One Year Forward

My First Post.*

March 24th, 2025 marked the day that I published my first entry to this Blog.

That represented a milestone for me, having been able to create the Fogy persona and leverage it to the levels I managed to reach throughout the year.

My one-post-a-day exploits were designed to force me back into the rhythm of writing, and remove the laziness bred through modern media apps that erase the capacity of the mind as efficiently as television still does.

There were many topics, and a lot of development went behind the preparation and presentation of each idea. This was truly an important moment of personal growth.

Along with this too was the opportunity this medium afforded to espouse a number of beliefs expanded upon in countless classes of willing participants, where my own understanding of the world about us could be explored.

My thanks of course go to the early readers, and to those that followed, who all contributed toward expanding on a number of ideas, offering insights into what resonated well and what was edgy in its content.

Politically speaking I have been somewhat harsh, criticising an empire that has its own beliefs and history. Morally speaking, I have walked a tightrope of controversial ideals while trying to maintain as balanced a view as possible.

Humour, of course, was used extensively to mask some of the horrors of a viewed stupidity — and we were fortunate enough to see so much of that stupidity come to the fore.

Fogy, fortunately, has grown a little older and hopefully a little wiser, to the extent that he has slowed down the pace of his writings. I guess there are only so many ways stupidity can be described when it is always housed within the same narrow bandwidth of a narcissist.

My thanks therefore go out to all of you who have partaken of the Fogy whines and crusty cruelties, to amuse and bemuse those who wanted to be entertained.

WWBBS

(We will be back soon)

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Carfuffle April, 2026

Is there a crisis?*

And the world spins on as Artemis II heads towards the moon, putting paid to the doubts surrounding 1969 and the recent exploratory flights by the Chinese.

Further back on Earth, the planet waits to see what the errant leader of the free world will throw at it next.

The fuel crisis brings to light the questioning of legitimacy around car racing in its various forms, while combustion engines the world over are being switched off because of blockades around the Strait of Hormuz — preventing the steady distribution, at a reasonable cost, of man's mechanical 'lifeblood'.

And what of F1?

The young Italian not only repeated his heroics of China, but stretched his talents even further to win again in Japan, becoming the youngest ever driver to lead a world championship. If there was ever any doubt, the proof is now there — much as rising star Max Verstappen won his first F1 race on his first drive in the Red Bull car in 2016, the newest pretender has achieved just as much, and more, in only his second season in the main game. Congratulations, Kimi Antonelli.

While it is easy to celebrate such talent coming to the fore, much still needs to be said about this new formula. All teams, including this new, mighty Mercedes, are struggling to master the intricacies of such different technology. There have been outstanding performances from unexpected quarters, and just as many failures from those who never fail.

The McLaren papaya prowess is still to shine. Even with Piastri managing a healthy second place in Japan, the world champion Norris still has to find the skills and consistency he needs to take their game to Mercedes.

Ferrari, on the other hand, have shown how willing they are to take their game to the very front, and push whoever is claiming the throne to look carefully in their rear-view mirrors — because a prancing horse is often seen stampeding closely behind.

With titbits to tell from every team, and the expected month of Middle-East racing cancelled due to the current crisis, F1 will return in May with new faces and a reset as welcome as any European début of old. Miami is not Europe — but it will do nicely.

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