Archive for September, 2008

RIP Paul Newman . . .

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Actor, racer, and philanthropist
Paul Newman passed today after a battle with cancer. Most know him best as an actor. Not me. While I knew he was an actor it was as race car driver and team owner that I became familiar with his work. Rest in peace Mr. Newman, you shall [...]

RIP Evan Tanner . . .

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008

From Sherdog.com:
The body of former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner (Pictures) was found Monday in the Palo Verde mountain area.
Tanner, 37, was an apparent victim of heat exposure.
He had embarked on a camping trip on his motorcycle Sept. 3 into the desert-like region north of Brawley, Calif., approximately two and a half hours east of [...]

9 days, 2,482 miles, 5 cities, 1 speeding ticket . . .

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Wow, could this be the first timely post here in a while? It is.
On Friday August 29th Serge and I hopped in to his new Cayman S for a week+ long road trip to see a little bit of our fine country and some good friends.

Packed up and ready for the road.
Things got cobbled [...]