I'm glad a a federal judge got right what NASCAR seems recklessly unaware of, that taking Claritan D, which contains antihistamines will result in a false positive for methamphetimines.  That is a conclusion supported by every ounce of data you can find searching the internet.  A monkey with a typewriter at NASCAR could have pointed this out.

Did any of his crew notice him riding the crystal meth train to oblivion?  Did they have anecdotal evidence like a family member or friend say, "Bless his heart he's a good man but when he powders his nose he'd steal your TV set for another bump of the devil's dandruff..."   

Why has NASCAR been so recalcitrant in understanding this?  If this had been Dale Jr., Smoke, or Jimmie, NASCAR wouldn't have batted an eye and swept it under the rug, but since Mayfield is in that pesky class of underfunded/unsponsored drivers NASCAR decided damn the consequences--full speed ahead, let's kill a fly with a Hydrogen bomb.

I'm not advocating junkies hurtling around a track ringed by spectators at 200mph, but a cogent, thoughtful examination of such an aberrant test result might have better served NASCAR purposes and sure as hell spared Mayfield the professional embarrassment. 

Now if Mayfield finds a ride and wins at Daytona I suspect "Crack" might join Smoke and Fireball in the pantheon of NASCAR greats...

I found my archives...as you were...

I like the look of the new FOXSports blogs, I'm assuming at some point the archives will magically reappear. 

The Superstar distinction is kind of puzzling, last I checked I'm still under contract to FOXSports, as a contributing writer.  All in all they were long overdue to shake this joint up.  I think they've done a terrific job, great interfaces, lots of bells and whistles, I give FOXSports a big thumbs up.

In other news, I've scribbled stuff for the June, combined July/August and upcoming September issues of Glenn Beck's Fusion magazine so that's been working out swell.  I should have another announcement regarding another national magazine I'll be scribbling for later this month. 

Now that Fox has the blogs in gear again I'm looking forward to posting more stuff here at my favorite scribbling hole. 

I think a large thank you is in order to Smiller & Kerouac at FOXSports because I know they've been carrying the weight of these blogs for years.  Take a bow, well done guys. 

OK so I twittered and while it's nice to have an outlet for the voices in my head, at least it gives them something better to do than argue about what show to watch on TV, it seems, like all great computer apps, to be a horrific, worthless, self-centered, naval-gazing waste of time.  Well done Twitter...

# EdHardiman  You know who'd make a good NASCAR driver? Liza Minelli. I bet she'd win a lot because the other drivers would stay out of her way...half a minute ago from web
    
# EdHardiman  sometimes, not always, a nod is as good as a wink...3 minutes ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  Why don't they use "an" in front of the word "eulogy" like the they give an crap anyway they're dead...3 minutes ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  In jars of peanut butter and jelly mixed together why not attach a knife to the lid the lazy bastards who buy it would probably like that...6 minutes ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  The other day I heard someone say "I laughed out loud" that's the only way you can laugh, otherwise you are merely amused...8 minutes ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  will twitter spawn an avalanche of words with the prefix tw?  10 minutes ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  mollusks sound a lot meaner than they actually are...about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  If we sent cows to Congress could it be any worse?  about 23 hours ago from web
   
#EdHardiman  I came up with a slogan for Pottsville, Pennsylvania, "Hey We're Not Just Public Restrooms Anymore!" Pretty snappy, huh?  about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  I'd like to go to the shore but it always makes me dizzy, sucking my gut in every time a girl walks by, all day long...about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  OK I admit it, I made that last fact up, dogs are not imploding from the heat..they might be elsewhere but I have no clear evidence of it...about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  It's so hot in VA right now dogs are imploding from the heat...about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  easy come, easy go, easy come back again...about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  What is the square root of infinity?  about 23 hours ago from web
   
# EdHardiman  LeBron now has as much chance of winning the NBA title this year as I do...sweet.11:03 PM May 31st from web
   
#EdHardiman  Why ten fingers and ten toes? Why not twelve fingers and eight toes?10:39 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  At what point past the speed of light do you lose your shadow?10:37 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  I've decided to give up using the word "foible" I wasn't using it much anyway...10:36 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  I taught my dog a rudimentary vocabulary of about 40-words now he just keeps bugging me for another beer...7:38 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  If you let a smile be your umbrella, you'll end up with a wet face...6:28 PM May 31st from web

 # EdHardiman  When all is lost just remember nobody got out of the Alamo alive...6:27 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  It's not that I'm smarter than most people, it's that most people are dumber than me, it's a subtle but important difference...6:26 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  I once had a dream...I traded it for a '69 Gremlin and a broken pocketwatch...6:25 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  Getting my cape refitted. it ain't easy being a superhero, especially since they deep-sixed all the phone booths...6:24 PM May 31st from web
   
#EdHardiman  No matter how long it takes to fill up a 2-liter bottle never give the gift of saliva at a wedding...6:22 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  Back to the drawing board, cross the DNA from a poodle with a grizzly and you end up with a fluffy looking thing that rips your face off...6:21 PM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  Here's my solution to illegal aliens, put up "Welcome to Canada" signs along the Mexican border that should stop them dead in their tracks3:14 AM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  In a Sonny & Cher world even Sonny wants to be Cher...3:12 AM May 31st from web
   
# EdHardiman  Will Twitter be replaced by a service that limits tweets to 70 words? Essentially that's how microwave ovens killed toaster ovens...11:27 PM May 30th from web
   
# EdHardiman  Take your own advice before you give it to others11:26 PM May 30th from web
   
# EdHardiman  Folding toast is much easier than it looks11:11 PM May 30th from web 

FOXSports.com, Managing Editor Steve Miller and my buddy Kerouac Smith afforded me great opportunities and encouragement over the past two-years allowing me to scribble for the best damn sports site on the internet as a contributing writer and I hope to continue in that capacity and privilege for as long as they allow.  I hold them in the highest esteem.

They also opened another door for my scribble that I'd like to pass along to my all my friends who follow and applaud  this blog no matter how many times I drive it into the ditch...

Recently I landed another great opportunity, Glenn Beck's Fusion Magazine, where I'll be contributing non-sports related humor.  Glenn Beck is the FOX News Channel's latest addition to their weekly line up at 5pm with his highly rated Glenn Beck Show and hosts the 3rd highest-rated syndicated radio show in the nation that bears his name. 

My first article for Glenn Beck's Fusion Magazine is now available in their current June Issue, and I've also scribbled pieces for their combined July/August issue.  They are great folks and I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Glenn Beck's Fusion Magazine Managing Editor Liz Julis for giving me the opportunity.

I hope and encourage you to subscribe, it costs less than a carton of cigarettes, is nowhere near as carcinogenic and easily twice as funny...

Click here If you'd like to subscribe to Glenn Beck's Fusion Magazine

Click here to purchase single back issues a month after they're published

As always best fishes...

Ed

The views expressed in this blog are not reflective of Glenn Beck, Fusion Magazine or Liz Julis for that matter.  Nor are they endorsed by the aforementioned entities in any way, shape, manner or form. 

They are expressed for the sole purpose of informing readers of where they can find me outside of the FOXSports-O-Sphere and are entirely mine.  No animals were harmed in the making of this blog.