Brand new Porsche spotted in town

March 17 2008 in Polokwane, South Africa, cars, politics

I just saw this car in the Library Gardens this morning. Who in the remote, blue-collar town of Polokwane, South Africa would own such a car? Probably a government official, like an MP. Those guys make tons of honest money, and usually steal more.

It’s a brand new (notice, no plates) 911 Carrera 4S. Man does it look [...]

The ‘08 F1 season is off to a great start

March 16 2008 in cars

The first Formula 1 race of the season was earlier today in Australia. I watched the whole thing; it was great! Here’s how it ended up:

Lewis Hamilton – McLaren-Mercedes
Nick Heidfeld – BMW
Nico Rosberg – Toyota (Williams)
Fernando Alonso – Renault
Heikki Kovalainen – McLaren-Mercedes
Kazuki Nakajima – Toyota (Williams)
Everyone else – they all retired (i.e. crashed or engine [...]

I set a record

March 6 2008 in life

The record is that I haven’t posted in over 1/4 of a year. I wasn’t trying to set this record. Up until now, this blog hadn’t been dry for longer than one month.
I don’t really know why I didn’t post, but I just didn’t.
In early December, Timothy, Kimberly and myself went with our church’s youth [...]