T. Boone Pickens has his own way of saying things. Over the clink of silver on china in a Mayflower Hotel ballroom yesterday, the oil billionaire greeted a crowd of energy executives with an account of a speech he gave a year ago in which he realized after a few minutes that his clip-on microphone w...

Here's the 13F Chart study for T. Boone Pickens' BP Capital updated for Q4 2008 (priced as of 3/3/09). As always, keep in mind that the 13F filing is a snapshot at 12/31/08, and there may have been significant portfolio... Presented By: Kingdom of the Blue Whale – Sun Mar 8 8P Blue whales are the ...

Hong Kong tycoon Stanley Ho is most famous in business for his vast and infamous casino empire and unofficial title as one of Asia’s richest people (his estimated US$8 billion net worth earned him the 113th rank in Forbes’ 2007 list of “the World’s Billionaires�). Might news of his recent ...

I thought I’d take the time to reflect upon my favorite baseball players. The only rule I’m using is that I had to watch him play and remember him, so any Big Red Machine players are out. I’m sure I saw Johnny Bench play as a child, but I just don’t remember. 10. Paul O’Neill. I never real...

There has always been talk of Oscar slumps, but Halle Berry takes it to a whole new level. She'd balanced the first X-Men with Monster's Ball, got herself a slick Academy Award, and then tanked like only ... well, I'm not sure who she tanked like because it has been one hell of a big derailment in a...

If you thought this episode was about your workplace, well then you probably in for a let down. Ratings were down again for Lost.  Is it really a surprise?  We are down to the nitty gritty now with the show.  Things are now making sense (well, sort of) to those of us who have maintained our commi...

(This sermon was preached on January 25, 2009 at Boone’s Creek Baptist Church, Lexington, KY.  You may listen to the mp3 , then go to listen to other sermons in the archive.  Take time to read Luke 8:16-21.) Would it not be wonderful if large crowds gathered at a  house of worship automatic...

Want to pummel the creators of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe senseless? Franchise co-creator Ed Boon and members of the development team will be on the PlayStation Network tonight, taking on all comers. Tonight from 10PM Eastern to midnight, Ed Boon and a crack team of Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe ...

Boone freezes when I mute the TV because he thinks the TV is being turned off, which means I'd be getting up and he might get the opportunity to go outside. He's chewing on the only toy I've ever bought him that he hasn't been able to destroy. It was snowing in Charlotte this morning. Apparenlty the...

Pickens Plan, Redux: T. Boone says “the wind stuff is deader than hell right now,” but promises to push on with his plan to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil. — Wall Street Journal Who KO’d the Electric Car?:The concept of all-electric cars has faced resistance, but the ide...