NHRA Bids a Fond Farewell to Richmond

This weekend in tiny Dinwiddie, VA outside of Richmond,  The NHRA will make it's last stop, at least for the near future with the running of The NHRA Virginia Nationals.

It's a bad break for Richmond, which over the past couple years has lost a Triple A Baseball team, an IRL Race and a minor league hockey team.  You can't blame racing and sports fans in Richmond to be a little down right now.  This is the second time The NHRA has abandoned Richmond.  The consolation prize is The IHRA will move a race to Virginia Motorsport Park in 2010.

NHRA officials replaced the Richmond sport with a second race at the newest track in drag racing located in Charlotte.  You can't blame The NHRA, Charlotte is a hot racing and sports market and a second race in Charlotte stands to be more lucrative than a fall race at Richmond.

The NHRA and VMS officials have left the door open for a possible return down the road.  If The NHRA adds an additional race, or another race has to relocate, Richmond will welcome The NHRA and it's stars like John Force, Tony Schumacher, and Ron Capps back with open arms.

In the meantime, there is a lot to be decided this race weekend in Richmond.

Secure Your Gear with Safe Skies TSA Luggage Locks

Safe Skies bills its luggage locks as the "Luggage Locks Airport Security Won't Cut Off", and they are right on with their slogan.

With all the reports of luggage thefts and break ins at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson, and many other airports nationwide you not only need these locks for your laptop bag, but the bags containing you clothing and essentials as well.

The secret is that the torch logo on your locks is a sign to TSA baggage screeners that they can open your bag using their TSA-supplied key and check contents rather than clip your lock and send your bag to your destination unlocked.  TSA screeners will then relock your Safe Skies lock and send your bag safely on its way.  If for some reason your Safe Skies lock gets clipped by accident, Safe Skies will replace it for you.

The heavy duty locks come in a variety of shapes and sizes.  Travels experts say the best way for your bags to remain safe is to have a lock of some sort on them.  Safe Skies locks give your maximum protection and peace of mind.  More details can be found at http://www.safeskieslocks.com .  Safe travels!

3 Women Busted in Prostitution Ring - One with Greatest Name Ever

I heard the joke on "Leno" last night and couldn't believe it, so I had to do a little research.  And it's true, a women with the name Mi Suk Yang was one of the women busted in a prostitution ring in North Georgia.

I don't even have to write the jokes to this story and picture, they just write themselves.  If you have any feel free to post your comments, i just can't make any comments at this point.

Here's the link to the full story:  http://www.forsythnews.com/news/article/3522/

The Windows 7 House Party Pack

Got home this evening and what was waiting for me.  The Windows 7 House Party Pack I was due to receive for being a Windows 7 Party Host.

It's a great pack.  it included tote bags, streamers, balloons, a poster and the crowned jewel of the load is a copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.  It's a special edition signed by Steve Ballmer himself, and both the 32 and 64 bit versions were included.  A nice haul.

Windows 7 is due to launch officially October 22.  Those who receive these party pack get a head start.

A Night of Fine Dining at Burger King

Burger King is rolling out a new look at 12,000 of it's restaurants.  This is good news and bad news.  The good news is the make overs will bring rotating red-flame chandeliers, new brilliant TV screen menus, and corrugated metal and brick walls.  The improvements cost franchise owners up to 600,000 depending on the size of their restaurant.  The company says that so far restaurants that have been remodeled are showing a 12-15% rise in sales.

The bad news is that there appears to be no plans to change the awful, hard potato-like sticks they try to pawn off to us as french fries.

This is NOT the new Burger King makeover