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 the [...]
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Saturday, July 14th, 2007
Working on a Mark Hayward DVD with Takeshi
I have been gathering footage, and mulling over ideas for this project for years. Many of my performer friends have DVDs that they sell after their shows. I have wanted to make one for years, but having the high standards that I do, I wanted to make a really high-quality DVD so it took a [...]
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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 [...]
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Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Workin’ on the Model A Ford
This morning I got up early to take my Robot Car (aka: my 2004 Toyota Prius hybrid) to the mechanic, and as soon as I got home I went into my garage to work on my family’s 1930 Model A Ford. I love the contrast.
Here’s a picture of my Grandpa, Mac McBride, in the [...]
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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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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
7/26/2006
Ate breakfast (Apple Jacks cereal… I’m not proud). Went to dog park. Took dog home, went to get oil changed and steering column recall done on Prius. Brought Taco Bell to Lenore at work. Forgot guacamole. Went to Takeshi’s house. Talked about his yo-yo DVD project. Painted some [...]
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Dogs, Deer, Soccer and Juggling
My dog loves to chase deer. Sometimes it has been a bit of a problem. Today on our walk in a forested area he chased one right AT me. It passed within 8 feet of me. My thought process went something like, “Oh here comes Vader (he’s about the same color as deer)… wow, he’s [...]
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
The Duncan Warehouse. It’s like the Holy Land for yo-yoers.
Takeshi and I drove down to Columbus Indiana today to go to the Flambeau (aka Duncan) warehouse. Takeshi had ordered some yo-yos, and I needed to get some too. It hadn’t occured to me that I needed to place my order in advance, but thankfully Michelle in Customer Service was very kind and made things [...]
