Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner!
The numbers came up. Not the lot of them. But enough of them.
I made my money back and that is all that counts.
Actually, I made a profit.
Now what about the taxes?
The World Looks Skateable
An interesting video from Vox about legendary skate spots. I haven’t been on a board in 20 years and I feel like going to these. Seems like, though, that they’re all have been demolished. Nothing stays the same. Like my skating career. It’s history.
Out & About [Switzerland]
To make up for such a lame post today, here’s some action for you. Some skateboard action.
I keep watching these guys bomb these hills and completely worry about them. What about a pebble in the road? Or a crack? Or cars coming their way? What does a wreck look like? I don’t really want that answered. I just want them to make it down in one piece. It’s amazing that they do.
Out & About {Torres Del Paine, Patagonia, Chile}
I’ve featured a Kraig Adams hiking video before. While not like the previous one, Shibuya Tokyo, Japan, This is some quiet calmness. It may be too relaxing as the emptiness is like the emptiness at your house. No people. But still the world is a beautiful place and there’s lots of it. We’ve only been to a small fraction of it. I wish for the day to go out and explore some more.
Out and back. Loopt.
This is one of my favorite YouTube videos. I like this guy’s channel as well. He produces a few solo hiking videos. They all make me want to go outside for a hike. They also make me want to buy some camera gear. Traveling must be fun.
The New Oriole Way
Friday night I buy Pico Iyer’s Autumn Light. Imagine my surprise to see that I already had it unread on the stack of books on my table.
Saturday I receive a message from my good buddy mentioning that the Baltimore Orioles minor league system has been ranked number 8 by baseball writers.
Sunday I exchange Autumn Light for Astroball: The New Way to Win It All by Ben Reiter.
I mentioned that the one metric to judge the Baltimore Orioles baseball organization is by how their minor league ranks amongst the baseball pundits. If they can be ranked at least 7th for 5 or 6 years, then they may be heading in the right direction. As for now, 8th is a nice one. Let’s hope it adds up.