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Last weekend I won an auction on ebay. I won several original Venture Brothers storyboards featuring my idol, Brock Samson. They’re all hand-drawn and signed by Jackson Publick. The proceeds from the auction will go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation for Cancer Research.

- Duane

Rock Financial/Quicken Loans took over Cleveland yesterday. They shipped us all out in buses (with our families), gave us passes to just about every attraction in Cleveland (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Science Museum, Zoo, etc.), and set us loose until 7:30. At 7:30 They opened the Quicken Loans Arena (formerly Gund Arena) and let us have any concessions we wanted (beer, booze, nachos, sandwiches, pizza, etc.). One part of the arena floor was open for anyone to play basketball that wanted. The other was set up for a mystery concert. The mystery performers turned out to be the “Black Eyed Peas.” They put on a hell of a show… no phoning in on this one. After they closed their set, Kid Rock came out and told us how cool the company was and performed an a cappella rendition of Cowboy. An after-hours party took place in the area formerly set up for basketball. DJ Skribble spun and Lebron James made an appearance. After that things started to blend together (I was enjoying the libations). I do remember getting on the bus back to the hotel… about a 2 minute ride. It was an amazing 20th Anniversary party. [Pictures Soon]

- Duane

Race Car Update! Well, the rear suspension is just about done on our Neon… excluding a single broken rear sway bar bolt. (Some bolt extractor love should fix that.) The rear drum brakes have been replaced with disks. The e-brake and dust shields are no more (all weight, no need). Chris “I do what the voices in my pants tell me to do” Childs hooked me up with a ton of parts (with urethane bushings already in place!) as well as using his connections to get my ECM re-flashed with the SOHC Mopar Performance maps.

Next on the list are:

• Cold Air Intake
• Front Suspension
• Safety Gear (seat, harness, net…)

Stay Tuned! Photos might make their way to this site eventually.

- Duane

Move over “Star Wars Kid”, behold Excelcier. Make sure you check out the Promo Video. My favorite part is when the owner simulates pleasuring himself while washing the car.

- Duane

The clusterf**k of projects at work has put a serious dent in my ability to look forward to going back to the office every morning. Some folks just can’t do their darn job. Though this is the exception rather than the norm, it’s frustrating as all get-out when your bleeding yourself dry for a project and company you believe in, but a few IQ-challenged asswads keep screwing up. Anyway… that’s more or less why I’ve not updated my blog in a month.

Gina and I bought our first racecar… we’ll it’s about 75% race car: a spec-prepared Neon from Steve Couture. It needs some safety equipment installed, spec suspension, and legal tires. (And I need to attend drivers school before competing.) This promises to make next year extra exciting. My first priority will still be crewing for my father-in-law, but I hope to complete the minimum number of races at WHRRI to get my full competition license. I’ll start posting pictures of the build-up process.

I turned 30 on the 18th. My teammates covered my desk in “over the hill” decorations. Last time I checked, “over the hill” was 40 or 50, but all of this stuff had “30” on it, though. I blame the internet for speeding up time.

- Duane