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American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior: Mikey’s Favorite Moments (and 9/11 Memorial Bike)

10 Oct

October 10, 2011

In honor of Columbus Day, American Chopper has taken the day off. Tonight’s episode is a clip show featuring Mikey and I have no desire to see it so I’m taking the day off too. But unlike them I am going to give you new content tonight.

This story got some play in NYC but you may not have seen it where you live. Early last week Paul Junior and the PJD crew were in Manhattan unveiling a 9/11 Memorial bike. The story can be found here: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/vroom_with_view_mike_on_bike_ie11GEF8Ld5L6Y2wAxt5tN

There isn’t much info online but I did snag a few pictures.

Doesn’t Mayor Bloomberg look natural on that bike?

I have no clue when that will air, but I do have the details of next week’s show, which is all-new.

SILENT TREATMENT
Oct. 17, 2011
In celebration of its 100th  anniversary, Dekalb commissions a bike from PJD to be auctioned off with the  proceeds going to benefit the American Red Cross. Meanwhile, OCC begins a build  for Cell Buckle, a company that builds cell-phone holders for vehicles, to be  unveiled at Sturgis. But when a dissatisfied Senior decides they must start from  scratch, an offended Jason does the unthinkable.

Man I hope he quits.

PJD is building a bike benefiting the American Red Cross. OCC is building a bike for a cell-phone holder company. Not a cell-phone company, a cell-phone holder company. Maybe it’s just me but taking the 9/11 bike into account, it seems that lately PJD is getting the higher profile gigs.

Enjoy the clip show tonight, I’ll be back next week with an all new Weekly Rundown.

Some of you requested a clean copy of the image I use at the top of the page. Here you go.

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And Don’t Forget to Breathe: The Nanny State in Action

24 Aug

August 24, 2011

I think the writer hit it on the head, but I’m not as upset with the money as he is. I can’t believe this cost much money, but on the other hand this is the government so it probably cost more than my apartment building’s entire combined yearly income for the decade.

My issue is that I simply can’t believe that government feels the need to micromanage our lives so much, and thinks so little of us, that it feels that it has to tell us when to come in out of the rain, so to speak. As much of a nanny as NYC Mayor Bloomberg is, I have to believe that even he would find this silly.

Even worse, it is totally redundant. In order to use this, you have to know what the humidity is. Unlike the temperature, humidity isn’t something that is easily known. Hygrometers and psychrometers are nearly as common as thermometers so to use the app you need to look for the humidity in a weather report, which will also give the heat index. So if you go to get the information to use the app, you also get the information to make the app unnecessary.

The app also gives information on what to do, but that info isn’t even on the front page. You have to waste more time standing in the heat to load that page. And what information does it give? Drink water and take breaks. What government employee needs to be reminded to take a break? Most of them need to be reminded to do some work once in a while.

Again, it is just another example of how the gov’t thinks it needs to micromanage everyone’s life and treat them like babies. I’m not upset about the cost of the app, I’m offended that anyone thinks I am stupid enough to need it.

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