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Monday, May 16, 2011

End of an era

...the head will live on in my car, and countless others will benefit, too.

Monday, May 09, 2011

Something new...

Dueling pianos at America's Bar!

This was an interesting & 'different' night out in the 'burbs. The performers needed to manage the requests a bit better, and the venue needed to manage the audio better, and the noise from the main bar was awful...and paying for EACH diet coke was simply ridiculous. We got a wonderful hook-up with no cover charge, a special table with no minimum charge, and we got to use our own diet tonic in our drinks. It 'should have been' a nearly perfect evening, but alas, we won't book this one twice.

Sunday, April 03, 2011

I love having graphic designer friends!

These plates will be 'legal-ish' on my '74 Spider. Perfectly legal
under Illinois' laws regarding "Year of Manufacture" license plates,
as long as a valid Illinois Antique license plate is in the car.
Other States, are indeed allowed. I'm only 'fudging' two things - the
first being they don't technically allow 'reproduction' license
plates. I figure, regardless of my subtle plate number, how the hell
do they know who made the plate? Technically, I suppose, the plate
'should be' the type with a stamped year, but as not all states did
those, that may be a fine point, indeed. Secondarily, California
stopped issuing the black & yellow plates in '69, and my '74 Spider
would have gotten a blue & yellow plate. Bummer, I like this look!
We'll see how it goes...

Every Day Carry

Classic Spec's w/ Ray-Ban-Green lenses
Hamilton 'Khaki' Field Watch w/ Corvus NATO 'Bond-Grey' band
(Issued to me by my Uncle Samuel)
My father's signet ring (My initials, also)
Keys to my '74 Spider, house, and mailbox
Ghurka leather notecard holder w/ graph-printed cards
Mont Blanc mechanical pencil (Laser engraved serial ring specifies
EAST Germany!)
iPhone 4
iPhone earbuds in a Radio Shack headphone reel (cant figure out an
easier method to keep 'em untangled!)
My grandfather's BOKER Solingen pocketknife
Coach saddle brown leather business card holder (used as a low-profile
front-carry wallet)