Those of you in the 416/905/519/613/313/514 areas that Neksis is distributed in may have seen its recently released and greatly improved second issue… Among other things it includes a one page article by me:
It's been edited a little, but it's basically what I wrote. I can't believe they printed those pictures in a general circulation magazine!
I also bumped into an old aquantaince today that works for CORE magazine… I think they might be doing a little feature as well. I hope Phil doesn't mind, but I invited their writer to come on the 12th for the suspension party. It'll be a change from interviewing Jeanine Garofalo!
Creation and deletion of entries is now being fully logged, so if you're “cheating” to get to the top of the list, the bots will see it. So please don't do it! It might seem like it sometimes, but I really don't like deleting people.
In about half an hour I'm going out to a funeral… A sort of burial at sea I guess. Actually, it's a double funeral. Well, the funeral happened three years ago or maybe two. I don't really know. We might go and try and find the gravestone as well.
(First, I was wrong about the year before — it is a 1974)
I went and gave the Vette a close check up today — this is one of the cleanest old Vette's I've ever seen. There's not a spot of rust on it, and through some miracle every body panel moves and fits perfectly — even the hood closes evenly. Other than the fact that it has a butt-ugly tan fabric interior and a lack of sidepipes — both correctable problems — it's perfect.
It fired up perfectly, and my god was it good to be in a car that shakes and rumbles again… Anyway, I left my “L33T” plates with them, and if I'm real lucky, tomorrow I'll be back in my favorite car.
I've got 50% of the layout of the alpha version of the book done… It sort of looks like a big scrap book or photo album. I'm debating right now how much text I want to include. I could go with an all photo book, but almost all of the pictures really deserve — and for people with no mod experience — need explanations. Right now I'm laying out for an 8.5″x11″ book. I'm also considering a slightly smaller format.
The deal on the Vette looks like it's done… Although I've said that before. The one I think I've settled on is a cheap (about $5k US, so I'll be getting money back from the tradein) 1974 Blue T-Top Vette with about 50k miles on it. I'll add sidepipes before I pick it up. Tomorrow I take it for a test drive and unless something goes horribly wrong I should be in it by week's end. Of course, this isn't the first time I've said that!
