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Happy birthday, Ken!

She ain't dead. It was her sister, who had cancer.

It is very intimidating, but I'm taking it one bite at a time. I have no idea how all these other people are so good at driving. I don't feel like I'm doing badly but I'm way off the pace of the leaders.

Happy birthday, Todd!

Glad for her fans. For the rest of us who are agnostic, hope we see a bit less of her in 2024. It has been suffocating, to say the least.

Pitchfork's Top 100 songs of 2023 is here. There are some interesting choices up and down the list but I'm in 100% agreement with them on song #1. It is a stunner when you hear it for the first time. My favorite Lana song, easily. https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/best-songs-2023/

Alright, I'll say it. iRacing may have a bit of a steep learning curve and a dated interface but this is THE GAME. The driving feels sooo good.

HBD, Z!

Happy birthday, Bryan! Hope it is a fun one and you aren't too hungover from that whisky marathon yesterday.

Season ended as it started with Max running away from the pack without breaking a sweat. Here is hoping for a more competitive 2024 campaign.

Since hearing it in the Scott Pilgrim show I’ve had this funny little earworm stuck in my head.

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix) Did you like the original Scott Pilgrim movie or the comic? Then you will almost certainly enjoy this! Pretty much every member of the cast is back to voice act their roles. I'm about 4 episodes in and finding it quite enjoyable.

I'll just chime in to say this. About a decade back I visited Israel for two weeks with the rest of my family. One of the most memorable parts of the trip was visiting the West Bank. I'm an empathetic person, and seeing the way the modern state of Israel treated the Palestinians people made me sad, more than anything. A day or two after we saw the settlements encroaching on the West Bank. That trip and the time we spent there seeing things with my own eyes changed my outlook. Many other people I've spoken to who have visited the Palestinian Territories feel the same way. Some of my other friends who have done the "birthright" trips never got a chance to see what we saw and had a very different experience of spending time in the region. What happened was/is horrible, and the nation of Israel is well within its rights to respond harshly. That being said, it breaks my heart to see bomb after bomb hit Gaza City and trash the place. More than a million people live there, and look what is happening to it. I think the situation is very complicated and that it is ok to feel conflicted. I myself am a non-practicing Jew.

Happy birthday to HC's whisky king!

Happy birthday, Chris! Come race with me and Brent sometime. Forza Motorsport is pretty fun!

I wouldn't be sad to see the head of HBO fired for this. This is unbelievably stupid. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/hbo-casey-bloys-secret-twitter-trolls-tv-critics-leaked-texts-lawsuit-the-idol-1234867722/

I used to love sitting aisle but lately window has been calling my name. Love seeing cool stuff from the air. Rainier, Shasta, a few of SF and Mt. Hood.

Fall, no. Breath very heavy in to his microphone while his four little yappy marmot-sized dogs go crazy in the background because a squirrel is in the back yard? Yes.

New Forza. Does this hearld the return of HC Race Night? HDR screenshot blown out when converted to SDR, weird.

The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix) I enjoyed it enough to make it through all eight episodes. Solid B/B- for me.

Quite impressive. I was using the free satellite wifi on a delta flight yesterday and the speeds were similar but ping in the 150s.

What is the ping like?

Happy birthday, Marc!

This stupid earworm was as catchy 25 years ago as it still is today.