Thursday miscellanea #330

My beloved Madison Square Mall has been purchased, for $5.38/sq. ft., by a Huntsville organization with established interest in effective mixed-use spaces. This is as promising a development as possible, methinks. (Funny; I never considered that a buyer might be local.)
I’ve done rather well cultivating a tranquil driving style on my commute over the past several years, but the reintroduction of a daily I-565 stint has been unhelpful. (Wow, can I ever wring some speed out of the Technical Writing Express. It’s all about keeping the engine in the torquey range.) Further growth indicated.
Speaking of the TWE, I put a new stereo in it last weekend. The old CD player had quit. (You say “CD? no big deal,” but it kind of is. I really like loading up a bunch of MP3s on a burned disc and forgetting about it.) I’m delighted. I expected restored functionality. I didn’t expect it to sound so much better.
Josef Newgarden got his first, but certainly not his last, IndyCar victory this past weekend at Barber. Way to go, man! Many more!
No F1 or IndyCar this weekend. I may actually watch Talladega.
The sriracha documentary on Amazon Prime video is a kick. Go watch it.
Did you know Bonnie Raitt and Michael O’Keefe were married once upon a time? (He was Danny in Caddyshack.) Bizarre.