Saturday, June 24, 2023

such subtle British dry humor, calling this 3 wheel Robin Dick Turbin - a famous highway man from 1722-32


because every where it goes, it holds up traffic. 

I love that. 

From the enjoyable Amazon series Good Omens from 2019. Season 2 ought to be released a month from now, July 28th

Road racing unicycles over long distances, and traveling long distances is now a niche thing... who knew?


27 year old Cary Gray, has traveled the continent by unicycle and kayak since 2013

Gray on his way to the southernmost tip of South America, via the West Coast of the USA from Washington to Los Angeles, then east through Death Valley and on to the headwaters of the Mississippi River. 

There, he'll kayak through to the Gulf of Mexico, then around Florida, through the Caribbean islands and into Venezuela, where he'll once again hop on his unicycle.

He's using his adventures to fill his book, The Naked Unicyclist https://www.amazon.com/Naked-Unicyclist-Cary-Gray-ebook/dp/B01LY7JCSU/

To learn more about Gray's journey and his book projects, visit caryoutthere.wordpress.com, or find him on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter




this guy looks like he's going for a long one



Mike Tierney's was an exhibit at Denver International Airport, for completing the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, an annual event held bear Durango, Colorado.

The Iron Horse was started 50 years ago, and opened to unicycles in 2005

Unlike the regular cyclists, a unicyclist has to pedal down every inch of every hill... all 47 miles of mountain roads, with 2 passes over 10,000 feet elevation. 


Tierney was one of six who launched — and the only one that finished. 


Vietnam nurses have a lot of documentaries on you tube, here's one amazing woman's recounting of college to the DMZ


I didn't know the Army traded 2 years of officer service in Nam for paying for nursing student's service senior year of university




Friday, June 23, 2023

I just learned of a newly published 398-page coffee-table book by photographer John Slemp, about WW2 airplane pilot jacket art, the hard way. For many of the jackets, the airman’s combat history is highlighted, and stories long forgotten are shared.


The book has about 100 jackets, and it's about a 60/40 split between museum pieces, such as the Smithsonian, the National Museum of the Air Force, and the 390th Memorial Museum, and the privately owned family heirlooms the author photographer was able to access. 




The easy way would have been if (as a nose art website, WW2 bomber content heavy blog, and press pass email lists I'm on) the published had let me know directly. 


The books are $130 apiece

all the photos of the jackets are free to look through at https://wwiibomberboys.com/store