When I bought my current car, it was a compromise between practicality and fun. I had considered getting a roadster, but the idea of dealing with 101 Xmas presents with no trunk turned me off.
With the advent of companies like ZipCar and FlexCar, I've been considering giving up the coupe, buying a roadster, and using a short term rental for those few practical moments. Number one on my list is a
Pontiac Solstice.
Then I saw this picture on
Jalopnik. I understand where the front license plate is safer and better for law enforcement, but LOOK AT IT!!! A work of art has been defaced. There has to be some compromise... standardizing smaller front plates, offsetting front plates to either side, stop designing gorgeous cars that can't have front plates... SOMETHING!!!
I guess I'll wait for the
Saturn Sky and decide then.
Ugghh. I went on a tubing trip on Saturday. This was the 2nd trip of the summer
The first one was a blast. We had beautiful weather, good group of guys... great day. As we were driving to the cabin to get our gear, I told Rob that the second time never meets expectations. I didn't know how right I'd be.
It rained and it was cold the entire day. To make matters worse, the river was VERY slow. In the time we floated 5 miles the first weekend, we barely made the 3 miles this weekend. It was so miserable the one of us would occasionally stand up and walk down the river towing the others to speed our progress. At least we had reserved cabins at the river for the night, which had a hot tub to warm up to. I never thought a hot tub would feel so good in August.
The miserable trip, though, reminded me that I hadn't posted the pictures I took of the first weekend in July. I will do that soon.
I will admit that, beside some of the car-related blogs and those dedicated to DC-related stuff, I regularly check out blogs of folks that I do not know. Generally, I've discovered these through links from other blogs, and I just continue reading because they make me laugh.
I came across
this post on one of my favorite blogs-of-someone-I-don't-know,
durbanbud. (He's pretty funny.) First, I don't know either one of them, but if I did I give them a huge hug to wish them the best. I doubt we've even met in passing, which is amazing considering how small DC can seem.
Still, I got all introspective and stuff, since I just watched my 2+ year relationship with Scott crumble. It actually made me think about something disturbing. I have many coupled friends that met in their 20's, many who are also celebrating 10 or more years together this year. I have some single friends around the same age who have trouble keep a relationship together more than a couple months. I don't know many folks in between.
Have we evolved into two types of people... those who couple up early in adulthood and know how keep a relationship going, and those of us who are so used to being alone, that we refuse (or don't know how) to keep a relationship going? And when is the point of no return, where some stay in bad relationships and others sabotage good ones? And is that why I spent so much time in a relationship where we spent most of our time 600 miles apart?
Discuss....
or I better hit the lottery soon. I just saw on
Autoblog that it looks like BMW will expand the E90 M3 models.
I drive an E46 coupe (see the banner), and would have loved to get the M3 if I had an extra 15K laying around. I've never understood why BMW didn't continue the M3 sedan when they switched to the E46 platform, as there are so many others who prefer a sedan. They could have sold tons.
I've been saying my next car will be a wagon. Sure would be nice if it were an M3 wagon.
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This past weekend my family celebrated my dad's 60th birthday. My dad wanted to eschew the typical surprise party with lovely gifts of colostomy bags and Preparation H wrapped in "Old Fart" wrapping paper. Instead, the entire family spent the weekend at my sister's place in
Shepherdstown. Just a lazy weekend in the country.
My brothers and I took my dad biking down the
C&O Canal towpath on Saturday. It was fantastic... so much so that I'm thinking about biking the entire C&O Canal, 185 miles. Stop rolling your eyes. This is really not that outrageous. First, I would NOT camp (or whatever it you outdoorsy types call it). I've charted a number of cozy B&Bs along the way, so I'd get a hot shower and fabulous breakfast everyday. (I might skip my mimosa in the morning, though) If I would bike it over 3 or 4 days, it would be between 40 and 60 miles a day, which is no sweat considering the towpath is pretty much flat from Cumberland to Georgetown.
Now just have to find a sucker to do it with me.
I've started and stopped this blog several times... I'm drinking less these days, getting more sleep, and sans the BF. Maybe I'll keep this going this time.
I spend a lot of time on blogs involving cars, my home town (DC) and gay men. So what's wrong with combining them, no? After all, I'm gay man with an unhealthy obsession with automobiles who lives in DC.
