Saturday I had the pleasure of spending a couple hours visiting Space.Monkey in Windsor. I had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed getting to know him. I found out he has a fetish about photographing the food he eats. I also found that we shared something in common that I wasn't aware of, we've both been locked in public restrooms, mine was at a mall his was at a school. **canadian*girl was to join us but she stood us up. She made up some lame excuse about her car breaking down.

Thanks Space.Monkey for an enjoyable conversation. And thanks for the sub.

I haven't been following the Michael Jackson trial. I don't really care about it.
But I heard a short statement on the radio that one of MJ's security guards made graphic testimony of innappropriate acts that Michael Jackson performed on children, such as licking of genitalals in the shower. This really irritates me. What did the security guard do about it? He witnessed a crime. Did he look the other way because it wasn't his business and he wanted to keep his job? Perhaps he's lying but why? If he's telling the truth, I'm pretty disgusted with him if he didn't immediately report this behavior.

Yesterday I made penne with roasted bell peppers, basil and sauted green onions, simmered in sweet vermouth. I normally don't like peppers, but this was good.

It's supposed to be tossed with feta cheese, but my wife doesn't like feta cheese. She's so hard to cook for!

I thought this was funny:

WWE_RULES: HELLO
WWE_RULES: HELLO
JohnnyRingo: hello
WWE_RULES: ASL
WWE_RULES: hello are you there
JohnnyRingo: My asl?
JohnnyRingo: I chat with all ages, all sexes, all locations.
JohnnyRingo: I don't judge people by the way they look, the way they talk, what color hair they have, what color skin they have, how many facial piercings they have, what clothes they wear, how old they are, what sex they are, or where they live.
JohnnyRingo: I judge a person on their ideas, their thoughts, and what they choose to talk about.
JohnnyRingo: The internet offers us a great media where we can converse whithout these prejudices, why ruin that with asl?
JohnnyRingo: After all, my asl tells you absolutely nothing about me; all it does is allow you to categorize me into your own preconceived stereotypes.
JohnnyRingo: So, I ask, why do you want to prejudge me?
WWE_RULES: get lost man boobs

Instant Polenta!

Do you know how hard it is to find instant polenta!????

Watching an IRL street course.

Wow, what a mixed emotion. Watching Tony George's vision of an "All Oval" open wheel series race through the streets of St. Petersburg. On the one hand, I love road racing and it's good to see some old favorites, Franchitti, Kanaan, Castronevez, and even Danica Patrick (unfortunately I was hoping to see her in Champcar).

So, I find myself watching IRL for the first time in what, 10 years? It's kind of funny see how much some of the drivers have aged. Bryan Herta looks nothing like I remember. Where did the little boy looks go?

And the interviewer says that Micheal fought to get this even and he says "hopefully it will open the door for more such events" I take it he means road racing. I anxiously wait to see the cars run at Watkins Glen. But can I really be a fan of Tony's "All Oval" racing series?

I hate clichés, but it's really interesting what makes people tick sometimes. Take the people that chat here in spin, years ago, I used to try to get to know people. I guess I had more time for chatting back then. Plus I spent more time in some of the private rooms which have come and gone. Today, I just don't feel like spending the time and effort to get to know anyone anymore. But recently, I've become more aware of just how much I don't know some of these people. I come to chat just to have fun and joke around. I know others come for more than that. I believe some come to find that connection with other people that they can eventually call friends or even lovers and boy does it get strange when things don't work out. I'm just glad I'm not involved in most of that. Then there's me. I see people form opinions of me that just seem wrong, but I realize, I probably do the same thing.

As I was walking down town I heard a girl on a cell phone behind me. The conversation went something like this:

"I know my cousing very well and she's not a slut..."
"Just because she sees a childhood friend that does not make her a slut..."
"She's not a slut..."
"Don't you call my mother f***in' cousin a slut!"