Things 'n' stuff

Personal Web spaces tend to be rather pointless things—frequently some combination of diary, photo album, and first-date small talk—and mine is not likely to be an exception. Of course, I hope you find something here that's of interest, but I'm doing this primarily to make myself write, which is a habit I've fallen out of lately.

So what will you find here? Information about my auto racing (club-level amateur racing, at least at this stage). Commentary on whatever strikes a nerve. Fiction and nonfiction writing I've done. Photographs. The occasional review. Information about me, my family, and my interests.

Note Problems with the site? Navigation bar not doing anything when you move your mouse over it? Getting security warnings from Windows? General layout look terrible? If the answer to any of these is "yes" (except for maybe the last one, which could be down to differences in taste), then maybe your browser doesn't support some of the technology I've used.

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What's new

When	What
18 November 08	~~Tentative 2009 race schedule~~ Well, no... no racing in 2009 for me :(
21 July 08	Results from the double week-end in Spokane, including the special BMW Pro Challenge race
18 May 08	I haven't finished my race report yet, but here are a couple videos from last week-end
11 May 08	Results (that don't even begin to tell the whole story) from the first of 2008's sprint race season
11 March 08	A short video of clips from the outside (for a change) of the car running the Four Hours
9 March 08	Winner, winner, WINNER... an unbelievable Four Hours of Pacific Raceways
22 January 08	Way after the fact, and without (yet! I swear!) its accompanying race report, some pictures from the 4-hour enduro last October
23 December 07	Race report for mid-August's Jim Swanson Memorial, as well as my end-of-season review (report for the 4-hour enduro still in-progress)
22 December 07	Video of the Group 1 race at Portland in early August; my early impressions were that it was a little boring, but excising a 5- or 6-lap section near the beginning changed all that
18 November 07	Well what do you know: Just 3.5 months after the fact, I've finally completed my race report for early August's Car Tender Challenge
11 November 07	Tentative 2008 ICSCC race schedule
20 October 07	Results from the second annual "Four Hours of Pacific Raceways"; report, pictures, and video to follow
20 September 07	Full-length race video from my first successful race with the M3 at PIR in 3 attempts
19 August 07	Results from my second set of sprint races this season (reports for this and the previous couple races in the next few weeks)
5 August 07	Race results from my first real race week-end of the season
25 May 07	I've implemented a News and Events section at the IJS Motorsport site
20 May 07	Race report from Portland and updated race schedule
13 May 07	A couple of photos from the abortive race in Portland last week
6 May 07	Flashback to last September: "Results" from my first "race" in the BMW this year
18 April 07	Pictures for the enduro are up
2 April 07	Race report for the Cascade 8-hour (pictures will come later)
18 March 07	First race result of the season, for the Cascade 8-hour
3 March 07	Huge change to the racing section of this site... it's now its own site :)
24 February 07	At long last (and just a few weeks before the start of the new season!), my report for the first real race week-end for the M3
2 February 07	A few snaps from the first real race week-end for the M3 (last race of 2006)
14 January 07	My 2006 racing year in review
1 January 07	A slight redesign to the site, with changes to the title, navigation bar(s), and some of the "trim." Yes, I've gone a bit monochromatic.
12 December 06	Tentative 2007 ICSCC race schedule
26 October 06	Full-length race video from the last race of the regular season (report and pictures still in-progress)
1 October 06	Race results from the first real race week-end for the M3
14 September 06	Race "results" (you'll see) and report for my first race week-end in the new car, as well as a few quick snapshots
16 August 06	It took until better than halfway through the following season, but I finally finished my race report for the 2005 8-hour race
28 May 06	A "motivational" poster I made today to commemorate a minor event a couple months ago
16 April 06	I still haven't finished my report for the 8-hour race last October, but I'm posting my report for last month's 4-hour enduro just the same
26 March 06	An amusing little video showing a spark tester giving its life in the pursuit of MoTeC testing
12 March 06	Results from the first-ever "Four Hours of Pacific Raceways"
7 March 06	My tentative 2006 race schedule
13 December 05	Since it's taking an unreasonably long time for me to write my report for the enduro, I've decided to simply post pictures from it, for now, as well as my annual "year in review" report (far more interesting than you might expect from a one-race season!)
16 October 05	Results from my one-and-only race this year; full report to follow
14 August 05	Some significant changes: "The Podium" is now powered by Blogger (yes, you know what that means) and my racing situation has changed, again... the race schedule is now reasonably final, but I'll need to do another update to fill y'all in on the details (if you look carefully in the FAQ, though, you'll get a hint!)
25 July 05	Finalized my limited race schedule for this year... one double-race week-end in the Integra, one enduro in Eric's 968
25 June 05	My 1997 Integra GS-R race car is for sale [sold October 2005]
7 April 05	Reorganized the race pictures page, partly to decrease load times, but mainly 'cause it had gotten just too frickin' big; if you've linked to one of my pictures directly, the link's probably broken
15 March 05	Now that I've finally bought a digital video camera, I've added a couple of videos to the pictures/videos page
30 January 05	My review of the 2004 race season
29 January 05	Added Google-based search capability to the bottom of every page
27 January 05	Race report for my last regular season race at PIR in Portland (finally!), the official 2005 race schedule, and an update to my street car
6 January 05	Race report for the 8-hour enduro in Portland, plus updated pictures from the August race at Pacific Raceways, pictures from my last regular-season race at Portland (report to come in a few days), and pictures (and video!) from the enduro
27 September 04	Results from my last regular race week-end of the year
19 September 04	Race report for the early August races at PIR, plus pictures
9 August 04	Results from yesterday's races
1 August 04	Finally, the race report and pictures for June's race in Portland
18 June 04	Results from my second race week-end of the year and a race report for the first. New pictures, as well.
10 May 04	Results from my first race of 2004 (full report to follow)
2 April 04	A small update to the Scribbles page
31 March 04	Updates to the car build & prep (round 5) and equipment list pages
9 February 04	Finalized 2004 race schedule
20 January 04	Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) completed, race reports (from 3 months ago!), tentative 2004 schedule, a few new race pix, a review of my 2003 race season, and a small update on my street car
26 November 03	A major redesign of the racing-related pages and some updates to the build & prep page (race reports for the final week-end of the season still in-process)
6 October 03	Quick update to the race results (full reports coming in the next couple of weeks)
12 September 03	Race results, reports, and pix from my first week-end at the "home" track
24 August 03	A long time since my last update, but I've been a little busy: Updates to the car build & prep page, including links to reports from the Conference school and my first two race week-ends (and lots of pictures)
29 May 03	More updates to the car build & prep page
21 May 03	Updates to the car build & prep page and the list of race-related equipment
1 April 03	Relaunch of the site, featuring a new domain name, a new design, and lots of new content. (The relaunch on April Fool's Day is entirely coincidental. I hope.)

When

What

18 November 08

~~Tentative 2009 race schedule~~ Well, no... no racing in 2009 for me :(

21 July 08

Results from the double week-end in Spokane, including the special BMW Pro Challenge race

18 May 08

I haven't finished my race report yet, but here are a couple videos from last week-end

11 May 08

Results (that don't even begin to tell the whole story) from the first of 2008's sprint race season

11 March 08

A short video of clips from the outside (for a change) of the car running the Four Hours

9 March 08

Winner, winner, WINNER... an unbelievable Four Hours of Pacific Raceways

22 January 08

Way after the fact, and without (yet! I swear!) its accompanying race report, some pictures from the 4-hour enduro last October

23 December 07

Race report for mid-August's Jim Swanson Memorial, as well as my end-of-season review (report for the 4-hour enduro still in-progress)

22 December 07

Video of the Group 1 race at Portland in early August; my early impressions were that it was a little boring, but excising a 5- or 6-lap section near the beginning changed all that

18 November 07

Well what do you know: Just 3.5 months after the fact, I've finally completed my race report for early August's Car Tender Challenge

11 November 07

Tentative 2008 ICSCC race schedule

20 October 07

Results from the second annual "Four Hours of Pacific Raceways"; report, pictures, and video to follow

20 September 07

Full-length race video from my first successful race with the M3 at PIR in 3 attempts

19 August 07

Results from my second set of sprint races this season (reports for this and the previous couple races in the next few weeks)

5 August 07

Race results from my first real race week-end of the season

25 May 07

I've implemented a News and Events section at the IJS Motorsport site

20 May 07

Race report from Portland and updated race schedule

13 May 07

A couple of photos from the abortive race in Portland last week

6 May 07

Flashback to last September: "Results" from my first "race" in the BMW this year

18 April 07

Pictures for the enduro are up

2 April 07

Race report for the Cascade 8-hour (pictures will come later)

18 March 07

First race result of the season, for the Cascade 8-hour

3 March 07

Huge change to the racing section of this site... it's now its own site :)

24 February 07

At long last (and just a few weeks before the start of the new season!), my report for the first real race week-end for the M3

2 February 07

A few snaps from the first real race week-end for the M3 (last race of 2006)

14 January 07

My 2006 racing year in review

1 January 07

A slight redesign to the site, with changes to the title, navigation bar(s), and some of the "trim." Yes, I've gone a bit monochromatic.

12 December 06

Tentative 2007 ICSCC race schedule

26 October 06

Full-length race video from the last race of the regular season (report and pictures still in-progress)

1 October 06

Race results from the first real race week-end for the M3

14 September 06

Race "results" (you'll see) and report for my first race week-end in the new car, as well as a few quick snapshots

16 August 06

It took until better than halfway through the following season, but I finally finished my race report for the 2005 8-hour race

28 May 06

A "motivational" poster I made today to commemorate a minor event a couple months ago

16 April 06

I still haven't finished my report for the 8-hour race last October, but I'm posting my report for last month's 4-hour enduro just the same

26 March 06

An amusing little video showing a spark tester giving its life in the pursuit of MoTeC testing

12 March 06

Results from the first-ever "Four Hours of Pacific Raceways"

7 March 06

My tentative 2006 race schedule

13 December 05

Since it's taking an unreasonably long time for me to write my report for the enduro, I've decided to simply post pictures from it, for now, as well as my annual "year in review" report (far more interesting than you might expect from a one-race season!)

16 October 05

Results from my one-and-only race this year; full report to follow

14 August 05

Some significant changes: "The Podium" is now powered by Blogger (yes, you know what that means) and my racing situation has changed, again... the race schedule is now reasonably final, but I'll need to do another update to fill y'all in on the details (if you look carefully in the FAQ, though, you'll get a hint!)

25 July 05

Finalized my limited race schedule for this year... one double-race week-end in the Integra, one enduro in Eric's 968

25 June 05

My 1997 Integra GS-R race car is for sale [sold October 2005]

7 April 05

Reorganized the race pictures page, partly to decrease load times, but mainly 'cause it had gotten just too frickin' big; if you've linked to one of my pictures directly, the link's probably broken

15 March 05

Now that I've finally bought a digital video camera, I've added a couple of videos to the pictures/videos page

30 January 05

My review of the 2004 race season

29 January 05

Added Google-based search capability to the bottom of every page

27 January 05

Race report for my last regular season race at PIR in Portland (finally!), the official 2005 race schedule, and an update to my street car

6 January 05

Race report for the 8-hour enduro in Portland, plus updated pictures from the August race at Pacific Raceways, pictures from my last regular-season race at Portland (report to come in a few days), and pictures (and video!) from the enduro

27 September 04

Results from my last regular race week-end of the year

19 September 04

Race report for the early August races at PIR, plus pictures

9 August 04

Results from yesterday's races

1 August 04

Finally, the race report and pictures for June's race in Portland

18 June 04

Results from my second race week-end of the year and a race report for the first. New pictures, as well.

10 May 04

Results from my first race of 2004 (full report to follow)

2 April 04

A small update to the Scribbles page

31 March 04

Updates to the car build & prep (round 5) and equipment list pages

9 February 04

Finalized 2004 race schedule

20 January 04

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) completed, race reports (from 3 months ago!), tentative 2004 schedule, a few new race pix, a review of my 2003 race season, and a small update on my street car

26 November 03

A major redesign of the racing-related pages and some updates to the build & prep page (race reports for the final week-end of the season still in-process)

6 October 03

Quick update to the race results (full reports coming in the next couple of weeks)

12 September 03

Race results, reports, and pix from my first week-end at the "home" track

24 August 03

A long time since my last update, but I've been a little busy: Updates to the car build & prep page, including links to reports from the Conference school and my first two race week-ends (and lots of pictures)

29 May 03

More updates to the car build & prep page

21 May 03

Updates to the car build & prep page and the list of race-related equipment

1 April 03

Relaunch of the site, featuring a new domain name, a new design, and lots of new content. (The relaunch on April Fool's Day is entirely coincidental. I hope.)