So my bud, known only by the moniker “Baltz”, sent me this photo and simply asked “Blog it yo!” Well my technologically awkward friend, your loss is my gain. Since I have no idea what this photo is – in any regard – I’ll just make it up.

I’m not sure how, but Baltz woke up in the Caribbean, because he sure as hell wasn’t at work last week. I think he had a vacation coming, but who knows. Anyhow, I heard from a police report that he stole this kid from a local swap meet and decided to go fishing. They apparently caught these fish, which was great because there was no way he would buy this kid any food. I heard from a friend that the look on this kid’s face was because about ten seconds before this photo was taken, the barracuda bit him pretty hard.

Baltz: “I already set the timer”

Kid: “but Mr., I’m bleeding”

Baltz: “… you had better not ruin my shot”

Kid: “Sorry Mr.”

I don’t know if it’s the helmets, the dirt on our faces, or the pile of bikes littered about as if we tossed them with so much reckless abandon—but this crew of Struckers (and our gracious Deer Valley hosts) looks like the roughest crew in town.

Truth told, we rarely strayed from the intermediate trails and the biggest challenge of the day was finishing off the ridiculously scrumptious desserts at the Royal Street Café (you’ve gotta try the Ice Cream Sandwich… you’ve just gotta). Anyway… massive thanks and much love to our comrades at DVR for hooking up the most radical morning of the summer.

If you’re curious how the Struckers are dealing with high gas prices—let’s just say the aisle space seems to get more and more cramped. Here’s a shot of just few of the rides that the Struckers pedal on into the studio on a regular basis.

And yes, we do have our share of fixies.

If you missed the original airing of the Discovery Channel’s new, critically-acclaimed series When We Left Earth, the first season in its entirety is now available for purchase on iTunes! If you also missed the killer banner campaign we crafted for the series’ launch, you can read about here. And definitely check out the sa-weet preview that started it all below.

So on Tuesdays Youtube has this little ditty known as “Trend Spotting Tuesdays”. Lo and behold, our little ditty for the Sean Kimmerling Testicular Cancer Foundation was the top feature. The video received over 600,000 hits in it’s first 24-hour period. Among other notables to be noted, it was the #1 Featured Video and the #1 Educational Video yesterday. Thanks Youtube and thanks SKTCF.

At least when my computer breaks, it breaks in style. (Last screen via Jed’s computer) How could you stay mad at error screens like this? Anyone else have accidental art?

So, this is a follow up to the previous post about the incredible mini-series currently running on the Discovery Channel that our interactive gurus helped promote with some fun banners. I just happened to be flipping through the channels the other night when something up in the top right corner catches my eye. It was a live digital countdown clock on the Discovery Channel. There was T-minus three minutes to go. Having had a sneak peek at some of the amazing NASA footage, I stayed tune. And I was glad I did. Suddenly I was 9 again, hoping to grow up to be one of these guys:

If you have a spare hour, or even if you don’t, I recommend you check out When We Left Earth.
It’s entertaining, and it’ll make you proud to be an American. At least until you hit your ‘previous channel’ button, and this comes on.

So Friday marked the end of Mustache May and in true Strucker style, full time Co-presidents and part time rock stars Jason Bangerter and Ryan Goodwin donned the ensembles you see below. Its level of creepiness was only outweighed by its hilarity. Well played my good men, well played.