This week there isn’t really a standout winner. It’s more of an ensemble effort reminiscent of a Gosford Park or a Royal Tenenbaums. Let’s get to it!
The batch of names isn’t super bad, just a little badder than the garden-variety bad that’s so in vogue these days. Faithon, Shaicen, and Nikkilas make up the Y-less contingent. Tyrayjah, Raychelle, and Chaysi make up the Y-ful contingent. See, they’re all cringe-worthy but there aren’t any standouts. Put them all together and you’ll very nearly reach critical Bad Baby Name mass.
I was going to name Kameya my Bad Baby Name of the week, with a diatribe about how in Hawaii we had this king named Kamehameha and he’s famous and all that, but then I thought I’d actually search for Kameya to see how it’s used, and it looks like it’s a proper Japanese name, so I won’t bother embarrassing myself.
My previous post included a video of Robert Kubica’s crash in the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix. A horrific crash, Kubica hit one wall at around 280kph, barrel-rolled once or twice, slid across the track, eventually ending up in the monocoque with most of the car lying in pieces behind him. His only injuries were a slight concussion and a sprained ankle. I posted this as a testament to the safety pushes made by Formula One — there aren’t many situations where you can hit a wall at 280kph in an open-topped tub with wheels and survive with minor injuries. Truly Formula One has done an amazing job in protecting their drivers, and this video is an excellent example of this.
Without the video the impact (pardon the pun) wouldn’t be as great, and people wouldn’t be as amazed at the safety considerations that go into these cars.
Obviously Formula One Management (FOM) would want this sort of publicity, right? And imagine if you could see it for free, without FOM having to do anything?
Reminiscent of Greg Moore’s fatal crash in 1999, Robert Kubica touched the back of Jarno Trulli’s Toyota at 280 km/h (175 mph), resulting in the crash you just watched.
His injuries?
A slight concussion and a sprained ankle for which he had to stay overnight in the hospital for observation.
Together we can save millions of gallons of water from chlorine and detergents.
You Decide
Leave towels you wish to re-use hung up or on the rack.
Towels you leave on the floor will be washed.
Conservation takes care of everyone.
Help us make a world of difference.
This sort of thing is all the rage in hotels these days. Go to almost any chain hotel and you’ll see a card hanging from the towel rack asking you to help the hotel save water and energy. The above words came from the Four Points by Sheraton hotel in Tucson, Arizona.
I like to conserve water. I hung my towels over the shower curtain rod every morning after having a shower.
But when I went to have a shower the next day the towel seemed different.
So I tested them. One morning after having my shower I marked the tag on the towel I’d just used with a pen. Hung it up from the shower rack and went on my way.
When I got back from the conference that night I checked the towels. None of them had the mark!
