Our man The Gimp aced yesterdays trivia question like Robin Hood. ...Knocked it out of the park. However then he got cocky and began blowing his horn about Brandon Cruz being the vocalist on that particular Dr. Know song, which is actually incorrect. The original vocalist was none other than Kyle Toucher. Better luck next time.
Im kidding. Well get a t-shirt of your choice to Germany one way or another.
That was good though. Even punk rock super hero Danny B didnt get it.

Up next and on a completely different note, the one and only Chopper writes;

"This is material for the bummer life if there ever was....i am embarrased just watching it"

No doubt.
They totally stole my idea. I guess I have to wait to pop the question until I come up with another flash of brilliance.

Did somebody say brilliance?
...And then comes Frank.

"I would just like to point out a few things about the following stories.
1) Both of these are Pittsburgh-related, which we all know hasn't had anything good come out of it since Warhol left (and Iron City doesn't count).
2) In the first story, can you really make a 911 call in a trench coat?
Story one.

3) In the second story, doesn't this lady know that kids have the internet these days?
Story two."

So the freak show that ruined Christmas for 40,000 burners in Nevada was the first ever Thursday hero, and woah did he deserve it, but D*Pow layed one on us on Monday that we can no longer ignore.

"Stevil,

I know its Monday and all, but I saw something yesterday, that made me stop what I was doing, and give this guy his due.
Meet Olin. Most guys would be pretty bummed out if on the 4th of July they rolled a tubular off the rim, and sustained a compound fracture to their leg, effectively ending their summer for cycling. But Olin didn't let that get him down...no sir. I think this photo is an accurate representation of how Olin is both a hero, and one who avoids the bummer life, but you can be the judge.

good lookin out,
dpow"

Now I got a bit of flack for slamming Burningman, as Ive never attended the event. Thats ignorance, I know.
However Ive never smeared my own poo on my face or been to prison before, and Im pretty sure I wouldnt like that ether. I realize Ive made an unfounded assumption but Im sticking by it.

Now then, Nate at Monkey Wrench Cycles recently dropped a bit of goods in our lap. He writes;

"So,
-um, here's the picture. pictures of one's self are just hard to look at, not sure how i feel about them. oh and i got this picture of eric and i in crested butte two weeks ago in the swobo looking at the Maroon Bellss off of trail 401.

I had a couple of other customers out there racing in the swobo gear, most from omaha, so that means there making the drive to the goods, just like good addicts should.

have a good night, thanks for selling us clothes, it matters.

all for now,
nate"

Those boys have impeccable taste in clothing, no?
And while were speaking of impeccable taste, the ever fashionable CO wrote in with some of his own particular brand of jibber-jabber;

"I hope most of you know who David Rees is...The creator, author and illustrator of "Get Your War On"...One of, if not the most "in your face, hit the nail right on the head, with no boundaries" comic strips of all time...Its relevance and importance is immeasurable, and it is fucking hilarious...While picking up my copy of "We Jam Econo" on The Minutemen(dot)com I came across this little piece Rees wrote a few years back about the best band of all time ..While reading I was able to draw many parallels to what Swobo, Stevil and all of us at HTATBL try to encourage every day....Like D. Boon and Watt did with punk, make cycling what you want, not what others think it should be!!...Jump Dirt...Derby...Lay down big skids...Hop barriers...Wear lycra and crush the roads...Show the neighbors kid how to roll off the curb...Weave home from the bars.... Like Gonz showed in his skate ballet and D. Boon sprayed during those heartbreaking versus of "History Lesson Pt. 2", treat your passion like art, hold it in high regard, and push it any direction the spirit moves...The sport, like the music has shaped my life....You???
CO"

CO, like JJ Walker says, "DY-NO-MITE!"

So, a few years ago I decided Id had quite enough with bikes and art. I wanted to expand my physical and artistic boundaries, and I opted to venture off in a completely different direction.
I chose karate and model building.
I was going to learn how to kick ass, and build model muscle cars.
Well, to make a long story short, I built a really bitchin 64 GTO soft top, which I eventually presented to my friend Jamie, who actually had a real life 64.
My next car was going to be a 64 Nova, but I had to buy more model paint and that pretty much put a kibosh on my model building career, and I never did begin my karate classes.
Recently, inspired by videos of kids skating ditches, Ive opted to throw caution to the wind and break out my skateboard. Wrist pain be damned.

I swear to god, I could spend the rest of my life here.
Today is Friday. Will everyone make a small promise to us? Promise us that at least once this weekend you will throw caution to the wind, some love at a friend, and your pants in the fire.
Oh, and take some pictures of it for us.

Who loves monster trucks, BMX and has two thumbs?
This guy!