The Colonel's Forum

1) Today, Ford finalized the deal to sell both Jaguar and Land Rover to India's Tata Motors. The irony of an Indian company owning these two icons of British industry amuses me. Heck, H.R.H. queen Elizabeth II was Queen of India when she ascended to the throne in 1953. 2) I bought a new roof this week. It cost over twice as much as my new big screen, and it's not nearly as entertaining to watch. My crazy realtor wife though seems to think that a functioning roof is an important feature of a home. Whatever. 3) I learned that I might as well skip the Kentucky primary elections. I wanted to change my party affiliation to "other" but because Kentucky has closed primaries, that wouldn't do my any good. Right now I'm registered as a Republican, and the deadline to switch to Democrat and still vote in the primaries was December 31st of last year. Oops. So I can show up and vote for John McCain. Whoop dee do. 4) Leave it to the students at Butler Univers...

Here are some highlights of what I did last week on a business trip to New York city: Developed and delivered a sales presentation with a team of colleagues Won some new business for EDS Got to experience commuting from White Plains to NYC - not something I'd do on a daily basis, let me tell you that. Got "Delta'd" - my return flight was canceled for no apparent reason at all, though Delta blames the weather so that they don't have to compensate anyone Took a $106 cab ride to Jersey City, NJ, the location of the nearest hotel with an available room (a lot of people got Delta'd at Laguardia that day) Spent the night in charming Jersey City. If you're thinking about taking a vacation there, consider Gary, IN instead. Wrote a complaint letter to Delta and got a "sorry about your luck" in response. On the up side, I may get to spend a good portion of the spring traveling to NYC, which would be an interesting change of pace. I'm tired of being ...