My name is Sam. Myself, along with a quarter million others, live 150 miles or so northeast of the geographic center of the U.S. I’m talking about a little capital city named Lincoln. Life is pretty good here. I’ve got a lady, a home, one hell of a coin collection and a longing to rock. Want to get ahold of me? That’s easy… larson.sam [at] gmail. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-9351878-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @olbigbear)http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/<p>On my way in to work this morning I witnessed a scene from a movie play out in my rearview mirror. As I was driving over the O street bridge into downtown I noticed what some may call “an unseasonal motor vehicle” tailing my prestine 98 Grand Prix. “What the hell is a rear wheel drive, early 2000s model Camaro doing out in the icy aftermath of the year’s biggest snow storm?!” And it was at that exact moment I would receive my answer. The driver’s foot had turned to lead, slamming on the accelerator, deathspinning out of control and crashing into the concrete wall just feet behind me.</p> <p>In short, I fear that through powers of my mind I may have determined that Camaro’s fate this morning.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/279006713http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/279006713Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:04:05 -0600<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuayjleX6W1qzonjko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here are some pics of the baby at 12 weeks. Life is amazing.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/273651640http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/273651640Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:02:08 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZeciX-3wfs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1ZeciX-3wfs&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Rammstein VS Cookie Monster</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/269262489http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/269262489Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:15:47 -0600http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/263660214http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/263660214Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:21:20 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZ5DfWN3fWU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qZ5DfWN3fWU&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>On the verge of being a father, these are the things I look forward to.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/263561166http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/263561166Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:24:41 -0600<img src="http://17.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktkpkhY6bH1qz80pso1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://naturalelement.tumblr.com/post/254590391">naturalelement</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://newsweek.tumblr.com/post/254578610/brooklynmutt-animated-map-of-us-unemployment">newsweek</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.brooklynmutt.com/post/254531946/animated-map-of-us-unemployment-stats-since-2007">brooklynmutt</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Animated map of US unemployment stats since 2007</p> <p><a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/23/animated-map-of-us-u.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Google+Reader">Boing Boing</a></p> <p><i>click thru on pic</i></p> </blockquote> <p>This is nicely done, and a reminder that Web graphics don’t have to be complicated to be great.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Unemployment is slowly creeping it’s way into the Midwest. Great infographic.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/255674481http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/255674481Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:34:42 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dczj-D9u5wI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dczj-D9u5wI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://alexbrooke35.tumblr.com/post/250335484/now-here-is-a-boy-with-manners">alexbrooke35</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Now here is a boy with manners.</p> </blockquote> <p>Girl can’t stop sneezing while her kid brother can’t stop the blessing.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/250862584http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/250862584Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:15:24 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDgs1iroYyY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oDgs1iroYyY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>This is an oldie but a goodie. Best Nickleback cover ever!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/246086380http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/246086380Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:33:55 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x-sjDm8-IuA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x-sjDm8-IuA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a>Stacking 117 objects on a Lego block, then knocking it over.</a></p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/246081703http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/246081703Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:28:01 -0600<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0rrlkfvu1qz77qao1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tylerriewer.tumblr.com/post/241922971/the-new-lincoln-cent-design-for-2010-i-dont-know">tylerriewer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The new Lincoln cent design for 2010! I don’t know how I feel about this yet, but the news is exciting!</p> </blockquote> <p>I am really going to miss the Lincoln Memorial. What does this shield have to do with Lincoln? Nothing! Lincoln never carried a shield. Come on!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/242587805http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/242587805Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:30:44 -0600<p><a href="http://menstrom.tumblr.com/post/240676475">menstrom</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://brainfever.tumblr.com/">brainfever</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>You are missed.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/241517674http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/241517674Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:47:50 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RulP4OXxFbM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RulP4OXxFbM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I’ve been unable to stop listening to Phoenix’s latest album <i>Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.</i> Check it out!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/240351675http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/240351675Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:28:08 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bH5gmbugmxM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bH5gmbugmxM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I do this at least once a day. Thank you Jim Gillette. Thank you!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239567955http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239567955Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:14:58 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6g8lFmsCXhg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6g8lFmsCXhg&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The Talking Heads used to kill it back in the day. Especially with Adrian Belew on guitar. GREAT!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239549321http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239549321Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:54:58 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BRcOY-PvOC8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BRcOY-PvOC8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I have loved chicken wings for a long time. I love them more because of this little technique.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239420554http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/239420554Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:24:43 -0600<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksp461t8C11qzonjko1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Wonderful alternative to brass knuckles.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/235061964http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/235061964Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:22:49 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ym0LaSAn5n8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ym0LaSAn5n8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Everything is Everything by Koki Tanaka (video art)</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/234317987http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/234317987Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:05:14 -0600<p>So who’s going to Los Lobos with me tonight? Come on! THE WOLVES!</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/227928230http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/227928230Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:48:47 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/v4IC7qaNr7I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/v4IC7qaNr7I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I miss the Omaha KXVO News team so so much.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/227266785http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/227266785Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:44:24 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8twCvJJtT0A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8twCvJJtT0A&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>There are so many things I wish I’d invented, for instance, the electric car, snowshoes, and these wearable hummingbird feeders.</p>http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/223815630http://olbigbear.tumblr.com/post/223815630Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:38:43 -0500