Automobile master craftsman and artist, Boyd Coddington died yesterday. He was famous for his beautiful modifications and improvements on cars like the Cadillac and “little deuce coupes”.
Coddington, who started building cars when he was 13 and once operated a gas station in Utah, set a standard for his workmanship and creativity, with his popular “Cadzilla” creation considered a design masterpiece. The customized car based on a 1950s Cadillac was built for rocker Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top.
Boyd had gathered even more fame recently with his Discovery Channel TV show, “American Hot Rod”. That’s where I was first really introduced to him. I had already been fans of Jesse James from “Monster Garage” and Chip Foose from “Overhaulin’” but I didn’t realize that they were both students and apprentices of the master Coddington in his own garage.
Boyd’s creativity and vision will be missed directly from his leaving this earth, but I’m sure we will continue to see the nuances and influence of that vision for years to come from those who have worked for and been inspired by him.
Our sincere sympathies and condolences to the Coddington family during this time.
Visit Boyd’s website at BoydCoddington.com
I lucked out today and won a little drawing that b5media had for their bloggers. They were giving away a registration ticket for SXSW (South By Southwest) event that’s coming up in Austin and it starts next week.
There are three different focuses of the conference/festival
I had originally thought I’d go for the music portion because of my Christian Music Fan blog, but Christian music doesn’t have much of a presence or showing at this festival from what I could tell from their website.
So, it looks like I’ll be heading down for the Interactive Festival portion which fits more into my general niche of blogging and technology.
The challenge is getting my butt down to Austin next week as cheaply as possible. I’m not opposed to driving, but would rather not spend 14 hours one-way heading down there and back. Heading down there probably wouldn’t be bad, but I’m sure heading back after 5 days of non-stop activity would be a challenge for me.
If anyone would like to sponsor my transportation costs on this little trip, just send me an e-mail or leave a comment. I might even consider a tattoo or shameless plug on all future blogging posts for the right price.
By the way, the photo is of Darcie and Laura drawing my name out of our CEO’s motorcycle helmet!
- Whenever Jason Bean plays Chutes and Ladders, he treats the chutes as ladders, because he’s not some sissy who can’t climb up a plastic slide.
- Jason Bean died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can’t get up the courage to tell him.
- When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Jason Bean.
- Jason Bean’s calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd; no one fools Jason Bean.
- Jason Bean was originally cast as the main character in 24, but was replaced by the producers when he managed to kill every terrorist and save the day in 12 minutes and 37 seconds.
- World champion eater Takeru Kobayashi once ate 53.5 hot dogs in 12 minutes. Allotted the same time, Jason Bean ate Kobayashi.
- Jason Bean once stated that he “doesn’t wail on sissy boys.” This led to the pink polo shirts with popped collars craze. Little do those pitiful fools know that Jason Bean was just making it easier to find sissy boys to wail on.
- Jason Bean is the reason why Waldo is hiding.
- Jason Bean and Superman once fought each other on a bet. The loser had to start wearing their underwear on the outside of their pants.
- Weeping Willows are a result of Jason Bean yelling at trees for not being tough enough.
- If at first you don’t succeed, you must not be Jason Bean.
- A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Jason Bean and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
- Jason Bean doesn’t play “hide-and-seek.” He plays “hide-and-pray-I-don’t-find-you.”
- Crop circles are Jason Bean’s way of telling the world that sometimes corn needs to lie the hell down.
- Jason Bean is the only one who can “try this at home.”
- Jason Bean has beat the crap out of so many people over his brilliant life that most medical journals now classify him as a laxative.
- Superman owns a pair of Jason Bean pajamas.
- There is no theory of evolution, just a list of creatures Jason Bean allows to live.
Thanks to my friend Ben for sharing this as well.
For some fun of your own go visit 100factsabout.com
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