A few from Texas, all SOOC from the Ricoh GR...

Bourbon + honey w/ herbal tea is a time-honored cure* in my family.

*knocks you out so your body can do its work.

Carlos Sainz Jr. finally gets his chance. Toro Rosso should be really interesting next year.

More SOOC from the GR:

RIP. Thanks for the races.

I don't like Lewis as much as Nico, but he's clearly been the faster driver for most of this season. Maybe not as consistent, but he's shown more drive to win. I'd be disappointed if he didn't win the title.

For the record, I think Isaac was posting satire there.

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Coherence: Ultra-low-budget SF movie that takes place almost entirely in one room with a small group of people. Quite the mind-bender.

do all muricans completely lose their shit just becuase the lights go out?

Oh, absolutely.

Also, can we discuss that ridiculous Bernie interview?

"I'm not interested in tweeting, Facebook and whatever this nonsense is."



"Young kids will see the Rolex brand, but are they going to go and buy one? They can't afford it. Or our other sponsor, UBS — these kids don't care about banking. They haven't got enough money to put in the bloody banks anyway." (Doesn't seem to understand that kids grow up and make choices influenced by brand exposure.)

"Who had ever heard of Bahrain before we went there? Nobody. I didn't even know where Bahrain was, but now I do. Singapore has been a great country, but all it used to be was a flight stop-over to go somewhere else."

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It was definitely in jest. It was also very much written in provocative tone and I understand it is a sexist thing to say. If I was trying to say effectively the same thing nicely I'd say something like sex is normal part of marriage while an F1 drive is an expensive gift.

Fair enough!

The Signal: Interesting, low-budget sci-fi movie with great cinematography/visual effects. Perhaps a bit self-indulgent, but worth a look.

Coherence: Ultra-low-budget SF movie that takes place almost entirely in one room with a small group of people. Quite the mind-bender.

Nightcrawler: Superbly creepy movie about tabloid (TV) journalism and sensationalism. Also a really juicy satire of self-help/entrepreneurial culture.

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Are you suggesting she shouldn't have gotten married so she wouldn't get a F1 test and get called a slut on the internet?

Are you suggesting that her choice of partner had no influence on the people (including her partner) that made the decision about her F1 role?

Hell, men would do it too, but I don't think it would be accepted so easily if some random from GP3 had married Claire Williams and then co-incidentally bagged a drive.

Certainly not. She obviously got a F1 role at least in part because of who she's married to. Nepotism is a very real phenomenon that extends well beyond gender, and it's a problem in F1 and elsewhere. I haven't personally seen anything that indicates Wolff or Powell deserve to be anywhere near a F1 car over other more qualified candidates.

However, several posts in this thread (both about Wolff and Powell) imply that these female drivers intentionally, nefariously marry men who they feel can get them a F1 ride in some sort of elaborate long con, cheating their way to the top. "using sex to replace talent," "kept her legs together," etc. That would be a great plot for a movie, but the reality is likely far more mundane.

i.e., woman interested in racing gets involved in social circles that bring her into contact with men who have influence, she falls in love with one of them, he falls in love with her, they get married, loving husband does what he can to give her a chance at her dreams.

Again, it's the fact that some people immediately default to characterizing a benign arrangement (marriage) as a sexually predatory act by a gold-digging female (intentionally or unintentionally) that comes across as misogynistic. (Hyperactive, I know you're a relatively level-headed, sharp dude, so I'm willing to assume "kept her legs together" was in some kind of jest.)

Hope that clears up my position.

Are you suggesting she shouldn't have gotten married so she wouldn't get a F1 test and get called a slut on the internet?

Calling marriage (ideally a lifelong commitment that in this case happened to confer a certain advantage as a byproduct) "using sex to replace talent" is pretty deeply cynical/revealing/misogynistic, IMO.

Also: Saying Powell doesn't have the skill/talent to drive in F1 is one thing. (And likely correct.)

Implying as Tristan does (again) that she is may only be in this position because she ****ed her way to the top (without any evidence) is pure misogyny.

Bernie is such a **** moron: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/116761

Aha!

Shot a bunch of film yesterday on my new Nikon F4, too. Gonna go drop it off for developing in a bit.

Thanks! The scenery and the camera did most of the work, really. :P

Went out to Gloucester, Rockport, and Halibut Point State Park today. These are all SOOC.

Sutil doesn't have a hope in hell.

Gotta feel pretty bad for Sutil, though he really didn't have to leave the door that wide open.

Looks pretty good to me, amp!

Here are some shots from the 24 Hours of LeMons at NHMS: