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I had forgotten our scheduled work trip to Comerica Park for the Tigers vs. Marlins game today, so it was a nice surprise to discover myself eating free food in the company suite. Unlike most events where I show my ticket and am turned away, the suite ticket brightened the face of every usher and opened every door. I considered demanding a dance from each of them, but decided not to push it, instead enjoying my temporary royalty status. After stuffing my face with food, drinking excessive amounts of Pepsi, and devouring a pound of chocolate cake, my sugar high slowly wore off and I actually watched a few innings of the game.

Thanks to a certain west coast Canadian, I recently received a Google Voice invite. So far it looks to be invite only, so you may have to wait to get your own. It's already proving useful since I get zero reception on my mobile phone at work, so the "ring multiple phones at once" option means I don't have to run to the window in hopes of enough signal to avoid dropping the call. I also have a well organized SMS inbox, ring schedules, call screening and forwarding, custom voicemail, and a whole host of other things. If you get a text message from me with the new number, you'll know I love you. If not, you can click the banner to the right. It's probably a stupid idea to put a phone connect on my blog, but the fact that I can shut it down at any time gives me a warm, reassuring feeling. Plus I'm curious how long it will take for spambots to figure out how to call it.

Sonic Commerce is now open, and the line at 10:45am was non existent. As it got closer to lunch, one started forming in the parking lot behind it, and by 11:15 there were 4 cars in each line. Consequently you can only enter from Haggerty road, as the Pontiac Trail entrance is closed during the opening rush. I plan to return tonight to see what the evening wait will be.

This is history in the making! Today Stavos broke the 1,000 comment barrier after a cryptic remark on my Cougarfest update. As promised, a google-adsense-check funded trip to Kart2Kart in his honor is in order. All 3 people who read and post to this blog are hereby invited to the to-be-announced event. The senator will also be presented with the lamest cake I can find to enjoy between karting heats, pieces of which fellow attendees are invited to throw in his face. Pick your date and attendees Senator Kelley, the people are in awe of your ability to make 1,000 snide remarks on 970 examples of uninteresting material. They're also amazed the Access database can actually count that high.

Cougarfest 2009 was held in South Bend, Indiana this year. AutoCross was at the Tire Rack Test Track, drag event at Osceola Dragway and the main show at Bendix Woods Park. With all the scattered locations, driving between them doubled as our traffic-blocking cruise, which angered enough motorists to meet the required Cougarfest quotas. A surprising number of new members attended this year to compensate for the veterans who didn't, resulting in the now average 65 Cougars. I'm sure the current average Cougar giveaway price of $3,000 helped. Notable events include a sheered engine mount at the track, touring the Tire Rack facility, a 75 minute odyssey visiting 3 of the 5 "bendix park" locations in South Bend, an off roading semi and of course parking lot shenanigans. I would never have predicted an 11 year run out of this event, and all indications point to several more years before anyone calls it quits.

After years of believing she did not like golfing, Lisa discovered that in fact, she did. The fact that it also offered an excuse to purchase multiple golfing outfits may have had something to do with the decision. The discovery led to a golf event of epic proportions and almost resulted in the cranky starter kicking us off the course. Fortunately Lisas baseball swing and intoxication made him think twice about approaching us, and we successfully completed a full 9 holes.

With Myrn in the Philippines and Stavos in North Carolina, my online activity meter has dropped to 5% of it's usual rate. Nobody even comes close to conversing about nothing quite as well as the dynamic duo of nonsense. With no outlet for my babbling, I've been forced to talk to Lisa, who has a much lower tolerance for nonsense. I can only hope they return before she divorces me from frustration.

After Lisa's unexpected warming to the motorcycle, it was time to upgrade to professional gear. I was surprised it only took an hour to find the acceptable combination of cute and functional. The test run consisted of a trip to Coney Island for some lunch followed by some paparazzi stalking at the local Rite Aid. It goes without saying I'm tickled pink about finally upgrading to the "hot chick on the back" stage and can only hope one day she'll get her own bike and a girlfriend to form the ultimate "two hot chicks on a bike"

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