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Thursday, July 30, 2026
if you'll pardon the seemingly slightly provocative company names, Titmouse and Meow Wolf, are working together to start a Meow Wolf location in the West LA Howard Hughes center mall, in the former Cinemark theater, with a chopper inspired by Ed Roth's Mysterion, and custom car paint design of layers and fades... but did you know there was a George RR Martin connection? (Game of Thrones author)
obviously the only headlight design that has ever been in the 3 bulb arrangement,
was Ed Roth's Orbitron, I posted about it in 2009 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/orbitron-coulda-been-yours-if-you.html
the paint job instantly is recognizable, but I can't recall (very tired) the name of the outstanding painter I associate it with, from a car that was on display at the GNRS a couple years ago... legendary painter.
of the 100s of people in room 25 ABC during the panel on the Titmouse and Meow Wolf collaboration in immersive art/entertaiment, when they announced this centerpiece, the "Space Chopper", I was very certainly the only one who saw the custom car world inspiration of Roth / Orbitron / Roth's choppers / and candy paint
Titmouse will also produce and direct animation for Meow Wolf’s upcoming Los Angeles exhibition, which is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2026, while consulting on the attraction’s visual and narrative design.
at Comic Con I stopped by the booth of artist Jose Emroca Flores to enjoy his newest art, I first found his art at the 2019 Comic Con
“Peach’s Secret”
"Kingdom of Krash" about Mario Kart.
for my 1st post about his art: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2019/07/im-pretty-sure-youre-looking-at-art-of.html
veterans who recently drove large military vehicles will be able to skip the required skills test for a commercial driver’s license in the upcoming federal Freedom Haulers campaign
The GI Bill will also pay for 100% of commercial driver's license training and for some people even pay a housing allowance while they are in school.
The campaign will be part of a broader interagency effort to help veterans find good civilian jobs that the White House plans to announce on Monday.
since the summer of 2025, 26,000 drivers have been pulled off the road for failing to demonstrate English proficiency, and the Transportation Department said 30,000 commercial licenses were canceled because they were issued illegally.
Veterans still have to study the rules and pass the written test for a commercial driver's license, but soldiers who recently drove big military vehicles over 2.5 tons (2.25 metric tons) can skip the skills test.
Huh... I had a military drivers license and qual's on 5 ton flatbeds and passenger busses
Ford had a record-setting number of recalls across 2025, and didn't change a damn thing, they wanted a repeat record setting year. They got one. If they have a 3-peat, will they go bankrupt?
Halfway through 2026, Ford has once again issued more recalls through July 2026 than any other automaker.
This stupid one wheel security robot is going to get lifted into a dumpster. No way anyone up to no good doesn't simply disable it with a spike ring, a dumpster, or even simpler, a upside down garbage can
The Estonian startup Rollo Robotics has a concept self-balancing 1Rollo robot to keep an AI eye on property
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
I haven't seen this, so... just fwiw, they did pick a cool Chevelle for the advertising and promotions of this tv series
Collider says Ride or Die has heart, humor, and hard-hitting action on par with Reacher"
In an unusual experiment born from the lessons of two decades of war in the Middle East, TRICARE health insurance will test a program paying ambulance providers separately for blood transfusions, reimbursing civilian ambulances for blood provided to those needing life-saving intervention prior to reaching the hospital
The Defense Health Agency's five-year TRICARE demonstration project, which is scheduled to begin in January, will reimburse authorized ground and air ambulance providers that administer "medically necessary" whole blood or blood components, such as red blood cells or plasma, to military personnel, family members, and retirees, according to a recent government posting.
If the experiment proves effective, it could help address a major barrier to carrying blood on ambulances, potentially convincing insurers to adopt new payment models that reduce the cost burdens for providers for life-saving interventions.
Green Day made a surprise visit to Comic Con, and did a surprise performance... on their ice cream truck! (to promote their new movie) Thank you Marc!
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
good news on the bridges and roadkill issue, in the Amazon, "Zero roadkill as Amazon canopy bridges secure 15,000 crossings"
Project Reconecta installed eight rope bridges in a municipality in Brazil, and a 15-month study used camera traps to document thousands of arboreal wildlife adapting to new aerial crossings.
Reconecta’s creator, biologist Fernanda Abra, a National Geographic Explorer and winner of the Whitley Award, is now expanding these low-cost conservation tools to other Brazilian biomes and neighboring Suriname.
Brazil’s federal transport department has officially designated the rope bridge design as the recommended national standard for highways to curb the millions of wildlife deaths recorded on roads annually.
Sean Murphy's latest solo project (famous for outstanding comic book illustrations, graphic novels, and Batman) is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format helps capture all the car mayhem!
"In the future of America, cars have been outlawed. The people have gotten use to the comfort and convenience of PODS, giving power and control to the Money Barons who secretly control the cities. The only driver left is a man named CLUTCH--a smuggler (and retired stuntman/race car driver/overall badass) who's forced to get behind the wheel ONE LAST TIME in order to save his granddaughter. What starts out as a simple car chase quickly turns into a political upheaval as onlookers start seeing Clutch as a revolutionary hell bend on regaining the freedom that most Americans have surrendered."
Think "Escape from NY" meets "Vanishing Point".
Also, the book is published SIDEWAYS--a wider format will help me better capture all the car mayhem!
I posted about Sean last August when I discovered his incredible art https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-can-be-damn-sure-when-artist-has.html
The Gordie Howe International Bridge officially opened to vehicle traffic this week, the event was led by the Governor of Michigan driving a Mustang ( built in Michigan, engine assembled in Canada)
Named after the legendary Canadian-born Detroit Red Wings hockey player Gordie Howe, it's the first new international border crossing between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, in over 60 years.
what are Ferrari's most impressive 5 cars... I think this group ain't it. Where's the 59 Testarossa? 1963 250 GTO? The 1968 365 GTB/4? These qualify for the modern era... but is not definitive for the brand, for all time. Not even close
Compliment of the month from Bert! Thank you Cacophony!
Dear Jesse,
I can't grasp or even imagine how you managed to accomplish so much, all the while juggling work and leisure
into the mix.
Most folks are like me, looking in on you, almost religiously in fact, without commenting.
Not for not wanting to do so,
but unable too because of our own self-centered, and overly hectic, too busy, preoccupied lives.
My words may appear to be only an octogenarians ramblings but believe me when I say, my day would be significantly
impoverished if I wasn't able to access your blog as one of the first items on my days to do list!
Catch you on the other side Jesse, enjoy the ride in the meantime.....
Bert L
Monday, July 27, 2026
looks interesting. Of course I bought a copy, just look at the cover!
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but it will not get read for a little while... who has time? I get home around 6pm, I wake up around 6am, and have to stuff in blogging, catching up on email, facebook, commentary, posting, etc...
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