www.fivegoodminutes.com

http://www.inorintheway.com/

Logan and Noah Miller’s interview with Mark

Matthew Biberman: Father and Son motorcycle

Motorcyclists have been waiting for over thirty-five years for a classic bike book like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. That wait is now over. In BIG SID’S VINCATI, readers get a mix of motorcycle lore, step-by-step construction and a heartwarming account of a father and son reconstructing their relationship, one motorcycle part at a time. When Matthew’s father suffered a near-fatal heart attack, Matthew impulsively promised his father that together they would build a Vincati—the grand-daddy of all motorcycles, half Vincent and half Ducati. If anyone could build a Vincati, Matthew knew his father, “Big Sid”, could do it. He was a legend among bikers. McQueen, Leno, anybody really serious about bikes had sought out Big Sid.

Jay Leno praises the book, saying: “If you believe it is possible to fall in love with a motorcycle, you will love this book. It’s a guy’s romance novel with mystery, adventure, and real passion.” Legendary musician Mark Knopfler, the former Dire Straits frontman, calls the book “an open handed classic . . . with a heart as big as a Vincent V-twin motor.”

www.bigsid.com

Derek R. Randel: stopping school violence and recent suicides

www.stoppingschoolviolence.com

There once was a talk-host named Maxon,
Who listened and talked and he waxed-on.
‘Til his listeners could tell,
That he really was swell.
And that, of the facts, he could grasp on.

Here is a limerick by Gary R. Lundquist for our Political friends:

We vote in smart people, you see.
Then we send them by planes to DC.
Where They’re met by big money,
Handshakes and smiles sunny.
No more will there voting be free.

And finally, here are a few more politically-motivated limericks that we’ve found:

When George Bush gave his yearly address
There were things we hoped he’d confess
Like illegal wiretapping
And maybe he was napping
While the gulf region was under distress

There was once a firm called Halliburton
Their stock price, it was a-hurtin’
But with the war in Iraq
They’re now in the black
You might say their success was certain

As Exxon-Mobil posted a record earning
Most Americans had just started learning
They’re getting screwed at the pump
And prices will jump
Whenever Big Oil has the yearning

Bootstrap business survival guide – hour 2

Homeland Security Memo and Derek Randel on Stopping School violence – hour 2