And of course I was there to document it. She bought this peg board for our hall from Ebay. She thought the old shelf with the hooks wasn’t cutting it, or wanted to paint, or [insert 1000 other excuses]. Anyway, it is so cute to watch her work. She is a good sport about ignoring my while I just snap away. Here are a couple more.

I got out a bit early last night and took a stroll in Ft. Tryon. It was a good one.

She’s Brazilian; She is beautiful; She is married to Tom Brady; and, she is lining the bottom of the birdcage this week.

Jake, need your input…

Forgiving any breathing and transporting restrictions, who would you place money on in a cage fight between the Lochness Monster “our underwater ally” and Falkor the flying Luckdragon from “The Neverending Story”? Thx!

–his mom wears argyle socks

Hmwas, thanks for phrasing your question hypothetically. However, at this point, it is no longer necessary. As hard as the International Wizards, Freaks, and other Dorks Society tried to keep the upcoming fight under wraps, word has leaked. It was kind of inevitable, given the amount of time that IWFoDS has been trying to arrange this thing. Part of the hold up was, as you correctly alluded to, because IWFoDS was still trying to secure funding for Nessie’s amphibious breathing gear. IWFoDS held a fundraiser on 4chan, but ultimately they were not able to purchase the aparatus.

To even the playing field (literally) they decided that the fight would be split into two segments. The first half will be held in a cage on dry land. The second half will take place underwater. In a fair fight, Nessie wouldn’t even survive the first half of the fight. Falkor can fly, has sharp teeth and claws. Lets be real, when is the last time you heard of a dragon getting flippered to death? But for this cage match, my money is going to be on Nessie. I just found out last night that the fight is fixed. Falkor is going to fake-drown 10 minutes into the underwater portion of the fight.

Apparently one of the IWFoDS freaks who organized the fight, pissed off a bunch of trolls during the 4chan fundraiser. As a result, the trolls threatened erase his World of Warcraft profile, if he didn’t arrange for Falkor to lose.

So there you have it: Falkor takes a dive in the second.

In this month’s issue of GQ (the one with Christian Bale on the cover), there is a feature article about Larry King. I started making my way through the article, and was enjoying it, when suddenly the article took a turn for the awesome. As most Mormons know*, King’s wife is Mormon. As a result of this, the Kings own a home in Provo.

In the article, the interview addresses Religion, interviewing religious leaders, etc. King admits that he used to go to church with his wife some times, but not really anymore. He also states that he really isn’t a huge fan of Provo. He says that when he is there, he starts to go stir crazy after about a day or so. This is all very good material. But I have to admit that I didn’t expect what was coming next. King starts to discuss the afterlife. He discusses the possibility that there might be eternal nothingness after death. He reminisces on something that Billy Graham once told him, saying “Billy Graham used to tell me, ‘You’re very spiritual, and you are going somewhere—don’t question that.’ So I hope he’s right.” Which prompts the following:

And what if Graham is right, but wherever it is you end up going is just like Provo?

“It’d still be better than being dead,” King answers, but then he pauses, as though this is one reply he has carelessly blurted out loud without giving it the full consideration it requires. He now rocks his hand in equivocation, reweighing the delicately balanced alternatives before him: eternal nothingness…Provo…eternal nothingness…Provo…eternal nothingness…Provo…eternal nothingness…Provo.

Tough call. Eventually, he concludes that his first answer was probably the correct one-”I’d rather be in Provo”-though he leaves the impression that Utah may only have prevailed by the slenderest of margins. And that a recount is never out of the question.

So rich.

*running tallies of famous and semi famous Mormons, used-to-be-Mormons, and once-thought-about-being-Mormons are kept and propagated by sites like famousmormons.net and countless mommy blogs across Utah County.

Aside: This entire post is, of course, completely tongue in cheek. I know a lot of great people who live in Provo, including some family members. I just think that I personally would go crazy if I ever lived there. Plus, I will seize any opportunity that I can, to take a dig at the home of the Cougs. Hahaha

Mugello, as the case at Le Mans, started with a wet track, though the rain had stopped. These conditions lead to a dry line forming on the track after several laps, necessitating tire change. Wet/dry of races are always sloppy. Those who change tires too soon, low side (Rossi, at Le Mans). Those who wait too long, lose their position, because the early changers are eating 4 seconds out of their lap times.

Sunday’s race was no different. With the wet tires, the unlikely her Melandri actually led the race for several laps in front of the Italian Crowd. After the entire field had pitted to change bikes (shod with race slicks), Stoner was on a mission. He was able to get in first position and make it stick. Melandri could not get his bike dialed in with the dry tires and started sinking like a stone, through the order. There was a bit of  a battle at the front between Dovizioso and the leaders. But Dovizioso, also, could not keep up the pace, and eventually dropped into fourth position, as he was overtaken by Rossi for the final podium spot, with 3 laps to go.

Lorenzo lowsided in the warm up lap, had a terrible start, on his back up bike, and still managed to end up finishing second. This phenominal effort on Lorenzo’s part, earned him the spot back at the top of the world championship points. Full results can be found here.

The podium order was Stoner, Lorenzo and  Rossi. Caprirossi finished right behind Dovizioso in 5th place, which was a phenomenal result for a Suzuki factory bike.

Pedrosa crashed out with a nasty highside, after his slicks were still warming up. He appears to have re-injured a pre-existing hip injury.

The next race is June 14, in Catalunya, hopefully on a dry track!

This weekend ended up being a lot better than I had initially anticipated. There was, of course the race on Saturday morning, which I was expecting to be the highlight of my weekend. I thought this because I was expecting to have to work, for the rest of the weekend. I did spend Saturday afternoon, in the office. But rumors began flying around Saturday night about things being pushed back, for the project that I’m currently working on. Anyway, Sunday morning I got up early and headed down town. I stopped at Central Park along the way, for NYRR Japan Day Race. While I was there, I received an email, stating that things had indeed been pushed back, and that the meetings etc., for Sunday, had also been postponed. I was pretty happy about that. So Reagan and I decided to make a day of it. We headed straight up to see Piper, after I got back. We had a great visit with her. She is really doing great. She tries to stand up, when ever possible. Since I hadn’t seen her on Saturday, Reagan deferred and let me hold her almost the whole visit. I was even able to sneak in a quick nap with PJ. Hahahah.

You can go here, for more photos of our visit with Piper on Sunday.

After the PJ visit, we headed back to the city, and broke out the bikes. We had a great ride, down to Central Park. We relaxed there for a while, then did a loop around the park. Reagan went incognito with her floppy hat and Ray Bans.

Apparently, Reagan wasn’t the only one with this idea, Sunday. Kate Hudson, obviously called Reagan in the morning, to see what she was planning to wear. I do that with the guys at work, some times.

Kate Hudson at the Manhattan Polo Classic

Reag, in her floppy hat

Here are a few more shots from our bike ride.

I was first introduced to Zion I by my good friend and skate/snowboarding partner from college, Jay Varini. Come to think of it, Jay introduced me to a lot of the less prominent hip-hop that I listened to in the early 2000′s. So, thanks, Jay. I know that a lot of the music that I post on here is of the throwback variety. So, I thought that I would serve up something with a little more freshness (age-wise), this week. It just so happens that Zion I recently released a new album, called “The Take Over.” It is a bit of a deviation from their previous stuff, but still hot. If you don’t already own it, check out their album “Mind over Matter.” It is one of those records that you can listen to without skipping a single track. Zion I is a 2 man outfit from the Bay Area, consisting of Zumbi (vocals) and AmpLive (beats). Zumbi has a pretty distinct vocal quality. It is kind of a mix between Wycleff and Q-tip. The song that I’m sharing is called “DJDJ,” and is track number 4 on the latest album.