Monthly Archives: June 2005

The Dying Popularity Of Grass And Its Wimbledon Champion

Wim­ble­don, the his­toric tour­na­ment at the All Eng­land Club, is already upon us and in full swing. The world’s favorite player and the one player whom every­one wants to see win one last time with­drew from the tour­na­ment a week ago — Andre Agassi is still recov­er­ing from the back pains that caused him to lose in the first round of last month’s French Open. This is the sec­ond year in a row that Agassi has with­drawn from Wimbledon.

V For Vendetta By Alan Moore And David Lloyd

I must admit that I didn’t have any incli­na­tions to read graphic nov­els despite the good films that inspired them: Road To Perdi­tion by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner and Sin City by Frank Miller quickly come to mind.

The Joy Is Sucked Out Of MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Challenge

What has become of one of the most enter­tain­ing and ancient of real­ity shows? In no way do I think MTV’s Real World/Road Rules Chal­lenge is remotely near the top 500 great­est tele­vi­sion shows, but in terms of mind-numbing and testos­terone pump­ing abil­ity, the Chal­lenge is as near per­fect as any show can get. But sadly, it has reached its peak long ago, and it is near­ing its end.

Top 5: On-Screen Hunks

I didn’t want to seem sex­ist, so I wanted to also men­tion my top 5 on-screen hunks. These men make my blood boil and my heart beat fast. I must admit that I have man-crushes and if I was gay, then I would def­i­nitely want these men.

Finals Are Over!

Yes. Man, was this week bor­ing. My days con­sisted of 10 min­utes study­ing for each of my finals. The rest of the time — I have no idea where the time was spent. Oh well, time for sum­mer school. I will get at least one week of vaca­tion time to rest and relax before school and work start again. June 26 will be the day before school starts and it is the same day that I turn 21. Whoa. A lit­tle over a week, and I turn into a full adult. Yea! More after I sleep…

One Of The Few +’s For Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart has been named one of “The 30 Best Com­pa­nies For Diver­sity” by Black Enter­prise mag­a­zine. This is the most recent recog­ni­tion for Wal-Mart’s con­tin­u­ing efforts to diver­sify its work envi­ron­ment — both the com­mer­cial and cor­po­rate envi­ron­ments. It has also received praise from DiversityBusiness.com, the His­panic Asso­ci­a­tion on Cor­po­rate Respon­si­bil­ity, and Asian Enter­prise magazine.

Europe’s Oldest Civilization Found

Archae­ol­o­gists have revealed that they have dis­cov­ered Europe’s old­est civ­i­liza­tion (4800–4600 BC) in parts of Ger­many, Aus­tria and Slo­va­kia. The unearthed build­ings pre­date the pyra­mids in Egypt.