If you’re an olde-tyme BMXer like me, you’ll find the BMX Movie Database a great timesink. It’s a collection of (mostly) older BMX videos put online, and it’s cool to watch some of my old favorite videos again — the Baco videos, Ride On, Style Cats — that are currently tucked away in a box …
It’s sort of depressing having the Steve Jobs post sitting on my blog, so it’s time to move on. Since I don’t have anything specific to say, I’ll just celebrate the fact that it’s Friday with this video.
Between 1998 and 1995 I made four BMX videos featuring New England riders (who, somewhat understandably, were under-represented in national media coverage). About 10 years ago I took those videos and compiled them into a single “best-of” video, which is infinitely more watchable than the originals. The quality is pretty low since they were recorded …
Well, at least 44 of them didn’t. ”I don’t believe in evolution”? We should teach “both sides of the story”? How is evolution considered a religious issue? And when did the Bible become a science book? And why does nobody understand the word “theory” in the context of science? And why did I actually watch …
Apparently, the super-rich are highest on the Republican’s priority list, even higher than the 9/11 first responders they claim to love so much. “Since when does the Republican party make 9/11 first responders stand over in the corner with the gays and Mexicans?” Can it be more obvious that Republican’s core principle = money? (And …
SNL is hit or miss (OK, lots of misses) but the “human parking cone” was one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a while.
Roger Ebert has a pretty active Twitter account with often interesting links. However, I noticed that links to his personal Sun Times blog sometimes have ugly or bizarre URLs. This one was especially bad, with the page being not-quite-HTML-code for four nonbreaking spaces (emphasis mine, obviously): blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/strange-3/nbsp-nbsp-nbsp-nbsp-my.html I wasn’t sure what point I was going …
Finally, a politician that doesn’t sound like a clueless idiot in the pockets of corporations. Not surprisingly, he’s an Independent. For all our sakes, I really hope his colleagues listen to him. Many of my Republican colleagues tell me, “Oh, I’m so concerned about our record-breaking deficit… But wait a minute, it’s very important that …
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Years and years (and years) ago my brother & friend used to make fun of trials riders and their stupid little hopping around “tricks.” Today, trials rider Danny MacAskill is easily one of the best riders I’ve ever seen. There’s a new video of him, and not only does it feature some of the most …
I didn’t know who German filmmaker Werner Herzog was until I recently saw Grizzly Man. (Sidenote: that movie was not what I expected.) Now that I’m familiar with him, I find these readings of children’s books by “Herzog” hilarious: “Werner Herzog Reads Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel” “Werner Herzog Reads Curious George”