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Are Musicians Making Death Cool?
For decades generations of youth have looked to their favorite musicians for the new "cool" up and coming trends. Since the late 60's to early 80's the genre of rock/punk has spiralled into a new subculture that truly embraces and idolizes the idea of dying young.For those trying to rebel and be as anti-conformist as possible the new culture of cool has turned into a "live fast die[...]
Soaring to New Heights for Frisbee Inventor's Final Sendoff
Have you ever used a Frisbee? If you have, then you're quite familiar with "Steady" Ed Headrick's famed invention. The father of Frisbee and Disc Golf also invented the first disk golf basket, designed and installed the first Disk Golf course, founded the International Frisbee Association, Disc[...]
A Hearse with a World Speed Record
While not particularly useful in any practical situation, or even possible in an actual procession, testing the top speed of a hearse is something that just seems fun. Coach-built hearses are modelled after massive luxury cars (Cadillacs, Lincolns, Mercedes-Benzes) and are extremely large, and well, overweight. The work involved to make one of these vehicles a respectable racer just[...]
A Fitting Tribute
The long, mournful sound of trains' whistles was heard across Canada on March 1st, 2nd and 5th to pay tribute to three VIA Rail crew members who were killed in a derailment on February 26, 2012.On February 26, 2012 a VIA Rail Canada train number 92, en route from Niagara Falls to Toronto was involved in an accident at 3:26 p.m. in Burlington, Ontario. There were 75 passengers and five[...]
On Life and Death, The Jack Nicholson Way
A veritable Hollywood renaissance man, much has been said of Jack Nicholson over the lengthy course of his career. The Academy Award winning actor has been called the Mulholland Man, the man of no fear, a madman, a genius, but most of all, an influence. He's the epitome of cool and sly. A man who knows what he wants and has never settled for less than just that."I've always fought[...]
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