♫ SHE’S HOT BLODDED, CHECK IT AND SEEEEEEE!!! SHE’S GOT A FEVER OF A HUNDRED AND… ♫ Oh I’m sorry. Didn’t notice you there. I was just vocally shredding the first album I ever purchased: Foreigner’s “Records.” Is it the WORST album ever made? Maybe. Probably. Almost certainly. But I only listened to it about 3 trillion [...]

To the chagrin of perhaps as many as two of you, it’s been painfully obvious that I have not been much of a contributor at The Silent Pagoda lately. (Well, since October. If that’s “lately.”) Please forgive my sins of omission against this hospitality tent cum Snake Pit of the lawless blogger infield, as I [...]

After minutes of dedicated design work & multiple copyright infringements, the Silent Pagoda is finally ready to unveil its much ballyhooed IndyCar chassis concept. Without further ado …  

I don’t often watch hockey. But when I do, I obviously prefer to watch bears playing it to the death. However, when that’s not available for whatever reason, I prefer watching Team USA beat an uppity global powerhouse for a historically significant win. It was riveting theater, frankly. And when the Yanks batted that final touchdown into the net area to seal [...]

On this day 73 years ago, Precision was born. Its name was Roger Penske, and he was already late for a Board of Directors meeting. He had neither the time nor patience for immunizations and other such troublesome tripe. The powerful seldom do.    In honor of this sacred day, we will not quote-unquote “party” (or “par-TAY“) [...]

Panther Racing Team co-owner John Barnes is psyched about the DeltaWing. Why? Because children are our future, of course: “Our success and whether we’re going to stay in business, in all motorsports, is determined by that 10-year old kid. It’s not going to be determined the 40-year old looking at the computer.” Seems logical enough. [...]

No no no. This isn’t right. This isn’t right at all. This is bad. Very bad. Pretty girls aren’t supposed to fight through adversity to become world champions. That’s dumb. No, they’re supposed to just shut up & be pretty & get naked for cash. I find it much easier to objectify them that way.  [...]