Friday, July 23rd, 2010
I Just Got My 2010 Trading Cards
That’s right! Not only is my new trading card out, but it has a SUPER-AWESOME photo on the front taken by the world famous yo-yo master Raphael Matsunaga, aka: Red. This photo was taken in Takeshi’s living room while Duncan was shooting some new instructional video with Raphael and Takeshi as well as Jack Ringca, [...]
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Indiana State Yo-yo Contest!
This year Takeshi scored an amazing hook-up for the Indy State contest: it will be held at the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art. Sept 22nd, 10-5pm. More info here. Also, with a little luck, we will have a trial run for the set-up and scoring of the Ultimate Battle Top Championships of [...]
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Sunday, April 29th, 2007
The Birds, They Are a-Migrating
On Friday Vader and I went to the IMA future sculpture garden for a nice little walk, and there were birds everywhere! The wildlife at the IMA is always pretty good, but there were just SO many birds this time. I am guessing that they must be migrating. I saw the usual Canada Geese, grackels, [...]
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Friday, April 20th, 2007
Model A Parts Near Indianapolis
I’ve been slowly getting going on working on the Model A Ford again this season. I had big plans to put in a plastic liner and heat the garage this last winter so I could work out there despite the temperature, but the prospect of putting that much work into a garage that we will [...]
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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
4/17/2007
Woke up late today at around 10:00. Listened to a little Within Temptation (metal band with a female lead singer) on YouTube. Took Lenore to work. Walked the dog. Had a light lunch consisting of a yogurt and some Ass-Kickin’ Snack Mix which says right on it that it is “Kick Yo Ass Hot!” And, [...]
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Birds of Prey in the Neighborhood
One morning a few months ago, when I let my dog out, there was a hawk in my backyard eating a freshly killed pigeon. It was awesome. There was a big circle of feathers, and bright red blood in the snow. As Vader ran out to see what was going on the hawk tried to [...]
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Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Vader and I Are On Tour Again
This time my dog and I are Eastward bound. First a stop yesterday in Cleveland to hang out with the illustrious Steve Brown , and today we’re in Leonia NJ staying with Cousin Scott and family. The purpose of this trip is to go to the opening of Lenore’s first solo NY art show tomorrow [...]
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Friday, February 23rd, 2007
I Met a Yo-yo World Record Holder Today
This afternoon I had a really fun gig in downtown Indianapolis. It was for a party at RATIO Architects. Every month they have their 4th Friday at 4 Party, where at four o’clock snacks and drinks appear, and for the first time they decided to hire professional entertainment… that’d be me. Being at a place [...]
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Monday, February 12th, 2007
14 Feet of Snow Predicted for Indianapolis
It’s gona snow tonight. A lot. People are FREAKING OUT. The grocery store had every single lane open and there were at least 10 people in every line. They were running out of milk. Natives tell me that it regularly snows here in the winter, but you sure can’t tell that by the level of [...]
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Wednesday, December 6th, 2006
Good Times at the Indiana State Yo-yo Contest
Yo-yo contests are awesome. First of all, I get to hang out with a bunch of yo-yo folks (mostly dudes, but hopefully that will change), and second I get to see TONS of awesome yo-yo tricks. Indiana States was really fun this last Saturday. Much to my surprise a lot of the WAY out of [...]
