Martinsville & Titus
Martinsville
Great race, just watching the schizophrenic standings was fun in and of itself ("He's eighth, now he's first, now he's fifth!"), but the race was pretty darn entertaining as well. Lots of lead changes and some interesting moves through some pretty hairy situations. Given the near record 18 cautions (and you could hear the tension in the booth whenever Bestwick mentioned they were getting close, in “Shut UP, man! You’ll jinx it…” sort of way), there was surprisingly little damage.
“He’s mine.”
Oh, that it could be so Denny, but Jimmy Johnson went ahead and proved me wrong by winning and putting himself back in contention. This, combined with Jeff Burtons engine failure, has proven that Brain France was right. As much as we all may bitch and moan about the "playoff format" of the Chase, between first and seventh place is less than 100 points. It’s going to be most anyone’s ballgame up until the very end.
Mark Martin has…well, I guess the only way someone in Mark’s position, and as high strung as Mark is, could survive this situation is to throw one’s hands up and go along for the ride. Part of me is disappointed because like many others, I would really like to see Mark Martin win the championship at last, but there’s another part of me which understands it completely.
Dale Jr. Well, if there is one thing about Dale is that you never have to rub anything in. He’s smart enough and honest enough to admit when he’s screwed up (getting overeager resulting in a spin out), most importantly to himself so he can learn from it. It reminds me, in my odd random way, of Kipling’s Law of the Jungle from the Jungle Book (the book, which is a rip-roaring adventure story for all ages, not the saccharine hash-up of Disney which is for small children) “One of the beauties of the Law of the Jungle is that punishment settles all scores, there is no nagging afterwards.”
He’s still one of the best drivers out there and he can bounce back.
Elliott’s day was, like last week: going swimmingly and then *ttthhhppbbbt*! Engine went to hell again. Well, I hope the engine department is as kind to him next year as they are being the Kasey right now.
The Rest of My Evening
After slamming my head against Russian for a couple hours, I took a break and caught Christopher Titus’ “Norman Rockwell is Bleeding” stand up on Comedy Central. Folks, it's dark, it's disturbing and it's funny as hell. Granted, this originally came out in 2004 and so most people have probably already seen it, but I hadn’t. I have not laughed like that in a while.
"The Los Angeles Times states that sixty-three percent of American families are now considered dysfunctional. Good. 'Cause that means when Armageddon *really* happens, thirty-seven percent of this population is going to *lose their minds*. "Oh my God, the world is over!" Us sixty-three percent? We're going to go, "Hey... there's no one watching the Lexus dealership…"
I do hope Mike has seen it, or if he has not he should. As should any of the other 63% of us who've missed it before now.
Pilot is in the pushing-herself-around-the-room-on-her-back stage....
Great race, just watching the schizophrenic standings was fun in and of itself ("He's eighth, now he's first, now he's fifth!"), but the race was pretty darn entertaining as well. Lots of lead changes and some interesting moves through some pretty hairy situations. Given the near record 18 cautions (and you could hear the tension in the booth whenever Bestwick mentioned they were getting close, in “Shut UP, man! You’ll jinx it…” sort of way), there was surprisingly little damage.
“He’s mine.”
Oh, that it could be so Denny, but Jimmy Johnson went ahead and proved me wrong by winning and putting himself back in contention. This, combined with Jeff Burtons engine failure, has proven that Brain France was right. As much as we all may bitch and moan about the "playoff format" of the Chase, between first and seventh place is less than 100 points. It’s going to be most anyone’s ballgame up until the very end.
Mark Martin has…well, I guess the only way someone in Mark’s position, and as high strung as Mark is, could survive this situation is to throw one’s hands up and go along for the ride. Part of me is disappointed because like many others, I would really like to see Mark Martin win the championship at last, but there’s another part of me which understands it completely.
Dale Jr. Well, if there is one thing about Dale is that you never have to rub anything in. He’s smart enough and honest enough to admit when he’s screwed up (getting overeager resulting in a spin out), most importantly to himself so he can learn from it. It reminds me, in my odd random way, of Kipling’s Law of the Jungle from the Jungle Book (the book, which is a rip-roaring adventure story for all ages, not the saccharine hash-up of Disney which is for small children) “One of the beauties of the Law of the Jungle is that punishment settles all scores, there is no nagging afterwards.”
He’s still one of the best drivers out there and he can bounce back.
Elliott’s day was, like last week: going swimmingly and then *ttthhhppbbbt*! Engine went to hell again. Well, I hope the engine department is as kind to him next year as they are being the Kasey right now.
The Rest of My Evening
After slamming my head against Russian for a couple hours, I took a break and caught Christopher Titus’ “Norman Rockwell is Bleeding” stand up on Comedy Central. Folks, it's dark, it's disturbing and it's funny as hell. Granted, this originally came out in 2004 and so most people have probably already seen it, but I hadn’t. I have not laughed like that in a while.
"The Los Angeles Times states that sixty-three percent of American families are now considered dysfunctional. Good. 'Cause that means when Armageddon *really* happens, thirty-seven percent of this population is going to *lose their minds*. "Oh my God, the world is over!" Us sixty-three percent? We're going to go, "Hey... there's no one watching the Lexus dealership…"
I do hope Mike has seen it, or if he has not he should. As should any of the other 63% of us who've missed it before now.
Pilot is in the pushing-herself-around-the-room-on-her-back stage....
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