I figured I better get one more blog post in, just in case this rocket that’s supposed to fall back to earth tomorrow ends up falling on my head. (I’m kidding, I doubt the small town I live is likely to have an errant rocket land on it…although it’s gotta land somewhere, right?)
It was a pretty quiet week – although thanks to my sister, I now I have an appointment to get a vaccine. The timing is great because it’s taking place during the week I am taking off, due to my folks getting some work done on the house. I’m guessing I will be getting more and more nervous as we approach the date of my appointment. (Wish me luck.)
You know, I bash on social media but I learned something this week. Tommy Milner, who I’ve followed on Twitter for a while, is a race car driver. He runs the Rolex 24 at Daytona and those type of endurance races for Team Corvette. (He’s the reason I follow the Rolex 24 as much as I can, just to see how Tommy runs. He finished 2nd in the GT Le Mans (GTLM) class in this year’s event.)
With NASCAR running their “Throwback Weekend” at Darlington, everyone from the Cup Series through the iRacing world have been using throwback schemes. And so, Tommy Milner posted the following:
So…wait a minute…there was a Milner Race Team in NASCAR, and I’m just finding out about this now???? As it turns out, while his father (also named Tom) went into other disciplines of racing, he did have a Busch Series team in 1994, with Johnny Rumley and Johnny Smith combining to run 12 races. While I couldn’t see where the performance of the team was anything to write home about, at the Dover Race, Johnny Rumley finished ahead of Dale Earnhardt…yeah…THAT Dale Earnhardt!!! So that was kind of a fun research project.
I am hopeful that, in between watching the races this weekend, that I can dream up and produce another podcast. I’ll tell you, it’s become quite fun. If anything, it’s quite addictive – dreaming up the topics, writing the script, recording the podcast and then posting it for the world to listen to.
Okay, for the most part, my podcasts aren’t exactly setting the world on fire in terms of response but I remind myself, I’m really only promoting the podcast on my own social media. There is an option to promote the podcast on Spotify, which I may do eventually – once I get a bit more comfortable with the platform.
One thing that will help is the new microphone I ordered this past week. I didn’t go hog-wild on the purchase. (I saw some cool and very fancy ones but figured I’d just stay simple, since I will probably really only use it once or twice a week for the podcast.)
If you’re reading this, check out my podcast at the link above and let me know what you think. Meanwhile, I hope everyone has a great weekend and week ahead. As always, stay safe and stay healthy.
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