Grand Theft Auto IV Coming to PC November, 2008

From Rockstar Games: We are proud to announce that Grand Theft Auto IV will be arriving for the platform it was birthed on this November. Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC will feature everything from the acclaimed original console … Continue reading →

Um, is anybody watching the Olympics?

I’m 29 years old. I have never felt such a lack of interest in the Olympic Games. I’m guessing there was an opening ceremony today, because I saw still pictures of it on Yahoo.com. I didn’t even think of watching … Continue reading →

Building Credit, from Scratch

When I moved from the UK to the United States, I obviously had to go through immigration and when it was all over, I had a Social Security number just like my wife (a U.S. Citizen by birth) given to … Continue reading →

2008S3 Week 1 – Formula Mazda Championship – Road America

This race was essentially about survival. Even though I calibrated my ancient Thrustmaster steering wheel, which was $30 by the way, wouldn’t get rid of the spiking in steering that it normally has. I decided to race as I expected … Continue reading →

2008S3 Week 1 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

Getting a good start from my tenth place starting position, I managed to hold position around lap one. I lapped cleanly and had a good fight for sixth throughout the first nine laps. So, after those nine incident free laps, … Continue reading →

2008S3 Week 1 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

With car number eleven and a sixth place starting position, I knew that this race would be one I’d likely be able to shoot well above my iRating and get a nice finish compared to where I’d been predicted. I … Continue reading →

2008S3 Week 1 – Skip Barber Race Series – Infineon

I had an awesome battle in this race for fourth place. We were very evenly matched and it was pretty cool being nose to tail for most of the race. The video really tells the story of the race, but … Continue reading →

2008S3 Week 1 – iRacing Late Model Tour – USA

I wasn’t going to post this one, but as it’s the only Late Model race I think I’ll be doing this week (I am addicted to both the Silver Crown and the Mazda), I thought I would. It wasn’t very … Continue reading →

Tornado in Chicago

Yesterday evening we started to get severe storm warnings coming up over the programming on TV. This is quite normal, we get bad storms here (though usually they’re only really bad far away from the city). But when the weather … Continue reading →

Time to “Wake Up” with the Formula Mazda…

So I started 2008 Season 3 on Saturday with a Class C road racing license and a safety rating of 3.40. It’s now Tuesday and this morning I started the day with a Class C license that was all the … Continue reading →