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Fireninja in Boston January 7th-10th, and other misc. updates
So, I'm in Boston from the 7th-10th of January. My days will be spent working on a consulting project, but my nights are relatively unspoken for if any of my East Coast peeps happen to be in that vicinity and want to meet up for a drink or whatnot. This trip promises to be incredibly boring, unless I cross paths with old friends.

New Years was fun. I met up with a close friend for a drink, and then went to a big Burner warehouse party. Good conversation and good other interactions, with old and new friends

The submissions for the Alchemy show at Vorpal Space were fantastic -- every piece is solid, which makes me, the curator, very happy. And, the reception was great. Thanks to everyone who came by to drink free wine, eat crappy snacks and look at great art. For the rest of you, I encourage you to come by before the end of the month to check it out.

And, I got another dangerous motorized toy in trade for the way overpowered racing scooter (see entry for Nov 16) which I hurt my knee on last month (see entry for Dec 3). I still have one of the little GoPed stand-up scooters, which I will keep for use at Burning Man, but the racer was just too much. So, it is gone. In exchange, I got something really cool:


It is an incredibly rare Honda NS50F -- only available in the US in 1990. There a perhaps a few thousand in the states. Since then they have become quite coveted in the small cc racing scene. . . It is a 49cc liquid cooled 2-stroke. The little thing is a full featured track racing motorcycle -- not a pocket bike -- it has 6 gears, dual drum brakes, all the basic instruments and signals, etc, etc. Tops out about 50ish, 'cause is has an after-market sprocket which shaves off some top speed in exchange for torque in the low range, but stock can go over 60. It weighs 180 lbs, so it is extremely agile. Word is that you can drop a Honda 125 right into the frame with no mods needed -- apparently this gives it an insane and dangerous amount of power. . . But, as for now, the law calls it a moped, so my friends who don't have endorsements can ride with me. It will probably be matte black soon. . .

Dammit this is turning into a motorized toy blog.

Oh well, back to packing for the Boston trip.