I’m really not that old…

But if you can remember this, you have to be at least as old as I am. I have to make sure to include one of these in the parts/tool kit I’m preparing for an upcoming motorcycle trip to Cambodia, Laos and then Thailand.

BBQ (and I thought my Leatherman Wave tool was cool...)

Marshmallow Peeps

I have to thank my son-in-law for this one, I never would have thought this up by myself. Every year at Easter time (in the US), there are special candies for sale. There are these sickeningly sweet marshmallow baby chicks that are probably the nutritional equivalent of cotton candy.

Last Easter while waiting for the feast at my Mom's, Tom told us how he used to put them in the microwave to watch them grow. And so we did...

Video here

Sam~A~Lam~A~Ding~Dong

This video is of my Sister's daughter and my favorite niece, Samantha. I mean really, even if I had more than one niece, she would still be my favorite niece. There will only be be one Sam~A~Lam~A~Ding~Dong.

She used to say that the only person who could call her Sam~A~Lam~A~Ding~Dong was Uncle Barry but when I saw her using that name on her myspace.com page I thought it would be OK to post this video.

Uncle Barry...

I love the smell of Nitro in the morning!

I live in Chiang Mai Thailand and haven't been to a NHRA National event in over 5 years. Robert and I took a side trip to Vegas to attend the NHRA SummitRacing.com Nationals last April.

In addition to the huge supercharger on top of the engine that pumps air into the engine, they run on a fuel mixture of 85% nitromethane and 15% methanol. “The high temperature of vaporization of nitromethane means that it will absorb substantial engine heat as it vaporizes, providing an invaluable cooling mechanism.” And, nitromethane is an oxygen bearing fuel as well.

One of the great things about Top Fuel racing is that you can enjoy it even if you’re deaf – the sound just rumbles through your body.

My Google video is here

Vegas stunts, the boys from revpro.net

Robert & I stopped in Vegas to take in the NHRA Nationals last April. I know, April was a long time ago. We stayed at Binions on Fremont st and saw these guys doing their show Saturday night.

The boys from revpro.net

I installed Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 to do the editing on this clip. Pretty steep learning curve compared to Windoze Movie Maker which I guess should be expected for a "pro" software package. I have lots more video to edit, as long as I'm feeling under the weather and it's raining outside, I'll be posting more soon. BBQ...