Hopstretch

I've never had a flat tire in all my years of driving. But the thought of "going naked" still makes me nervous.

You're a funny guy, Brent. I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last.

Need new tires on the X5 and thinking about taking the opportunity to finally ditch run flats, which flat out suck. (Particularly with 315 rears. Tramlining? Er, yeah a bit.) But I don't have any kind of spare, because BMW. If I just keep a 12V compressor and a couple of cans of repair goo in the car, am I still being a responsible road user?

The House of Love -- S/T

Happy birthday!

"I'm sick of these motherfucking snakes up my motherfucking nose!"

That's racist!

Nice Greg! I had ox heart tartare for lunch, which is a first for me. Served with onion jam, mustard and charred pickled onions.

On second thoughts ...

Guilty on all counts, your honor.

Andrew Bird -- Are You Serious?

And those BMW engineers know about form following function too, I can tell you!

Hate to interrupt the geopolitical discussion, but I left my BHSE on all night yesterday by accident (read, "was pissed") and it didn't burn the house down. Thanks Kevin and Justin.

Has anyone tried Quads in a near field application? Guess I'd need a bigger desk ...

Feist -- The Reminder

Last night I dreamed I attended a travel team event and we all visited a specialist whisky store, where I became overly refreshed. Next morning, I found that you fuckers had taken me to a tattooist, who photo-realistically reproduced the facade of the store on the palm of my left hand. Everybody seemed to agree that this would be a brilliant memento. Then we went to get poutine.

Interesting. Dash cams are big here in the UK due to the prevalence of "crash for cash" scams. I've been toying with setting something up in the X5.

Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg -- S/T

Happy Birthday!

Tindersticks -- The Waiting Room

My great-grandfather was an Alderman and family legend says he refused a turn as Lord Mayor because -- being an Anglicized Scot -- he was too cheap to pay his own expenses.

Many good things. Both the food and wines in Spain are amazing, and cheap.

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!