vol. 30

leave an imprint...
-- dan pink

• last night, when i was completely unable to sleep, i caught a comedian on the bob and tom show (which i didn't even know was on tv now) -- i'd like to tell you that i remember the comedian's name, but i can't -- i should have written it down for sure -- one of the things he was talking about was his obsession with big wheels -- it was really, really cool to be taken back down memory lane with this guy -- he has to be around my age because the way he was talking about them was just right on for me -- i couldn't tell you how many big wheels i went through in my life, but i would venture to say it's in the double digits -- we used to come flying down the guthrie-side sidewalk then make a monster left hand turn on to oakland, always narrowly avoiding the fire hydrant, but there was very little chance at getting far enough left to miss the piece of sidewalk that had been lifted by the tree's roots -- that slate sidewalk was responsible for many a hole in the front wheel of my big wheels...

• as much as i loved my big wheel, i always wanted a green machine, though...it was to the big wheel what mongoose or supergoose bikes were to schwinn's back in the day...
  

• travis pastrana, who is an absolute nutjob, is currently having some fun on a "big wheel" -- i put that in quotation marks because what he's riding only resembles a big wheel in name -- this thing is all kinds of souped up -- at any rate, he recently dropped in with one on a monster ramp, then proceeded to complete a back flip -- quality isn't that great, but you'll get the idea for sure... that was his third attempt and he nailed it...

• loyal readers (ha, yeah, right...) definitely know of my penchant for dan pink lately -- his blog is great and always has some good links on it -- this one almost had in me in tears yesterday -- i haven't figured out how to embed the video directly to this blog yet, so you'll have to go here, then scroll down to the post titled naming rites -- directly under the banner for boston.com, you'll find a video about steelworkers who are erecting a new hospital for pediatric cancer victims -- if that story doesn't pull at you, i'm not really sure what will...

• my brother nick has started a blog (finally)... he's got a great name and a great look at what it took to get there... very, very important note: i am in no way responsible for nick's grammar and spelling!!!! i definitely failed him along the way... at any rate, go here...