Grown-Up Pursuits

Here's Eejee modeling max effort weightlifting work with his K-Nex barbell

In the past few weeks the residents of Michael Delving have discovered Top Gear Top 40 on Amazon, which is a great introduction to Top Gear because most of the more grown-up-themes and language have been edited out.

Driving on the freeway has become a very different experience as the hobbitlings have started noticing and looking for cars. In the past two days, there have been confirmed sightings of 5 Porsche 911s, 3 Corvettes, 3 Chargers, 5 Challengers, in addition to many unconfirmed sightings of Bugatti Veyrons and one confirmed sighting by Seimi of a minivan with a curved windshield exactly like a Lamborghini. As Boookie said, I'll never take my eyes off the freeway again. I never knew the roads were such a place of speed and beauty!

Part of learning about cool cars is to learn what is not cool. As we were driving behind a Scion xB, Boookie asked, What kind of car is that? The Mayor told him the brief history of Scion (specialty brand created by Toyota to appeal to younger buyers, who went on to outgrow the brand, which is now defunct). Boookie summarized, So the Scion xB is basically a forsaken boxcar.