John Turner

Last Sunday, I rode around Lake St. Clair again, this time with Peter. Took a different route, and also went counter-clockwise instead of clockwise. The morning was really foggy, it was quite an experience riding across the Ambassador Bridge and not being able to see the ground or water. Riding through Windsor on Rte. 2 was very scenic. We stopped in Mitchell’s Bay for a break, and then took the ferry back to the US at Sombra. So, the Vulcan has been across numerous bridges and has now been on a boat, but I’ve never ridden through a tunnel. After getting back to the US we headed down M-29 and past Selfridge into Mt. Clemens for lunch. Then all the way down Jefferson to Belle Isle, then home.

Today was a short ride to the west with Donovan. We rode out on Hines Drive to North Territorial then out to Stockbridge. Two-laned it to Chelsea (Mt. Hope Road and Waterloo-Munith Road) past Cavanaugh Lake and had lunch. Then back home via Dexter (Dexter-Chelsea Road), Ann Arbor (Huron River Dr), and Canton (Geddes).

No problems with the bike…about 5500 miles on the odometer now. Before the big Lake Superior trip later this summer I may need new tires. Definitely an oil change and a top-off on the brake fluid and coolant.

No, not Arnold. A new Gamera DVD just came out and I’m pumped. Gamera’s my favorite. Then Mothra.

I haven’t watched SNL in years, maybe even decades. But when I heard Betty White was hosting with Jay-Z as the musical guest, I had to tune in. I am glad I did. She rocked the house in my opinion. A couple of the sketches fell a bit flat, but all in all she was on the money for the whole show. Great cold open, too! I loved the way she ripped on Facebook:

“I didn’t know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, it sounds like a huge waste of time. I would never think that people on it are losers, but that’s only because I’m polite.”

You go, Betty White!!!

Switched out my MOTU Ultralite for an Apogee Duet. The Ultralite was fine, but I didn’t need all those inputs and all those menu options…it was way overkill. The Duet is uses FW and is bus powered like the MOTU but is simpler and smaller. The stellar pres don’t hurt it any, either. It is good to know I have a fallback is something ever happens to the Aphex 230. Everything sounds great…gotta tweak some levels yet but no big deal. I’ll probably put the Ultralite on CL in a few days…its in pristine condition so it should sell pretty fast.

Wow, this week’s episode was a real rollercoaster ride!! I’ve been thinking lately that the show was getting kinda boring, not much action. There really hasn’t been any action since Tucco was killed or since Hank’s El Paso deal. And this episode looked like more of the same old boring stuff – but surprise!! And it was a nice surprise, too. I only wish there was more like it. I can’t wait until next week to find out what happens. And on a side note, I am embarrassed to admit that it took me 2.5 seasons to finally “get” the series title.