Paying Attention: From Bloomberg.com, a great, short video on Rod Embry and his company, which turns about 6 to 8 restored and upgraded Porsche 356s a year. Are they restored precisely to be the way they were when they left the factory? Not. Rod doesn’t do that. He makes a modern 356, updated for the times we live in. …
Monthly Archives: October 2015
World Endurance Championship, 20 Sept 2014
Season's Greetings: A Bill Murray Christmas Special Is Coming
Paying Attention: Netflix changes the expectations, again, with a new Christmas special starring Bill Murray. One more reason to like the Holidays (and Bill Murray).
Rear View Mirror: The 2015 Risi Competizione Season
The season starts at Daytona. The No. 62 roars into the night at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Photo (C) Regis Lefebure. January The year for Risi Competizione starts with the 24 Hours of Daytona. The long-distance endurance race came back on the competitive calendar when ALMS/IMSA were taken over by …
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Season’s Greetings: A Bill Murray Christmas Special Is Coming
Paying Attention: Netflix changes the expectations, again, with a new Christmas special starring Bill Murray. One more reason to like the Holidays (and Bill Murray).
True Danger: The Rolling Stones In Transition
The Hunt For New Music: It’s hard to remember a time when The Rolling Stones were not on our playlists. They broke through in the mid 1960s, the anti-Beatles, slightly dangerous, a band against the man, the revolution with some blues-oriented chops, and then they really dug their heels into the culture: scandal, arrests, tax …
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The American Masters (PBS) Profile of Johnny Carson
Press Clippings: Simply terrific profile of the master of Late Night: Johnny Carson. This documentary is from the American Masters series from PBS and is an exceptional look at the very private man who was one of the most public figures in the history of modern media who, it is said without hyperbole, created late …
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Quote on puppies
“Unattended children will be given a puppy and a cup of espresso….”
The Big Burn
Paying Attention: The West has been burning…all through the summer and into the fall. It’s a combination of things: malicious people, capricious nature, an historical drought. Nature has its’ own way of setting the record straight and right now nature is mad. Presented today–for your enlightenment and education–is a terrific documentary on forrest fires. Watch this, …
2015 PETIT LE MANS ROAD ATLANTA POST-RACE REPORT
RISI COMPETIZIONE – 2015 PETIT LE MANS ROAD ATLANTA POST-RACE REPORT Risi Competizione Ferrari 458 Italia GT No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Pierre Kaffer (DEU) Toni Vilander (FIN) Braselton, Georgia (October3, 2015)…The 17th annual Petit Le Mans IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship finale at Road Atlanta was one for the history books. …
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