T Town Tommy

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Monday Morning Humor - Strange Vehicles

Here is a montage collection of very strange and cool vehicles accompaniment music by the Doors. Enjoy!

Strange Vehicles - The most popular videos are a click away

Oklahoma is a Very Strange State

Have you ever had that cold chill run up your spine in a strange building in the middle of the night? Caught a glimpse out of the corner of your eye of something that's just not right our maybe even seen a UFO? UFO's, ghost, the paranormal, Bigfoot and everything else that doesn't fit into the normal world is being explored by Cullan Hudson on his blog "Strange State".

Hudson is the graphic designer of our current masthead on T Town Tommy and is a special interest blogger covering the weird stuff that goes on in the heartland of America. He is also the author of Strange State: Mysteries and Legends of Oklahoma, a nonfiction collection of strange stories from Oklahoma. If you're curious about what new weird stuff is going on in the Sooner State or have your own strange but true Oklahoma story you want to share head over to his site. Those wanting to read about true and creepy stories in Oklahoma, buy the book Strange State: Mysteries and Legends of Oklahoma for some late night reading sure to leave you sleeping a little lighter.

Mind Blowing Architecture for 2008 Olympics in China

The 2008 Summer Olympics will be held in Beijing, China debuting some mind blowing 21 Century  architecture for it's sports complexes. Here is a glimpse of some of the state of the art buildings we will be seeing this August.

Night View of The National Stadium
Seating 90,000

The Olympic Greens

The National Aquatics Center "The Water Cube"

Interior Pools and bubble ceiling

Leoshan Velodrome

Velodrome Skylight

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium

Interior

My favorite, Peking University Gymnasium; built for table tennis.
They built a freaking venue for just Ping-Pong!

Check out the official site for information, construction shots, and more very cool buildings coming soon.

Some Goofing in The Middle East

This would be your face if you stuck it outside a car doing 180 mph. Something from our troop to cut the tension.

face lift

What We All Need

YouTube Video of the Year "The Free Hugs Campaign"

Sometimes, a hug is all what we need. Free hugs is a real life controversial story of Juan Mann, a man who's sole mission was to reach out and hug a stranger to brighten up their lives. In this age of social disconnectivity and lack of human contact, the effects of the Free Hugs campaign became phenomenal. As this symbol of human hope spread across the city, police and officials ordered the Free Hugs campaign BANNED. What we then witness is the true spirit of humanity come together in what can only be described as awe inspiring.

freehugscampaign.org

Complex Watches are da Bomb

I have been shopping in stores and online for a new watch for a couple of weeks and found some amazing Complex Watches. Designers Felix Baumgartner and Martin Frei of Urwerk, a watch design company out of Geneva, have designed some very out of the mainstream timepieces. I bought a great Fossil watch a couple of years ago but wearing the same thing everyday gets monotonous. So now I am torn between getting a TAG at Moody's or one of these conversation starters.

Pictures by Urwerk.com

Custom Wood Cases for Your iPhone or iPod

This is going to be a must have when I finally trade in my old Razr phone the end of this month for my new iPhone. Minot makes handcrafted custom wood cases for the Apple iPhone and both the Apple 5g and nano2 iPods called "iWood". Offering several finishes to choose from and monogramming burnt into the wood this is a must have for any Apple fanatic. Prices for the iPhone protective cases start at $85.00 US; reasonable for handcrafting and for keeping your new toy in one piece if you drop it. Go to the Minot's site to see their full line of custom cases.

Hat tip to one of my favorite blogs for new cool stuff Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things

OK It's Quiz Time!

Do you know your Oklahoma History? Take the Oklahoma Centennial Quiz and see how much you retained from the Oklahoma History class you took in High School. Click here to start the quiz. BTW I got a 140.

Doll Face

The vanity of the machine; a reflection of the creators... us.

Doll Face

Created By Andy Huang

I Hate Fashion

H&M by Madonna director's cut
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A Messy Desk No Longer Equals An Organized Mind

Exhibit A

Although my desk is not too horribly messy Lifehacker and CNN: Money share tips on how we all can keep our desk clean and our office image up. Turns out the old saying of a messy desk equaling an organized mind is no longer true.

Living with me, my partner Billy will be glad to see that I read this article... see Exhibit A

Random Tuesday Surfing

• A Follow Up On Ann Coulter
• Some Cool Looking Irish Stew I am Making for St. Patty's Day
• "Jesus Tomb" Documentary Gets Debunked
• The Last Cigarettes
•  The Portrait Diaries - Documenting The Process of Making a Record from it's Conception to it's Birth
• Wireless Internet Through Your Home Electrical System
• Will it Blend? - Glow Sticks
• The Human Hand

Only Half of You Can Read this Post!

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Quick Change Artist on America's Got Talent

My partner Billy found this amazing video from "America's Got Talent". I dont watch the show and figure it's just a cheap rip off of American Idol but this act is bound to win. The YouTube.com video is about two minutes in length but well worth the watch. Check it out...

Getting that close shave

Something I have usually hated doing for most of my post pubescent life has been shaving my face in the morning. My parents passed on to me the nice genetic mix of a heavy beard and sensitive skin.  So shaving for me meant years having ingrown hairs or bad razor burn. Electric shavers felt like a lawnboy mower going over my neck in the mornings and looked like it too!

Finally after college I finally paid attention to my Grandfather and Father's shaving habits. Although they where genetically more Cherokee than I am, 1/2 & 1/4, and had lighter beards, their shaves always came out flawless with no razor burn. The trick being they used shaving soap, a brush, and a single edge razor. Their after shave felt like a WMD on your face for a few minutes after you shaved but it worked.

I switched to the soap and brush method and unless I am traveling and use a can shaving gel it’s been the method that has worked out the best for my beard type. I can get a super close shave with zero nicks or razor burn using the brush and shave soap method with a good aftershave lotion with no alcohol in its contents. I have'nt settled on an aftershave to use but am currently using one made by Vera Wang. The lotion types with no alcohol seem to work the best.

During the summer I decided to shave my head as well as my face.  It's been a blessing during the mega hot summer we had this year. I looked on the market and found a great shave soap that's relatively inexpensive and Target now carries it in the spa/health section. It's called Proraso and is a line of Italian made shaving product with eucalyptus oil. After shaving it makes your face, in my case head, feel very fresh, cool and refreshed.

I found an excellent post with video teaching the art of wet shaving and actually teach you how to shave. Trust me on ditching the can gel foam crap, the 6 blade razors that vibrate, and saying good-bye to crappy shaves.  The videos are obviously home made but the guy knows what he is talking about. Check it out on lifehacker.com.

Trivets

These trivets from Square Heat caught my eye while shopping. Been needing a good set for my kitchen. Think they will make a good addition.

Some Cool Facts

• The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
• Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.
• The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% ( now get this...) The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
• The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $6,400
• The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000
• The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
• Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades - King David, Hearts - Charlemagne, Clubs -Alexander, the Great Diamonds - Julius Caesar
• 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
• Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.
• What occurs more often in December than any other month? Conception.
• Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace
• Most boat owners name their boats. The most popular boat name requested is Obsession.
• Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil.
• There are more collect calls made on Father's Day than any other day of the year.
• Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.
• What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party? Snoop in your medicine cabinet.
• In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled "Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden" .... And thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

Faces

Finally starting to get used to the heat blast still going on here.  It is 102 outside as I write this post. It's scary when 95 degrees seems cool! I have been spending the week working in my yard in the mornings before work and found these cool cast metal faces at one of our local garden centers. 

Big OSU Hit

Just experimenting with some video for T Town Tommy. Found this super hard hit by Quinton Moore for Oklahoma State University last year against ASU. I can't wait for the football season to start!

Amazing Truck Art

My cousin Joe gave me the heads up on these cool trucks.  Here are 7 pictures of semi-trucks that their trailers are painted to look like the sides are missing and the products they are hauling are painted on the sides and back.  I am not totally sure if they are real or just a good photoshop job. I will let you be the judge.

The first painting is of a bottle that looks like it is coming out the side of the trailer.

Check out my photo album to see the other 6 trucks. Very amazing!

Update: Here is a link with a ton of these trucks. It's all in German but cool photoshop jobs.