Stephen Terrell - Ideas and Images: February 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Images from Indy Motorcycle Expo

My next bike? Maybe. Love the Victory Vision - the way it rides & way it looks. And this 2008 model has been pampered & is priced about $10K under a new one.

Some people hate the looks of what I call the retro-futuristic style of the Vision. But I think it looks great and rides even better

This is the bike my son Alex would like to have

Packer scooter

Custom casino bike

Thumper custom bike

Thumper - detail. Note the Thumper grenade launcher above the pipes

Stunning custom bike

Dark Knight custom bike - Joker side. Remarkable paint job.

Dark Knight - Joke detail


The Dark Knight - Two Face side. Great look at the impressive styling

Great custom bike. Note red snakeskin seat

Skeletons and Roses

Skeleton & Roses detail

The end. Literally. Custom Motorcycle Hearse - used throughout Midwest at about 60 funerals each year -- plus in parades, fairs and charity events.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Whitney Houston & American Soldiers - A Reflection

My daughter Emily proudly serves in the National Guard and is a nursing student at Ball State. Her reflections on the passing of Whitney Houston are worth passing along:

Hey, Whitney Houston died. . . . Age 48. . . . Sad day. But the big deal? So many young soldiers who've done so much have died in worse ways for others and no one ever even heard their names.

It's kinda annoying when people are so dramatic and sympathetic for deaths that were caused by that individuals own fault and others who deserve the attention dont receive any recognition

Monday, February 6, 2012

The Hoodie, OJ & Other Ramdom Thoughts While Watching the Super Bowl

A few random thoughts while watching the Super Bowl.

1.   This week is going to seem like one big morning after in Indianapolis

2.   Did Bill Belichick get some type of huge discount on gray hoodies? Does he really think it looks good on him?

3.   Wonder what O.J. Simpson was doing during the Super Bowl? Wonder if as he sits in the rec room with all the other orange suited prisoners, if he has any second thoughts about the course of his life.

4. How proud are Archie & Olivia Manning? Wonder if Eli will wear both of his rings to the next family gathering?

5. Why didn't NBC at least give a mention to the Indianapolis Children's Choir, which sang backup for Kelly Clarkson during the National Anthem. Would it have hurt to give those kids just a small mention?

6. Why did MIA give the bird to the camera? The NFL was just starting to recover from Janet Jackson & giving some current music a place in the halftime show (last year was Black Eyed Peas). But the NFL's efforts were again rewarded with a juvenile publicity stunt. Next year we may be watching Dolly Parton & The Monkees at halftime. "Take the Last Train to Clarksville."

Sunday, February 5, 2012

INDY SUPER BOWL ZIP LINE - THE RIDE OF A LIFE TIME

Rode the zip line at the Indy Super Bowl Fan Zone yesterday. Before I took the leap, I took a video of my daughter Emily (furthest from camera) and her friend Ashley. My son Alex & girlfriend Bree followed a view minutes later.

You get to the top of the tower, then go through the gate. Looking out over the city, and down at the thousands of people below, you have a nervous excitement. Then you step through the gate and the workers hook you up to the cable.

With a bit of hesitation, you step off the tower onto a metal grate step and look down. Everyone with our group shared the same experience:

"Wow (or a 4-letter substitute), that's a long way down."

The another thought: "Am I really going to be able to take that step off?"

But the guide has you sit down (see video), and when you do, you feel the tug & support of the cable, and those nerves disappear. Then you push off and you are the closest you will ever be to flying. You feel the wind, hear the zing of the cable, & see all the colors and commotion of the crowd below.

I would do it again in an instant.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Even Baltimore admits it: Indy is best Super Bowl site EVER

Even an Indy-hating Baltimore sports reporter admits it. Indianapolis is the BEST SUPER BOWL SITE EVER.

Nestor Aparicio readily admits he still holds a grudge from the Night of the Mayflowers more than 25 years ago. That was when the late Bob Irsay, under Maryland's thread of eminent domain, moved the beloved Baltimore Colts to Indy in the middle of the night.

He also admits feeling the sting of the Ravens last second lass to the Patriots when reliable kicker Billy Cundiff shanked a last second chip shot.

But even with all that, Aparicio states: "I’m here in the land of the Irsays reporting back to Baltimore that this might go down as the greatest Super Bowl site ever."

To check out his entire article, click HERE.