesn't speak well for ESPN or him. Seems like a nice guy but that doesn't make him on-air worthy
- August 9, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Wisconsin Steve said...
I still think Brad would be a greater asset for ESPN if they let him do some interviews and features. People in the garage really seem to like him - they should take advantage of that.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:28 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Could not agree more! Early on we asked if Brad was going to be allowed to roam outside of the pit studio.
He was given a shot in the booth for one NNS race, but nothing else was thrown in his direction.
There is no doubt he is an interesting person with a strong love of the sport.
It might have been different for him, but it certainly has become a tough TV role.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Nature Boy NC said...
I can easily see myself experiencing 'Carl Edwards burnout' next year, and I say this as an Edwards/Ford fan.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:36 AM
- Ir42nate2bhere said...
ESPN adds bodies because they can. Urban Meyer was added to NCAA football staff, did they need him, no, but they added him, it is what they do. This hire does not change Sprint race day anyway as Carl still has his day job.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Michael Stoffel said...
We're already at Carl Overload. Imagine when he gets a weekly seat on-air....
I love the idea of Brad Daugherty as a roving reporter type. His strength is the way he interacts with people, not him sitting in a booth in a suit.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- PDXLeelaB said...
Carl in the booth does not sit well with me. In the car he is fine and his agression can come out whenever he feels like it. He is one heck of a driver and he will win the Cup soon. If he puts on his TV face for ESPN it will make him look even more two faced then he does now. Schrader needs to be in the booth more often because he made the Nationwide race fun. I know he still races but if ESPN can get him for part of the season it would make me very happy.
- August 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Anonymous said...
We find that ESPN is doing a very good job with the people they have and really don't need Carl very bad. If anyone really needs help it is Fox. They seem to want to annoy their viewers more than please them. The same old tired crew year after year does not make a good show. DW keeps chasing viewers away but Fox seems to be happy with that scenario. They have been told how people are annoyed with their Digger and boogety nonsense but they continue with it anyway. Lots of good points to ponder JD. Keep up the good work.
- August 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM
- Buschseries61 said...
I mentioned this in your first post on Edwards' new role. ESPN has over 17 people to arrange in so many ways.
It makes sense to have Bestwick, Jarrett & Petree in the booth. The trio works very well. I don't see the four pit reporters changing either. Brewer and his toys will return as long as Craftsman pays. That leaves the small infield studio which has a new host learning the job and two analysts looking for a raise. I can see ESPN squeezing 4 people in the infield, like Ray Evernham's addition. That would keep Wallace, Daugherty and add Edwards. But ESPN loves Carl, I think they want him talking more than once every half hour in the infield. So my final guess is Edwards joins the booth as its fourth member. I think Brad is safe.
- August 9, 2011 at 11:45 AM
- old97fan said...
I like Michael Stoffel's comment and would like to see it explored further. Maybe Brad could do the feature interviews. I don't think Brad needs to be in the booth but he does have a gift in interviewing/conversation and would hate to see him completely go away.
The issue of popularity has me torn at the moment. When Nascar had it's biggest fan base, a lot of those fans weren't really racing fans. The were part of a natural cycle of a fad that has since passed. I don't mind them spending their money in the sport but if we chase their whims we will lose what racing is about. The other issue is that at some point Nascar needs to put it's foot down with ESPN about it's treatment of Nascar compared to Stick and BAll sports. I do see a lot of improvment in the event broadcasts but if they want to keep treating Nascar and other racing for that matter like a stepchild, then maybe they need to negotiate a better deal with a network that actually wants Nascar around and drop the ESPN stick and ball snobs.
- August 9, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Matt said...
I have no problem with an active Cup driver in the TV booth for NW races. Those of us who have been around long enough remember that Benny Parsons, Darrell Waltrip, Larry Mac, Kenny Wallace and Hermie Sadler all started their TV careers while still being active drivers/crew chiefs. Maybe times have changed a bit, but as long as Carl provides good, solid analysis, I have no issue with it.
As for Brad D, I'd love ESPN to use him to do a "pit walk" at the end of the pre-race show, similar to those done on SPEED's F1 coverage and Versus' Indycar coverage. I think it'd be fun to see Brad running down pit road grabbing anyone he could find to talk to. He could then stay and do garage interviews with drivers knocked out of the race, this way the Pit Reporters don't have to leave pit road. Again, those of us around a while remember TBS employing this latter strategy with Johnny Hayes, Chad Little, and some of the others I mentioned above. By looking at what others are doing now and have done in the past, ESPN can find a place for Big Brad, which would be great for everyone.
- August 9, 2011 at 12:29 PM
- Fran Akridge said...
I like Brad - but it might be partly based on college basketball being my third favorite sport (after NASCAR and college football). Edwards is super in the booth - best driver type since Benny Parsons. Please don't make the choice be between Carl and Brad.
- August 9, 2011 at 12:54 PM
- Anonymous said...
We are ONLY talking about Cousin Carl working NW races - and AB doesnt work NW races anyway so thet could easily take DJ out of the booth or perhaps DJ and AP and have Marty Reid work with Carl and an announcer to be named later.
- August 9, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Ken S said...
I may be wrong, but what other professional sport lets an active player in the booth as a fulltime analyst for a season?
I think NASCAR should put a stoppage to Cousin Carl's apparent NWS anayst job in 2012.
ESPN already has enough "experts" in the booth to cover the Nationwide Series. Let Carl concentrate soely on the Sprint Cup car for Roush/Fenway and associated tv commercials.
- August 9, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- OSBORNK said...
Carl is already overexposed. He needs to drive and shut up. I'm a fan of Carl but enough is enough. He can't really express himself because he will be subject to a secret fine if he deviates from the NASCAR line of propaganda.
- August 9, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Pamela said...
Dear ESPN,
These last two weeks have found me praising you for your race coverage. Sure, there's a couple of little things that bother me, but hey, you can't please all the people all of the time. BUT, I beg of you, please DO NOT put Carl Edwards on TV any more than he already is! My husband and I wondered if his sponsors pay a little extra to get him interviewed, having in car cameras seems like every week, and he keeps showing up in the booth. Enough with this guy already, sheesh!
- August 9, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- glenc1 said...
let me 'pile on' to the Brad doing interviews idea. I watched him stroll down pit road last year at the Glen (he kinda stands out, even without binoculars, lol.) He was stopping along the way, chatting with people, laughing, joking around... I would think he would be a natural for a 'pit walk' or something like that. They might struggle a little with the camera angles though (see the photo with Danica....)
- August 9, 2011 at 4:23 PM
- Anonymous said...
Steve & JD--as long as they don't do that embarrassing thing they had for a hot minute years back where he went around essentially begging for food.
- August 9, 2011 at 4:29 PM
- bowlalpo said...
I'm OK with Carl commenting on NNS. It is a rare opportunity to have one of the sport's stars, who would have been on the track hours earlier, giving his insight, and Carl sounds like he has command of the language.
What worries me more is how far ESPN has gone and how much further they'll go. To compare, CBS used to have 7 talkers on even their non-Masters golf tournaments; now they've cut it to as few as 4, sometimes with no on-course announcer until the last group finishes the 16th. NBC has also cut back on same, and both networks still do a good job. But ESPN had 8-10 commenting on the British Open, and the BBC International feed (with Jim Nantz' help!) blew them away.
ESPN does not NEED 11 or 12 announcers for a race. Two or 3 in the booth and 3 or 4 on pit road will do it. Is it just another reason for ESPN to go back to cable systems with empty buckets, when they had been filled seconds earlier with commercial $$?? Was the commercial-free escapade late Sunday afternoon another tactic to serve the same purpose?
ESPN thinks they can just keep raising their asking price but there will come a time when we will start saying "no." I wish they would follow the lead of the destitute networks and find how they can put on a quality product without the excesses.
- August 9, 2011 at 5:20 PM
- Dot said...
Well I see the trend continues. Carl almost commits 1st degree murder (taking out Kez on purpose) and gets rewarded by being on TV. Look at all the criminals on all those reality shows. Good grief.
I wonder if nascar had anything to say about him being in the booth during qualifying last weekend. Carl even said it gave him an advantage watching others before he went out. I'm not a Carl fan and I am not looking forward to seeing him anymore than I have to.
JD, do you know if there were any repercussions about Rusty and Brad saying they needed raises? Whether we heard it or not, it was tacky to say while actually doing your job. It's one thing to say it away from your job but, right in front of everyone you work with?
- August 9, 2011 at 5:43 PM
- Jimbacca said...
Carl is already over exposed. He's proven to be a bully, unstable and lacking good judgement when it's not his way. If he is on, it's either mute or fast forward on my TV. The way the networks 'listen' I'm sure he will be lead reporter. It is sad that he has been dubbed 'the future of Ford'.
Schrader gives fantastic unbiased informative input. They should find a way to utilize him more.
If they take Andy out of the booth put him in the tech garage.
As far as Brad. He seems personable and little ra ra sometimes. Let him roam free like Ruttledge and see what happens. He can't do any worse then the 'expert'.
- August 9, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Kathy16 said...
To those comparing to other sports...this is really kind of different--there isn't another sport where the top team & the lower series are in the same place at the same time. That said, since Carl would be competing against the other teams (owners) in Cup, I think it's inappropriate.
taking out someone on the track is not, nor ever was, attempted murder. If it was, Brad is just as guilty for 'dega. And he nearly took out spectators. Just sayin'....and I'm not a Carl fan.
- August 9, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
I want the old days of hearing Ned Jarrett and Buddy Baker call races!!!
Rusty and ole DW get downright aggrivating.
- August 9, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
It is not whether Edwards would be great or terrible in a broadcasting role for espn. Either way, it is wrong. You are condoning conflict of interests, personal agendas, biased reporting, and a complete disregard for the integrety and creditability of the sport and the media. See RW's/espn's/nascar's response to SW's wreck. Oh, wait. We are talking about espn and nascar. My bad. MC
- August 9, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Robert Powell said...
I like Carl and I think he has a great future in broadcasting. BUT, he needs to finish his successful racing career and then go up to the booth. Its a natural progression that has worked in every sport I follow. As far as Brad D, he seems like a great guy and I enjoy his perspective. Don't screw it up ESPN, Carl's not ready and Brad is a proven asset.
- August 9, 2011 at 7:38 PM
- jerry said...
How much could he be on TV if he's running most of the companion races? I don't see him traveling to Iowa or wherever non-companion races will be. Something does not add up here.
- August 9, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- sbaker17 said...
R. Wallace has a contact thru 2014 with ESPN. Wondering if it is strictly to do auto racing or if they can assign him to do the poker tournaments instead?
- August 9, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Carl will not discuss his NNS plans and has led the media over and over again back to putting the focus on his Sprint Cup Series contract issues.
What Roush said is Carl is out of NNS next season and will be working for ESPN.
Neither ESPN or Edwards will comment on that topic.
- August 9, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- Tim S. said...
Within the last couple of years, around the time of year in which Alan Kulwicki was killed, I watched an ESPN program (probably a pre-race) where Daugherty was present. He told a story about sitting on a plane next to Kulwicki and speaking with him at length that perfectly fit in with the theme of the segment at the time. A large percentage of the people watching at the time probably had very little idea who Kulwicki even was, and Daugherty helped them get to know him a little better. Rarely do I ever feel as though Daugherty adds anything, but in that moment he showed he has some knowledge. I just wish he knew how to use it better. Then again I could be way off base here, because I always thought Benny Parsons did a less-than-stellar job of using what he knew too.
- August 10, 2011 at 12:11 AM
- Vicky D said...
I enjoy listening to Brad D because he's so enthusiastic for the sport. However, how is Carl going to have time to do the NW races and race in the cup series. Some weekends it'll be tough and like someone previous said it'll be Carl overload that's for sure.
- August 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM