It Came to Pass...

[rain_gryphon]

I just found out that Lou Palmer has died. He was a racing announcer for many, many years, known for his somewhat surreal sense of humour. One of my favourites:

Donald Davidson: "Bobby Rahal is [...] extremely interested in world history, and one of his hobbies is recreating famous battles."

Lou Palmer: "Wow. You need a lot of friends for that."

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The Maharishi has also died. The Maharishi himself never impressed me that much, but I'm sorry to see another link to the Beatles and that entire age gone.

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Something less savoury from that time.

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You're going to hate me.

[cathouse-blues.livejournal.com]

1. I live just north of the Coke lot. We can tell spring is here when we hear the sweet sound of testing engines wafting through the air.

2. Every year in April Donald Davidson offers a 4-week course through IUPUI on IMS history. This year it will be taught at the clubhouse for the golf course at the track. My husband and I will be there. Y'know, if you take 70 from Columbus it's only 2-1/2 hours (or less, if you drive like me).

Re: You're going to hate me.

[xolo.livejournal.com]

I've thought about taking that class before. I've always liked the man's radio show, and his yearbooks (I've got the '74 one) are better than anything the Speedway produced, easily equal to the best of the Clymer yearbooks. This year's pretty well out, since I'm programming director for a local furry con, Morphicon (http://www.morphicon.org), which eats all my time. For 2009, I'm giving thought to hanging out at the track every weekend in May as I used to.

Anyway, I'm pleased to make your acquaintance :)