On My Drive Home Jason Pecor

Back in March, I visited art exhibition highlighting the works of local artist Tiit Raid. I have always enjoyed visiting art galleries. However, for the first time in my life on that night in March, I experienced an unexpected, profound, and repeatable emotional response to one particular painting.
In this episode, I share my experience along with a number other ramblings you have come to expect from me in this format.
The title of the painting is:  "Fall Creek: Late Afternoon II".
Mentioned in the episode:
Tiit Raid - A Retrospective

Pickleball is one of the the most popular and fastest growing sports, and it seems I can't go a single day without meeting someone else I know that is now playing pickleball.  Okay, that last part is hyperbole, but I know A LOT of people who are seriously into the sport.
Many invitations have been extended my way to play.  And though it looks like fun and seems to be a great sport, I have decided to take a pass for the time being.
This is my why.

When was the last time you bought a hardcover novel from an actual book store?
If you had asked me that question a month ago, I would not have been able to answer. It's been a long, long time. But that has changed, and I'm now the proud owner of a brand new hardcover work of fiction: "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King.
I have not read anything by Stephen King in decades as my taste for the horror genre went away in my early 20s.  But with this release, Stephen wanders back into fantasy, and my experiences some of his prior fantasy work led me to make the impromptu purchase.
In this episode, I share some of my cautious optimism as a revisit a favorite author from long, long ago.
Happy New Year!

In an unprecedented event last weekend, I rearranged my Sunday morning schedule to stay home and watch the World Cup Final between Argentina and France.  I recap my thoughts about the game and share some personal introspection about my recent and unexpected experiences watching and thoroughly enjoying soccer.
A special thanks to my big brother Bob for the inspiration to record this episode.
Merry Christmas!

In this episode I primarily talk about my newfound interest in soccer as I have been watching and enjoying the World Cup over the last month.
But before I jump in to soccer thoughts, I share quick udpate on my recent experiences testing Tesla's FSD Beta with my friend John.  We got out for a drive over the weekend to record video #3 in the planned series. This time around, I was back behind the wheel for *MY* second FSD Beta experience, and we invited our friend Charlie to join us as a brave and adventurous back seat passenger.
You can check out the video of our drive here:  Pilot Friends' Impressions! Tesla FSD Beta 10.69.3.1

I had a fun experience recently when I got to drive (or more accurately, "be driven by") my good friend John's Tesla Model Y with Full Self-Driving.
John has a YouTube channel focused on electric vehicles and invests a lot of time and energy into testing and reviewing Tesla's Full Self-Driving capabilities and performance. He set up his cameras, put me in the driver's seat, and captured my real-time reaction as I not only drove a Model Y for the first time but also let the Tesla do it's thing with FSD.
This episode captures some of my initial thoughts and reactions.   
You can watch the video here:  Friend's 1st Tesla FSD Beta Drive (He Did It - First Try)