Apr
25
2007
On this date in 1970 at 12:25 AM I made my way from the warm darkness of my mother’s womb into the cold, harsh world. Hopefully it wil be at least 37 more years until I take the Great Dirt Nap. Toss back a beer or three for me, will ya’?
Apr
24
2007
Ok, so I was driving to Temple today to pick up my brother when I got behind this cowpoke in his 90,000-year old Chevy pickup. He’s only going 50 MPH in a 70 MPH speed zone. I happen upon this good ol’ boy in a section of the road that is full of hills and curves, and curves on hills for about 5 miles. This yahoo pulls over to the shoulder, without slowing down, mind you, and waves me to pass him. Just as we’re starting up a hill that I know has a curve on the backside and as a car is cresting the top. This moron is pelting my car with pebles and rocks all the while I’m trying to wave him back onto the road. I am not fucking stupid. You do not pass someone going up a hill, around a curve, and with oncoming traffic. That is, unless you have a DEATH WISH! Which I most certainly do not. (more…)
Apr
19
2007
Unfortunately, finances don’t always work out the way they should. I have been dumping a lot of money into my car the last few months. Gas going to damned near $3.00 a gallon is only the start. The car has been going through a lot of oil lately, about 2 quarts every 2 weeks. I had to get my transmission fixed because the front seal was, well, not sealed. It was leaking like a sieve…kind of like my Oil pan is now. I still need to get the air conditioner fixed — it’s got a leak somewhere near the evaporator which is in a big box on the firewall that also contains the blower motor and heater core and you have to disassemble the entire passenger side of the car to get to. I’m also helping a family member cover bills while she’s down on her luck, Needless to say, the ol’ paycheck is getting stretched a bit thin lately. On the bright side, with the NVidia 8800 GS 320MB cards at around $300 and Intel dropping prices this coming week I may still be able to get the new system finished by June.
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