Lou Pickney's Online Commentary
Motorin'
Tuesday
January 20, 2004
I've owned my 1997 Dodge Neon (blue in color -- not purple, as many evidentially colorblind people tend to believe) since I returned from
Harlaxton College in Grantham, England in December 1998. It's served me well, all things considered, though as it approaches 75,000 miles it's time for a change.
For the first time in my life, I face the looming reality of a car payment. Thanks to careful planning, hard work and fortunate circumstances, I've always managed to avoid having a payment. But at this particular juncture, it looks like that's what I'd have to face to move up in the world of cars.
|  | | Welcome to Alaska in January, Len Clark. |
Now I'm not saying I need to be rolling in a Jaguar like Bubba, or even in a BMW like Spice Boy. But a respectable ride that doesn't have paint chipping off of it would be nice. It's downright embarrassing to drive the Neon as it is now. There are a few cars made by Honda that have caught my attention, though I need to do some serious looking on the pre-owned car circuit to see what's out there that would fit in my price range.
Len Clark, who was the station manager at 91.5 WUEV (Evansville, IN) while I worked there from 1995-1999, is now the station manager at
890 KBBI in Homer, Alaska. That's right, Alaska. Work is work, and Len is a good manager and should do some great things for the station. But man, that's a long ways away, not to mention downright freezing cold. Brutal.
Larry Fitzgerald will be in the 2004 NFL Draft, and I for one am thrilled about it. Face it, with a new QB coming into the mix at Pitt this year, Fitzgerald had nothing to gain by staying another season. He's a lock at a Top 5 pick, and will probably go within the top spots three of the draft. There's even an outside shot that the Chargers could take him at #1 overall. And to think, it took a special waiver for the NFL to allow him into the draft. Age discrimination against young adults rears its ugly head again. But there's no activist group for young adults (like the AARP for the elderly), which is why you have all sorts of rules and regulations and statutes that unjustly penalize those who are legally considered adults.
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