blade or die

As a kid, growing up in a shithole nothing of a town—voted as the No. 3 and No. 4 area in America to raise a kid—I wanted nothing more than to set the world ablaze. And I did. Trust me, the statute of limitations has expired  so I can admit it in public. I wanted […]

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Oh, the excitement of pain, fire, brimstone, and judgment is coming. I’m just a bundle of tingle right now. In case you haven’t heard, some of those who stare at the sky and hear a voice coming back say judgment is upon us. That day happens to be May, 21, 2011. These same people are […]

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Hey! Did you guys hear about the fixie event that went down on Saturday here in lovely San Francisco? No? Well it was on Rollernews, so that means it was obviously the biggest fucking deal ever. Anyway, Arlo Eisenberg took the opportunity to showcase his art on the ramps. And another old-school rollerblader, Azikiwee Anderson […]

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If there’s one limited resource we all have, it’s time. We can always grow more trees and shit like that, but we can never get our time back. Never. I don’t give a shit if you have a Delorian with a Mr. Fusion on the back. That shit won’t work. You’re not getting any younger […]

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Ah, yes, this funny thing called life. It’s amazing, isn’t it? Think of all what we have. Really, just stop for a minute. Last week, I wrote about that crazy little thing called love. It was fun to write because I didn’t waste any unnecessary time thinking about bad things, except for, you know, war, […]

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If you’re reading this, you’re human. Congratulations on that. Think of every animal that is jealous of you. Sure, it’d be super bad ass to be a bear or an eagle, or something, but every slug, pigeon, rat, and low-level organism would rather be human. Sure, being human has some drawbacks. There’s war… There’s genocide… […]

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Y eah, I know I’ve been gone for a while more often than not. I’d like to say my time has been well spent, but for those of you looking for your weekly batch of nonsensical babble that is this column, you don’t want to hear about it. Basically, I’ve been thinking. I know it’s […]

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Well, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Now that the BCSD hangover and detox phase is finally over, it’s time to get back to business. And by business, I mean drooling nonsensical bullshit… The Island Country Skating has always been kind of a big deal in Asia. They view it a bit differently than in […]

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They say the greatest journeys start with a single step. But little do many of them know that the first steps are normally under drug-i or alcohol-induced circumstances followed by these fateful words: “Hey, watch this!” We have created a culture around that. That’s the basic elements of what we do—we alter our perceptions and […]

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If you’re like me and live in an area where a rain of week causes widespread depression and illness—which is immediately cured with a week of sunshine and 50-degree weather—then a four-day venture back to the Midwest better be for something spectacular. And I’m not talking about the Testicle Festival spectacular. I’m talking about Bitter […]

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