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Glenn Reid’s posters are great gifts for scooterists. Vina has this one over her desk, reminding her how much fun she could be having if she wasn’t at work.

Ah, yes. But they’re Vespa kitty underpants! Just in time for the holidays.

Ah, yes, but they’re vespa underpants!”

David Lucash: “Are their keys to a new ET4 inside this bag?”

More hilarious dirt from the Sun. Liam’s proof that rock stardom can lift the velvet rope to exclusive establishments previously opened only to the likes of Jedi Chad. And the quote from the guy in the house band is a classic. Thanks Sean.

Colin Shattuck of Genuine Scooter Company posted some new info on the boards today:

• The Stella arrival date has been pushed back to early January.
• The first dealers signed are: Sportique, Garners, Scooterworks USA, Moto Strada, and Scooters Centrale. They are all accepting deposits. Stella is focusing on scooter-specific dealers, but may sell through motorcycle shops in locations without scooter dealers.
• Stella is featured in the new Playboy. (“Finally, a reason to pick up a Playboy!” says Colin, heh.)
• Brochures are available by emailing Colin.
• Genuine plans to sponsor the International Scooterist BBS. I should start selling ads, too, with all this free PR I’m giving them, heh.

The 1958 Vespa ridden by Jude Law in “the Talented Mr. Ripley” is up for sale on ebay. Didn’t Matt Damon smash it into a cafe table, or was that a different scooter? Thanks for the tip, Elvis.

“It’s about f**king time,” says Supergome. We concur. Just because a band poses on scooters doesn’t mean you have to like them. At all.

ScooterworksUSA’s winter open house is this Saturday (Dec. 7) from 11am-5pm. Their site says nothing, but I remember reading somewhere they’ll have some prizes for scooters ridden to the shop. With all this snow, there shouldn’t be much competition.

I got mentioned on slatch.com today, and there’s no denying that’s cooler than Maximum Rock ‘n’ Roll. If you check one weblog every day, check Slatch. I (heart) Slatch.

And I didn’t even know it! Mark Hanford mentioned us in his August 2002 Netpunk Column. Now there’s something I never thought would happen. I think I’m going to cry. Is it still cool to be mentioned in MRR?

Supergome has confirmed that thanks to Vespa USA, you will no longer need to sew patches on your jacket. I remember joking about this five years ago, and now the joke has become reality. Have a good long weekend, I’m outta here.

Rock N’ Rosie Originals is offering Holiday cards and posters featuring scooter pin-up girls. They’re cute, if you’re into girls. Their sister company, Bam Bam Buttons, makes custom 1″ buttons, if you are in need of such buttons.

OK, OK, this is the last one, I promise. If you’re a scooterist planning on riding in the Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade, you can obviously go to Dan Ryan Woods by yourself if you wish, but if you want the comfort of being with other scooterists, some are meeting at Miss Muffet Drive-In, 7859 S Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60620, at 8:30 am. The ride is starting at 9:30 so get there before then for sure. They’ll be leaving from there at about 9:30 (not from the Dan Ryan Woods.) Ryan’s cell number is 773.454.3546. If you want to ride down there with North/West side scooterists, meet at Chad’s in Logan Square at 3140 W Lyndale (in the back) between 7:30 and 8am. Chad’s number is 773.931.6918. I’m sorry to miss it, have fun!

Thanks to Bill at scoot.net, 2SB is sharing scoot.net’s calendar this year. It’s up and running on scoot.net, and soon you’ll be able to read and edit the same great calendar on both sites. Add new events here. Bill so rocks.