ZuDfunck

No High Definition Coverage of Tonight's Nationwide Race

It’s Friday so it’s hard to find fault

But I do find fault all the same with ESPN’s decision to run the Nationwide race tonight on ESPN Classic due to the fact that there are three NBA Games tonight and something had to give and guess what, NASCAR gets the short stick tonight.

Now I can’t berate ESPN because they have been my primary pusher of sports programming and being a devout Sports Junkie they keep me satiated with all their great programming and I certainly understand that NASCAR fans gets slighted in deference to the NBA Playoff audience.

Being a High Def freak I won’t be able to see the race in High Def and as such will be groaning mightily. I can only hope the Cav’s/Wizards game runs short and the race runs long.

The fact the race is a night race and as you may already know ZuD is a fan of night racing over all others and it’s a short track so I have great excitement brewing even if it won’t be in wide screen, high-resolution splendor I am addicted to.

And as long as we are complaining HBO Saturday night has Oscar De La Hoya's warm-up fight at 10pm and that of course will conflict with Fox’s coverage of the Richmond Sprint Cup race.

Are You A Twitterholic?

   

Signs and symptoms of twitter ABUSE

Health
     * Continuing to twit even though you have health problems that are affected or caused by your twittering 
Financial issues
    * Paying bills late; collection agencies calling
    * Inability to keep track of your money
Legal issues
    * Driving while under the influence of Twitter (DUIT)
Risky behavior
     * Putting yourself or others in danger
Employment or school
     * Continuing to twit even though you realize your job or education is in jeopardy
     * Missing work or school, or going in late due to twitter use
Family and friends
    * Feeling annoyed when other people comment on, or criticize your twitter habits
    * Feeling remorse or guilt after twittering
    * Associating with questionable acquaintances or frequenting out of the ordinary locations when twitting
Social life
    * Scheduling your day around twittering
    * Focusing recreational activities around obtaining twits, twitting or recovering from twitter use   
    * Twittering alone or in secret

Have noticed in my 3 week adventure with twitter a strong dependence by some folks to be engaging in online, all the time, twitter activity. Ultimately the test is can you go a day without it? If not, you are probably a twitterholic.

Major League Baseball as Nuts as NASCAR?

Just when you thought NASCAR would have no competition for craziness, case in point California when they sent race cars out on wet pavement and crashed a few cars in February. MLB decides to open their season in Japan at 6 AM eastern time! And then DirecTV has technical difficulties:

Not everybody could see the Red Sox-Athletics baseball opener in Tokyo on Tuesday. Satellite TV provider DirecTV, in about 16.8 million households, said in a statement it had "temporary technical difficulties" during the game with "some channels" — including game coverage on ESPN2 and Red Sox regional carrier NESN. They'll try again Wednesday at 6 a.m. ET

Wonder if it was a Fox broadcast would this have happened? (Fox owns DirecTV)
But I am just cranky because I am going through withdrawal from The Sprint Cup series having had their annual Easter break. All will be forgiven shortly as NASCAR comes to Martinsville this coming Weekend!
A Good Ol' short track race will heal all wounds.

ZuD's View on HBO's The Wire, Salem Witch Trials and 2008 Presidential Primary

Forgive the off topic, some say inappropriate and in bad taste post:

When I look at what's happening on the Wire
And see what is about to happen
The ill begotten wire tap frees Marlo and his Crew
I think back to why we need these constitutional protections

It wasn't that long ago in this country
If a man suspected a woman of being a Witch
all he had to do was claim it
and BOOM! One less woman in town

Say today
If Obama was to loose his cool on some debate tactic gone wrong
He could yell to Brian Williams
WITCH!

Hillary would be off the stage
Up for Trial
And Bill Clinton would be partying the next day
at some local TGIF, picking up strays.

Do NASCAR Fans Watch HBO's The Wire

Every Monday nite I hurriedly access Comcast's on Demand and watch a sneak peak of The Wire, If you are a fan you know by now that Omar got popped buying a pack of Newports and all hell is about to break loose for the Good and the Bad guys. I wanted to post about this show as I have in the past but was concerned as to whether or not NASCAR fans can be HBO drama fans, such as The Wire, John from Cincinnati or the prematurely shelved classic Deadwood.

So I'll open it up in the comment section and you give me your thoughts. Right off you're entertainment dollars might be going to DirecTV or Trackpass and don't have monies left for HBO, or digital cable. Yes ZuD does recognize all is not good for many of us. But if we can put aside that Magilla, What Do You Think?

And here is an image of my boy Omar, who I thought could have had a spin-off series once the Wire ends one episode from now:

Purchasing a HDTV Justification, Part 2

When I was a kid I would skip High School and go downtown to see the Cinemascope or Panavision movies that Hollywood was putting out to compete with the 19 inch black & white screens of television. I always dreamed that I would have that format when I would watch those movies again on NBC’s Saturday Night at the Movies. Fast forward to today when that dream came a reality with HDTV.  And now sports comes on HDTV and to that, Auto Racing in High Def!

As I said in a previous post that I understand the fiscal realities of today’s economy but if you factor in the high cost of going out to a show or movie the meals the concessions and all it really is a bargain to get a HDTV and Hi Def programming source, which becomes a whole different kettle of fish because the limitations of the amount of channels you receive with cable versus satellite, but I digress…

The key is film director’s vision is wide screen, football fields are wide, and to have six times the definition of images really pleases the eye and senses and captivates one to the point of ecstasy!

So take that government check that is coming from our current president and spend it on a device that will bring pleasure even when it's turned off, cause they really are sharp space age looking contraptions that will delight and dazzle you and keep you off the streets at night.

Awaiting Daytona 500 Qualifying

As we paused to grab our breath from that excitement filled Bud Shootout and await qualifying today on Fox at 1pm EST I wanted to share the experience and elation I felt when I flipped on the HD channel of Fox and saw in High Definition the Old Daytona Track in the splash of lites and depths of color that must be truly awesome to see in person.

Man what I felt being 1500 miles away must be just spectacular up-close in the stands. The sounds sights and smells must be magnificent but yet and still it is all that in my living room. I can’t think of any sport except for football that provides that kind of intimacy via TV and in HD it’s breathtaking!

So I will have my Bacon and Eggs, Ruffles and Dip, Coke and Ice ready at 1pm to soak in all the drama that comes with making the big one or packing up and going home…

ZuDfunck, NASCAR Fan, Y'all

As I await the Bud Shootout tonight at 8pm EST on Fox and transform my four-year-old blog into a NASCAR blog I thought I would officially proclaim my self a NASCAR Fan. For those who don’t know me I am an over fifty hippy of some repute who in my earlier years developed alternate content via telephone answering machines in the seventies and eighties and used the web in the years of this decade to delight and inform all generations on what is hip and important. So I am taking a huge sidestep to devote my energies toward NASCAR, but I do it both on a casual basis and in a fundamental political way to proclaim that one needn’t be from the Southeastern United States to be a NASCAR fan.

In yesterdays Trading’ Paint episode on the Speed channel Kyle Petty spoke to that exact point that NASCAR needs to return to it early ways but also grow its base and I think its important as did he that Fans down south have an inherent right to dis anyone that isn’t their neighbor. Just as Hockey fans shouldn’t dis southern US fans. As a politically entrenched liberal with a strong distaste for what President Bush has left us I shouldn’t be disqualified from being a welcome member to the NASCAR fan base.

I would like to get your reactions to what I am saying and hope you welcome me as I welcome you to this blog.

Interjection of the word Dude

Interjection

dude

1. (slang) Be careful!

   Dude! You're going to hit that car.

2. (slang) I agree emphatically

   Do you want to drive down to get some sliders? Dude!

3. (slang) That was spectacular!

   Dude! That 1080 with a grab was awesome!

4. (slang) I'm having a transcendent experience!

   Dude! This light show is awesome.

5. (slang) Something bad happened.

   Dude! Where is my car?

6. (slang) I feel your pain.

   Dude! ... I know what that feels like.

7. (slang) Back off!

   Dude! I told you that I don't want to dance with you.

8. (slang) Hey you!

   Dude! Grab that for me.

9. (slang) A valued website.          ZuDfunck!

Mega Malls Go Begging for Employees to Slave the Holidays

Got this is an email offering employment at the mega national firm all grey and white
Makes you want to jump over and dance to a tune and end up with a pay check:

Just let me get my TuTu on and I will meet you there...