For My 70th Birthday
Current mood: melancholy

This extensive obituary leaves out one very special accomplishment,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obit_newman

For his 70th birthday, Newman drove a shift for his own team at the Daytona 24 hours - to a class win!
His most recent professional racing victory took place in the Rolex 24-Hours of Daytona on February 5, 1995 where he and his co-drivers won the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) GTS-class. He was 70 years and 10 days old when he scored this grueling and historic victory
http://www.newman-haas.com/team_paul_newman.html

Thanks for that inspiration, Mr Newman, and everything else (and oh how much more there is!!).  For the next week, I'd like to speak only in Paul Newman movie quotes.  "Kick a buck", "night in the box", "I've never actually shot a man", and "I'm glad it's you, Mikey" should be easy to work in.  But I'm not sure how to use "If you take that Balabushka in there they will tear you apart!"

Currently watching : Road to Perdition (Widescreen Edition) Release date: By 2003-02-25

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