So it is.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Millenials, amirite? With their “hashtags” and their “yolos” and their beepin and tha boppin and the what-have-yous. 

Back when MSN Messenger was a thing, they had an emoji (I think this was before emojis were even called that... that’s how long ago this was) that was a face with big bug eyes but an otherwise neutral expression, used to convey the kind of shock you have when you find out the boss you were just badmouthing donates…

NFL: here is a bajillion dollars. All you have to do is not be a despicable moron for few years, we good?

This kid has had a somewhat tragic start to his career. Jules Bianchi was his godfather... he raced against and was friends with Hubert. His father also passed away when he was young.

Seb did a great job as tailgunner for Leclerc, didn’t he? Very good strategy by Ferrari for once, especially because it always looked like he was going to finish fourth anyway and he got the extra point for fastest lap this way.

Charles is witnessed, as is Anthoine. Mad props to Seb for holding the door long enough even with the tyres melting late in the race. Meanwhile this was a surprisingly sub-optimal race for Mercedes—the tire change went slowly and Lewis could have probably closed further had he not made mistakes. Renault shit on Danny…

The book is incredible, and I’m already re-reading it once more before my grad school semester starts. Easily one of the most well-written and illuminating books I’ve read about motorsport, hands down.

like Mark Kelso’s Great Gazoo job?

I actually hoped he would retire over this. Because even though I am a hypocrite who still watches and follows the NFL religiously, I am basically rooting for every player in the league to retire at all times and hopefully save themselves from a life of misery.

“Nitro methane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, disassociated from atmospheric water vapour by the searing exhaust gases.”

Relevant: https://xkcd.com/327/

A good chuck of those engines don’t even last 1000 revolutions under load before needing a re-build. Even so, it is still a hell of an engineering feat.

The wildest thing to me was when the clutches fully engage in the nitro cars at about 300 foot. It’s extremely hard to explain because the launch is so fast and violent, but if you’re sitting around the mark where they engage it’s like watching the cars being slingshot down the track. The only way i’ve been able to…

Awesome facts... and I think they now say these engines are producing north of 10,000hp. That’s nearly 1,300hp per cylinder.  It’s amazing they last as long as they do.

Last time I was there for that the flags at the top of the wall stood straight up and then burnt off. I walked behind the wall just after they reopened that part of the road and the tar was melting. What a spectacle.

If you’ve never been, DO IT. TV and these videos do not capture it.

he’s from Philly, remember?

Painfully aware of the reputation! But at least it keeps people off-guard, like at any moment, you never know what someone in green is going to do. People take it too far though. Princeton is sort of the border of Eagles/Phillies/Flyers Nation, but it is nice up that way. Never got the appeal of Houston, but millions…

Thanks, man. And IT makes the (paperless) (automated) world go round these days. Whether directly or indirectly, you’re saving a lot of shit.