Neanderpundit

I felt bad that Danica didn’t get to finish. She was running well, and bad luck kept her off the finish line.

Would have been fun to let her walk the rest of the way down pit row, though. That little strut is gonna haunt her.

I was also sad to see Sara Fisher get knocked out. She’s a good driver. Not Danica good, but she should have finished. And she’s self-financed.

Jim Nabors won’t sing today, supposedly, because he’s not well.

He will apparently address the throng, and a group of fans will sing the song.

I’m hoping Helio wins. He may be a total ass in person, but that boy can drive- and when he wins, it’s all about the fans.

Danica has shown herself to be an excellent driver- but I hope she learns some humility before she drinks the milk.

Halfway through mowing the back slope (it’s about a nine foot rise in a ten foot run, so the only way to do it is with a pushmower) I realized I wasn’t actually cutting grass, but frigheneing it into submission with thick, dull hunks of steel, so I ran off to Sears to get a new blade. Twenty bucks later, the sucker cut like a charm. I also put in a new section of emission hose (Yes, emissions on a lawnmower, dammit) and it didn’t smoke nearly as much.

A year ago, I would have hired this, unable to physically move the mower around at my size, and unable to negotiate the slope. (Imagine mowing the roof of an A frame house, it’s like that) Now, I’m smaller enough and stronger enough that it didnt’ even leave me winded.

I had surgery about the time I should have been mowing this for the first time, and the recovery hasn’t left much in the way of time, plus all the rain has combined to make the grass about 19″ tall. yep, now imagine mowing that A-frame roof covered with 19″ tall grass and a dull mower blade.

I have watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor and survive. I humped that mower around that hill, and feel fine. The knee is probably gonna need some ice later, but that’s to be expected.