Archive for August, 2008

Career choices - play Guitar Hero or be a comatose lemming

Written by Michael Vass
In-between the latest bit of ambulance chasing news of Greta Van Sustern (in my opinion), and the various spills of the Olympics I ran across the possibly most idiotic piece of new of the year (to date anyway). What could be worse than Greta reporting endlessly on news events that the majority [...]

Spain’s Olympic basketball team - Racism in your face

Written by Michael Vass
**also found at Breaking News Blog**
It really just floors me. At a time when the world is looking at China, as they hold the Olympics, and seeing the mixing of every culture on the planet we still get to learn about how insensitive humanity can be.
Racism, and insults based solely in race, [...]

Brawlin’at the Belmar - my first BMX Pro-Am dirt jumping tournament

Written by Michael Vass
Over the weekend I had the chance to watch America rise to the challenge. I wasn’t watching the Olympics, or the news on Iraq and/or Afghanistan. I wasn’t at a movie. I was watching a BMX competition – Brawlin’ at the Belmar.

I’ll say it again, I was watching teens and young men [...]