Monday, May 31, 2010

Going Like Sixty

Going Like Sixty

Junk Stuff I Wrote Sunday Evening In the Midst of Race-a-thon

Posted: 30 May 2010 06:14 PM PDT


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I did not intend to watch 1100 miles of auto racing, but it has been raining off and on all day. Not so much to drive me inside where the DVR is and I might watch something else. So I watched the Indy 500 and now am watching the Coke 600.

Blah. I hate to waste a weekend day. Especially a holiday weekend.

1. Make a list of 5 things you can see without getting up. I’m outside in the NASCAR/Cigar Bar. Itty-Bitty lo-def Tee Vee, 1/3 full bottle of Tiki Torch Oil, an electronic bug zapper that looks like a tennis racket, the sky, wind chimes that are supposed to look like a giraffe.

2. How do you style your hair? How often do you cut it? Weekends I let the wind do my styling – or the bed. Weekdays it varies depending on how long it’s gotten. In the summer, about every two weeks. (Nancy cuts it.)

3. What are you wearing now? Swimming suit and Tee. (Intended to go swim at LeClub de Blub, but thunder means get out of the pool for 30 minutes, so I just did a light workout.

4. What’s your occupation? Do you like it? I am occupied writing this, it’s not to bad.

5. When was the last time that you took a nap? Was there a special reason? I napped Friday about 5 p.m. because I was really tired (why else would one nap?) I went to bed at 9.

6. Who was the last person you hugged romantically? Nancy

8. What was the last full meal that you ate? Salad with chicken tenders.

9. What was the last email that you received? From Bulbous, it said NHL: Edmunton

10. What one website do you always visit when you go online? Website, (not blog, not RSS) none.

11. What was the last significant thing you bought? 8 month supply of dog medicine, flea and tick stuff, heartworm, Sedona’s animal Prozac: $536

12. What musical artist did you not get at first, but then became a fan? None.

13. What do you think about before you go to bed last night? Put on my CPAP. I fell asleep with it off and I was snorking.

14. What was the last CD you bought? Steve Martin’s banjo songs.

15. What is your favorite weather, and why? What’s the weather like today? At midday about 85. Today was typical summer day. Started hot and humid, then rained, then hot and humid, then rain, then thunder, then cool.

16. If you could have a special artistic talent, what would it be? I would be a wonderful water-colorist, or have awesome Spirograph skillz

17. Did you watch the Idol 9 finale? If yes, what are your thoughts? I. Did. Not. On purpose, I didn’t think either Crystal or Lee was special and I didn’t care who one.

18. What’s something you’d like to say to someone right now? Thank you for reading my blog.

19. Any special plans for this (holiday in the States) weekend? Yes, first ever slow water kayak trip on Saturday. Meet “Rocks or Water”…

20. Besides your current S/O, who was the last person that you loved romantically? Nobody.

Ok, now what do I do the rest of the weekend? We already are planning on going out to eat breakfast tomorrow. And maybe take in a ballgame.

The Indianapolis 500 is Over

Posted: 30 May 2010 10:43 AM PDT


Soon the Indianapolis 500 Race will end.

Permanently. Kaput. Extinct.

It is already irrelevant.

Here are the reasons Indy Car racing will choose to move out of Indianapolis:

  • Timing. Race time is 1 pm EST Sunday – in the middle of the day in the middle of the first summer holiday weekend. A time when most people would rather be outside doing summertime stuff. (NASCAR races Sunday night, when fans are ready to chill with a few more beers.)
  • All the cars are the same. Indy Racing League (IRL) rules are so tight that the chassis is the same and the engine is the same. There is no room for innovation.
  • Foreign-born drivers dominate. Who are all these guys? Except for Mr. Ashley Judd, even Indy Car fans can’t name more than five drivers in the field – especially American born drivers.
  • The month-long hype for the Indianapolis 500 is gone. The IRL has mucked around with the way time trials are held and now drivers to who want to sit on the pole position have to run fast TWICE.
  • A wobbly voiced really really old white woman issued “the most famous words in racing.”
  • A strong  voiced really really old white guy sang “Back Home Again in Indiana.”
  • Fans can’t relate to the cars.  At least NASCAR has brands that can be purchased at a local dealership. Sure, they are nothing like what is on the track, but Dodge lovers can root for the Dodge cars.
  • It’s a boring track. There is only one groove which means side-by-side racing is impossible. Fans in the stands see a blur of cars with no idea who is leading (except of for scoreboard.)
  • The Indy Racing League  is being run by a CEO who had never seen ANY Indy car race until today. He had never been to Indianapolis. He was a promoter of Professional Bull Riding.

The Indianapolis 500 is over.

Everybody lost.
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