Steve,

Look, I told you that I forgave you for coming into the spare bedroom that night after the show and watching me sleep. You muttered something about me "looking like an angel" under your breath before I could fully awaken, and then you darted out the door almost faster, per the laws of physics, than a man your size should move. It was weird. I spent the rest of that terrifying night curled up in the corner of the room waiting for the sweet break of daylight so I could run to my car and fly down the interstate out of Las Vegas. I've had strange nights in that city, but nothing like that. Anyway, I've worked through most of the emotional trauma, and as long as we maintain our personal space boundaries, I'm willing to come back to Vegas for a show. You have my standard talent rider, which includes a Chipotle burrito, a cup of freshly ground coffee that is exactly 105 degrees (not 106, Steve), and a bowl full of red M&Ms. Also—please don't forget that I'll need Pookie to brush my hair one hundred times before I go to bed.

Thanks, Steve. I'm looking forward to working with you again.

PING

 

Dear Ping,

I hope this finds you well. While my wife was trying to sign me up for a frequent traveler program yesterday we came across the security question "what was your childhood nickname?" Obviously this was an easy question to answer and remember in the event I should ever need to revert to my third security question to bust into my account. "Snack pack" was my answer. Now, nearly ten years on, I feel it's time for an adulthood nickname so that when I'm 50 and they ask me for my "nickname," not childhood nickname, I can answer something other than snack pack and being that you made this name stick I figured there would be no one better to give me a new nickname just as flashy! Let's put this to bed once and for all. 

Sincerely,

Zach Osborne
Used to be aka snack pack

Zach, 

I've been sitting here for a while now staring blankly at the computer screen trying to come up with something better than "Snack Pack," but I'm not having much luck. I was trying to get behind "Ozzy," and I thought you could run with the whole Crazy Train thing and maybe bite the head off a live bat on the podium? That seemed too gross. Then I thought maybe we work with Zach and call you Z or Z-Man, but that would just turn into the bland ZO16 and I'm not a fan of that. I could play off one of your features like, say, your eyebrows, but I don't want you to get mad at me again. I guess what I'm saying is—go with Ozzy or just forget about a nickname and use your first pet’s name on your security questions. Sorry again about the snack pack thing. Good luck this weekend, buddy.

PING

 

Hi Ping,

My name is Challin and recently I picked up a 1996 KX125 from a guy in San Diego. It's my first dirt bike and I was adamant about getting a 2-stroke. My husband has a KX250 that I rode some before getting my own and he suggested a 125 for my "starter" bike...

Anyways, after we bought the bike my husband was going through it making sure everything was good and, although we knew it had a lot of Pro Circuit parts on it, he kept finding more and more. Plus, the frame is powder-coated flo green. He's pretty familiar with Pro Circuit and told me that there is a possibility that this is an old Pro Circuit race bike. When we took off the seat this weekend, there is writing on the seat pan that says, "D. Ping" "resale".

Can you shed any light as to why that is there? Am I really cool enough to have picked up an old race bike & possibly your old bike, as my first bike/2-stroke? :) 

Thanks for your time in reading this and possibly answering,

Challin Cox
Yuma, AZ