For your perusal, some awesome soap box race cars. Soap box racing has come a long way since I was a boy.
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Friday Open Thread 09.25.09
Sep 25 2009 — 7:27am
For those of you who misssed the era of video dating, I give you some classics of the era.
Hey, no need for the name calling!
Friday Open Thread 09.18.09
Sep 18 2009 — 6:13am
Please enjoy this collection of extraordinary hairstyles: Don’t Judge My Hair.
Daily life in Nordeast unfolds in decidedly un-hip ways.
Friday Open Thread 09.11.09
Sep 10 2009 — 10:53pm
Seeing as this is the aniversary of 9/11, I’ll refrain from putting any silly links on this open thread, but just leave it up to commenters as to what they want to discuss.
Ran into someone who said he knew you, Jason. Charlie Hobart. Talked to him in Chicago this week.
Labor Day Open Thread
Sep 6 2009 — 2:32pm
Let us start labor day with a sermon from Rev. Dr. James Wade. Specifically: “The Whole Church Should Get Drunk.”
Rex is living a very weird dream. His new blog sounds cool.
Friday Open Thread 09.04.09
Sep 4 2009 — 7:11am
You might enjoy the Museum of Animal Perspectives, which shows you the world as animals see it thanks to a camera placed between their ears.
@bix: i did email him, yes..
Friday Open Thread 08.28.09
Aug 28 2009 — 9:56am
As the summer wanes, I feel a greater need for exotic kitsch, especially set in tropical paradises. To that end, here’s a terrific video by CW Stoneking called Jungle Blues.
::: sigh ::: I remember the days when Serge Gainsbourg was considered a pioneer; an innovator; a French version of Millie Jackson (or vice-versa). ...
Bob Dylan could be talking at you while you drive
Aug 25 2009 — 7:57pm
[via The Daily Mirror (UK)] Bob Dylan is reportedly in talks with a couple of car companies about becoming the voice of their GPS systems … the music legend then demonstrated what his sat nav voice might sound like, saying: “Left at the next street. No, right. You know what? Just go straight.”
Bob would join such luminaries as John Cleese and Borat who are already voicing satelllite navigation systems.
A chart of generational differences. Jus' sayin'.
Friday Open Thread 10.21.09
Aug 21 2009 — 3:15am
Haven’t heard much that is good about the G.I. Joe movie (directed by a former Minnesotan, by the way: Stephen Sommers). So, instead, let me present The ballad of G.I. Joe from the minds at Funny or Die.
Hmm. The news release I sent out yesterday spawned a story in the Strib this AM. The comments section should be fun.
Friday Open Thread 08.07.09
Aug 7 2009 — 6:10am
As you probably have already heard, writer/director John Hughes (Vacation, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Pertty in Pink) died yesterday. Thoughts, Favorite moment from his films?
I have just had 4 passes to todays PGA Championship practice session (and two for Weds) drop into my lap. Anyone want to use them? Free to anyone w...
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