Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
We’re watching Blue Thunder. Kind of a long story…my son and I were looking at what Buck’s kid is doing to revive the economy, and we got to talking about motorcycles. So he asked me if I ever jumped over something, and I had to explain the concept of having once done something that was really stupid, and in one’s wiser years, being unwilling to ever, ever do it again, in any circumstances. Even if it wasn’t filmed.
Which is not a simple possible concept to understand, when you’re male, unbreakable and eleven.
So we got onto the subject of what the late Roy Scheider’s character said about looping a helicopter, and we decided to pop it in.
By the way, it is possible…as I learned here. And here’s your YouTube clip.
As for the dumb thing I did on a two-wheeler, aw, don’t ask. You know how all that stuff works…twenty-one years ago…a million things could’ve gone wrong and I didn’t think of a single one of ’em…et cetera. All the pieces fell into place, no one got hurt, nothing broken, and it’s nothing but a great story to tell. Which I’m not telling. Watch the damn helicopter.
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I don’t know a whole helluva lot about aerodynamics and such… but I’m thinking Thompson was at a hellaciously low altitude to attemot something that had never been attempted before. But then again, most test pilots aren’t lacking in confidence… or “intestinal fortitude,” for that matter.
re: mo’sickle jumping. No big deal… on a dirt bike. Been there, done that, thousands of times. Literally. But only once or twice (who’s counting?) on a street-going mo’sickle, and never on purpose. Evel Knievel I ain’t. While my couple of inadvertent jumps on street bikes didn’t require a change of underwear they sure as Hell got my attention! 😉
Thanks for the link. Again!
- Buck | 02/15/2009 @ 17:00Hmmm. “attemot.” I wonder what the hell THAT is…
- Buck | 02/15/2009 @ 17:01Famous last words
“HEY EVERYBODY! WATCH THIS!”
- Tom The Impaler | 02/15/2009 @ 23:28You just went up five notches in my book because you like Buck.
I love Buck, he’s the genuine article.
Have y’all seen the ban on youth motorcycles because of that new crap federal law on lead paint?
- Daphne | 02/16/2009 @ 22:17Aw shucks, Daphne, I hope it didn’t take you too long to figure that out. We’ve been fans of Buck’s from way back. And yours too, so I hope we’re climbing out of too deep a hole here.
- mkfreeberg | 02/16/2009 @ 22:46I’ve never been in a hole with you, Freeberg. I may take minor exception occasionally, but overall, your House rocks mighty fine in my corner of the world.
Buck is some mighty fine manliness, and you sir, in addition to exhibiting high quality alpha male qualities, happen to write the hell out of the written word. You’re all aces in my book.
Plus you like all of my favorite blog reads, we’re stroking the same the same string.
- Daphne | 02/16/2009 @ 23:00Nice to know I can still blush. 🙂
Thanks, Lady and Gentleman.
- Buck | 02/17/2009 @ 15:02