Quiet in the midst of highly focused activity; not unlike preperation before an important match. I'm averaging a new business a week in order to finance life. I'm convinced thatPre Paid Legal is the working class revenge on oppressive megalawyer influences in little guy rights and freedom in our economic system. I want to carry the message to racers who still suffer. Rain expected all weekend. Funds availability will likely keep me in the puget sound area all weekend. Meetings and study. Thanks to Gypsy for a little cyber hospitality and chivalry 'round my dear Duci. Pro Street at Bremerton scheduled for Sat. would likely offer the same 8 second rides we've seen all season. Dick Ewing has a great purple vette, yet his radial tire class car cannot carry the whole scene. We need more 4 second eighth mile action on at least a monthly basis to add cred. in the pacific northrust.

Equinox.........

Energy going into finding new homestead site and annoying monetary commitments (financial and personal) that can't help but accompany same. The weekend is looking bleak for Nostalgia drag racing, never mind structured street race events. Oct. weekend Bremerton final is next..and last race on the horizon. Grass roots racing will soon likely be replaced by grass roots entrepanurial activity. Hopefully a little seasonal celebration will also fit in. Feeling like the need for winter season events may be driven into the ground on this site. A little blues-based jamming with other sober musos might quell the frustration. Oh well; if all else fails I can always challenge Manny the Goat to two outa three....

BIG WILLIE, where are you??? Year round Street-legal style drag racing at Pacific was proposed in the opinion page of the Tacoma-based News Tribune yesterday. A flush club feeling philantropical could facilitate this much as the ol' Emerald City ET bracket assoc. did during the 80's. The Brotherhood would hands-down make this a sane proposition. Spread it to PDX; why stop in Kent?

PS...I'm coming out of the broom closet. I plan on attenting the Portland Pagan Pride event this Saturday. Racers For Coffee emerged after reading a particulaly annoying column by a very-sure-of-himself midwest minister representing that 'other' RFC. Stacy somebodyorother, I think. Ron Colson would know.. Anyway, I'm always glad to..er...fellowship with christian racers and fans who have some sembalence of tolerance about them. I am, however, tired of avoiding the subject if it's right in front of a 'race bench'. I intent to choose my friendship and fellowship priorities based on love and acceptance..in degrees. Boundaries, maaan.

Horsepower Heaven Larry has deemed the GGUYS Seattle Labor Day event one of the best meets ever held at the Kent venue dating back to '72. While my assessment is colored by the palatable insular feeling I get every time I drive through the gate, me thinks the magic is somewhat diminished by fewer legends outside the NW showing up, fewer legends from a decade ago involved in "nostalgia" racing and what I feel confident will come to pass: a new generation firmly involved in research and reenactment at these meets; whose accomplishments are not yet celebrated prominantly. Still, Gene Adams! Mousie! Not enough time within the few hours I allowed myself Sat. to firmly appreciate everyone. Great to see Woods. Figure I owe some public appreciation...say a letter via Heath. But the magic...yes, I 'felt' something far more mellow than I expected. The track was pretty durn good for Kent. The AIR was the star.

Bless your hearts...........

I will periodically spend time lurking on some nostalgia-focused and grass-roots based boards. The emergence in recent weeks of more resources within which to read n' write(..in several cities on the left coast..) promises more activity. This blog, as much of my life does, appears to be fairly hit and run. So be it. I may have a roof over my head, but my heart and perspective is close to the streets and backwoods of my roots. I'm perpetually in search of community...a central domicile to stay proximate to same...and a site to keep my racing interests balanced with my social and human services vocation and Purple Goat Farmer(entertaining brushing clients).
This search for community, not to appear whining, is predicated on tolerance and reasonable sobriety levels within my family of choice. Drag racing is party-hearty in gereral. I never have grasped the connection...thought mechanical trade and creativity would prosper more without booze and blow. Coke heads have no sense of humor. Consequently, I stay away from a LOT of the scene; hang with a handful of aquaintances at the track and let people burn out AND fade away. Makes me too sad to stay on this topic..........WHEN I do return to brackets, this will be a strong determining factor how, when and where I play.......

Thanks to Mousie Marcellus for allowing me to pay back for all he's done for the SPORT (as distiguished from beancounting that Glendora would rather we focus on..). Selling shirts and donkeying for the mouse man was quite an amazing experience. I share a brief dialogue: Mousie: "Hey, Mikey!"
Boyd: "Yeah, Pops?"
Mousie: "Did you know you grab the side of the car at half track?"
Boyd: "..mmm..To get ready to pull the chute.."

Now...do a little theosophical research........

Just heard from the other side of Puget Sound...staying out of racer politics as much as possible; It looks like I might be attending the Woodburn season feature creature finale come Sept. 17.
Plans in Seattle on Sun. keep it from being a full on focus. That darn balanced life again...