Wanna hear a rockin' song with unbridled energy, click here. Should start playing right away. If not, click the player.

And, I happen to know the lead singer. Incredible talent, fantastic soulful-tinged rock vocalist. I have a lot of her stuff as a solo artist on my iPod. And, she's a good person too!

My recommendation? Download it and play it loud in your car. However, I'm not responsible for any sudden compulsions to drive like this.

I've been buried under work and taxes. Thankfully, not the usual pairing with taxes. I'm completely beat, and finished with taxes, but not work. In fact, I have one more bit of work to do tonight, and more tomorrow.

I had a very pleasant turn of the day when my friend Felix came over. It was great to see him and catch up a little. Unfortunately, my apartment was a complete paper-strewn sty when he came over, but hey, I've known him for almost 20 years. Yesterday, I'd IM'd him about my computer going on the fritz and sent a picture of my screen. It turned out as he suggested, it was only the video card. And just my luck, he happened to have a spare one and came over today to install it! He lives about half an hour from me, but was going to Fry's computer store which is nearby. He also beefed up the security system for my wireless modem and computer in general. And, hooked up a digital cable that I wasn't aware worked on my computer. I've known Felix since my NewTek days and we've stayed friends ever since. We were both in tech support, which has got to be one of the worst jobs ever. Eventually, we got out of it and moved to other parts of the company. I was moved into marketing which included traveling to set up and work at shows like NAB, E3, CES and the like. You geeks will know what those mean. Felix is someone with a thousand stories and funny as hell. He's also a computer genius. And this is where I get to say that I have some great friends. I'm incredibly lucky in that regard, because being someone who hasn't always been easy to be friends with when I had undiagnosed depression, that is saying a lot. When I look back, the one thing I can say that I hit the jackpot with is the people that I've met in my life. And while right now I'm pinching pennies, in the people arena I'm very wealthy.

Felix is also one of Oliver's benefactors. It was great that they got to meet. And for you other benefactors and those of you who ask about Oliver, this is one of my most recent pictures of him. Each month, he'll relax a little more. He's plenty happy and friendly, but all of a sudden he's been purring much more. Just warms my heart. I'm so proud of him.

Okay, for this next one...you all better be sitting down. No, it's no big deal but just may surprise you. I've applied at one of the major bookstores here. I've been contemplating it for months and finally went in and did it. I currently work from home and am going stir crazy. I need to branch out and have a bit more social activity during the day or whenever in a work sense. Second, I think 32 hours a week will get me health insurance. Last but not least, I need the money and the economy here isn't the best. It's a low stress solution and to be honest I've missed it. I really enjoyed it when I worked in the Calabassas store. I made sure that I met the manager and told him outright that I had three years experience. He said there just might be something opening up at the end of March, and that they prefer someone with experience. So, we'll see. I was surprised to hear even that since the economy is so bad. Of course, when I got home I got two calls from creative agencies that have been silent for weeks. Murphy's Law. However, I'm getting tired of the fits and starts of freelancing. If I can have two steady gigs, one that offers insurance while I look for full-time work, that will be ideal.

Speaking of work, I better get to it.

That's me at Coach and Horses in Hollywood, taken by Shannon last week. The place had been wall to wall people and was in its last half hour of being open. After that, we went to Toi on Sunset, which is a Thai Restaurant that stays open until 4 AM. I think Quentin Tarantino opened it in the early to mid-90s, and it's still rockin'. It's also walking distance from C&H and both of us were feeling that after-bar hunger, even though I went pretty easy that night.

Coach and Horses really has been around forever, at least for LA standards. It was there that I found the back of my head between the cushiony breasts of a Playboy Playmate. Oh, that will get me some interesting Google referrals. But, it was true. I was sitting at the bar and felt the two pillows, like a soft hug. Then a lock of curly bleach-blond hair fell on my shoulder as the woman stretched over me to get her drink. I turned around, my eyes meeting cleavage I don't even dare to dream about having. "Sorry!" She said and smiled. "No worries," I said, "but there were some guys in the room that would probably have enjoyed that a lot more than I did." I can't help myself sometimes. But, she got the joke and laughed. After all, she'd probably heard it all. She stuck out in the place like well...a Playmate in a neighborhood bar. Tall, blond, gloriously plastic and buxom. The guys in the place recognized her and I heard the murmurs of "Playmate" all over the place. Apparently, she was currently on the cover of the magazine at the time. She was very friendly with everyone. And I'm sorry guys, I don't remember her name. So don't ask. And I'm sorry that experience was wasted on me.

I found a great web site that I link to now. For you cat lovers or just novelty lovers, Cooper the cat is attached with a collar camera that takes pictures every few minutes. He's become quite famous and it's fascinating to get a cat's eye view of the world. His owner has a special camera crafted for him that is very lightweight and doesn't bother the cat at all. He's even had his first art show! Aside from the absolute adorableness factor, the site is darn cool.

I noticed that I have "followers" for my blog now. Gee, no pressure now! I like it though, as I get to see who you are too, your blogs, and the blogs you link to. I also like that your blogs are clickable from here, so people can explore from mine. It sounds funny though, followers, as if I'm some cult leader.

Last night, some douchebag threw a full-sized intact refrigerator into our trash dumpster. Aside from being wholly illegal, inconsiderate, environmentally unfriendly and just plain stupid...I want to know how the hell they got it in there. I couldn't believe it when I opened the top, which for me is shoulder height. So again...how did they get it in there? And why? This morning though, it was gone. I told the landlord the night before so I don't know if he dealt with it or what. But what did they think, that the garbage men would just dump it in the truck? I sure hope they saw it before they hooked it up to that forklift flip thing that dumps all the trash into it. Or, that my landlord was able to get it out. I did hear some activity in the morning before the garbage men came, so hopefully that was it. Whether there was a corpse inside... I haven't heard.