The Life of Louie Baur

K1 Speed Indoor Go Kart Racing in Torrance, California

Posted by louiebaur on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

I decided to check out the K1 SpeedĀ  Indoor Go Kart Racing in Torrance, California yesterday and brought the wife down to check it out with me. The Torrance track is the newest track built by K1 Speed and has a concrete surface rather than a asphalt surface.

The concrete racing surface offers slightly less [...]

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Louie Baur Out and About on Easter Sunday

Posted by louiebaur on Monday, April 13th, 2009

We started off at our normal spot on 120th and Crenshaw in Inglewood. Got a little bit of a late start today but after an hour or so we were on our way. We cruised down to the Alano Club in Torrance and got some free food, did a few burnouts in their parking lot [...]

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Class Is Cancelled

Posted by louiebaur on Friday, April 10th, 2009

This one was called class is cancelled and here are some of the funnier comments I found.
1]sweet jesus, I wish that would happen in my lecture hall right now
2]Actually, it appears as though it has been ancelled.
3]Time to get some speakers, a few beers, and blast “School’s Out”

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Archive for February, 2009

Videodrome Pwntopath By NComment

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Videodrome Pwntopath By NComment. For disturbed ‘pwnting’ video sharing site denizens who derive a little too much pleasure from clips of human misery, disasters, war porn, etc.

The 4 Stages Of A Man’s Life

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The 4 Stages Of A Man’s Life Posted On Digg. Here are some of the comments in response to this image.
1] Unfortunately for me, Stage 2 is the same as Stage 3; probably because of this I doubt I’ll reach Stage 4
2] There’s a few steps missing in there. I’ve kind of moved past the [...]

The Battle at the Berrics - Pj Ladd and Eric Koston

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

The Battle at the Berrics continues and this game of SKATE was between Pj Ladd and Eric Koston. Steve Berra was the Ref on this one and it was a tight contest but in the end PJ Ladd ending up advancing to the next round.

They Sure Showed That Obama

Monday, February 16th, 2009

This post was on the frontpage of digg and did quite well. The image is by Barry Blitt - NY Times. And here come the best comments that I could pick out.
1] Another beautifully written and insightful piece by my other favorite columnist (Paul Krugman being the other). Take this, Republicans:
FTA: “This G.O.P., a largely [...]

Is The ‘Tonight Show’ Audience Really Ready For Conan?

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

“With his hilarious skits (take that, Letterman) and savvy repartee (eat his dust, Leno) … Conan O’Brien has turned his once-languishing late-night lair into a Gen X goldmine,” began a not-impartial 1998 cover story.
We also know because there were a thousand other stories (we probably wrote one of them) that told us he was hot. [...]