Today's Track : Gorecki - Lamb

Day 2...

One day and I’ve already put 75 km on my new car. Actually I did that on purpose because I’m trying to break the car in as soon as possible! I’m supposed to take it easy on the car until it reaches about 2000 km. I’ve already calculated that to be approximately 3.345 gas tanks I have to go through in the city or 2.4364 gas tanks on the highway. Once it’s broken in you can sure as hell bet I’m going to be spreading it’s wings and making full use of all 160 horses.
Ever wonder how they came up with the unit “horsepower”? I wonder if they used a particular horse to measure the amount of power it had and made that the standard unit for engine power. I’m guessing that horse is probably dead by now since the hp unit has been around for awhile. Maybe there’s a stuffed horse in some automotive museum somewhere...
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I’m heading to Vermont tonight with Mark, Dan and Arthur for our last snowboarding session of the year. A little bit worried about this trip now because Mark’s friend Vince just broke his collarbone over the weekend attempting an A-rail which was a good 6 feet off the ground. This guy’s had a bad string of luck lately. About a month ago he banged his head in the half pipe and had a pretty serious concussion. Doctors told him to stay away from snowboarding for a few months. Apparently the concussion affected his hearing as well.

What also makes me worried about this trip is that this is Arthur’s first snowboarding trip since he “fractured” one of his kidneys last year on the rails. He’ll be the first to tell you that peeing blood and being in the intensive care unit is not fun. Having him on this trip is going to make me second guess my rail attempts.

Wish me luck and good health because the spring/summer season is coming up and I don’t want to be in a body cast watching people play beach volleyball!
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Was just talking to Karen about her last name and whether or not she would be taking her fiancé’s last name, keep her own, or hyphenate her last name with his. She said Mrs. Choi sounded odd because that’s what she called his mother. I suggested hyphenating it to Mrs. Nekoda-Choi which doesn’t sound too bad. This got me thinking about whether or not Sonia would do the same with her last name if we eventually got married. Sonia Dong-Le could be mistaken for Sonia Dongle which could be the cause for much teasing (which is something she’s totally not used to). I suggested she could hyphenate it the other way around so that it would sound French and prestigious – Sonia Le Dong. She didn’t like that idea either so I think she’s just going to take my last name.
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One more hour and my weekend starts...