Contemplative Thought For The Day

There is seldom any rational reason for having regrets about past deeds or events.

Because the past does not exist in any way other than in your memory.

Look Twice - Part 2

Here's my picture from the ABATE Awareness Rally that I told you about a few days ago. Picture taken and published by www.bikerinformationguide.com.

Look Twice

It seems like every Spring that it takes at least half a dozen motorcycle deaths before cagers realize that we're out on the roads again and that they need to look for us. ABATE has a great campaign that they are running in several states to try to make motorists aware of motorcycles.

Last weekend, I joined up with a bunch of bikers from the Milwaukee ABATE chapter and held a sign such as this one for a few hours next to Highway 100. It's not really a highway like you think. It's more of a boulevard with lots of shopping centers and stop lights so drivers can get a good look at your sign. It was a good time with like-minded individuals for a good cause. These awareness rallies are popping up all over the state. I encourage each of you to visit your state's ABATE website and see if they are running an event such as this in your area. I have one of these signs that I plant on my corner every Spring as well.

Or if you prefer, here's the Brit's idea for motorcycle awareness.

Sons Of Anarchy Update

For those of us who can't wait for season 2, here's the latest update from the show's creator Kurt Sutter.
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We're pretty much on schedule. My goal was to have four scripts written and approved by the time we start shooting and we'll do that. Have various drafts of the next four being written and well start breaking stories for 209 next week.

The first episode starts shooting on the 27th. Guy Ferland (who directed more episodes of The Shield than any other director) is directing 201, Albification. Guy did an amazing job on episode 107, The Pull, last season. I'm thrilled to have him kicking off season two.

I'll let you draw your own conclusions about what the 201 title means. I can tell you it's a theme for the season.

My entire, talented cast is back (with the exception of a few, whose agents and managers are twisting my fucking arm for more cash that we don't have and ultimately undermining their clients whom I won't be able to afford) and we've added a few new characters. As you probably have read, Henry Rollins joins us as AJ Weston. He's a prison hard Aryan walking a fine line between ultra conservatism and violent racism (if a line truly exists). His boss and the brains behind the organization is Ethan Zobelle. That role is still being cast.

As I've said in interviews, this season is all about internal alliances. For me, the big antagonist this season is just a catalyst to ignite the deep, primal conflicts within the club. Lives will be threatened, sides will be taken and Sam Crow will become the biggest threat to the Sam Crow.

¡Hola mis amigos!

Some folks have been after me to talk about my trip to Mexico last week but it isn't motorcycle related so I'll keep it brief.

The weather was beautiful the whole week we were there. Sunny and mid-80's: which is exactly what this northern boy needed after way too many months of cold, snow and gray skies.

A WORD OF WARNING: Be very careful about how long you hang your pasty white legs out in the mid-day Mexican sun! Yes, I burned them to a crisp and had to spend a little more time in the shade then I had wanted to. Not too big of a concern though when you have an outside bar to sit at.

The beach had plenty of palapas (palm thatched umbrellas) to lay under also which I found out was a perfect vantage point to observe all the European women on the beach. For those of you who don't know, the European women are always easy to spot. They're the ones who are topless. God bless 'em!

The resort and the grounds were absolutely beautiful! The pictures that I took of the lobby and of the outside foliage just doesn't do the real thing any justice. Everything looked literally picture postcard perfect.

And the food...OMG! The food! Don't ever go to one of these places if you're worried about your weight. There's always food being served in a couple places on the resort and lots of it. We went to the Japanese restaurant just off the main lobby one night and sat in front of the hibachi sipping Saki while the chef cooked up some of the best Japanese food I've ever had.

A couple of nights in Playa del Carmen rounded out the trip. The food, shopping and people watching in town was the best. There were musicians walking the streets wanting to play for you for a couple dollars like this little old man who played his wooden xylophone and serenaded us while we ate dinner at a curbside restaurant.

It was the perfect time for a vacation to chase away the winter blues. But it's Spring now, so let's ride!!