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Random is as Random does















Game of Skate - This one’s all-time


Little man rocking Discrete



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GZA of the Wu-Tang rocking Discrete


GZA knows what’s up.

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Interesting Facts

*Just about 3 people are born every second, and about 1.3333 people die every second. The result is about a 2 and 2/3 net increase of people every second. Almost 10 people more live on this Earth now, than before you finished reading this.
*Earth is the only planet not named after a pagan God.
*A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother’s first flight.
*In Hong Kong, a betrayed wife is legally allowed to kill her cheating adulterous husband but she may only do so with her bare hands.
*Honeybees never sleep
*Carl Sagan smoked lots of pot
*80% of all pictures on the internet are of hot babes - naked hot babes.
*Horses can’t vomit and pigs can’t look up in the sky
*In Arizona it is illegal to have more than two dildos in one house
*Cats are the most popular pets in the United States
*The oldest dog died at the age of 29
*Every day is about 55 billionths of a second longer than the day before it
*Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.
*Footprints of astronauts who landed on the moon should last at least 10 million years since the moon has no atmosphere.
*Earthworms have five hearts
*The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots, more vitamin C than oranges.
*If an Amish man has a beard, he is married.
*If a native Hawaiian woman places the flower on her right ear, she is available.
*Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
*Pope Pius II wrote an erotic book “Historia de duobos amantibus” in 1444.
*SCUBA divers cannot pass gas at depths of 33 feet or below
*Pele has always hated his nickname, which he says sounds like “baby-talk in Portuguese”.
*The lion costume in the film Wizard of Oz was made from real lions.
*Donald Rumsfeld was both the youngest and the oldest defense secretary in US history (and was a piece of shit both times).
*Coco Chanel started the trend for sun tans in 1923 when she got accidentally burnt on a cruise.
*Sex workers in Roman times charged the equivalent price of eight glasses of red wine.
*More than 90% of plane crashes have survivors.
*The Mona Lisa used to hang on the wall of Napoleon’s bedroom.
*Barbie’s full name is Barbie Millicent Roberts.
*Plant seeds that have been stored for more than 200 years can be coaxed into new life.
*For every 10 successful attempts to climb Mount Everest there is one fatality. (As of 2006)
*The egg came first.
*Britain is still paying off debts that predate the Napoleonic wars because it’s cheaper to do so than buy back the bonds on which they are based.
*Camel’s milk, which is widely drunk in Arab countries, has 10 times more iron than cow’s milk.
*The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006.
*The Himalayas cover one-tenth of the Earth’s surface. ******note, a reader just notified me that this is bullshit, Brian Gallegos, “I found the surface area of the earth on Wikipedia (510,072,000 sq/km). Then used a mapping software I work with and defined an area I thought would to be considered the Himalaya based on elevations (3,829,160 sq/km). Just as reference the combined area of North America and Africa are 10.7% of the earth’s surface area.”
*A “lost world” exists in the Indonesian jungle that is home to dozens of hitherto unknown animal and plant species.
*The two most famous actors who portrayed the “Marlboro Man” in the cigarette ads died of lung
*Its impossible to smoke oneself to death with weed. You won\’t be able to retain enough motor control and consciousness to do so after such a large amount.
*Every drop of seawater contains approximately 1 billion gold atoms.
*During World War II, IBM built counting machines the Nazis used to manage their death/concentration camps.
*The total combined weight of the worlds ant population is equal to the weight of the human population.

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Cycle 1200 miles for Shane, Billy, Riley.


A group of some pretty amazing people/friends have/are biking from Seattle to San Diego. 1200 miles. All in effort to raise awareness to:
Billy Poole
Shane McConkey
Riley Poor

Some of the riders include:
Max Kuszaj
Cody Barnhill
Pep Fujas
Jackie Paaso
Angeli Van Laanen
JT Holmes
Suz Graham

Some of the companies sponsoring this ride:
POWDER magazine
Backcountry.com
Discrete headwear
Go Pro
Skullcandy

Congratulations fellers/gals !! They are almost to San Diego. Amazing!
Follow them and/or get the full trip report at: www.cycleforacause.com

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Back East.



First stop, YALE university, Jen and I were asked to be the speakers/guests at a ‘Master’s Tea’ at Saybrook College.

A pretty cool skull at the Peabody museum in New Haven, CT.

Then off to Montreal for some business.

Then down to Vermont, the leaves were spectacular.

This was home for 2 nights.

Indeed, proper fall foilage.

Top of Okemo mountain.

Enjoying each other’s company.

Stopped off at the Basketball Hall of Fame.

The hall inducted Michael Jordan this year.

They had a really cool exhibit showing all of his shoes through the years.


My personal favorties; the Air Jordan IV’s.

A “Red” Auerbach quote.

Larry Bird getting juked by yours truly.

And last but not least, they introduced John Stockton to the hall this year as well. The NBA’s all-time steals and assists leader from the Utah Jazz.

Next stop was New York City. View from the top of the Empire State Building.

Ground Zero.

In the subway.

Subway.

A cool photo at Ellis Island. You can trace back one-third of the US population to Ellis Island immigrants.

Street Performer busting a front flip over some folk.

the end

Kseniya Simonova

Kseniya Simonova is a Ukrainian artist. She uses a light box, music, touching imagination and “sand painting” skills to interpret Germany’s invasion and occupation of Ukraine during WWII.

My Dad’s band is nominated for a Grammy.


RED ROCK RONDO. Good work Dad!

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