Marc Almond is in the hospital with severe injuries after being in an accident as a passenger on a motorcycle. The name Marc Almond may not be familiar, but most people know his 80's band, Soft Cell with their "Number 1 hit, Tainted Love" --

I associate Soft Cell with a lesser-known song called "sex dwarf" -- a classic in my book. Not to mention, Marc is a fairly accomplished artist on his own.

Anyway, here's hoping he doesn't emerge a vegetable. This reinforces my feelings that riding around at high speeds on a motorcycle just encourages a world of hurt.

Sex Dwarf
Isn't it nice
Luring disco dollies
To a life of vice

it's funny what brings you comfort -- the little icon in the circle is THIS SITE minimized into my dock -- it's like having a little bit of loveliness wherever I go.

wow -- there are actually more than a few californians [inlink]haikuster,22[/inlink] on this site. hey (e:haikuster) ... what would it take to convince you to send me a case of two-buck-chuck and a bag of jerky from trader joe's? ;) -- okay, truth be told, I go to Cleveland as they have a TJs down there (don't laugh... if you shop there, you probably know it's worth the trip!) --

we need the joe! i love wegmans, but the joe needs to be there to fit the rest of my cravings. even though they can't sell wine in NYS -- blast!

hey (e:haikuster) !

well, if you're actually able to do it, [inlink]haikuster,28[/inlink] I would say for not only my personal tastes, but also to save anything that a broken bottle of wine could stain and/or ruin.... the Charles Shaw sauvignon blanc would be just dandy! chardonnay is WAY too sweet for me. oh, and if you could grab a tub of the Australian red licorice, well, I'd be stoked for that too ;)

see what can be done about freezing an in-n-out burger [inlink]j3sse,6[/inlink] as well -- okay, perhaps that's too much to ask. but hey, that's what a hamburger's all about!

(e:twisted) is one of the other west-coasters... though she is significantly up the 101 a piece (SF Bay Area) --

I'd take you up on the turkey trot - but seeing as you do 17-mile runs and I do about 5, i fear you would outpace me like the proverbial Kenyan

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I was going to talk about iPod stuff -- but I'm too tired. But I did see an interesting article (thanks to (e:Twisted)) about what can basically work like Tivo for the iPod. Too cool. I'm sure at some point the iPod will become passé -- you know it's getting there when your grandma mentions wanting one and it's the topic of conversation on some second-rate sitcom. but like i could give a crap.

anyway, check out the article if you're interested --