So, what did you do today?

[marshall_mosty]

Went and saw the ortho surgeon. Should be having surgery by the end of Feb and in a sling for 3 weeks and then back to 100% by the end of April. NOLA, here I come!!

He's going to take a piece of bone from my outer shoulder socket to build back some of the inner socket that is currently a bit lacking... Said all the ligaments are tight, but the socket is just worn away so it falls out. Also, there is a depression on the backside of the ball (think a ping pong ball that got pushed in)...

[jdlingle]

Signed a contract with Racemaker Press to publish the Lloyd Ruby biography that I have been working on. Hard Luck Lloyd: The Complete Story of Slow-Talking, Fast-Driving Texan Lloyd Ruby will be coming soon. Getting to interview A.J. Foyt tomorrow, and have interviewed Mario Andretti, Johnny Rutherford, and the Unser brothers in addition to many others over the past year. It's been a great experience.

Here is a mock up of the projected cover:
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[jdlingle]

And Marshall that sounds extremely painful. Good luck with the surgery!

[michaelmosty]

Very cool John, who knew you had a hidden talent!! When did you start the project?

[AllZWay]

Very cool John, who knew you had a hidden talent!! When did you start the project?

Ditto!! Very cool.

Why aren't you doing race writeups after every event?

[Al Fernandez]

Yeah, John for official AI/CMC Editor in Chief

Marshall...that sounds a lot better than cutting all of your tendons and screwing them back on a bit tighter! Cool

[jdlingle]

Very cool John, who knew you had a hidden talent!! When did you start the project?

9-10 months ago, but Ive been pretty much finished for 2 months. Just tying up loose ends and finding a publisher, which is no small task these days. I didnt tell hardly anyone until some people and the copy editor read it and liked it. I was hedging my bets in case I sucked! Less people to break bad news too!

[jdlingle]

Ditto!! Very cool.

Why aren't you doing race writeups after every event?

I dont know about race writeups, but I was thinking of a National Enquirer type piece: James Proctor, Alien? The competition speaks. Whaddya think? Ready to give up your speed secrets?

[ShadowBolt]

I dont know about race writeups, but I was thinking of a National Enquirer type piece: James Proctor, Alien? The competition speaks. Whaddya think? Ready to give up your speed secrets?

How bout "the Triplet Trophy Queens" The secrets that keep them out front.

JJ

[jdlingle]

Not a bad idea JJ!

Got to interview A.J. Foyt for the book today as well. He was a very hard interview to line up, which is kind of funny since I live about 3 minutes from his house and 10 minutes from his IndyCar shop. He was nice on the phone, but I definitely got more useable stuff from some other drivers. Not sure how much of his stuff will actually get added into the book in all reality. Still really cool though.