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This song makes me really happy. (See "Music:") Very worth downloading. I'm also digging the new Pearl Jam. Been a good weekend for music. Saw the Weakerthans on Saturday night. Very glad they didn't play the song that usually makes me cry ("Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure")...haven't been able to hear it since Mooch passing away. I come completely unglued.

The bike side of the equation is awesome. Getting quotes from water-jetting services for my downtube badges. Had a nifty idea for a part-steel, part-bamboo frame. The first one will probably be the frame I build for Kate. Set up a Twitter account for my bike company. Website you've seen. Dwelling on ideas for doing some CAD/CAM work to dev my own dropouts (to have investment cast).

Last topic for the day is football. Thought the Vikes were going to give it away today, but was really impressed with Favre's play to end the game -- and it was a beautiful catch, too. All those Favre haters out there CAN SUCK IT.

First of all, the upcoming Oliver Stone pic, entitled W, while a great idea, is coming in under the "too soon" category. Honestly, we've put up with the douchebag and his cronies for eight years now. Who in the name of god would pay money for a couple of extra hours? I've had about all I can stomach from the Republican party, and I don't care if it means higher taxes for me in the future, but I will never, ever, EVER vote for a Republican candidate again. Their opponent could be spit-roasting live kittens over a nuclear pebble-bed reactor to feed to starving children in some third-world pest-hole, and I'd still vote for them if it meant keeping a Republican out of office. Seriously. Between the debacle of Bush's pseudo-presidency and now the obvious idiocy and hypocrisy of the McCain-Palin campaign, I refuse to understand how anyone can take that party seriously.

I found this one online, and it's too fucking funny not to share. I wish the creator had signed their work, because they deserve serious kudos:



So I'm thinking about picking up a third source of income. I've got my job, and it's fairly secure. I've got my second job, which is probably secure, given that the bike industry as a whole has been having a banner friggin' year due to gas prices/the economy. I think I should probably consider picking up some freelance writing on the side -- just an hour or so of writing a day. I just need to track down a gig, is all. Remember folks, the people that thrive in a down economy are the ones who are in a position to buy when everyone else is selling.

On the more lighthearted side of things, the next time someone calls the NFC East the "NFC Beast", I think I'm either going to have an aneurysm or bitchslap them. I mean, really. Dallas will do what it always does under Tony Romo -- go out in the first round of the playoffs. The Eagles were starting to slip before Westbrook broke a few ribs, the Redskins have an average schedule of opponents, and the Giants, well, we'll see how that plays out. But the "Beast"? Really?

Well, I went to with mso to her friend AJ's football game in Wisconsin on Saturday. I love football. I was watching SportsCenter last night, and Randy Moss was helping out with the Plays of the Week...and I was all stoked for this season to start. (Does anyone but me remember that the Rams and Patriots were 5-and-11 the year before they won their Superbowls?)

Also...do slam dunks really need to be considered plays of the day/week now that they're de riguere for the game?

Good news -- an employment agency I've been working with called me and have a position that I fit in with very VERY well. Even better is that it is with a company in the area that my stepmom used to work for, and she's good friends with the guy that might become my supervisor... Keep your goddamn fingers crossed! :-)