Wednesday Blog

  • Rosberg wins Brazil, Massa finishes 3rd

    São Paulo – Unlike years past, Brazil does not mark the final race of the 2014 season. That honour falls in two weeks to Abu Dhabi. That being said, the question of who will win the drivers’ championship could very well have been made more clear on Sunday in São Paulo, had Hamilton won. In a Read more

  • F1: Hamilton storms to win US Grand Prix

    Austin – The 2014 United States Grand Prix got off to a roaring start on Sunday, as the 18 car field barrelled around Turn 1 and down to my vantage point on the Turn 2 berm. Nico Rosberg led the field for much of the first quarter of the race, maintaining his pole position despite the Read more

  • F1: US Grand Prix Qualifying & Other News From Austin

    Austin – The 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix weekend is in its second day, with Qualifying taking centre stage at Circuit of the Americas, which is located south of Downtown Austin a few miles further down the road from the local airport. In general, qualifying was as expected considering the buildup to Sunday’s Read more

  • Short Story of the Week – The Tale of the Geyer Witch

    The Tale of the Geyer Witch Katherine Blanner Fall is the most fanciful season, some say, since the leaves are falling in bliss, as if bewitched by the earth. To some degree, however, there is an aura of frightening whimsy. The air grows colder daily as the grains ripen, bearing their tended fruits. The overcast Read more

  • Ottawa: Multiple Gunmen open fire on Parliament Hill

    Ottawa – The normal routine of the Canadian capital was broken today when multiple gunmen opened fire on Parliament Hill. The Tern can certify that at least one gunman entered the Parliament building, where he was gunned down by House of Commons Sergant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers. A second gunman shot a soldier who was standing guard at the Read more

  • Mercedes clinches Constructors’ Championship in Russian GP

    Sochi – In an all-around unique race, Mercedes has once again come out on top, only this time they have done so in such a way that is invincible. In Formula 1’s first visit to Russia, the Mercedes Works team started 1,2 with Lewis Hamilton taking pole. Close behind the Silver Arrows was this weekend’s Flying Read more