You know, I would like to be able to blame my good-turned-bad weekend in Sin City on Democrats, Republicans, your mom, and video games, but the simple fact of the matter is that I have, officially, just become my parents parents …. and not in the good way that I typically like.

It all started simply enough – I was on my way to Las Vegas and the Hard Rock Hotel to watch the 2009 American Motorcyclists Association Hall of Fame induction ceremony. To be fair, I will say that the AMA part of it was awesome. I will write about that later, whether you like it or not, but suffice it to say that being around such amazing contributors to the sport of motorcycling was one of the highlights of my year. Add to that the fact that Dan Gurney introduced one of this year’s inductees and you might imagine that I was unable to watch the entire ceremony without getting a bit emotional at times.

But enough of the sentimental stuff for a few minutes … I will get back to that another day.

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