Archive for March 27th, 2008
Night time arrival
STS-123 landing I'm Mr. Know-it-all when it comes to the space program and all, but does anyone know what those flames are?I have two theories: a) Left over heat from re-entry or b) left over fuel being burned off... UPDATE: The jets of flame are the exhaust of the APUs (auxiliary power units) which power the hydraulics that move the Shuttles [...]
How I met higher ratings
Maybe I no longer have to worry about How I Met Your Mother getting Jericho'd, the ratings for their post-writers strike debut were great, and the ratings for the Britney episode were through the roof. Hollywood Reporter says that they are in pretty good shape to get a fourth season: A guest appearance by Britney Spears on Monday gave the CBS [...]
Wally Phillips
There was some very sad news out of Chicago today, Wally Phillips has died at age 82: The WGN mainstay hosted the morning show from 1965 through 1986. During that time, he ruled the roost in morning drive, at times attracting half of the market's listening audience. "Wally's voice was the first millions of Chicagoans heard every morning from [...]
Recovering the satellites
(I'll give one of my five remaining Early Spin Slot Machines to the first person who can tell me where I got that title from... you're on the honor system, but no googling) While I'm on the subject of a local radio giant like Wally Phillps, I think this also gives a pretty decent opportunity to respond what David said earlier this week about [...]
