His novels and short stories meant so much to so many people.
My favourite is "Breakfast of Champions":
There's no meaning to life, unless you create one for yourself.
Goodbye Kilgore Trout.
"I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center."
Photo from OSU
My Victorinox penknife was confiscated at SFO and might have ended up in the artwork of Michele Pred.
This Wenger penknife (now owned by Victorinox) uses a better spring design on the scissors and includes a nail clipper, along with the usual toothpick and tweezers.
The only place that sells it is Herrington. $30.
They claim that it's air-travel approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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Just around the corner from where we live, this house and its' owner are for sale.
Most of us don't get excited by a delivery van (unless it's UPS with our new 46" LCD HD TV).
But I was excited when Dodge dumped their stodgy old B-vans and began selling a version of the Mercedes Sprinter van from Germany. They look trim, athletic, and efficient compared to GM and Ford vans. It's a pleasure to see them dotted around the city.
Photos from DHL and FedEx websites
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They made it just so you could say "highlighter lighter". From the same people who brought you the Flashlight Lighter.
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This weekend was the first Regional of the 2007 race series of the SF Region of the SCCA. Conditions were good and the racing was superb.
The last race on Sunday was for ITS, ITA, ITB, ITC, FP, GP, and HP.
Ron DeVogel (a long time acquaintance of mine from the SF Autocenter in 1988) driving a 1275cc F-Production Midget was in second place behind an ITS RX7 on the first lap. The next lap was a full course yellow flag to remove a broken Fiat X1/9. On the next lap Ron was side by side with the Mazda going into turn 2. The Mazda came out ahead, but was then poorly positioned for turn 3. Ron overtook him in turn 3. On the next lap he lead by over 1 second. A few laps latter the gap widened to 3 seconds. And that's how it ended.
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This is a 1973 Lola Formula Ford that competes in the Club Ford (CF) class.
In the US, FF cars use a spec slick tyre. In Europe it's a spec grooved tyre.
I thought the tyres might be wrapped in cellophane so they wouldn't pick up dirt in the paddock. But the driver told me that wrapping the tyres was an old go-carting trick to keep the "oils" from leaching out of the rubber.
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