I'm guessing that a lot of you saw last week the story of Ben Carpenter from Michigan getting taken for a ride by a semi. Judging from all the e-mails I received, for some reason people found this funny. Anyway if you haven't heard the story I highly recommend reading it. It involved a man who was crossing a stoplight in a wheelchair and a semi didn't see him, and ended up pushing him for around 4 miles. Miraculously the kid (Ben Carpenter) didn't have a scratch on him. Read about it here. By the way I think I had that same shirt as a kid.

The summer seems to be progressing quite nicely here, I've got a bit of an outdoor area set up now with a new grill and patio set. I'm actually sitting back there right now enjoying a wonderful evening, next to my ilegal outdoor fire. Its hard to believe its almost July already, and my first big vacation of the year (if you call going to your parents house a big vacation). I am going out to California in August to see my friend Meghan for a real "vacation" though.

I got to see my ol' alma matter Cedarville participate in the Formula SAE competion up here in Detroit about a month ago. Its always neat to see them participate in these competitions and it always gives me a bit of a sense of pride to see them compete with the big boys. Granted I have never seen them beat the big boys but its still neat none the less. For my senior design project we designed the suspension for this vehicle and it is now in its third iteration.

Memorial day weekend was a blast. As is our tradition a huge group of college friends got together in Canton, OH. We had I believe around 12 people staying at my friends Jenn and Nelsons, which they were great in hosting us. We had two children for the first time as part of the festivities which made the experience all the more special. If anyone is interested I'm planning on having a get together the weekend of August 18th for the one and only Woodward Dream Cruise, which happens to be only a block and a half from my house now.

Took the first motorcycle trip of the year this weekend, nothing too serious, only about 250 miles out and about Michigan. We (Kyle and I) happended to stumble across a Civil War reenactment just outside of Brooklyn. These people are hardcore. Everybody was camping in authentic clothes, and all their supplies and tents were also authentic. We didn't actually get to see any battles or anything but it was still quite the experience. We also had one of those, hey lets check that out, moments. On the map in nice red letters there is supposed to be a Michigan Space Center, outside of Jackson. Well we travel propably 20 miles out of our way, stop and ask for directions and find one of the biggest dissapointments ever. The place was never much of anything, but to top it off it had closed three years earlier and was still labeled on my brand new map. The picture is all that was left of their displays, and it turns out that the center has been moved to Kalamazoo.

Also had a chance to check out the Detroit Festival of the Arts today. I always love this festival because its just not an art fair, but a celebration of the arts and always brings out some strange things. We even saw a showing of the oldest surviving animated film, "The Adventures of Pince Achmed", which was created in 1926. Some highlights:

These guys were all on stilts doing some dramatic theater. Kids were absolutely freaked out by them.

Nothing like taking someones hair and using it as your canvas.

This group was rather interesting, they called their routine physical music.