Posts in category “Brainwork”

Evel Knievel :: October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007

I was greatly saddened yesterday to hear that Evel Knievel had died.  Like millions of others kids tha grew up in the 70's, Evel was an idol.  One couldn't wait to find out what he was going to attempt to jump next.  And then, would he make it?  If not, how bad would he get busted up this time?  I recall Evel being a human rag doll in many of those crashes, most notably when he failed badly attempting jump the fountains at Caesars Palace.  But no matter how many times he crashed, and no matter badly he got busted up, he always came back for more.

I'll alway remember playing with my Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.  I need go dig around in the basement, because I'm pretty sure I still have at least the cycle from that.  Hopefully I can find the Evel doll, but I'm not sure I have that.  I actually had two of them; the white outfitted one that came with this set and later one dressed in red.  I trashed this toy endlessly.  Because after all, Evel could always jump everything!

Ride on my friend, you'll be missed but fondly remembered by many.

Goodbye Twitter Archive

I've decided to kill off the Twitter Archive topic.  My Twittering frenzy has wained somewhat of late and I've been mulling the pointlessness of archiving my posts.  I've mostly been using it to log the music I was listening too, but I've grown weary of that also.  I don't know how much I will be twittering in the future, but at this point I think "less" is the operative word.

Vermont

So I went to Vermont on vacation in August and finally sorted out the pictures and got them online.  A wonderful time was had by all and we would definitely consider going there again.  Hell, I'd move there if I could.

We stayed the first night at the Manchester Highlands Inn which was a delightfully cozy small inn.  The second day we stopped at French Hollow Alpacas, a working alpaca ranch where we were allowed to wander among them and feed these beautiful docile creatures.  After that we stopped at Taylor Farm in Londonderry before continuing on to Stowe.  We spent the remainder of the week in Stowe at the Green Mountain Inn.

I really can't say enough good things about what a fantastic place to stay that the Green Mountain Inn is.  We spent most of our time here just relaxing and mulling around the surrounding area.  Some of the other highlight were going to Mecca, er Ben & Jerry's, Rock Art Brewery where I snagged a pint glass and  a 12-pack to bring home, Magic Hat Brewing where I got another pint glass and two t-shirts and Shelburne Farms.  I'll spare you the finer details unless you have specific questions.  Anyhow, you can checkout the pictures if you'd like.