I meant to post these yesterday and got sidetracked by this-and-that. Thus Wednesday links become Thursday links.
As someone who dabbles in obsessive, esoteric pastimes, this article fascinated me. I know I occasionally get into weird little spaces where I am beyond consumed by a particular topic, but I’m pretty sure that has never gotten in the way of my relationships with friends and family. It seems to me that the payoff in this story was not worth the cost along the way, both monetarily and personally.
You probably know a Ken Fritz. Maybe you are a bit of one yourself. Prosperous mid-century America produced a lot of Kens. The kind of people who gave their all to their hobbies — bowling, gardening, woodworking, stamp collecting — and refused to pay somebody else to manifest their dreams for them.
He spent his life building a $1 million stereo.
Speaking of obsessions, I have a couple friends who are really into Air Jordans. They insist that despite what this piece suggests, prices haven’t dropped all that much, but would appreciate it if they did.
“Somebody who is 18 years old doesn’t know the brand because MJ ~laced up the Concord 11s~ when he came back to the NBA. They know the brand because Jordan shoes have recently sold out or have otherwise been very hard to buy.” In other words, young people know Jordan’s shoes. They know the formally elegant Jumpman logo. But they may not know much about the man himself.
Air Jordan Is Finally Deflating
I’m not a big car guy, but I do have a short list of cars I would chase if I had the funds to do so. There are realistic ones, like simply upgrading to an Audi Q8. If we didn’t have to put three kids in college and I had an serious income of my own, I would jump up to an Audi SQ8 Sportback e-tron or RS e-tron GT. Take another leap, say we won the Powerball, and I would order a heavily-customized Aston Martin DB12.
However, the car that has always been coolest to me is the Ferrari Daytona Spyder that was featured in the early years of Miami Vice. I know I read a lot about the car back when the show aired, but I can’t recall if I knew that the car used in the show was actually a replica built on a Corvette frame. Crazy!
The Story Behind the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spyder in Miami Vice
Finally, all of these are good, some of them are incredible. S and I both lost it over the “I’m the dumbest person at work…” one.