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You should hook up with the Columbian chick than have a mexican chick on the side. Let us know when the Columbian finds out about the mexican and we'll buy tickets when it all hits the fan.

Thanks, Bruce With spring approaching, it's just about time to bust it out. Gene Simmons was mentioned earlier in this thread...he was in the Miami Vice episode "Prodigal Son" which featured the Glenn Fry song 'You Belong to the City.' Magic happens when you pay attention.

It's actually not very close to my one sentence comment. But I am impressed with the enthusiasm and energy you put into defending Obama.

The White House occupants love Hollywood.

I agree. She should hang up the acting thing and just work at Target if she wants to appear that disinterested.

I hate the SA winds. Makes me want to close down and stay indoors all days.

Better than losing. I wanna get back to Hollywood Park when it opens for the new season. I know it's a dump, but it's got character. It's going to be a bummer when they turn it into homes and Home Depots.

So...did you win at the track?

I like the Del beef burrito at Del Taco. I get it home then crisp the tortilla in a non-oiled pan. It adds a nice crunchy texture to the tortilla which escalates an otherwise predictable Del Taco experience. For sit down, I recommend the Quiet Woman in Newport on PCH. They have an excellent 'baseball steak' which is very high quality. Also in Newport, Ho Sum Bistro has a dyn-o-myte house salad which is hard to stop eating. Good thing it's MASSIVE! Added bonus for the interior which looks like a restaurant scene in Miami Vice. Everyone's got a mexi spot. My newest is a joint called Ramon's up Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa. The dude behind the counter hates white people but they make a mean assed burrito and the tacos are legitimate. I recommend the chicken for either. It is seasoned and prepared with care and goodness. While you're there, check out the home made mural. It's a painting covering the wall which features some sort of beach/ocean scene in mexico. Look for the spilt Corona beer and the cruise ship which looks like a pregnant missile.

They offer a good selection of creamers too. Damn, I might have to go there tomorrow. There goes the gym.

The Angels lost 11-2 against the Cubs today. Having Lackey would not have hurt the Angels today.

Broke his collar bone trying to get out of Scioscia's leash?

I am going to have to give Glen Fry a pass here because of his awesome performance in the Miami Vice episode 'Smuggler's Blues.' If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and watch it. Fry's song "You Belong to the City" in the second season premiere episode 'Prodigal Son' is pretty great in the montage it is used in, too.

Not sure if the gym owner wants the DR meat. She did say, in the same convo, that I've lost weight and that I 'look good.' But this may be gym owner encouragement more than anything else. The pessimist and cynic in me makes me think that this exactly what a gym owner would say. it's not like they're going to tell you, as a customor, that you don't look good. If you recall the Seinfeld episode with Mel Torme, I felt a bit like Michael Richards to her Mel Torme.

DR used to go to the track quite a bit but hasn't been in a while. I like Hollywood Park because of the salty people there. Which one do you go to, gotbeer? I'll meet you there one of these days if you can do Hollywood Park.

I think they said Harper was at about 230 lbs. Not small. That first ball he lined foul down the RF line was creamed.

Miami Vice is typically a night time endeavor. I might throw it on in the day time if I'm working on a project, ie: cleaning the bathroom. I'm working my way throught the third season right now, which can be a little hit and miss.

If you're like me, you're stoked to see baseball in any way, shape or form. MLB Network is broadcasting the Mets against the Nationals (Mets coverage) right now. This will do until the Angels tomorrow.

Said donut shop is next to Chronic Tacos at that shopping center with Jack in the Box on the corner. They usually have the donuts I'm talking about on the far left of the display cases. Get the one that is entirely DIPPED in chocolate. Not the ones that are topped with chocolate, though those will do just fine. My friend made got the 'wrong' donut when he was there. It's an all chocolate donut completely covered in chocolate. If you don't like dense chocolate treats, this isn't for you. I didn't get to Miami Vice last night since I went to bed fairly early and was on a Vice bender earlier in the week. Though, DR did wear a Sonny Crockett/Miami Vice t-shirt all day yesterday. Redemption.

This reminds me of when my mom was trying to figure out the internets and email. She sent me a couple of emails, both of which said this: "Am I online?"

No hipster donuts for DR, but I've been thinking of a particular donut all week: There's a little donut place in Newport, just off of PCH near Superior. They have this 'donut' that is entirely dipped in a thick chocolate covering. I mean, it's really gobbed on there and it is insane. It's more like a little cake in the shape of a donut. One of those donuts where you try to be good and you tell yourself, 'yeah, I'll just have a quarter of that. Maybe a half at most.' But you kill the whole thing in a couple of minutes.

She didn't take a measurement since it was post-workout. She said it would have to be done before the workout for an accurate reading. Will try to convince her to bring body fat measurement device to Fan Fest.

Busy night, by DR standards: Went down to my mom's house where I met my friend who was house and cat sitting for my mom. He worked from there today so he was around all day. He had a couple nice cameras out to take pictures of the out of doors. But before meeting up with him, I spent an hour on the life cycle at the gym. Gym owner said she wanted to measure my body fat. Hmmmmm.... My friend had a couple laptops going (he's a software analyst/manager or something like that for a giant company) and I immediately put him to work fixing some problems with my laptop. Being a computer expert is a bit like having a truck when someone needs help moving. While he was being a computer nerd, I messed around with said friend's cameras. One has a brilliant lense which can get some pretty good details of places like the moon. The other camera is a DSLR which has an amazing ability to capture several frames in quick succession and composite them to produce one brilliant photo. After some computer tap dancing, we went to dinner at the Spaghetti Bender. Pretty good. I ordered the soup and salad, both of which are 'bottomless' and I ate like a mofo. When I got home, the cat was pretty pissed I was gone so long. So I gave her an extra dab of tuna. Now I'm having trouble logging on to the new site with IE. But firefox is proving more than able to handle the task, which of course is allowing me to give you all the important Friday night update.