The Life And Times Of Guy Long $£€¥

Typesetting

I was talking to my dad about printing and typesetting not too long ago. He was telling me how they use to do typesetting back in the day. I think this is an art form many people take for granted. I did some research and found out some cool info and some rad old timey photos.

You Said It, Man

What’s this day of rest shit? What’s this bullshit? I don’t fuckin’ care! It don’t matter to Jesus. But you’re not foolin’ me, man. You might fool the fucks in the league office, but you don’t fool Jesus. This bush league psyche-out stuff. Laughable, man.

Yeah exactly. 8 Bit Lebowski.

What, For Real!?

Last week I submitted a photo to National Geographic’s Your Shot contest. I didn’t really think I would make the cut but thought what the hell all they can do is not choose it.

I went to the site tonight to check out the weekly pics for last week and it turns out I did make it! I got chosen as one of the Daily Dozen shots last week. Head over to the National Geographic Your Shot Voting Machine to boost my ratings. As you can see I haven’t even cracked the 5 out of 10 marker, I guess it can only go up from here. Voting goes through the end of the month but the winner has a chance to be published in the magazine, which as a subscriber since the early teens would be a dream come true.

This is just a screen shot from my voting experience. Please head to the National Geographic Your Shot Voting Machine to vote. There’s no direct link to vote you have to go through a bunch before you can mark another 10 down for me.

It's like Seeing A Bald Eagle In The Wild

A special correspondent gave me this pic that he snapped while getting some gas in beautiful hollywood. It’s quite the urban safari finding mopeds on the loose.

This Had To Have Cost More New In 1984

So my room mate came up on one of those once in a decade situations today. He went to some liquor store in the seedy dark heart of the valley and spotted this pristine 1984 Los Angeles Olympics velcro wallet on his way out. He asked the clerk how much? Much to his amusement she couldn’t believe he was interested.

I would expect to see this at any store or on ebay for anywhere between $10 and $20 for sure. But in her surprising response she asked for $1. After purchasing a some candy and a soda one minute prior with his remaining $5 he was left in quite the predicament. So he asked the clerk to please hold the wallet and he would be right back.

After one quick trip around the block he was back with the best dollar that he’ll spend this year.

Brush Up On Your DC Universe

DC Comics will be turning 75 this year. Bet ya didn’t think Batman was that old.

Check out this list of the top 75 books you should be knowing about if you don’t already.

Loneliest Feeling Ever

I was headed to Burbank for lunch on Sunday and my Tomos broke down on Cahuenga. A large ping sound followed by whirring, that’s normal right? I had to pedal home, good times. Lucky for me it was all downhill so I was able to coast 80% of the way. Looks like I’ll be headed to Choke soon.