The Blogs
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Pending death
I fly back to China to see my dying grandmother and my grandfather, and think about how each of them are handling the end of life.
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Power as a margin of safety
We were on our way back home from a win at Lake Superior Performance Rally (LSPR). I had just attended my very first stage rally, and did so as a crew member for my friends. Kevin, the owner and driver of a thoroughly used 80’s FC Mazda RX-7 had just driven to a convincing win…
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Goodbye Bonnie
At this moment, my 1966 Mustang is on a slow boat ride to the southern coast of France. I sold the car during the waning days of fall, eager to get some cash and clear some garage space, thinking that the car would end up with someone local, or at least somewhere in the Midwest.…
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Mach E vs. Cybertruck
Two new electric vehicles were just revealed. One had a brief flash of media coverage and then faded away from the limelight, while the other one is literally one of the hottest topics in pop culture, and will continue to be weeks after its reveal. The Ford Mustang Mach-E is pretty unremarkable. The only thing…
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The new Corvette: not “the regular kind”
I did not watch the C8 Corvette reveal last night. I’m just now catching up on all of the images and details of the new car, and so far, I really like what I see. Naturally, with something as so near and dear to the hearts of so many Americans, one of the key pillars…
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The Alcan 5000
These are the Cliff Notes of my Alcan 5000 adventure in the Mustang. I wrote this for my work newsletter, so it’s written for a Ford audience, and it leaves out a lot of the smaller stories and adventures I had on this trip, but it gets to the heart of the fun and is…
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Idiot Watch Dude
I’ve got a new, dumb hobby: a serious interest in horology. Horology is one of those terms that sounds extremely pretentious and fancy, like caviar, boutiques, and Lamborghini, with its many syllables and very rare use in normal conversation. And yet, as silly as it sounds to say the word out loud, here I’m using…
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Towers where none had stood before
I go back to China to visit family on Rongxian, and discover that the rate of change is climbing at an exponential pace. New buildings abound, more vehicle traffic, and different vehicle traffic to boot, makes me wonder about the rapid replacement of old with new, and how that might continue on in the future.
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Goodbye, Mike
A fellow autocrosser and friend Mike Kline has passed away. I tell of my story with him, and provide some closing thoughts. Why do some people have an impact on our lives that is outsized from what one might expect?