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The suburb of failed obscure European imports

By Matthew Rutledge on 09.04.2009

Being unem­ployed means that you pay atten­tion to useless noth­ing­ness while avoid­ing the actual task at hand, i.e. find­ing a job. So here I was, randomly Google Mapping the city of San Antonio, a place I don’t partic­u­larly care for, when I discovered a subdi­vi­sion who must have had a fairly massochistic master developer.  […]

Posted in Cultural Ephemera, Screenshots | Tagged alfa romeo, automobiles, brands, car, european, fiat, google, google maps, hillman, nostalgia, renault, retro, rootes, san antonio, texas | 2 Responses

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72 degrees, 72 miles per hour

By Matthew Rutledge on 08.28.2009

It was one of those nights that convert­ibles were ostens­ibly purchased for, so I put the roof down as I turned the igni­tion and headed for home on the ass-opposite end of town, leav­ing the house of a friend. Not just any friend, but the only one I’ve truly made since I moved back […]

Posted in Matters | Tagged anxiety, Austin, automobiles, cars, convertibles, depression, driving, new york, personal, relocation, san francisco, unemployment | Leave a response

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