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Just had my final autocross in the Macan . Finished 8th on PAX (time adjusted by class) in a field of 42 cars! Easily my best finish. It helped that it was cold and rainy so the GT3 and RS cars on semi-slicks were having grip issues. Weather conditions are part of racing though so I make no apologies for finishing ahead of all but one of the GT3 drivers. There was another older gentleman in his 80s driving a '21 Macan as well who smoked me and finished 3rd on PAX (missed first by 0.2s!). He was 2.5 seconds faster on about a 60 second course, so the gap was substantial. I was able to ride along with the guy and he was an amazing driver. You learn so much riding right seat when a good driver is behind the wheel. Funny thing is, he left traction/ESC control full on! He just was incredibly smooth with pedal inputs and knew how much force he could put on the steering wheel without understeering. Assuming all goes to plan, I will soon be trading the Macan in for the Boxster. She has been an amazing car, but the Boxster should be a lot more suited to the kinds of driving I want to do! I've never owned a convertible before so open top motoring should also be interesting to live with. I feel like I am going to have a lot of bad habits to un-learn after 10 years of driving AWD cars, but should be fun. 718 platform with the mid engine seems to be about as forgiving as a sports car that fast gets.

For those who haven't watched it, OJ: Made in America is my favorite documentary I've ever watched. Just a masterful piece of documentary filmmaking.

More culture. https://marinsymphony.org/tickets-events/2023-24-season/set5/

I was drunk at the time... and apparently craving chocolate 🫣

Well not in person Live - but watching One of the 6 stages that they are streaming. https://www.youtube.com/@Coachella Lana Del Rey

Any of you notice this? Apparently going to produce it; a version of Pass' beast of a thousand JFETs for electrostatic headphones. I didn't go to Axpona this year, but apparently it was there. https://www.diyaudio.com/community/threads/axpona-2024-attendees.411344/page-2#post-7655052

The GT4 is the best I’ve been in but I’m not a serious road course guy that’s been at it a long while. I’m still learning. A whole lot easier for me to win going straight…lol. HS

And don't forget the whole Kardashian movement wouldn't have happened if OJ wasn't a monster. Another little tidbit in case you think it was just a jealous guy that snapped one night. Nicole's therapist said that she had never had a client that had experienced the level of physical and mental abuse that she had for years.

Indeed.

Capricorn One is a pretty good movie if you want to watch OJ get killed.

Guy on /r/audiophile inherited this setup from his grandfather. He asked "Is this stuff any good? Should I keep it?" I managed to not blurt out "No, it's very bad and in fact dangerous. I'll do you a favor make sure it gets disposed of properly."

I honestly enjoy watching people who know how to move. I've recently started following this guy: https://www.instagram.com/p/C5lqcMNJys8/ (itslavik on Facebook; itsslavik on Instagram)

Gov't Mule. My first time. Great jam band. HS

zoomers are old enough to get married and have kids. The youngest millennials are in their mid 20s also

I just had the most awful thought: the first millenials are now old enough to get married and have children. M:TNG are being born NOW.

Work event this week, with one of the better parties they've thrown (and they're all pretty good, this one at Reggie's Chicago). '80s theme party (though most of the crowd wasn't born then), with a co-worker's Tom Petty cover band, who were very good!

First time seeing the youth Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra tonight. Will be back. G. F. Handel .............................................. Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 2 M. Ravel ........................................................... String Quartet in F Major I. Allegro moderato – très doux L. v. Beethoven ............ String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 "The Harp Quartet" II. Adagio ma non troppo A. Dvořák ........ String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96, No. 12 "American" I. Allegro ma non troppo

BABYMETAK fascinates me. The lyrics are mind numbingly stupid, but the musicianship is technically brilliant.

OJ had family and other visitors sign NDAs and executor of his estate says he will work to prevent a payout of a $33.5 million judgment awarded to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/oj-simpson-dead-trial-kardashian-murder-wife-latest-b2527669.html https://www.wnct.com/news/national/ap-executor-of-o-j-simpsons-estate-plans-to-fight-payout-to-the-families-of-brown-and-goldman/

RIP those stabbed to death in a Sydney mall https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-68805401 Story is still emerging https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-australia-68805458 currently 5 confirmed dead and many injured.