Weekly Roundup: You And Your Cousins Edition
It was a serendipitous thing, given the various circumstances and miscarriages and difficulties. Bark's son and my clone are best friends. They're very different kids; John is bigger than Kevin despite being fourteen months younger, he is more physical, more outgoing. Kevin, on the other hand, reads at a much higher level than his cousin, plays much more complex video games, and displays the kind of natural leadership that has John following him around most of the time.
Last night, Kevin's soccer team had an indoor scrimmage and they let John play. Kevin's already the youngest kid on his team --- it's mostly nine-year-olds --- but his teammates know they can rely on him to magically appear between the ball and the goal. John has very little soccer experience but he's good at knocking older children over, which he set about doing. One of the kids was a head taller than either of the cousins and the third time John put him on the ground I started to have some concerns. Luckily today's children are more placid than their predecessors.
John was not happy to leave his cousins and come back home, but when your dad is still on crutches sometimes you have to let the old man get some rest in his own bed. Alright, let's see what John's dad, and Kevin's dad, managed to accomplish this past week.
As most of you know already, this week R&T put my Performance Car Of The Year article up. After reading some of the commentary online, I was inspired to write about That Forum Guy and how it's frustrating to read what the average jamoke on the web thinks about things.
At TTAC, I discussed the potential drawbacks to the Tesla's jump seats and the ethical aspects of spending $350,000 on some old Porsche 964.
Brother Bark spent some time this week looking into the various programs and promotions offered by Ford and GM and came up with the scoop on the Ford 'friends and family' pricing scheme that debuted recently.
This week I'll finally be putting some weight on my bolted-up left leg and asking TTAC's readers to help me figure out why I saw an old Taurus driving around Columbus with radar guns bolted on all four corners... see you then!