Watch this! Simon Cowell with his jaw dropped in awe!

Damn. Just....damn. I got goosebumps, and a little teary. Nessun Dorma is one of my top three favorite arias. If you check the Britain's Got Talent site, he's (spoiler-fonted for the extremely phobic even though it's on another continent) got a spot in the finals!

I went off in search of more videos. He's still damned good.

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You know, pretty soon Ozzie is going to be meeting you at the door with an Uzi in one hand and a canoli in the other.

With music from The Godfather.

Maria!

Cass! How appropriate to be mentioning cannolis and the music of Nino Rota....

Oh, you just say that because Ozzie's gonna kill me. Eventually.

How are you doing, lovely woman?

I am well. Getting up the courage to go and clean the litter box; it's trash day.

Oooh, I never told you, but I met Max Papis and Ron Fellows (24 Hours of Le Mans, American Le Mans, Rolex Sport Car, and NASCAR) last month. 'Twas very, very interesting. Max and I had a wonderful conversation in Italian and he showed off pictures of his newborn son.

Yay again for the MoonBones!

Zaphod? For reals? OH MY GOD I LOVE IT!!!!!!

This. So much this.

Awesome link connie! I sent it to everyone to prove I do have a squishy marshmellow inside.

Mr. Jane is trying to put up some video from his high school days including a senior party with his first time behind a bar (so cool he's got that on film). It's from back when 18 was still legal, so there's a bunch of 18 year old kids loading up on a bus to go to a bar for their Senior Party.

He's also puting up my favorite in this series, his Ring Ceremony from his Jr. year. Sounds pretty boring, a bunch of kids having their names called to go up to the stage and get their rings. Our friend M, in true M fashion made this ceremony legendary. It was still talked about when I got there (I'm 5 years behind Mr. Jane).

Thing I didn't say at a housing luncheon today: "Um, please do not assume we're all Christian."

Oh! I adore Mad Max. For ages and ages. And he's the charmingest dad, too. Married to Emmo's daughter, yes? That child is quite the racing royalty, really.

How lovely!

And Fellows is just ... dude, it's Ron Fellows. They ran white cars in his honor a few races ago. Because he is *just* *that* *cool.*

Litter boxes are terrifying. I cleaned mine today but I loathed it. I want to never have to do that again.

I am so amused that there were wicked cool racing people around and you thought of me. Because those boys? Really cool.

Married to Emmo's daughter, yes?

Yes, Tatiana. Marco is the son, and royalty is right.

It was totally awesome, and I'm very lucky that work provides me with these opportunities. I'm more of a F1 girl, so it was a great chance to learn about circuits that are less-known to me.

Did you know that Chevy created a limited-edition Ron Fellows Corvette? It is beeee-yoooooooo-tiful. I want one.

The only racing experience that tops this one was meeting Mario Andretti years ago at a fundraiser and being assigned to stick by his mother all evening because she thought I was a good girl, who also speaks Italian.

I am so amused that there were wicked cool racing people around and you thought of me. Because those boys? Really cool.

Of course I thought of you. The whole time I was in Charlotte I kept muttering to myself that Cass should be here. It was a racing-related three days. (Hendrick Motor Sports tour! Wow.)

Thing I didn't say at a housing luncheon today: "Um, please do not assume we're all Christian."

You should have. It would have been awesome to watch their heads explode. Plus, you wouldn't have to clean up the mess.