This weekend at the Ace International Speedway. . .eedway. . .eedway. ..eedway. . .
The Power Tool Drag Races
What, you may ask, are power tool drag races? It’s a sport where gearhead geeks procure and modify any kind of power tool you can think of to race down a 75 foot long wooden track [...]
Yesterday was a very full day, the family went to the Moonside Bakery, as is our Saturday tradition, carted the kid off to soccer practice, the humped over the hill to the Maker Faire (still on today - two hot tips: buy your tickets online and pick them up at will-call, park in the Hayward [...]
Attribution: Ray Lodwig
Well, Ohio has Big Butter Jesus and Texas has the hemisphere’s second largest cross. What’s Indiana got? Apparently something smaller than the second largest cross and less creative than Big Butter Jesus, a big concrete cross, but not big enough to unseat Texas. Why bother to build a big-ass cross when it’s not [...]
My Truck Nutz
You’ve got to be kidding, right? Which law maker would take time from their busy day and the real problems of the country to propose a bill to outlaw these harmless (and tasteless) decorations?
Republican Sen. Cary Baker, a gun shop owner from Eustis, Florida, called the adornments offensive and proposed the ban. Motorists [...]
Exterior of the White Swan
Established in 1778, the Weisser Schwan (White Swan) restaurant has been a fixture in the Zentrum of Heidelberg for some time. During my visits to this charming city, I’ve had a chance to sample quite a few different restaurants and this one is a favorite. It’s nice and inviting, the food [...]