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Spent a bit of the afternoon today at SF Moto, my motorcycle shop, getting a new front tire and - what the hell - new front brakes too. Pirelli tires - Pirelli; Italian, means "expensive". Next up (and I'm tapping the 401k for this): engine service (valve inspection and - if necessary - adjustment, cleaned air filter, new plugs, lube stuff) and ( Read more... )

Better now. Made an executive decision today: As long as I wake up feeling depressed, I'll do my workouts in the morning (at least on weekdays). I was in the pool by 11 a.m. this morning and it really did the trick. I can get there much, much earlier than that ( Read more... )

So, 75 weeks since I last posted anything here. I had an accident in November 2007; switched jobs in June of 2008, and became unemployed the same day the Obama Presidency began, January 20, 2009. At least someone started a job that day. My last thinking moment as an employed person was a meditation on the word 'urethane.' Go figure. Fluid applied ( Read more... )

It’s been awhile since my last posting. Turns out I did find a use for that Shoei motorcycle helmet after all. I took an MSF motorcycle training course in mid-August, and two weeks after that, I bought a motorcycle. It's a Suzuki SV650. I won’t go into a lot of technical detail, but suffice to say it’s a mid-size, standard bike (meaning it isn’t ( Read more... )

I watched Deadwood and nearly choked to death on a piece of cartilage. I was eating an experimental sparerib (didn't like this rub with the onion powder- that's out) and as it got worse, I thought, "What a stupid way to die - and that's what I'm doing: DYING. SERIOUSLY ( Read more... )

Just to prove what a tiny town Hollywood is, Sara Risher told Damien that she actually was going to give a copy of it to her neighbor ( Read more... )

I know no one reads this, so I just write here ( Read more... )

Don't be fooled by the fact that "The Office" was miraculously transformed into an American television show - it's just about the only one that managed to pull off the trick in my adult lifetime. That and "Dr. Who" - oh wait! That was just a British remake. . . I was hoping for just one other example ( Read more... )

In America, with divorce achieved, the midlifer can expect to be more recreational, more discretionary. He can almost design the sort of crisis he is going to have: motorbike, teenage girlfriend, vegetarianism, jogging, sports car, mature boyfriend, cocaine, crash diet, powerboat, new baby, religion hair transplant ( Read more... )