How to Become a Rally Racer
I have this desire to get one of these and start doing some rally racing. I also have a desire to learn how to customize these cars myself, not to mention learn how to rally race. Because rally racing without knowing how, it occurs to me, might be a bad idea. Only problem is, I don’t really fit the type that tinkers with cars and races them, I think. Having looked at a few forums online for that sort of thing, I’m kind of amazed at the aggression these guys throw around, not to mention the total lack of attention to spelling. One guy will say something like, “hey, I think the WRX is prety cool becuz it has AWD and for that reason its better then the RX-8….” and invariably there’ll be a response within a few minutes by a guy saying “fuck you man, you fuking idiot. You know nothing you fucking gay.” And I can’t help but wonder exactly how that kind of reaction is warranted. Does give me a certain amount of trepidation at the thought of joining that world. I just want the cool machines and fast driving, without the anger, you know? I can tell you, people are a lot more passive on airline forums.
Have you ever heard of a Wholphin? That's the product of a whale and a dolphin mating. And supposedly it really happens. And the resulting creature does not look like this. But the reason I bring it up, and the reason I found out about the phenomenon, is that there's a new "DVD Magazine" that's being put out which seems very worthwhile, and it goes by that name. That's accessible at wholphindvd.com. Looks like they take a bunch of good films, mostly short ones, that haven't been seen, and include them on a DVD, and if you subscribe you get one quarterly. I think it's a great idea.
And just in case you were getting bored, take a look at this bit of information I just read, posted by millionmiler on flyertalk: "It's estimated that the average human eats 1/2 a kilogram (or one pound) of insects each year unintentionally. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows by law for a certain amount of insects in food. According to the FDA Web site, every 100 grams of chocolate can have as much as 60 insect pieces in it, and a typical jar of peanut butter is allowed to have over 100 insect fragments."
Flyertalk is not usually reliable for information about insects, but there you have it anyway.
I'm back in Los Angeles, having arrived in heavily overcast, rainy weather. That's the first time I've arrived here by plane in anything other than heat, sun, and haze. A nice change, actually. Now it's back to being sunny, and I've mostly been walking around in a mild daze, the kind that tends to overcome me for a while whenever I do these large geographical shifts. And I seem to have a particular difficult time reconnecting to reality over on the west coast. I'm pretty sure it worked out alright last time though, after a few days, so I'm holding out hope.
Latest news: my A3 now has license plates. 5SRK968. Not a bad number, really.
Have you ever heard of a Wholphin? That's the product of a whale and a dolphin mating. And supposedly it really happens. And the resulting creature does not look like this. But the reason I bring it up, and the reason I found out about the phenomenon, is that there's a new "DVD Magazine" that's being put out which seems very worthwhile, and it goes by that name. That's accessible at wholphindvd.com. Looks like they take a bunch of good films, mostly short ones, that haven't been seen, and include them on a DVD, and if you subscribe you get one quarterly. I think it's a great idea.
And just in case you were getting bored, take a look at this bit of information I just read, posted by millionmiler on flyertalk: "It's estimated that the average human eats 1/2 a kilogram (or one pound) of insects each year unintentionally. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows by law for a certain amount of insects in food. According to the FDA Web site, every 100 grams of chocolate can have as much as 60 insect pieces in it, and a typical jar of peanut butter is allowed to have over 100 insect fragments."
Flyertalk is not usually reliable for information about insects, but there you have it anyway.
I'm back in Los Angeles, having arrived in heavily overcast, rainy weather. That's the first time I've arrived here by plane in anything other than heat, sun, and haze. A nice change, actually. Now it's back to being sunny, and I've mostly been walking around in a mild daze, the kind that tends to overcome me for a while whenever I do these large geographical shifts. And I seem to have a particular difficult time reconnecting to reality over on the west coast. I'm pretty sure it worked out alright last time though, after a few days, so I'm holding out hope.
Latest news: my A3 now has license plates. 5SRK968. Not a bad number, really.
posted by Gabriel Leigh at 8:36 AM
2 Comments:
They say the soul doesn't really understand air travel and it takes a few days to catch up with the body. Maybe your soul is still trying to locate your body.
I just haphazardly tumbled upon your latest - okay, in fact you sent me an e-mail reminding me to read it - and would like to comment that I definitely agree that bad language, bad grammar and sub-human writing skills dominate the web, and possibly the universe.
Personally, I think that an I.Q. test should be required before anyone is allowed to write anything on-line.
I'd also like to say that whoever the asshole, fuckin moron is who dissed the RX8, he obviously don't know shit from a shoeshine. And I'll kill ya' , whoever you are, for spreading that kind of commie, lowlife propaganda.
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