THAT GIRL

There was a nice treat waiting in the CKC inbox the other day. The lovely and extraordinarily talented Esthero stumbled upon the Crane Kick Chronicles and was kind enough to share some rather flattering words (she said we were fantastic). She also gave us a heads up on a sweet ass space suit craner from her video for the song That Girl - check out the 2:45 mark to see her in action.

Now, if you don't know who Esthero is, you need to step your game up. Here are a few quick bullet points to help you get with the times:

• She is Canadian
• She has red hair
• She is your favorite singer's favorite singer
• If you play her song Superheroes when you have a date over, you will get some booty
• She sang on a Black Eyed Peas track and was def better than Fergie
• She does crane kicks

No need to really keep going, is there? Exactly. She rules.

OATMEAL!

Matthew Inman is kind of a genius. Among other things, he runs the show over at The Oatmeal. If you haven't visited that website yet, do yourself a favor and go check it out. It's awesome.

I sent Matthew a message on Twitter asking him to draw a crane kick for me to post on Crane Kick Chronicles. Matthew did me one better and sent over a panel from an unreleased comic in his book. After taking a look at said crane kick above, I bought his book. It's only ten dollars. Take a day off from Starbucks, go right here and pick that thing up. And if you want, take a picture of yourself crane kicking it and it will get posted.

CKC would like to thank Matthew for our first comic craner with an induction into the Hall of Cranes. If Seattle wasn't so far, we'd high five you. Then crane kick the Space Needle.

JAMAICRANE

It's a pretty site, isn't it? All those different shades of blue with a smattering of green and crane kick by a bikini-clad sweetie smack dab in the middle. Those Corona commercials can go to hell. This is what vacation is all about.

That lady in the pool must have gotten a little too red from the Lambsbread, because there's no way she'd purposely turn her back on a vision like this. Pass the Dutchie, ma'am, there's a craner on the horizon.

PANTS ON THE GROUND

Lookin' like a fool witcha hat turned back and your pants on the ground. Definitely NOT lookin' like a fool witcha left leg up and a hand full of belts and your pants pulled up.

We salute you, General Larry Platt.

CRANEKICK FOR JESUS

Three generations of crane kickers are reppin' this christmas day cranesanity. Shortly after this loony bin finished their 1st annual snowball fight in honor of the birth of Jesus, they posed for the paparazzi. Too bad their canine buddy didn't post up in time to make the pic. No doubt all his canine friends are bustin' his chops for missing this primo shot. Incidentally, the house in the background belongs to Philadelphia Phillie Greg Dobbs who shares a birfday with one of CKC's founding fathers.

ASK ME ABOUT MY WEINER

Spike's Junkyard Hot Dogs is a New England staple that claims to have the "World's Best Hot Dog, Maybe Better!"

Now, I don't know how you can have something that's better than the best, but what I do know is that this franchise located in Boston can lay claim to being the first hot dog establishment in the nation to get craned. And on a chessboard floor, no less.

Thanks for the submittal from Beantown...and great placement of the fountain soda. We love fountain soda. Especially mixing them together. Me personally, I like to go with a 75% Cherry Coke, 20% Mountain Dew, 5% Barq's blend. A soda meritage, if you will.

SANTACON

Some CKC fans hit up Santacon in New York City not too long ago, and among all the crane kicks they sent in...and there were a lot of them (thanks homies)...this one was the creme de la creme. Just something about the mash-up of Halloween and Christmas makes this craner stand out. To be honest, I wish I saw more Santa Claus/Michael Myers hybrids, and not just around the holidays. I wanna see this dude at the supermarket on a Tuesday.

Thanks again crew, keep spreading the good word.