A new short story of mine, “Little Extras” was just published in The Midwest Review. You can order a copy of the issue via this link. Or, you can click on the link below to read a crappy scan.
LINK—> Little Extras
Waste 90 Minutes of Your Life
Do you enjoy the sound of my cackle? Do you believe people should drive cars on yachts? Do you want to watch Matt Farah try on my Grandma’s gold bracelets? Do you have 90 minutes of your precious life that you simply want to burn? 🔥
If your answer is yes (or no) to any of these questions, then you should check out my latest appearance on “The Smoking Tire” podcast—on video!?!
Hags Review the “Atlas of Car Design”
You Don’t Have to Be a Car Designer to Enjoy Reading The Atlas of Car Design.
Driving Vintage Jaguar V-12s, For A Reason
Twelve-cylinder car engines were invented to “make power invisible.” I drove a trio of iconic vintage 1970s Jaguar V-12s—a ’73 XJ, a ’74 E-Type, and a ’78 XJ-C— to uncover how these silkily thrusty power-plants influenced Jaguar’s forthcoming electric super-sedan.
Jaguar’s Ninth Life?
I drove Jag’s forthcoming six-figure all-electric sedan, and it conjures a future I’d like to inhabit.
Greatest Of All SLs
The SL class two- door roadster is Mercedes-Benz’s longest- running nameplate, dating back to 1954. As a supplement to its venerable formula, the three-pointed star brand has created special versions of every iteration of SL, slathering them with alluring dosages of more.
Stars & Cars: LeBron James
“I was always inspired to have great cars and drive great cars,” James says. “That’s just the little-inner-city-kid aspiration.”
The E-Nose Knows
AI-powered “E-Noses” are sniffing out the future, with potential repercussions in medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and any other realm that overtly or subtly stinks.
Putting the Cars in OsCARS
How, and in what vehicles, do stars get to the Dolby Theater on Sunday? I get all the inside scoop.
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TIME World’s Greatest Places
For the second year running, I am a contributor to TIME magazine’s annual list of the “World’s Greatest Places” to visit. This year, my entry covers an amazing resort hotel in a 350-year-old Indian palace.