Any track will do

Tuesday, arguably the week's most nondescript team member, was pending wet for the morning commute. Tuesday's claim to popularity lies in the fact that it isn't Monday.  Otherwise, it's almost as far away from the next weekend and still very much "early in the week."  Even for someone fortunate enough to find my weekday workdays fulfilling, the getting-out-of-bed bit of the early morning causes me an intimate knowledge of which day I am looking into.  Fortunately for me that is a very quick passing oh-I-wish-I-could-pause-it moment.  Being, essentially, a morning person, once I'm awake I'm ready to roll and Tuesday is as good a track to roll down as any other.

On the subject of tracks and rolling: I followed a first generation Miata part of the way in this morning.  It was clearly someone's project love, and looked to be nicely restored though appeared to be heavily tuned for track rather than street (did you know that every weekend more Miatas are raced on tracks around the country/world than any other make of car?).  While I'm sure it looked awesome parked in the driveway, and was probably a treat on the track, it looked pretty miserable on the road. The rear tires were splayed out at nearly a 45° angle (no doubt partly to tuck the over-sized wheels up under the wheel arch) and it was lowered to within a couple of inches of the ground.  With so little clearance and no suspension travel it bounced over every little imperfection like a block of wood, with the muffler assembly threatening to scrape bottom at any moment.  The driver was zipping from side to side of the lane to avoid manhole covers, chips, and ruts.  It was like watching a go-cart video game. Here's hoping it's a not a daily-driver!

A (mostly) quiet music morning.  The mellow nature of this morning's musical scramble was shattered only briefly by George Harrison's circus-tune-toned 30th birthday tribute to John Lennon.  Apart from that, the tunes were almost languid in their pace.  Here is today's full playlist:

 - Camera Obscura: Forests and Sands

 - George Harrison: It's Johnny's Birthday

 - Bruce Cockburn:  Down To The Delta

 - Sigur Rós: Heysátan

 - Sleepy Sun:  Lord (Live)