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No, just the village diabetic. Have you owned a rabbit?

Highway 17 is a beautiful drive, but I can see how such an incident occurred. I've driven that road in the fog if you can believe it, and wondered how I made it out of there alive. People need to take it easy on the route. Too many people drive way too fast there. Eric

Thanks to gravity, anything I throw will eventually hit the ground. Eric

Believe it or not, this old geezer has one. Not much there, but I'm working on it. At least you can see what I look like. EBL's Myspace page Eric

I was also there yesterday (posted a report elsewhere on this board). Unfortunately, your pictures don't show up (at this time, maybe later). It was a nice day despite the wind. Eric

I've posted this on Westcoaster, so if you saw it there, kindly ignore it. Sunday morning, I got Diana up so she could go to DCA with her boy toy, Trent, and his family. Normally, I'd still be sound asleep till 11, being a weekend. But since I was up anyway, I figured I'd go to SFMM and get it broken in for the year. Before going out there, though, I made a stop at The Grove, right next to Farmer's Market in L.A. to check out the trolley---who'd have thought an outdoor shopping center would have a trolley running down the center? That didn't take very long, so after riding that, I headed north to Valencia. Y'know what made my day? (Well, besides seeing some kid fall on his butt riding those skate shoes), driving up to the toll booth and facing that $15.00 parking fee sign and knowing that showing my Xtreme Play Pass would save me paying that. At 2pm, only the first part of the lot was filled and I found a spot near the first guard tower. I treated myself to a tram ride and went right into the park (passing the $59.99 sign, too!). First off was Goliath. Two-train operation and a two-train wait for the front row. A nice ride as always, no blacking out in the Helix of Death. After we got back, I got out and went to the next-to-last row for another fun ride. Second, I went to ride Scream! but they said it was closed due to wind. So I went to ride Batman instead. 20-minute wait with a single train running. I didn't want to wait for the front, so I rode in Row 3. Not a bad ride, a little headbanging, though. Next was Riddler's Revenge. Two trains were running, and I waited about two trains to ride. I'm not sure what to think, but I had some major headbanging on this ride---the worst I've ever had on Riddler's. Even with little wait, I didn't want to ride again. Gold Rusher was next. Single train, two train wait. Fun as always. I could have ridden again, but chose not to. I hiked up the hill and stepped over a couple of bodies (probably ACEers who pooped out trying to get up there). Superman was only running the right track, and I waited all of two cycles for the front row. Fun, but this ride has been way overshadowed by the Intamin rocket coasters. With Ninja closed, there was nothing else to do up there, so I went back down. It was getting cold with the wind, so I thought I'd call it a day. With the Rapids Camp Crossing area closed, the only way back to the front of the park was to go all the way around. As I passed the Gotham City entrance, I noticed that Scream! was indeed running. I headed over there and waited three trains for Row 7. Nice ride. By now, I was pretty cold and had ridden all that I wanted, so at 4:45, I headed out, again, opting for the tram. And, believe it or not, they were running two of them! Not too bad for an impromtu trip to the Mountain! Eric

Actually, I had Carl's Jr. for lunch because In-N-Out was too crowded. Eric

In-N-Out Burger pwnz u! Eric

No, not likely. Would you drink one of my home-brewed Orange Cokes?

I think there's still an ocean life park on Oahu. Sea Life Park or something like that. Try Googling it. A theme park in Hawaii? LOL at the thought of that. Eric

Yes, and people laugh at me for it all the time! Have you ever eaten a chocolate covered insect of some sort?

I'll do the scolding. I'm good at that. I'm a parent. Here's an easy one: Would you rather mop a floor or vacuum a house?

^ Hungry. < Alone in the office. V Alone on the throne!

^ Who cares who Jose is? At least he can see! Eric

^ Neat freak. < Neat freak. V Just a freak!

No, but our company may be arranging a skiing trip to Utah around Easter, so I might go and learn. Do you know Roman numerals?

"...IIRC, at SFMM you can park on Magic Mountain Parkway..." (jumbach) No, I don't believe you can park anywhere on Magic Mountain Parkway. Some people do park in one of the lots down on The Old Road and walk up, but I think that's going too far. It's not a long walk, but compared to the dreaded Hill of Doom (walking to the top of the mountain up the pathway next to Gold Rusher/Spin Out), I think it's worse and a lot longer. $15 is too much to pay, in my opinion, but trying to beat it by parking down the hill isn't worth it. Eric

^ That's why I don't like camera phones. Now you can see what I look like. Just go here for a good scare. Eric

^ Either that or the kid just wet on him! Eric

I'll take an algebra final twice because my head won't hurt afterward. Would you rather be in a relationship with a thin person with a not-so-pretty face or an overweight person with a pretty face?

Yes, if you count one that works and one that doesn't. Do you like it when it's foggy?

I'm about 3/4 of the way done with this project, so it's off to McDonald's for a $1 double cheeseburger. Eric

That calls for another can of Diet Coke! Eric

^ Loves making Taiko peeps. < Loves making homemade spaghetti. V Loves making furniture out of Lego!

COLD!!! I can't go out walking because of this! Eric