November 30

Robert Craig Knievel, Jr.
1938-2007

A lot of folks have asked me over the last couple of years why I named this site after Evel Knievel. I don't have an especially good answer, except to say that the name made for a good pun. I never owned an Evel Knievel lunchbox, and I was always too much of a coward to try and emulate his various stunts on the crappy bike I rode as a kid.

Anyhow, this site's namesake passed away today, setting a dark cloud over Clay Aiken's 29th birthday while commemorating the release of a Michael Jackson album titled, appropriately enough, Thriller.

RIP