Perhaps we could use some down time to find a sponsor to help defray the costs of an attempt to update the latest aspects involved in a visit to the time capsule car fan's Valhalla. We could start by asking the management at Frank Nicodemus' Castle Cadillac Restorations about a sponsorship deal because "it never hurts to ask."
If we get to Cuba, it seems likely that we could work in a visit to Finca Vega (Cuba's version of Owl Farm) and scratch a tour of Hemingway's home, off our Bucket List. What was the name of Hemingway's favorite bar in Havana? (The Floridita?)
We reserve the right to impulsively reverse our decision to take a sabbatical break should we see an unexpected need for our talent to observe, analyze, and comment on various current events topics.
We always try to put some unique facts into each column and we have been meaning to casually mention that we have been searching the Internets for the source of the car racing use of the expression "the pits" to designate the place where mechanics work on the cars during the race.
In the 1971 Ballantine Books editon of "Alfa Romeo," written by Peter Hull, readers learn on page 59 that the old course for the Lyone-Givors race included a portion where trenches were dug at the side of the road. Peter Hull notes that the holes "were sunk into the border of the road thus showing the origin of the term."
[Note from the Photo Editor, since a photo that has nothing directly to do with the contents of a column will lure extra readers into the column, we will use one of our favorites from the past to accompany this week's posting from the World's Laziest Journalist.]
Speaking of car races, we saw a documentary film on the life of actor Steve McQueen and in the later stages of his career he provided us with the closing quote for this column when he said: "I'm getting to old for this s**t!
Now the disk jockey will play Dooley Wilson's "As Time Goes By," the soundtrack album for "Revel without a Cause," and the latest addition to our list of favorite songs, Nathalie Cardone's "Hasta Siempre, Commandante" (AKA the Che Guevara song). We have to go check costs for winter excursions to New Zealand (where summer is just beginning.) Have a "the more things change . . . " type holiday season.
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