Westley Graham-Paige
@wesnotfewer.bsky.social
Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc. Not just pretty words.
Having gone from one directly to the other, you speak the truth.
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Having gone from one directly to the other, you speak the truth.
Going off the CPI inflation calculator:
• $18,000 in 2002 is $32,942.95 today
• $20,000 in 2006 is $32,690.07 today
• $22,000 in 2013 is $30,965.28 today
...the market appears to be the same as it was
• $18,000 in 2002 is $32,942.95 today
• $20,000 in 2006 is $32,690.07 today
• $22,000 in 2013 is $30,965.28 today
...the market appears to be the same as it was
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Going off the CPI inflation calculator:
• $18,000 in 2002 is $32,942.95 today
• $20,000 in 2006 is $32,690.07 today
• $22,000 in 2013 is $30,965.28 today
...the market appears to be the same as it was
• $18,000 in 2002 is $32,942.95 today
• $20,000 in 2006 is $32,690.07 today
• $22,000 in 2013 is $30,965.28 today
...the market appears to be the same as it was
Fun fact: I had D-FENS plates on the Z4.
December 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Fun fact: I had D-FENS plates on the Z4.
And I’m approved! And sent a deposit. We are a two-corgi household.
December 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
And I’m approved! And sent a deposit. We are a two-corgi household.
Kingsley, for reference, who is worth $175, figuring ham at $5/lb.
December 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Kingsley, for reference, who is worth $175, figuring ham at $5/lb.
Fun fact: early Pantera Campagnolos fit Studebaker Avantis
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Fun fact: early Pantera Campagnolos fit Studebaker Avantis
• The ghost of broken-timing-belts past (memories)
• The ghost of hey-its-running-again present (joy)
• The ghost of should-have-bought-an-SHO future (consequences for present sins)
• The ghost of hey-its-running-again present (joy)
• The ghost of should-have-bought-an-SHO future (consequences for present sins)
December 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
• The ghost of broken-timing-belts past (memories)
• The ghost of hey-its-running-again present (joy)
• The ghost of should-have-bought-an-SHO future (consequences for present sins)
• The ghost of hey-its-running-again present (joy)
• The ghost of should-have-bought-an-SHO future (consequences for present sins)
How to make every customer, a repeat customer
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
How to make every customer, a repeat customer
I know, I know, grudges aren’t healthy. But snark is one psalm in the bible of my bitterness toward Audi.
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I know, I know, grudges aren’t healthy. But snark is one psalm in the bible of my bitterness toward Audi.
Did they have a vanity plate that said something like “RS6”? That sounds about right.
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Did they have a vanity plate that said something like “RS6”? That sounds about right.
Sorry, I've just bought an X5 diesel to convert into an overland rig for a road trip from Chicago to Prudhoe Bay. If bad ideas had horses, I would ride. But unfortunately (or not, depending on your take) I've used my allocation of them for 2026 all in one go.
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sorry, I've just bought an X5 diesel to convert into an overland rig for a road trip from Chicago to Prudhoe Bay. If bad ideas had horses, I would ride. But unfortunately (or not, depending on your take) I've used my allocation of them for 2026 all in one go.
I still maintain that Sneakers Logue is Best Logue, but good catch
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I still maintain that Sneakers Logue is Best Logue, but good catch
Likewise, except December 20th, and it vaporized the careers of not only me, but the 23 people on my team who were also collateral damage.
Schadenfreude, though, that when they touched our codebase later, they screwed it up so badly that it recommended swastika rings to people browsing the site.
Schadenfreude, though, that when they touched our codebase later, they screwed it up so badly that it recommended swastika rings to people browsing the site.
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Likewise, except December 20th, and it vaporized the careers of not only me, but the 23 people on my team who were also collateral damage.
Schadenfreude, though, that when they touched our codebase later, they screwed it up so badly that it recommended swastika rings to people browsing the site.
Schadenfreude, though, that when they touched our codebase later, they screwed it up so badly that it recommended swastika rings to people browsing the site.
There used to be clean LH cars but “Viper” ran for a few more seasons after it got booted from network TV and used them all up. Now all we have are the memories.
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
There used to be clean LH cars but “Viper” ran for a few more seasons after it got booted from network TV and used them all up. Now all we have are the memories.
Fairly sure the Concorde Limited had pea-shooter exhaust tips instead of those ovals.
…This is why I never get invited to parties.
…This is why I never get invited to parties.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Fairly sure the Concorde Limited had pea-shooter exhaust tips instead of those ovals.
…This is why I never get invited to parties.
…This is why I never get invited to parties.
Volkswagen of America…
December 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Volkswagen of America…
You had the other MT-5 wagon ever built! 😂
December 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
You had the other MT-5 wagon ever built! 😂
We need to actively campaign Christopher Nolan to make a “Tenet” sequel so he can flip this one over during a highway chase, too.
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We need to actively campaign Christopher Nolan to make a “Tenet” sequel so he can flip this one over during a highway chase, too.
You know the Turbo III wasn’t set for prime time when Warren Mosler turned it down, saying it wasn’t really ready for production. Something has gone terribly wrong when you’ve lost the guy whose cars look like an overturned rowboat.
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
You know the Turbo III wasn’t set for prime time when Warren Mosler turned it down, saying it wasn’t really ready for production. Something has gone terribly wrong when you’ve lost the guy whose cars look like an overturned rowboat.
Spirit R/T ownership (twice!) is what my therapist would later help me see was a latent need to have any pleasureful experiences tempered by shame and punishment.
Had I not been raised Pentecostal, I’d probably have just bought a Prelude and never once worried about timing belts or AC compressors.
Had I not been raised Pentecostal, I’d probably have just bought a Prelude and never once worried about timing belts or AC compressors.
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Spirit R/T ownership (twice!) is what my therapist would later help me see was a latent need to have any pleasureful experiences tempered by shame and punishment.
Had I not been raised Pentecostal, I’d probably have just bought a Prelude and never once worried about timing belts or AC compressors.
Had I not been raised Pentecostal, I’d probably have just bought a Prelude and never once worried about timing belts or AC compressors.
I mean, anything less would be uncivilized! 😛
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I mean, anything less would be uncivilized! 😛