I don't know if this is really awesome, but it's really funny. It's mocking a classic Star Wars scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A0rwG39Jzk

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Mathias, you must see this YouTube clip (if you haven't seen it before). Ball State University airs a nightly news show for its campus, which includes a sports segment. In this clip the regular sports guy is gone, so this poor fella takes his place for the night. Hilarity ensues. Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick and others went on to mock this kid on SportsCenter for the next year, basically, by using his "catch phrase." Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W45DRy7M1no

I gotta say, too, that one of my favorite sites these days is www.pandora.com. It’s an internet radio site where you can chose one or several songs or musicians that you enjoy, and Pandora will select like-sounding groups or songs to play on your station. It’ll even tell you why those songs are playing. You can set up a bunch of different stations. The station I’m listing to right now, based on The Rocket Summer, features songs with "electric rock instrumentation, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation, major key tonality and acoustic rhythm guitars."

The Rocket Summer sounds like a band (because it says "The" in front of the name), but it is actually just one guy who sings and plays a lot of instruments. I like the music quite a bit. It’s not really emo or anything, but he screams sometimes and he sings a lot of melodic stuff. I'd actually be very surprised if you did know who it was. Here’s the web site: http://www.therocketsummer.com. You can listen to some of the songs here: http://www.purevolume.com/therocketsummer.

I got a 115!
This is my decade, apparently.

Ok, I was surfing around a Snowmobile forums that I like to visit...since there is no SNOW to go out and play on. I came across this video of a downhill skier that you have to see to believe. May be the coolest thing I have ever seen.

He has the camera mounted to his helnet....at least I hope he has a helmet on.

http://www.glumbert.com/media/skiglide

I don't know...have never tried it. I would have to say if I was going to try it I may consider a little more snow and a few less rocks.

I love www.thesmokinggun.com, too. If you're ever curious about court or celebrity news, this is a good place to get news of the weird.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

I saw this site posted on another blog a few days ago, and it’s great: http://www.archive.org/index.php. You can watch streaming videos and download movies that are in the public domain – including some great older movies.

All you have to do is search for a classic movie title (usually up through the early sixties) and just watch what they have. There’s some great classics by Alfred Hitchcock and the like, and some awful movies like “Santa Clause Conquers the Martians.” It’s a fun mix.

If you are a football fan and into some quick stats, this is a great site. You can type in any player's name and get career and season stats, plus info on teams year-to-year records.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/