Do you remember that day you got a car that was new to you?Do you remember how cool it was to check out all the new buttons and dials?Do you remember driving fast, but within the speed limit, to test the car’s acceleration and handling?Do you remember how exciting it was? Perhaps I’m all nostalgic [...]
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Los Angeles in Orange
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A Clean Car is a Fast Car
Some of you will probably laugh at this, then again you probably laugh at a lot of what I say, but I love having a clean car. There’s nothing like the feeling of having a car that’s shiney and spotless inside and out. In some ways I feel as though the car performs better when [...]
Ford in Burbank
This weekend was the Burbank Fine Arts Festival which closes down San Fernando Boulevard to traffic between Magnolia and Olive. It’s usually a lot of fun to walk around and enjoy the art, but with this weekend’s high temperatures there wasn’t much foot traffic, at least on Sunday. I walked through part of it on [...]
10 Things I Wish I Had More Time To Do
Paint Practice guitar Write Learn Dreamweaver and Photoshop Play tenis Work on my Mustang Relax in a coffee shop Read Ride my bicycle Be alone with my wife
A Mustang Story
There's a cool story about a 1965 Mustang in the LA Times today. The story ends well for one person but sadly for another. My heart goes out to Judy.
Nervous Today and Probably Tomorrow
I’m really nervous today. I drove the wife’s car into work; the same car that has been basically inoperable for a year now. I’m sure you’ve heard the story. My father in-law, cousin in-law and I have spent too many hours to count working on that engine. We’ve disassembled it probably 10 times all the [...]
My Mustang
I've been thinking a lot about my 1965 Mustang lately. It's come up in conversation several times recently so I thought I'd share an adapted email I just sent to a friend who's been asking about it. So, without further adieu, here's the long drawn-out story. Do you remember that episode of 90210 where [...]
Favorite Album Covers
The people over at Rolling Stone recently compiled a list of their favorite album covers. I thought I’d take a moment and join in the game. Here are a few of mine (in no particular order): Nirvana – Incesticide The Beatles – Sgt. Peppers…Sunny Day Real Estate – Diary The Who – Who’s Next Led [...]
Mustang
This is what I hope the engine for my 1965 Ford Mustang will look like one day. For now, I’d be happy to settle for one that runs and is covered in oil and dirt… I’m working on cleaning it up some, but mostly I’m trying to make it run again, after allowing it to [...]
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