I always knew the Germans had good taste in cars...

It appears that the German car magazine Motor Klassik has discovered the pleasures of my first car, the mid-80's Chevy Monte Carlo SS:

http://www.motor-klassik.de/auto_U_technik/fahrberichte/hxcms_article_505417_14702.hbs

Random bits of stuff....

Items that maybe I only care about:

Here's a nice article from Terry Pluto about John Carroll's (nationally-ranked) basketball team in today's Plain Dealer:

http://www.cleveland.com/pluto/blog/index.ssf/2009/02/john_carrolls_mike_moran_keeps.html

The USL-2 champion Cleveland City Stars have posted their 2009 schedule here:

http://www.clevelandcitystars.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=107

It appears that they still have not settled on a location for their home games - internet sources of dubious reliability have mentioned John Carroll and Baldwin-Wallace as possible home fields.

And the Columbus Crew have posted their 2009 schedule here:

http://web.mlsnet.com/schedule/scoreboard/season.jsp?team=t102

An open letter to GM CEO Rick Wagoner, Bob Lutz,...

The Cadillac Converj hybrid concept car, shown at the Detroit Auto Show(photo:Los Angeles Times)

...or, for that matter, anybody at GM that will listen:

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BUILD THIS CAR!!!!!!

You saw that ugly piece of junk Lexus hybrid - this car would blow that nasty thing out of the water.

As an accountant, (and I am sure you have accountants to tell you the same thing) I would point out to you that any additional uses that you can come up with for the Chevy Volt platform will spread out development costs and make it easier for you to charge a lower price for the Volt.

Though I am not an engineer, I would be pleased to volunteer my services should the Converj require a "real-world" testing environment. I'm not located far from your Detroit headquarters.

Yours sincerely,

Jake

Liebe Ingolstadt: Teil Zwei

The Audi Sportback concept, shown at the Detroit Auto Show (photo:Canadian Auto Press)

Einmal in Schwarz oder Dunkelblau, bitte!

Oooooh....a Bundesliga card game

Yeah, I know it's lame for 35-year-olds to collect sports cards, but geez, it's Topps, it's the Bundesliga, it's a card game, what could possibly be wrong about it?

Ab jetzt im Handel:

http://www.kicker.de/match-attax

The 2009 Derby website is online

The official 2009 Kentucky Derby website is now up and running. You can find coverage of the prep races and profiles of leading contenders here:

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2009/

Less than four shopping months till the Derby!

I'm having a Kentucky Derby party again. The ladies still have four months to buy their hats to commemorate the occasion:

http://www.ladydianehats.com/