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Another fun weekend out autocrossing! Vroom, vroom! I never was able to put a clean run together and felt like I left at least a second or two out on the track, but we still were able to beat some of the modern 911 drivers. I was the only crossover in the field, and the most common thing I heard was "my wife really wants one of those!" I take it as a compliment. A few random observations: Had a ride along with my instructor driving his GT3. I see why people go crazy for them. What a machine. So much grip. I want one. Badly! There was a 911 Turbo in my run group and I can't believe how fast that thing is in a stright line. He was probably the second heaviest car in the field after me. Watching the older cars run the course is my favorite. They look so majestic out there and I'm glad the owners don't baby them. After-market exhaust on most cars is so stupid. You already are driving a sports car with factory sport exhaust. Making it twice as loud is silly. Some random photos I snapped.

Happy birthday, Doug! Hope you have something fun planned for the weekend!

Classical Music app is out and they've done a nice job with it from my experience.

Weyes Blood last night in SF. A lovely gal with a lovely voice I could listen to all day.

New Lana Del Ray. I think she just keeps getting better. I'd love to see her in concert this year if she goes on tour.

Robin Hobb - Farseer Trilogy I read some interview saying that these books were one of the best fantasy series in the last 30 years. George R.R. Martin seemed to agree, as he is blurbed on the back cover. So I picked the first one up. It started ok. I figured I'd put it down if I got bored and move on to something else. But I kept going. The more I read the more I started really getting in to the world the author has created. There is some really great stuff here, and Ms. Hobb has the prose of a seasoned writer. Now I just finished the second book and am on to book 3! I'm all in. If you at all enjoy fantasy game of thrones-ish type series, this one is a winner. (sadly I got ebooks from the library and am not reading those amazing looking folio society hardcovers)

U2 - Songs of Surrender U2 unplugged... or at least Bono and Edge unplugged because the other two didn't really participate. Some of it is decent, some of it is quite bad, all of it feels unnecessary. I still love these guys but everything they've released for the last 20 years has left me feeling disappointed. I still want to see them live in Vegas later this year though.

Happy birthday, DOTU! Hope you have a special beer picked out!

My goal for my first timed autocross with the Porsche Club was to be faster than at least one 911. I really wanted to send someone home in their sports car knowing they got beat by a practical family four-door. I felt like I could go quite a bit quicker, but mission accomplished. Only car I’m sad I wasn’t faster than was the Dodge Challenger. The rest of them I had no chance of beating if they were driven competently. This is a very fun hobby other than the long drives to and from the remote locations where they host these things. Doing another one in two weeks.

RIP Lt. Daniels.

^ Any good? I love Mel B but I will admit to be pretty skeptical about the new show.

Happy birthday, Fitzy!

Turning and burning with the BMW Club. Macan is heavy and seems to eat tires, but she can really move. People said it looked quite fast but maybe they were just being nice?

One of my absolute favorites! Camissa and hagerty do such a good job with these.

Has hell finally frozen over? https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-music-classical/id1598433714

Happy birthday, Nate!

Their catalog is finally on streaming services as of today!

Happy birthday, CS!

Get to the choppa… I mean birthday party! Have a good one!

I watched the entire season of races, know everything that is coming, and yet this show still has me hooked with the unprecedented behind the scenes footage. Netflix does such a good job with this.

Happy birthday, Dan! Not kayaking season but I hope you can get out again on the rivers soon!

What the hell. I'll try one! https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-bets-coffee-infused-with-olive-oil-could-be-the-next-frappuccino-7a079d50?st=j2rvqpxxnl65trz&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Happy birthday!

Damn, you old! Happy birthday, Colin!

Got another car control class on the books (with the BMW club, hopefully they accept my car 🙃) and I'm going to try my first road rally with the Porsche club. When I thought rally I thought of sliding cars around on dirt rally stages but this isn't like that at all. It is more like a scavenger hunt that you do from your car and that rewards precision, not speed. I like it! Trying to nail down a co-driver/co-navigator (@Grahame ?). I think maybe I'll do my first auto cross in April. This car hobby is quite the rabbit-hole of stuff to do. It is helpful that a large portion of hobbyist motorsport seems to be organized on a single website, https://www.motorsportreg.com, making it easy to find out a good amount of what is going on nearby.