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Should Boob Beard?

So… The Boob grew a hot and sexy beard while we were away in the States, which he then cruelly stole away from us with a few swipes of a razor. His reasoning for this was some crap about it being uncomfortable or some shit, which of course is a small price to pay for looking hotter than a mince pie fresh from the microwave on boxing day. Now he doesn’t seem to believe me that the hotness is worth the discomfort so he needs your help. That’s right folks, you can play a part in shaping the Boob, for behold; I have prepared a simple online petition for you to express your opinion on this burning issue (of course with it being a petition and not a vote you can only record a pro-beard comment, but hey ho, that’s the right choice anyway). So for the love of Boob and all that is holy, SIGN THE PETITION (please).

Flippers @ Home


So, Hallybones got an invite to the Playstation Home Beta and we didn’t. He sent us a video of him enjoying his empty Home Apartment. It was late, we were tired and very jet lagged (we’re back in the UK now), so I built a quick Snorri Cam out of a boom mike pole, a big hook I found in the garden and some wire, and attached my mobile phone to it. We then made this film to send him of us enjoying our Home. I know, like I say, we were tired.

and… relax

boob and a cuppa

We’ve made it to Los Angeles! Here’s Boob relaxing with a decent cuppa rosie in our frightfully swanky hotel in Santa Monica (ok it’s a glass, out hotel didn’t supply us with any mugs, and we had to buy a kettle in an outlet mall). The plan was to get here and relax for a week before we fly home. Of course relaxing is something we don’t do very well. So far we’ve managed to cram in a whirl wind visit to Universal Studios, and a marathon 16 hours adventure around Disney Land. I love Disney Land, where else can you see a mouse spray 12 feet of fire from each hand, then take down a 60 foot dragon with all the fire and the burninating? Tomorrow we hit 6 Flags. There’s a good chance it will kill us, but that’s all part of the game.

Playtime

After driving through 17 states, and interviewing 15 people, it was time to let off some steam. And how better to do that than spend a few nights in Las Vegas and firing off 5 different types of machine gun? We also saw a comedy pet show featuring a dog that sits on a 10 foot high platform being balanced on a man’s head while catching balls being thrown to him from the man… it went on from there, it was of course a mind expanding experience.

Salvation!

Salvation Mountain

Meet Leonard Knight. He’s the proud creator of Salvation Mountain; just outside Niland, California. A hard man to tie down as he lives in the foothills of his hand made mountain with no phone. Leonard was no-where to be seen when we arrived in the 116 degrees heat, so we poked around for a bit taking several hundred photos and tons of b-roll footage. Just as we were about to head back into Niland to find the guy, a car covered in paint and putty pulled up. Out leapt a very excited and joyous 87 year old Leonard. We spoke with him for some time about his faith and how he built his 50 foot high message from god. A truly inspiring man, and a pleasure to meet him. We picked up a few buckets of paint and putty for him em route in Yuma, which he seemed to love.

The Thing?

Yesterday we witnessed ‘The Thing?’ just ouside of Pheonix, we can’t tell you exactly what it is, because that would make it a something rather than a thing. We met up with a guy called Jerry Bone who runs the place wearing a white cowboy hat (which is rock solid and apparently how “decent sixty dollar” hats are supposed to be, unlike my $2.99 floppy straw version I got from a gas station) and loves to entertain people with all the curiosities and mysteries that lay behnd the ominous door in the back of the gift shop. Jerry took us on a tour past giant dead spiders, old tractors, Hitler’s car, model Indians and then finally to the chest that contains the final resting place of… dun dun DUN… The Thing? (the question mark is very important).

The Metal Corral

Today was just supposed to be a driving day, getting a few hundred miles from Utah down to Arizona, but as we pulled off the freeway just outside Phoenix we spotted a fenced off piece of scrub land full of metal animal sculptures. So we went to check it out. In the middle of all these horses, elephants, giraffes, knights and monkeys playing in iron beds was a old trailer from which emerged Arturo Castellanos Velázquez, the artist responsible for the animals. It turns out he makes all sorts of customised wrought iron stuff, from doors to staircases (and giant cowboys riding bucking broncos). He didn’t speak English but we still managed to have a kind of chat. We had a quick look around and then escaped the 110 degree heat back into the van.

Hole N” The Rock

Hole N\

Yes, it is very odd grammar that tittle, but that’s what the place is called. Here’s Eric. A dutch fella that settled in the USA when he was 8 years old. He now owns The Hole N” The Rock in Moab, Utah. The Hole is actually an entire 14 room house that Albert and Gladys Christensen blasted and dug out of a huge rock back in the 50s. Complete with a fireplace, deep fat fryer (essential) and very alarming looking taxidermy horses. Eric now runs the place with his wife and son. A really nice funny chap. At the end of the interviewed he asked us “have you ever seen a 1000 bowling balls?”. He showed us his cache of balls, and told us of his idea to sculpt them into a giant cactus. Should certainly compliment his amazing collection of sculptures and old neon signs.

Day Off

Everything is going to plan, so we had a day off (which was also part of the plan). After leaving Jerry at the Wonder Tower we headed west, past Denver and through the Rockies to a place called Glenwood Springs. It’s just next door to Aspen so it’s all jolly nice. We went up to an amusement park which had a pretty sweet bobsleigh ride down the side of the mountain and spent the afternoon white water rafting. There wasn’t much white water, but it was all jolly nice (like the rest of this place), and our guide, Bobbie, happened to have some beer with her and took us to a hot spring pool on the banks of the river for a dip. All nice and relaxing, just what we needed. Now we’re off to eat, the road beacons in the morning.