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Sometimes it’s odd. As we grow up and move on we spend less time with the things, ideas, and even the dreams, of our youth. When I was a kid, all the way up through my teenage years, I loved motorcycles. I was never in the position to be able to do anything professionally, though I always felt I could have, but I was always doing hair-brain stunts on my bikes and had my fair share of crashes as well (even going as far as riding with a cast on one leg). During this time in my life I used to love watching and reading everything I could about Evel Knievel. He was my inspiration many times… usually a bad inspiration, but I was inspired none the less. But it’s been over 14 years since I owned a motorcycle. I’m fast approaching my 31^st birthday and the memories of those times have been pushed aside in the hustle and bustle of life.

But this evening, when I discovered that Robert Craig ‘Evel’ Knievel passed away today, many of those old memories came rushing back to the front of my mind. And, as I sit here reading about Evel’s life it gives me pause… he lived life to the fullest. He did the things that everyone said would kill him. And you know what? They didn’t. He did what others are afraid to do and he lived through it all. Now, I never had the opportunity to meet the man, but something tells me that when he passed on, it was with few regrets. And for those who don’t know, Evel did accept Jesus as Lord and Savior of his life earlier this year. So, I guess I will get a chance to meet him after all, some day.

And, in the mean time, I think come summer I may start looking for me another bike. It’s about time my older daughters learned how to ride and I can’t wait to teach them.

My prayers go out to the whole Knievel family during this time of loss. God Bless.

Safe Landings.

I was playing around earlier today and decided to take an SEO quiz over at SEOmoz.org. Of course, like most tests you take, it’s not whether or not you know the right answer, just if you know the answer the teacher thinks is right. But, between all the blog posts of theirs that I’ve read and the wording of the questions themselves I did manage to score well.

SEO Dark Lord – 100%

But I really have to wonder, why dark lord? Does that mean I’m “black hat” or something? Or maybe it’s because they know I took the test twice in order to score that high…

For many years I, along with countless other conservatives, have complained about the bias in the media. Well, an article in Investors Business Daily yesterday mentions an interesting joint study that was conducted by Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harverd’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy. The study uncovered some interesting facts about how television, radio, and newspapers show an obvious favoritism toward the Democrats. For starters, the Democrats get more coverage than the Republicans. Then, it was shown that the coverage was more likely to show the Democrats in a positive light while Republicans were more likely to be shown in a neutral light. Here’s the chart Investor’s Business Daily used.

chart © 2007 Investor’s Business Daily

Of course the article will likely have no effect whatsoever on anything. The media still claim they’re neutral.