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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 [...]
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Duncan Tour 2009, Nothing But Giggles and Sunshine
It’s day 3 of my East Coast leg of the Duncan Tour. This morning Brandon Jackson, Seth Peterson and I are sitting in the parking lot of Toy R Us in Baltimore, waiting for our 3rd early morning TV spot. We got here at 5:30am and will be rolling out at about 8:15 to go [...]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Duncan Crew Gets Electricity Injection
October 5th 2009. On tour with the Duncan Crew. We had just finished up a nice demo at Old City Kites in Sacramento and it was time to get in the van and be off to our next gig. Emil Lamprecht, Paul Escolar and I piled in and Emil turned the key in the ignition… [...]
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
On Tour With the Duncan Crew!
Emil Lamprecht, Me, and Paul Escolar in Sacramento CA I’m on my first tour with Duncan and having a great time! The first day was Emil Lamprecht, Paul Escolar, Nate Sutter and me, but Nate had to leave on the morning of day two. It’s actually harder work than I expected. The main thing that [...]
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Monday, October 5th, 2009
Hanging out at the National Yo-yo Contest
Chatting with Dazzling Dave at the National Yo-yo Museum. Yes, we really are leaning on a giant yo-yo. Once again the National Yo-yo Contest was a great time. I actually have way more fun hanging out than being involved in the competition, but that’s really no surprise. Can’t wait for next year.
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
I Love The Bull Digger!
Before last week I had never even touched a post-hole digger. I knew that putting a fence in my backyard would be tough, but I had no idea how tough it would be. I fully expected that the worst part would be digging the holes, and I expected it to be really, really hard. I [...]
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
I am now a homeowner.
It’s kind of crazy. Suddenly things like insulation and asphalt sealant are really exciting. Today I met with a home security sales rep, and tomorrow I should get my new post-hole digger in the mail. Interestingly though, I still hate going to Home Depot.
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Sunday, May 24th, 2009
“So what have you been up to?”
Making art with robots. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0_fi_tkL4
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Thursday, March 26th, 2009
I Just Repaired the Paddles for my Atari 2600!
A few years ago I hauled my Atari 2600 out of the basement. Of course the games aren’t as involved as modern video games, but some of them are still really fun, and the nostalgia is great. Like most original paddles, mine had so much jitter to them that they were unusable. Once again, the [...]
