Friday

Jukebox: Beatles - White Album - Disc 1

"Ukraine girls really knock me out..."

Did you know Mike Love gave them the idea for those lyrics? Yeah, Mike is good for one thing, that's hooks and then taking way more credit for it than necessary. Every documentary he's in he always just talks about what he contributed to the band, album, song, other bands' songs, Louisiana Purchase, 3 C. granulated sugar...

Today's going pleasantly well. I got a call from the very humbled Overnite Transport. After all the shit they've been giving me making it seem as if it's our fault things got lost and that we're inconveniencing (sp) them with our troubles and that we should just file a claim and maybe get compensated fully, they call and very politely, sort of apologetically (after from what I heard the Omaha shippers talked to the higher uppers and threatened to stop using them - them being a huge client of theirs), "Uh, Brett? We found your boxes [that we lost twice 'cause we're stupid] and we are sending a truck to deliver it today. What will be the best time to have someone there?"

Let's hope they don't lose it this time. Seriously, I'm not putting it past them to lose two boxes, even if it's just a guy in his personal van bringing it down himself, just those two boxes.

So in Malibu there's this new synagogue being built. As a result, there's no shoulder lane, so bicyclists have to ride in the actual car lane. This weekend, two bicyclists riding side by side (possibly passing one another, which is legal) got hit by a truck going the speed limit sending them flying around 150 feet killing them.

The driver of the truck is being charged with hit and run. The driver said he didn't stop because there was a guy in the back cooking and he didn't want to injure that guy. It's illegal to cook in the back of a moving vehicle.