The race was great, except for the idiot that ran into Danica Patrick; we ate at our favorite restaurant in Indiannapolis; and Monday morning we had breakfast in Louisville with Present Storm's cousin and family. They have a son confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy, but with a smile that could light up a city, and a zest for life that makes everyone who meets him feel good. Last year the Professor gave him a ride in the Corvette and this year the kid was asking for his ride almost from the moment we sat down. He would obviously be a skate boarding, roller coaster riding daredevil if he could, and this ride is a really big deal to him.

Last week I worked the Wind Power Show. 12,000 people came to it. The thing was huge! I guess everyone is hoping we can get so much electricity from wind that we can stop burning gas, but they only produce about 30% of the time and it's still a pretty expensive way to make electricity. You'd think that since wind is free, it would be cheaper, but the generators are small so it takes more of them and that makes the cost much more than one huge generator. But they gave away the coolest stuff at this show, including a personal fan that spells out messages in blue LED lights and a yard fan that lights up around the edges when the wind blows. The Professor and I were out playing with it in the dark, but we decided our neighbors probably wouldn't appreciate it.

Prof's daughter and family are moving to Connecticut so we had a long-planned meal at Brennan's kitchen table. We had to settle for lunch, which is only 5 courses instead of 7, but the wine flows just as freely. One of Prof's grandsons wants to be a chef, and the other really, really likes to cook, so they were ... ummm ... eating it up.