Irenic Thoughts (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The Episcopal Church created a short video on Who We Are and posted it online here. Brandon Watson wrote his take on answering the same question and posted it on Facebook. So I took Brandon's text and created the video above using someof his footage and various photos of Episcopal Churches from here and there on the web. Enjoy! With a larger budget for dynamite, chariots and tigers, it would have been...
Laudator Temporis Acti (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Brandon Watson at Siris , in A Bonfire of Bibles , quotes an invitation from Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina, to participate in its Halloween Book Burning: Come to our Halloween book burning. We are burning Satan's bibles like the NIV, RSV, NKJV, TLB, NASB, NEV, NRSV, ASV, NWT, Good News for Modern Man, The Evidence Bible, The Message Bible, The Green Bible, ect. These are perversions...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
LOUDON, NH – Eddie MacDonald of Rowley, MA won the Inaugural ACT Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. MacDonald came from the 19th starting position and took the lead on lap 36 from young Brandon Watson from Stayner, ON. Watson hung with MacDonald, not more than a car length away and eventually took the lead again on the lap 41 restart. MacDonald would eventually take the lead again...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
FRASERVILLE, ON - They’ve been racing all season, but for drivers in Kawartha Speedway’s Better Carpet Thunder Car and Discount Car & Truck Rental Mini Stock divisions, it will all come down to a one race shootout. There will be a run for all the marbles Friday, September 18th. With the top 2 drivers in points – Dan McHattie and Brandon Watson – taking part in the ACT Invitational...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
2009 NAPA Auto Parts Late Model champion Dan McHattie and runner-up Brandon Watson will represent Kawartha Speedway Saturday, September 19th at the inaugural American-Canadian Tour Invitational at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. To follow their progress, see www.brandonwatsonracing.com , www.acttour.com or www.nhms.com . The event will be part of the weekend that kicks-off the...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
By Jim Clarke, Kawartha Speedway PR/Clarke Motorsports Communications It was easily the most perfect racing evening of the season and an excellent way to kick-off the unofficial end of summer. Conditions were ideal as Kawartha Speedway’s 3 weekly divisions gathered Friday, September 4th to welcome the Labour Day Weekend. 50 lap feature events for both the thunder car and mini stock divisions...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
To gain ground in the track championship standings, you need to finish ahead of your closest rival. While Brandon Watson remains in the hunt for the NAPA Auto Parts Late Model title at Kawartha Speedway, he continues to chase the back bumper of his biggest challenger. Starting 8th in the 30 lap main event, Watson’s goal was to get the #9 McColl Racing Enterprises-Shear Metal Products-Ken MacKinnon...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
More photos » by Gene J. Puskar - AP If CY can transfer his production in Reno back to Arizona, Miggy might be getting a few more high-fives by the end of the year. And Miggy loves high-fives. Browse more photos » Chris Young has now spend 12 games in AAA-Reno, and after covering his first four games in my first CY report, I've found time to cover how he's fared in the eight games since...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Loudon, NH – Twenty-seven American Canadian Tour teams attended day one of the Test and Tune session at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in preparation for the Inaugural ACT Invitational on Saturday, September 19. Teams from Ontario, Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Quebec were all in attendance. The morning practice session began at 9 a.m. after teams picked up their tires. For...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Chris Young has had well-documented struggles in the big-leagues, but his Reno debut has been so far, so good. Browse more photos » With Chris Young 's recent demotion to Reno, fans are curious to see how he responds in the minors, and if he is in fact able to find his swing and gain some much-needed confidence at the dish. Well, he's played his first...
Many Niches (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
IMSafer Angel Round View more presentations from Brandon Watson. I have been waiting to write this post for a long time. There are a great deal many resources on the web for entrepreneurs looking to learn, such as Hacker News, Andrew Warner’s Mixergy, and Eric Reis’s Lean Startup Blog. However, I have always felt there was a [...]
Fresh Inc. (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
Did the VCs Steamroll Zappos? In a word, no. $900 million dollars is not chump change, even for a company as successful as Zappos. But that's not stopping a number of blogs, including Fast Company and .NET, from putting forth a theory that Sequoia Capital forced a low-ball sale against the wishes of CEO Tony Hsieh and other Zappos managers. FC's Kit Easton says "the shotgun of blame points to...
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
By Jim Clarke, Clarke Motorsports Communications There have been just 2 feature race winners this season in Kawartha Speedway’s headline NAPA Auto Parts Late Model division. 16 year old Brandon Watson’s triumphs – June 5th and 19th have left the talented youngster hungry for more. The 2008 rookie of the year from Stayner, Ontario is doing everything he can to find his way back to...
Mixergy.com (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
This is one of the most open and frank conversations about the investment process that you'll see anywhere online. Whether you're looking for funding or not, listen to Brandon Watson talk about his experiences with funding -- or read the transcript. And if you're an entrepreneur, find a way to meet him in person.
Inside Track - Breaking News Blog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2009
Laperle Looking for Kawartha Speedway ACT Tour Hat Trick Lightning may have struck the same place twice, but Patrick Laperle hopes he continues to hold a hot hand when the American-Canadian Tour late model machines head to Kawartha Speedway for the ACT Summer Sizzler 200 – Sunday, July 12th. The driver of the Laperle Motorsports Chevrolet – who hails from St-Denis, Quebec – has won...
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