TMoney

RIP, Lord Vader.

Gorgeous!

Happy birthday!

Love the song choice!

I'm late to the party on this, but I put it on when I was cooking dinner and got sucked in. Thanks to Mikey and Tyler for bringing it to my attention. I am impressed by the audacity of the experience Disney tried to create, but she does a great job in showing how much they fell short. Gettting 80% of the way there is something, but that last 20% can make the difference between a good and bad trip but is a bear to get right. I still find the idea intriguing. How do you create "individual" in-person experiences at scale and still keep costs down. You can see what they were going for and what the idea was, it just didn't work. Anyways, good video!

Snow in Tahoe this early in the year? In this economy!? I haven’t been up here in a while but it sure is nice.

Just make it an EV already if it is going to be that heavy. I know driving impressions of the new M5 have said it isn’t as bad as the weight would make it seem, but still. Near 5,500 lbs is just absurd in something that is meant to be decent going around a corner.

https://youtu.be/xf-zV1uTkW0?feature=shared This guy is something else. At an event full of the best athletes in the world he shows yet again that he is one of a kind. Add this one to the long list of his career of legendary nights. Seeing the despondency on the France bench or the dancing and euphoria on the US bench tells you all you need to know.

This one rocks. Their first great album front to back?

Just finished GOT House of the Dragon Season 2’s finale. What a great season to a great show. It is probably the highest budget show on tv, but what carries it is the casting. I love the acting so much.

It is the marquee event of the Olympics every cycle and yet again it does not disappoint! https://youtu.be/OR-KywN5ok8?feature=shared

Happy b-day, Todd! Thanks for keeping the lights on over here! Hope you have a lovely day.

Is this Steve or is this Brent?

Happy birthday, HW!

I am quite enjoying this more competitive period in F1. Races are a lot more fun when Max isn't way out in front.

Happy birthday, Doc!

I would be scared to drive one. That is SO MUCH POWER. From a rolling start the ZR1 should out-drag the Plaid and Lucid, which feels just insane to type. Once it gets to the first corner it weighs 1,000 lbs less than either of them.

It is funny how a multiple days over 110F really make you appreciate those days when it is “merely 103.”

This makes me a little sad. There was a lot of hype about the new model 3 performance when it hit the streets. An electric m3 for $30k less than the gas one BMW would sell you, some said. Well, the story on track is... not great. Brakes lit on fire after two minutes of running, and car cuts power even though he is going at a moderate pace to save brakes afterwards. Maybe Tesla will fix this stuff, but the reason why they have an electric m3 that cost 30k less than the gas one sure looks to be that Tesla cut corners. Most buyers will only drive them on the street though and will likely never notice. A car with an "M" badge or a prancing horse on its badge will cost you more, but it also will be up for track work in a way that this just isn't.

Happy birthday! Hope you are able to get an epic bike ride in!

Happy birthday, Spritzer!

I am very surprised to see the hostility. Steve is one of the kindest people I’ve met.

Drama (for your mama)! Finally some spice at the top of the leaderboards! Fun race.

Track driving is like an expensive drug. Some amazing highs, but it costs a lot and it can bite you!

I never grew up driving a manual so the appeal of one is lost on me. The paddles on the PDK are fantastic for selecting gears and you don’t ever need to worry about heel-toe rev matching or something like a money shift. When I’m going flat out or close to it I’m pretty mentally engaged as it is! Speaking of Porsche limits, the fun thing with the modern Porsches is they tell you at how well you are driving to the limit of the car when you activate the data recorder. I am very much a novice driver, but even I can get this thing up to 84% of its limit. It is also cool that I can compare my telemetry with other Porsche drivers on the same track. It goes without saying, but the biggest different between the skilled drivers and the novices like me is the brake pedal, not the gas. They brake a lot later and harder than I do allowing them to get back on throttle faster. My next session ended in tragedy as I had an “off” that resulted in rear suspension damage and a tow home, but hey, shit happens and performance driving is a risky activity. I am doing my penance in a rental Chevy Malibu while my baby gets repaired.