.: Above The Aether :.

“It is so choice. If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up.”

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:17:13 +0000

Cameron: “The 1961 Ferrari 250GT California. Less than a hundred were made. My father spent three years restoring this car. It is his love, it is his passion.”

Ferris: “It is his fault he didn’t lock the garage.”

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Amish population boom

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:31:15 +0000

According to a recent Wall Street Journal blog post:

The number of Amish in North America has doubled since 1991 and their distinctive communities can now be found in Canada as well as 28 U.S. states, including unlikely ones like Texas and Maine.

The full article has an interesting chart with Amish population by state.

Wall Street Journal article (via neatorama)

Where does Judas live?

Dave — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:08:19 +0000

And the third day, he rose from the dead…REALLY pissed…

(via BoingBoing)

- Dave

Winnie the Hulk

Dave — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:42:51 +0000

WINNIE SMASH PUNY HUMAN!

Art of Andrew Harkins (via BoingBoing)

- Dave

RIP – Harvey Pekar (1939 – 2010)

Dave — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:52:46 +0000

Video link

Underground comic book pioneer, Harvey Pekar, died today. He was 70 years old. His most famous series “American Splendor” was an autobiographical chronicle that started in the late 70s and lasted several decades.

Actor, Paul Giamatti, played Pekar in the 2003 movie adaptation of Pekar’s “American Splendor.”

If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a pretty good movie.

Shinya Kimura – motorcycle builder

Dave — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:01:01 +0000

video link (via Hell for Leather)

Shinya Kimura started building custom motorcycles from the ground up in Japan. He doesn’t plan anything. He just starts cutting metal. The quote that gets me is this one:

“It feels nothing like how violent it looks from the outside. It’s very serene. The ground and the sky are so white there is no boundary between them. I have never flown, but it feels like flying an airplane using a reciprocating engine. I can’t tell you how peaceful it is.” – Shinya Kimura

Having been riding motorcycles for a year now, this is the quote that sticks with me. Riding a motorcycle is one of the most peaceful things I have ever experienced.

It’s funny how the perception of a motorcycle is usually a loud and obnoxious machine, but riding one is just the opposite. Very zen I suppose…

- Dave