Last weekend was trackday fun at Buttonwillow with lumin_esc and areitu.

It was my first race driving experience of any kind. The station wagon probably had the worst power/weight ratio in the group, but by the end of the weekend I was leaving at least a few of the other guys in the dust. I even kept up with the CTS for a lap or two!

(A few pix)


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Last week I got back from spending ten days with squipwuff driving the ring road around Iceland ( Read more... )

I'm not such a cat person, and the French don't do anything in particular for me, but jesus, this is alright:

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C'etait un Rendezvous

A classic.

But especially dear to me because a brief part retraces a frenzied dash I made up the Champs-Élysées a couple years ago with rrruff.

Back from Chicago, again.

Had an awesome time with the folks out there, and solved most of the esoteric design problems that had been pulling me out there for work every few weeks.

Distinguishing highlights from this trip:

- pie
- brussel sprouts
- lemonade beer
- no speeding tickets on the tollway
- finally getting to properly hang out with metroactual, ( Read more... )

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Back in Chicagoland for a week of work.

Got in Saturday afternoon and drove straight from the airport to woodychitwn's birthday party. It was full of fun times and great people--definitely one of the best parties I've been to in a while. It was nice to see so many friends immediately after arriving, and I even got to meet a few people ( Read more... )

My bank has taken to putting little marketing surveys on the ATM screen while the machine is busy shuffling its $20 bills.

Today's poll:

How would you respond if this ATM were out of order?

A) Merely annoyed
B) Complain to someone (not at the bank)
C) Complain to someone at the bank
D) Close account
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Tonight I encountered a guy in need of a jumpstart ( Read more... )

Spending the weekend in Tahoe motivated me to finally sort through my photos of last month's stay in Tokyo, which are mostly of the beautiful Oze Tokura ski area in Gunma:


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