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Monday, July 25, 2005

Seven

Lance Armstrong - 7-time Winner of the Tour de France
...nuff said.

(photo: Graham Watson)

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Friday, July 15, 2005

Top Ten Coolest People I've Never Met

My boss and I were shootin’ the shit yesterday (this is common practice with my boss) and somehow we got on the topic of who he thought were the top ten coolest people ever. I started to think about my own list. A lot of the people who I think are cool are people I actually know and interact with...but if I published that list then people not on the list would inevitably be all pissy and what not. So I decided to create the list with a caveat - the people on the list are all people I've never met…and thus all have some degree of fame or celebrity. Not in any order...
  1. Chuck Yeager: if you envy fighter pilots or flyers in general, I shouldn’t have to explain this one to you.

  2. Lance Armstrong: comes back from the brink of death to CRUSH the record for most Tour de France’s won by a single person. That Tour de France is no easy race. Unbelievable...super-human.

  3. Henry Rollins: an original who never strays from his beliefs and is always on the move...always out there doing and experiencing and sharing with others...yet still manages to be an amazing curmudgeon...something I can relate to.

  4. Stevie Ray Vaughan: if you envy guitar players I shouldn’t have to explain this one to you. Never getting to see him live is one of my great regrets.

  5. Warren Zevon: another original who was an absolute master at his craft. Made music that was true to his vision and not to what the masses wanted to hear. His work is gold. I miss you Warren.

  6. Michael Schumacher: if you know anything about auto racing I shouldn’t have to explain this one to you.

  7. Chris Locke, Doc Searls & David Weinberger: ok, I know this is 3 people, but I think of them collectively and find them cool for writing a book called the Cluetrain Manifesto. If you like business and the internet, after reading this book you might think they are cool too.

  8. Jon Stewart: sure, he’s swings a bit too left for my taste sometimes, but what a master at blending humor and actual intelligent political thought. What a way to get a point across to the cynical viewer (like me).

  9. Rick Mears: the epitome of a classy sportsman and competitor, and one amazing race car driver to boot. I miss you on the track "Uncle" Rick.

  10. Dwight Eisenhower: master minding the total victory in Europe during WWII...yeah...no stress there. This guy was a military genius. War is hell, but when you get called out in the biggest conflict in human history, a guy like this better have your back. Thanks Ike.
Who's on your list?

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