Crash Archives

I updated the Crash statistics chart and archives file today for the first time in over a year.  Links that are no longer valid have been removed along with some uninspiring articles.

Best of 2018

Following are the 10 best films I saw in 2018.  They are not necessarily films released in 2018, but I saw them in 2018.

The Shape of Water
Radium Girls  (at Heartland Film Festival)
I, Tonya
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Wind River
Changeling
The Reader
Inglourious Basterds
Waffle Street
The Hateful Eight


Following are the best books I read in 2018 and the only ones I would recommend:

The Eighty Dollar Champion by Elizabeth Letts
The Secret Rescue by Cate Lineberry
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Plus one from 2017 since I didn't do a list last year:

The Girls of Atomic City by Denise Kiernan

Red Bull Air Races

I went to practice and qualifying day for the Red Bull Air Races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.  It was awesome!

Here are links to videos:

https://youtu.be/8vKEIHtcqqc

https://youtu.be/bdLFraPaUAk

All seats were general admission on Saturday so it was easy to move around for different views. 

Horse Pulls

I had never been to a horse pull so decided to go check it out this year at the Indiana State Fair.  It was quite interesting.  Here is a short video:

https://youtu.be/xZ34xxxp2PA

Movie Picks

Here are the Top 10 movies I have watched in the past 90 days or so:

Casablanca
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Trumbo
Roman Holiday
The Martian
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flight
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Apartment

All are worthy of your time in my opinion, however, satisfaction is not guaranteed.

Extreme Pogo

I saw the Xpogo stunt team perform at the Indiana State Fair yesterday.  They do some really amazing stunts on pogo sticks that have a lot more bounce than the one I had in grade school.  I posted a video on Youtube.

For more information on the sport, visit their website:  xpogo.com

Transition Complete

My old site is no longer active and I'm done with yahoo web hosting.