Saturday, November 18th, 2006
Indiana State Yo-yo Contest 2006
It seems that no matter where I move I end up getting involved in organizing something that is juggling or yo-yo related. I’m not complaining, it’s just what happens. At the moment I’m helping my buddy Takeshi organize the Indiana State Yo-yo Contest. I’m really looking forward to it, it should be a blast. If [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
The Conundrum of How to Sell a Toyota Prius in Indianapolis
I have a 2004 Toyota Prius. It is the best car ever. I want to sell it. So you’re thinking, “If the Prius is the best car ever, why do you want to sell it?” Two reasons: New things are VERY enticing, and the new Prius has some nice new little features besides just being [...]
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Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
Building a Bed of Nails
I met a local magician named Vito a few weeks ago at the Rocky Ripple Fest here in Indianapolis, and yesterday I helped him build a bed of nails.
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
I Can’t Walk My Dog By the River Because of the Alligators
There are two alligators in the White River. Seriously. Alligators in Indianapolis. What’s up with that? Some fool must have released their pet gators when they got too big to handle, figuring that having large, dangerous, invasive predators in our city would make life better for everyone. One of the places I normally walk my [...]
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Saturday, September 30th, 2006
Rocky Ripple Neighborhood Festival
I performed in Rocky Ripple today. It’s the neighborhood that is just a little south of Broadripple… since I’m sure that you all know where Broadripple is. And yes, that’s it’s real name. It was a fun little fair. Very cozy, very comfy, with maybe 15-20 vendors and a small kids area. They had a [...]
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Thursday, September 7th, 2006
Time to Play Catch-Up
Now that my busiest time of year for performing is over I have to catch up on everything that I have let slide, or partially slide, for the last three months. Ug. There’s a lot of it. I dubbed today “Efficiency Day”. Nothin’ but workin’ fast today. I set a timer for meal times, and [...]
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Life on the Road… an Over-Detailed Snapshot for the REALLY Curious
Yesterday, Vader (my dog) and I left Indianapolis around noon Eastern time. We stopped briefly at the library to get what turned out to be a boring audiobook. I’m actually still in the middle of listening to Dune by Frank Herbert (and it’s AWESOME!) but it’s on cassette and I wanted to take the good [...]
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
On the Road
I spent this week on the road doing shows. Monday was the Summer Music Clinic up in Madison WI, Tuesday and Wednesday down in Evansville IN, and then Thursday back up North to Skokie IL. It would’ve been nice if I could have had better routing so I didn’t have to do so much driving, [...]
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Sunday, June 4th, 2006
Woodruff Place Flea Market
This weekend my neighborhood, Woodruff Place, is having their annual flea market. It’s kind of a big deal, and I’m told that last year there were about 6000 people who came through, so I figured it would be a good opportunity to do some street performing. Although the money would of course be nice, my [...]
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Mark Goes to the Indianapolis Speedway
Today I got to go to the Indianapolis Speedway in what may have been the best possible circumstances. I was going to see my friend Chuck’s wife Lynda ride around the track in a two-seater Formula One racecar. Chuck bought the ride for her to commemorate her 50th time seeing the Indy 500. It’s pretty [...]
