12.08.06 Howdy Cats and Kittens, I'm back with another "blog." Man I can't stand that word. Oh well. Hope everyone is getting their holiday thing going. Mine's going pretty well. I think that the gift of the year, at least for little girls, has got to be something called "Butterscotch". It's an interactive horse (pony/whatever) that, by my standards for what a toy should be is huge - 3 feet by 4 feet. And, oh yeah, it lists for $299.00. At that price, they've still sold out of them everywhere. We saw them on Amazon for $700.00. I think this is a real problem with Christmas/Hanukkah. These crazy parent people will spend three hundred dollars for something that's less than 12 months away from being junk in the garage, then, other even crazier parent people, in a fit of envy, will spend seven hundred dollars for this thing that will get played with for a while on Christmas morning until the box that it came in becomes more popular than "Butterscotch" herself. Just buy the box and call it a "fort". The Santa at the mall (currently the only sane adult on the planet) told my little one that Butterscotch wouldn't fit in his sleigh. I love Santa Claus. Once again, I'm asking everyone to get added as a friend on the Nascar Craftsman Truck Series racing team that I sponsor. Go to www.myspace.com/jeffmilburnracing Adding myspace friends for Jeff will help him to get "real" sponsors. (See, I'm not "real", I'm "surreal".) Anyway, you get the picture. Hot rod culture guys (us), with not much money, running with the big boys (Nascar millionaires). Jeff is building another two cars so he'll have the chance to run in consecutive races. His skills in this Nascar thing are improving every day so I'm sure the new cars will be better and better. Next week (hopefully), I'll have a new rant for all you hot gals and cool guys. It will either be about why I don't go out much anymore, or, why buying flowers in the grocery store can help guys meet chicks. Exciting stuff, huh? Oh yeah, Rev. Organdrum plays the Cavern Club on Thursday Dec. 14. Rev. Horton Heat plays the Gypsy Tea Room on Saturday Dec. 23. The December 23 gig will feature some Christmas songs. Get out there and get that shopping done before it's too late and the guilt sets in. Thanks, Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath