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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
Dogs Love Snow
This is a photo from Frick Park in Pittsburgh a few weeks ago when we got more than 20 inches of snow. Check out the bent and broken trees in the background. Lola, Onyx, and Vader
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Down In Miamisburg Ohio for a Yo-yo Contest
Miamisburg was fun! There’s nothing like getting free drinks at the local bar because you’re hanging out with the Pastor. It was really fun to see Mike Hout in his official capacity, which was surprisingly the same as how he is when we hang out at juggling and yo-yo conventions, only he had on nicer [...]
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
Urban Outfitters Sells Ford Shirt
Hey Ford fans! Urban Outfitters has a Ford t-shirt on sale right now, but you have to hurry because they are on clearance for $10. Don’t miss out on your chance to have the style edge at the next meeting of all your car pals. It’s a small style edge I know, but I’ll take [...]
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
1926 Ford Snow Motor- Early Snow Machine
This is really cool. A very unusual design for a snow tractor/snow mobile/snow machine… whatever you like to call them where you live. Apparently it is Henry Ford himself driving. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=568_1233111054
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Friday, December 18th, 2009
I Found My New Trading Card Out in the World!
For the celebration of 80 years of Duncan Yo-yos a massive set of demonstrator trading cards came out, and one card has been included in each entry-level yo-yo. My Duncan pals and I have been looking for our own cards in the stores, and I just found mine this weekend! It was pretty cool. Here’s [...]
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Nice Write-Up in a Local Paper
I did two library shows in rapid succession here in the Pittsburgh area and got a nice article written about me in the Signal-Item Newspaper. You can read it here.
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
Spinning a Giant Top at the Greentree Library
Last week I had a gig at the Greentree Library here in the Pittsburgh area, and they filmed a little web extra for their patrons. You can see other virtual events posted by the Greentree Library here.
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Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Mark Hayward on the CBS Early Show with the Duncan Crew
I managed to get myself on National TV once again! Check it out: It was great fun hanging out with Bob Rule and getting the stories from the old days of yo-yo demonstrations. Of course it’s fun hanging with the other guys in the tour van, but they’re no Bob Rule. You can see Bob’s [...]
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
Dick Stohr’s House
Today was another Toys R Us demo with the Duncan Tour, but this one was back down in Virginia. Afterwards we got to stop in at good ol’ Dick Stohr’s house and see his yo-yo collection. It’s always fun to see a yo-yo collection, and it’s nice to spend time with a yo-yo pal when [...]
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Big Day On Tour Today: Clacker Balls and The Wall of Fame
Today started with a news spot at the very reasonable hour of 8am. That beats previous spots we’ve had that involved getting to the station at 5:30am. Seth Peterson and I were on CBS 3 in Philly with a really great and enthusiastic anchor who just happened to be named Yuuki. He was jazzed to [...]
