In this episode of Soupkast, old carpenter Neil Hodgson gets his dream (well, one of them, anyway) to drop the hammer back on the tracks in America. His one-off ride this summer for Corona Honda at Laguna Seca paid off, and he'll join Miguel DuHamel at American Honda for 2008, both of them riding the brand-new CBR1000RR. Neil talks about this in his Soupkast column. He also talks about other stuff, like, for instance, the Summer jobs he performed, Casey Stoner and also what his daughter will wear at her birthday party this weekend. The party will feature a herd of circus elephants performing, where they may actually do more damage than Ben Bostrom did in that underwear only 5:00 AM dirt bike ride in Neil's yard last June. Whoops! Did we say that out loud? That's supposed to be a secret. Can't believe you fell for the elephant thing. Elephants on the Isle of Man?! Hey, kid, wanna buy a bridge? Soup