October 2008

Am I Now, Or Have I Ever Been?

I've never been exactly sure if I can be considered "sane", in the psychological sense.

Can any of us actually be sure?

I can think of four guys (and a girl) who have no qualms about acting out the things that would classify you and I as "crazy". And what's more, they get paid for it.

Of course, I'm referring to Messrs. Hyneman, Savage, Bellaci, Imahara, and Mlle. Byron - better known as The Mythbusters.

Today was a marathon of episodes of the Discovery Channel series, including building a house in order to see if a malfunctioning hot water heater would destroy the house in failure… dragged one of their team behind a galloping horse to see if the denim jeans would reach ignition temperature… or sit one of their own in a tub of hot water in new unshrunken jeans to see if deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or compartment syndrome would occur from the shrinkage of the denim.

And then, there was the painting a seventeen-foot replica of the Hindenburg in thermite, diffusing hydrogen gas inside it, and then lighting it off, to see what would happen.

How did they think of this, and why didn't I think of it first?

Too bad, isn't it?

Cheers!

Al B.

Quicker (and dirtier)

It's an interesting thing when those whom you see on the Web actually contact you in person.

I have a YouTube page - not as active as I'd like it to be, but one does what one has the time and resources to do. I just got a subscription and friend request from the people behind Take Zer0 (www.takezer0.com ), whose podcasts and film reviews I've been watching for a while now.

Quite a thing.

Cheers!

Al B.