It’s Tuesday. Hot damn tamale, baby! The 2025 Nascar season was officially kicked off on Sunday with the 67th running of the Great American Race, the Daytona 500. It was William Byron who manage to dodge two late-race wrecks to win his second straight Daytona 500.

The wildest wreck of the night was when Christopher Bell got turned by Cole Custer with only 5 laps remaining. Bell got pushed into the wall, spun, and struck Preece’s car hard. The hit catapulted the front of Preece’s car into the air, suspending the front of the car like a wheelie before it flipped over and struck the wall. You can see several different angles of the wreck in the video below, but the view from Eric Jones’ car is my favorite. I’ve seen this happen in other types of racing before, but never in a stock car.

Thankfully Preece was okay. To see someone walk away from a wreck like this at 190 MPH is directly attributed to how far safety development in Nascar has come. Truly amazing.

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It’s Monday. My plan for Sunday was to watch the Daytona 500 in the afternoon and then catch the Saturday Night Live 50th anniversary show a couple hours later. Well, that would’ve worked out nicely if it weren’t for rain in Daytona. With the 500 delayed several hours, I had to record it before switching over to the SNL 50th anniversary show.

The SNL show was a blast! Previous cast members and celebrity hosts all working together in sketches new and old. There were also plenty of the best classic sketches and music. It was just cool seeing all of them laughing and celebrating 50 years on the air. They wrapped it up with Paul McCartney performing “Carry That Weight”. Here’s to another 50!

Okay, time to go watch the rest of the 500…

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It’s Friday! Well, it’s Valentine’s Day and if you haven’t already done it, you better get moving and pick up something nice for the wife, girlfriend, or both (if applicable!) We did our Valentine’s Day yesterday because it was just going to work out better for both of us that way. She wanted to go out for a nice dinner, so I let her pick the place. Her choice was Cooper’s Hawk, a very nice Steak, Seafood, and wine restaurant. She had been there a while ago, but it was new to me. It was a really nice dinner with parmesan encrusted steak medallions, salmon, lobster, and a killer desert with house-made truffles and tasty stuff I didn’t even recognize. The food was spectacular as was the service. We had a really great time and left with big warm smiles on our faces. If you’ve never been to a Cooper’s Hawk, I highly recommend checking them out.

Since it is Valentine’s Day, it just didn’t seem right going with the usual double babes. Instead I put together a special Valentine’s Day collection that I hope everyone will enjoy.

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