Okay, here you go: as promised, sculptor Jeff Brock’s “Bombshell Betty.” What we have here is a rolling work of art that also races the clock at Bonneville. What started out as a 1952 Buick Roadmaster is now a 165 mph speedster. A total race car. Bombshell Betty features a 1950 Buick 320 cubic inch [...]
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Here’s more evidence that we’ve skipped ahead to spring. As anyone who’s lived through a few years in el Norte knows, spring means howling wind and blowing dust! Tie the patio chairs down and hold on, that kind of thing. Somewhere in another life, spring meant tree frogs, blooming redbuds, and soft, perfumed air. Or [...]
There’s a vehicle in this photo if you can spot it
Presented for your edification and amusement, at least a portion of New Mexico State Road 567 climbing the wall of the Rio Grande Gorge after crossing at the Taos Junction Bridge on the way to Carson, shot from somewhere on the Rift Valley Trail at Taos Valley Overlook. Looks straight, doesn’t it? Hahaha. I used [...]
More fun with iMovie: give a man a Mac and a blustery Saturday afternoon and he makes a book trailer. [NOTE: v.3 above] As usual, the video is HD and there’s 1:53 of it. For best results, set your YouTube player to 720p. There’s a lunatic impersonating me from almost seven years ago. The soundtrack [...]
What we have here is a whole minute of herky-jerky handheld video from the cab of a woodcutter’s truck on its way across the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The 4wD Mazda was loaded to the gills with what my friend tells me is over 1,500 pounds of piñon. The video is HD, so [...]
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