What I hear you saying is...

I realized I hadn't Googled myself (heh) for awhile, so thought I'd better take a look. There was that pesky country western singer that had been out-ranking me from the get-go, as well as some high school sports heroes that were widely written about in small town Minnesota papers.

But now - lo and behold - We ownz the top spot for Blake Williams

Hmmm. Nowhere to go but down, now.

However, after my first trip yesterday, I have to say I am sorry to see it go. Sure, it's crusty and grizzled and there's generally not much to do there except watch and bet on horse races. But it has a soft patina of 20th century-ish-ness about it. It's one of those spots on the SF Peninsula that you can visit and feel that you've left town.

So, if you've never been, the clock is ticking. Check it out before it's too late!

Bonus: Try my sweet newbie betting strategy - I won 3 out 4 races with it:

1) Pick horse with best odds to "place"
2) Pick horse with second-worst odds to "show"
3) Celebrate with victory dance 75% of time.

This "art sculpture" from Burning Man is currently set-up at here, the corner of San Carlos and Woz Way in San Jose. It is part carousel, part drum machine, and pure insanity.

Around the perimeter of the sculpture and at waist-level, there are a bunch of drum-pads in a huge circle. As people (i.e. you) increasingly beat the drums, it sets the carousel of monkeys into rotation, faster and faster.

There are also these creepy silver monkey masks with these strobe-like goggles you can wear when the monkeys are spinning.

Best of all, it apparently LIGHTS UP at night with full strobe-effect. It will be there for one month, apparently, so saddle up ravers, and check it out.

Fun for the whole family!