Have you seen it lately? There's a young lady on there named Amanda Overmeyer. She is a major Rock 'n' Rollin' Biker chick. She has two-toned hair (Blonde in the very front, and Dark Brunette over the rest). She dresses in crazy, wild, bike-inspired clothes. And, the best part is, she sings the crap out of Bluesy Rock-driven songs. She is probably ( Read more... )

Today this morning I went to Marcus Dairy in Danbury, CT where over a thousand bikers gathered to do a Cancer Run through the area. My boss, Buzz Kanter from American Iron Magazine, was the Grand Marshall of the trip on his 1931 Indian Scout. He was paranoid the bike might lock up, so he asked me to follow the procession in the American Iron Truck ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my daughter’s 35th birthday. I called her in the evening to wish her a Happy Birthday, and caught her on the cell phone just as she finished dinner and was going to go to a comedy show in Charleston. WV. We didn’t have long to chat, so we kept it quick. Later, after the show, she called me to rave about how good it was, and how the ( Read more... )

My wife is a true-blue Buddhist. She firmly believes in following the teachings as fully as possible. She does not like to kill any living creatures, including insects like spiders, ants, etc. Me, I always thought insects were mindless robots that just ate, screwed, and ate more. but when you try to squash one, you will notice they like to run away ( Read more... )

I wrote about him almost a year ago, and now he's back! Ken Jennings, who owned Jeopardy for most of last year is back in the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. This time the Jeopardy staff called in everybody who ever won a tournament of champions on the show. They ended up with about 150 people. They held a tournament to whittle the 150 down to ( Read more... )

Well, a couple of days ago Ken Jennings got beat on Jeopardy. I'm gonna miss the little guy. He played the game expertly and was even able to crack wise every now and then. He had a great wit, and made for some dramatic TV. The person that dethroned him didn't even survive her first challenge the next day. There have been about four new champions ( Read more... )

I had a pretty good day Sunday. I was a judge for the Fiddling Contest at the New Jersey State Fair in Sussex Co., NJ (this is a regular gig I've been doing for the last five or so years). To kick off the show we judges played a three-song set. There I was sandwiched between Steve the banjo speed demon and a bass player who used to play for Twisted ( Read more... )

Wow, it seems like forever since my last message which turned out to be about Ken Jennings, the guy who just keeps mowing down the competition in the Jeopardy game show. Well, he's still at it. He's won about $1,250,000 so far. He just set the record for most money won on Jeopardy, the most money won in a single day, and is fast approaching the ( Read more... )

You may not have caught on to this yet, but something quite out of the ordinary is happening on a daily basis (at least for a short while longer). On the game show Jeopardy they had a rule change at the beginning of the season to beef up the cash prizes offered. First, they doubled the usual cash prizes for each question, and then they changed the ( Read more... )

I just got back from Denver over the Memorial Day weekend. I returned on Monday. I can’t believe how bad the airlines have gotten since I last flew. Right after 9/11 I tried to fly and ran into a complete disaster at the Denver airport when a security guard let someone slip through security without screening. They closed down the terminal and spent ( Read more... )