Overheard last night: “This is the most I’ve seen of my bellybutton in years!”
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Monthly Archives: September 2005
The F1 soap opera continues
NASCAR has it’s “silly season”, but F1 has the “contract recognition board”… Jensen Button seems to be staying at BAR after a sizable sum of money was given back to Williams.
So, Button and Barrichello at BAR, Mark Webber and somebody at Williams, Nick Heidfeld and somebody at the new BMW factory team and Schumi and Massa at Ferrari. And 2 fewer cylinders all around and more Bridgestone shod teams.
But still no jag-eww-arr.
New sonos
We had another doctor visit yesterday, so we’ve got more pictures. This is normally the first appointment where they do a sonogram, so the earlier ones were a bonus. For some reason, the little one wouldn’t hold still or roll over, frustrating the sonographer to no end.
“The Alien look”, as the sonographer called it, with a nice view of the spine:
Another eerie image:
Yep, that’s a foot. The little one just kept kicking and punching through the whole procedure.
Another closeup of the head:
Crazy Loans
CNN/Money has a nice article that spells out some of the details of the crazy mortgages available today. “Money” quote:
“I think the creative mortgage structures have been the last puff on the real estate balloon,” says Nick Buss, vice president of market research at PNC Finance. “Consumers were already stretched, and these products have stretched them just a little bit further.”
Pictures from Virginia
Look familiar? (Other pictures)
And, we walked along the beach in Virginia Beach:
(Other pictures, including ones of Mount Trashmore)
Still Alive
We’re still on vacation, the Holiday Inn Express in Newport News didn’t have working internet access, contrary to the “2 Line T1 phones” listed in their ad. (I’ve got the ad, scan will come when I go back to work.)
Maybe I’ll get some pictures up later after we find some food here in Hurricane, WV.
Shenandoah National Park
We hiked around Shenandoah National Park today.
More pictures here.
Metropolis, IL
We drove through Metropolis today. I’ll try to get the picture of the giant Superman posted later.
As promised:
Single tire supplier?
Looks like the FIA/F1 just might get it’s way, with McLaren and others in talks with Bridgestone to jump aboard because Michelin isn’t interested in the the new tire rules.
Maybe this should go under the Politics category instead of Motorsports, since this seems like a bad case of taking your toys and going home….
Car maintenance
The 97 Accord got a new muffler last week and new tires this week, Yokohama Avid T4s from Tirerack.com. Mounting and balancing done by Beaumont Alignment.