Archive for August, 2006
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Hanging Out
My wife Lenore had some surgery last week (she’s ok) so I have been hanging out with her at home just letting her recuperate. Today I am with her at work being her teaching assistant since she is not able to lift anything heavier than 8 pounds for a month. She gets tired [...]
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Monday, August 28th, 2006
Real Sea Monsters!
First of all, I love the ocean creatures. I’m not sure why, but sea life has always fascinated me, and deep-sea creatures have always been my favorites. The environment they live in is so extreme, and they tend to be FREAKY lookin’!
One of the few Oarfish ever seen surfaced at Santa Catalina Island, [...]
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Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
New 2006 Trading Cards Have Arrived!
That’s right folks, the new cards are here! This whole year is rather super hero themed for me, I’m not sure why.
If you’d like your own Mark Hayward trading card check out this page.
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Saturday, August 19th, 2006
Mid East Regional Yo-yo Contest (MER)
Yo-yos are awesome. I’m hanging out in Cleveland Heights Ohio after finishing the yo-yo contest today. It was fun. I helped judge the Sport Ladder portion of the contest and ran the music for all the freestyle competitors. This is the contest run by Steve Brown, National Yo-yo Master. The big plans for tonight are [...]
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
Google Maps Stopped Working
I travel and use maps all the time and my favorite map site is Google Maps, but it no longer allows you to print out the maps. Perhaps it no longer works with Macs, I don’t know, but I did figure a way around Google Maps’ shortcomings.
If you hit the print button you either get [...]
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Friday, August 18th, 2006
The Continuing Problem with America’s Got Talent
I just finished watching the final episode of NBC’s America’s Got Talent. If you don’t want to know who won you should stop reading right now.
First of all, I should say that I am really glad that this show is on the air. Even with all of my complaining, America’s Got Talent showcases [...]
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
This Just In: Juggling Replaces Esperanto as the International Language
I had a near catastrophe at the Wisconsin State Fair this year. The last routine that I do in my outdoor show is a combination trick where I do a whole bunch of stuff at once. I juggle two balls in one hand, do Loop-the-Loop with a yo-yo in the other hand, spin [...]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Who Killed the Electric Car?
I went and saw the movie last night with my buddy Marcus Monroe. It was really good, although it did get my blood to boil. As humans we are SO not all working toward the same goals. Read more about the movie here.
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Fun at the Wisconsin State Fair
For the first time in my life I am actually enjoying being in a parade. Every day at 3:00 there is a parade at the WI State Fair, and they like for all of us entertainers to be a part of it. I don’t really have a good parade act. Basically I [...]
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
Sushi
I got to go to one of my favorite restaurants with some of my performing friends from the WI State Fair tonight. Izumi (2150 N. Prospect, in Milwaukee) is a great sushi place… especially if you are a vegetarian. They have a great selection of non-fish sushi. I realize that sounds odd, [...]
