| NASCAR and Hollywood still worlds apart
So, here's the plan: Watch the NASCAR race in the afternoon, walk next door to the Kodak Theater and see what film wins best picture. Pretty sure it's do-able. I think they share parking lots. Some of you suffer under the misapprehension that the two-mile track we used to call California Speedway is located in the Inland Empire. Actually, it's practically in Los Angeles. Santa Monica Pier is just down the street. You can see the Hollywood sign from the start-finish line. You can feel the ocean breeze from here. Smell the salt air at night. Or maybe that's exhaust fumes. One of the laughable vanities of Southern California sports is the Fontana track's attempts to market itself as NASCAR's show-biz pit stop.
Monitor listens in on neighbours; Silent intrusion exposes ...
A Pembroke senior has unexpectedly discovered that he owns a window into the private lives of some of his neighbours. Leo Ranger, who lives on Isabella Street, says he was rummaging in a cupboard when as long unused baby monitor fell out. "We must have got it when my daughter was a baby," he said. "She's almost 30 now." He said he accidentally hit the 'on' button on the device. "A while later I could hear somebody snoring," he said. "It sounded like it was in my house." Mr. Ranger lives alone with his dog. Upon further investigation, he realized that the sound was coming from the monitor. With his curiosity piqued, he took the monitor with him in his car and started cruising the neighbourhood.
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In about four weeks, we'll be drafting.
So it's time to jump into the nitty-gritty of analyzing the talent at each position. I don't have space to do top 10 or 20 rankings for each, so during the next few weeks, I'll list guys I particularly like and don't like at each spot.
Let's hit it.
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