as i was wondering around on my bike last night, i came across a new kids playground by lechemere, and i found something wonderful. obviously, kids playgrounds are always fun, but this toy is an order of magnitude more fun. it’s just a crooked pole that spins on a rubber platform, but it’s sturdy, has good bearings and is scalable (if you’re bigger, you spin harder). you start out with a simple boring spin and then try to pull yourself in. that dang centrifugal force makes it exponentially harder to get close to the center. i’m a little guy, but i’m strong for my size. i’d get to a point that i was quickly passing out, and my body would then go limp, and i’d get thrown off. go do this before some kids crack their heads together, and it gets taken out. invite me.
there are three of them in this half-circle.
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kate and steve are headed out today to florida to start their ride. wish them teh luck. http://herotwins.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/and-were-live-in-3-2-1/
helping kate “train” for her trip
this guy swerved towards pedestrians to scare them off the street.
rob was pulled into this by a street performing clown.
through xochimilco canal.
… i was supposed to be on a flight to boston from houston. i was stuck on the haliburton compound instead. now, i’m in mexico city doing the same service for another company. here, i’m setting up a network/software system of virtual classes for a university.
music: Mercury Rev - Opus 40
September 9th, 2007
9:59 pm
venture
heading to mexico city in the morning. cabbing from waltham at 4:30am. o.O i’ll work for four days with a customer and have about two full days there to play. for the unpaid, extra days, i used couchsurfing.com to find “gerardo” who says he can host and show me around. first time using couchsurfing. going minimal this time. no big cam or travel bike, just a small backpack with skinny pants, dress shirt, laptop and a sci-fi short stories compilation.
yeah fulfilling wanderlust.
here are some cameraphone pics from burning man 2007. i’ll add some stories later. it *was* mind blowing, every day.
