Robert Hall

Had a couple concerts last week, saw Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony (1/2 of Van Halen) with Jason Bonham (Son of Led Zeppelin's John Bonham) on drums and Joe Satriani on guitar..great, loud rock show... and later in the week saw a great Crosby, Stills Nash and Young tribute band (with people that played with them...I saw CSN about 20 years ago, and Neil Young around the same time).

Yum..sounds tasty. I like Hard Eight, been there a couple of times.. https://hardeightbbq.com. One of my favorite eateries in Plano is The Biscuit Bar at the Boardwalk at Granite Park, right across from my office. https://www.thebiscuit.bar

DFW is an area of infinite sprawl and many, many freeways...reminds me of a larger version of the Phoenix East Valley metro area---beige, flat, dull with generic construction. Good BBQ though.

Glad my trip to my company HQ in Plano this week got cancelled. I hate getting stuck at DFW in inclement weather.

What a view..

Took a Sunday drive out east into the rolling hills, on the way there saw a gorgeous dark turquoise '68 GTO convertible w/ white interior, rolling top down. Also a gorgeous '69 Buick Electra convertible in a silver green w/ matching interior, top down. Came up behind a black w/ yellow stripes late model Camaro w/ Hertz Hendrick #24 logos...must have been a special edition for Hertz. Followed a sharp recent silver blue w/ white stripes Mustang Shelby GT500 with a nice burble tune. Saw a yellow T-Bucket Model T hot rod w/ an older guy w/ long white hair and beard driving. Saw a sharp metallic gray Ferrari SF90 and a clean black '66 Ford Fairlane 2dr about a mile apart on a backroad..Found a tasty Mexican restaurant in the small town of Middlefield, Ohio. I think I need sheepskin seat covers for the Caddy like I have in the Jeep...black leather seats get warm on a hot day, even w/ the AC cranked down.

Also reminded the other day how Ohio has no safety inspections...saw a 90s GMT 400 era Chevy pickup rolling down the road with crazy front wheel camber and the bed sides rusted and flared out/sagging on each side, rusted front fenders and doors. Also was behind for a while a mid 90s S10 pickup, riding lower on the left side than the right with what I thought was a big mud flap flapping in the wind on the right...but it was ahead of the rear wheel. It pulled off later and I got a good view of the right side, the 'flap' was a big chunk of rear bed side/fender that was rusted out and hanging loose behind the cab ahead of the wheel arch...

Perhaps Ford is too beholden on the stock market and investors and analysts expecting a huge ROI in a quarter...incapable of thinking long term for investments...

Went to the beach today and on the way home saw a Cybertruck for the first time in traffic...Ohio plate 'CYBRTRCK'. Hilarious looking, like a rolling dumpster from behind. Also saw a sharp clean black w/ red interior '87-90 Mustang GT convertible rolling top down. Saw a bright orange C8 Z-06 parked at a restaurant. At the beach I saw a modded, beat up early 90s Firebird w/ hole in the hood, chrome air cleaner sticking through, big wheels and tires.

Meh, just another forgettable appliance...styling very similar to the Polstar something something...

I could see a few YouTubers doing something like that to generate clicks.

Yeah, I made a number to trips to visit my sister in the Boston area in the early to mid 90s, I remember most anything that wasn't recent construction didn't have A/C.

The three slots at the top of the front fascia could be an homage to the original Pathfinder. Sort of going after the outdoorsy niche the Xterra did 25 years ago...

Fascinating. I couldn’t imagine not having central AC in the US. Though I didn’t have it at my family farm growing up. It’s been hot and humid lately, both ACs running and keeping the house comfortable around 70-72.

Never had that issue before...my last house was a split level w/ an attached garage, w/ two bedrooms over the garage. But my furnace was in the basement. I'd be more concerned about fires in the garage, given Kia's record of fires w/ various vehicles.

Not today...was seeing it yesterday w/ clicking on notifications links.

Probably noticeable when it's on...but pretty much invisible if you aren't looking for it..

It hangs occasionally for me when clicking on links.

Random pics from my birthday Friday...took my Mustang for a spin in the morning, then went out to a great local lakefront seafood place for dinner...when I came out, found the valet had parked my CT6 out front next to a Bentley coupe.

Spectacular. I would definitely enjoy that.

I like that cup...this week my debugging has been around interesting AWS and RDS issues...

Today at the gas station, I suddenly noticed and realized where the CHMSL on my CT6 was...had never thought about it, until I noticed a thin red strip at the top of the rear window...

Wow...lots of driving in 2 months. Sounds like you are enjoying it. I've put 1250 miles on my Cadillac in a little over 3 months, and about 140 miles on Mustang since last November....maybe 2500 miles on the Jeep this year so far.

Today spotting---my '87 Mustang GT. Got it out this morning and took it for a spin on my birthday. I still enjoy driving it, doesn't quite feel the same as it did when I was 20, though. But for better or for worse, I'm not the same as I was at 20...

Yes, we had rented a Mercedes A-class with a manual at Avis at the Rome airport. Day tripped down to Pompeii, Sorrento, around the Amalfi Coast. Lake lunch in Positano. It was one of the most scenic drives of my life…