Laconia Motorcycle Week 2008

May 30th, 2008
2008 Laconia Motorcycle Week June 14-22

The 85th anniversary of Laconia Motorcycle Week is coming up on us fast (not to mention that it’s a little late this year-starting on Father’s Day rather than ending on it)! In my neck of the woods it’s a clear sign that summer is finally here and what better way to kick it off than [...]

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Thinking outside of the steel pony

May 29th, 2008

I came across this article the other day and my inner sci-fi geek thinks it’s just too cool to not pass along! It’s definitely not a design that will hit mainstream, but it plays to my imagination. If you saw this being demonstrated at a rally, wouldn’t you want to try it out?? -RK Art [...]

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Video Tuesday: Rolling Thunder 2008

May 27th, 2008

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend! I know that I sure did, even though they never seem long enough! Over the weekend, as most of us know, the Rolling Thunder rally was underway with thousands of motorcycles heading toward the Pentagon to honor the fallen. The President was even made an honorary [...]

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Garage Girls website review update

May 23rd, 2008

Back in February I wrote a an honest review about Sara Liberte’s new online venture, GarageGirls.com that garnered some harsh feedback not only from me but from other readers. Sara, herself, responded to the feedback and informed us that the site was fresh out of the box, that she was working hard on adding more [...]

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Video Tuesday: Foo Fighters The Pretender

May 20th, 2008

This summer Harley-Davidson will be celebrating their 105th Anniversary with a large event taking place in Milwaukee from August 28-31st. The big finish to the celebration is the weekend-long concerts that are happening on the 29th and 30th with a multi-generational, eclectic mix of talent including the likes of: Foghat, ZZ Top, Dr. John, Black [...]

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On the road again

May 19th, 2008
Gloucester Fisherman statue

We finally got a NICE weekend here in New England for a change (it’s been raining for about the past EIGHT!). Despite the best efforts of the meteorologists to tell me that it was going to rain they were thankfully proven wrong. It was nice to spend some good, quality time with my metal-baby, giving [...]

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Video Tuesday: chopper drawing

May 13th, 2008

This drawing was done by Norweigan artist, Eivind Josefsen. His website hosts many of his pencil drawings, videos and if you think you have the chops to become an artist, there are also some tips & tutorials. This video was done in February 2008 and took 15 hours to complete. But you get to watch [...]

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My top ten Rippin-Kitten posts

May 9th, 2008

As I sit here and procrastinate in doing my actual work, I decided since I just celebrated my one-year blogoversary I thought it would be cool to look back on the past year and highlight ten of my favorite posts. 10. If she can do it, I can do it This was one of the [...]

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Video Tuesday: oh the horror, brother!

May 6th, 2008

I’ve been a casual “wrestling entertainment” watcher since I was a kid back in the 80′s. Hulk Hogan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Macho Man Randy Savage and Andre the Giant were some of my favorites back then. I had a resurgence of interest earlier in this decade which eventually died out when Steve Austin and The [...]

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