VOTE!

     Should have posted this a while ago! Vote HERE for School of Vintage as Ideacafe's "Entrepreneur of the Year." If they win, I'll give everyone who voted from my blog a free Strange Flora surfboard*. Vote every single day! Thanks!

      Also, buy some beets and make this beet soup. Throw in some carrots and things and you won't regret it!


     I was going to post something from Tom Waits' newish album Bad As Me, but I came across this promotional video, so I decided to post that instead. I'll post a song tomorrow, when it's more à propos.  

*Not really. 

Merry Christmas!

     Just quick post on this cold Christmas morning to say Merry Christmas! Hope all is well with you and yours on this clear, cold morning. Enjoy the day!

 

     A good Charles Dickens quote I read in a short article in the NY Times this morning on the author and Christmas: 

“Lost friend, lost child, lost parent, sister, brother, husband, wife, we will not so discard you!” he wrote. “You shall hold your cherished places in our Christmas hearts, and by our Christmas fires; and in the season of immortal hope, and on the birthday of immortal mercy, we will shut out Nothing!”

If you like Christmas music in any way (which, if you don't, you're a monster), you must listen to Sufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas collection. Absolutely one of the best. 

I'll Give You The Evil Eye...

Pretty funny,  if not the best video quality on some. Check the 8:00 mark for one of the funniest. No, I have not seen the Muppets movie yet. But I probably will soon. Also, 009 is coming along. Been busy buying bikes, fixing bikes, surfing, playing  football, hosting Thanksgiving, riding bikes, going to Portland, eating too much (see: Almighty Cheesus Burger), driving home, more working on bikes, cleaning up the shop, trying to stop Henry from eating very dead squirrels, playing with our new camera, riding bikes, etc., but I did the finishing touches on 009 last night, so I should be glassing by the end of the weekend. First time using epoxy, should be interesting. Surf's up tomorrow. Oh yeah, this song rules:


The Triumphs, with their pretty intense surf track, "Surfside Date."