Crapped out a crappy essay with the same title back in the late 1990’s attempting to explain why I was beginning to dislike riding a snowboard after working at Burton for a few years. I was confessing publically to Glebelands, letting them all know why I didn’t care to ride as much as we used [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Action Sports'
Confessions of a Glebelander
June 23rd, 2007 · 5 Responses
Tags: Action Sports · Glebelands · Life · Snowboarding · Vinceland
A World of Circles
January 22nd, 2007 · 7 Responses
Here I sit, on the eve of a snowsports tradeshow in the cheesiest town in America…Vegas. What makes people think this is the perfect place to do business? The friggin’ Excalibur Hotel and Casino? No wireless, $11.99 for ethernet.
It feels like a bit of a return to a world that’s probably not changed that much [...]
Tags: Action Sports · Instrument · Life · Portland · Snowboarding · Society · Work
A Giant Awakens: 1990
January 3rd, 2007 · 2 Responses
At Seton Hall Preparatory School for Boys of Higher Learning and Education, every student wore a blue blazer with a patch, white shirt and tie. In the Spring of senior year, we were allowed (told?) to wear collared, blue, polo shirts instead of blazers so we could concentrate more and stand out more from the [...]
Tags: Action Sports · Glebelands · Life · Snowboarding · Vinceland
What Was Snowboarding: 1986
December 16th, 2006 · 7 Responses
It seems like every 4 years there’s a pretty good swing in attitude around here, enough of a change to notice a difference in things. It takes us 4 years to get sick of our leaders, and it takes about 4 years for real noticeable changes to take place in sports, music, fashion and general [...]
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Da’ Meaning
October 27th, 2006 · 11 Responses
So Madonna wrongly adopted/ bought/ stole a child from Africa.
So Google is taking over the world.
So Bushie don’t know the Internets from the Intelligents
There’s not much we can do today about those things, except get smarter than they are.
Meghan and I watched NOVA the other night, I made her watch it. I am on the [...]
Tags: Action Sports · Family · Fellows · Grave Generalization · Life · Society · Vinceland · Work