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Back in Play: Petit Le Mans 2010, and other recent doings...
First up: I returned last Monday morning from my ninth trip to Road Atlanta to cover the 13th annual Petit Le Mans. To say it was a truly epic event would be the understatement of the month. So much about the entire trip was just too cool for words ( Read more... ) -
See you on the other side...
Late May, early June -- Just a week or two after getting a reasonably clean bill of health from her vet (kidney levels just marginally raised from one year ago, but not severe), she looked incredible for a dog of some 16, nearly 17 years. Kim has enjoyed her company since 1997, and I have for the last 3 years. She's the perfect sidekick to Kit, my ( Read more... ) -
Back when music really MATTERED...
Twenty-five years ago this month, Steven Van Zandt gathered an incredible eclectic mass of musicians to do something that had been done before (a big collective sing-along of musicians of the day - we had already seen "Do They Know It's Christmas" by Band Aid, and "We Are The World" by Quincy and Michael and half of L.A.), to do something that hadn ( Read more... ) -
What I learned out on the road...
Just spent the last few weeks on the road --- first Road Atlanta for Petit Le Mans (and the biggest storm in that area since Sherman), then a brilliant ride out to the Bay Area for my inaugural trip to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
Anyone who's read the Petit article, thanks - it was probably one of my better ones. I had fun with it. And anyone who ( Read more... ) -
Alive in Sebring!
After a trip that spanned five states and over 1100 miles over two days, I've finally arrived in Sebring ( Read more... ) -
Flying again, hopefully landing well.
Today makes two times in a row, where I'm flying home from a work stint on the same day as a big commercial plane crash. The first time (last month's lucky landing in the Hudson River) was just that - a lucky shot by an excellent pilot. Today's crash in Buffalo, not so much ( Read more... )
