Perhaps I bragged on my dealership too much. Perhaps I smiled a bit too much at the autocross when I told them, “The dealer is going to replace my clutch for free!” But, they’re not. Did some reasearch; apparently both clutches in the MC + MCS are total crap, and have been expiring at an alarming rate as the fleet of ‘02 and ‘03 coopers approaches 50k-75k miles. Found a clutch, pressure plate, and throwout bearing that look nice and sturdy at MiniMania.com ...
Taking a walk along the sprawling, strangely busy throughway beside my apartment, I found myself eaten by bugs, and eaten with thoughts, as though my mind found peace enough to speak to me once again. It’s been a long while, but my brain seems there for the first time in a long while. I’m strangely proud of myself that I was able to convert 40 degrees Celsius to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, applying a touch of 5-th grade arithmetic. In other news, it’s 104 DEGREES IN INDIA. Granted, the 91 here isn’t so temperate. ...
1. Red Sox Win World Series 2. Woodward & Berstein give-up who Deep Throat is 3. Apple switches to an Intel chip REPENT!!!
Muhahahaha: link (WARNING: 15 MB download)
Okay, taking my cue from Natalie Portman, I decided to buzz my head on Saturday: Reaction so far: India: “Perhaps, since it is 40 degrees Centigrade, we can all get haircuts similar to yours.” Padma: “Oh….haircut?” Patrick: (upset) “so, is B.H. your hero or something.?.?!” (B. got his head shaved for the Star Wars premiere.) Serge (Ukranian Accent): “Oh…cool! I like it. I get my head same way” Carl: ..stunned silence…“That is NOT YOU!! I hate clowns, but this ranks right up there..it’s freaking me out” ...
Check out the F-Stock results here Thor crushes the nearest competitor by 2+ seconds on ALL SEASON STREET TIRES :-) Dang, it was fun.
I just paid my last rent check. In 4 weeks, I’m in my house :-D
Technical people respond to questions in three ways: It is technically impossible (meaning: I don’t feel like doing it); It depends (meaning: abandon all hope of a useful answer); The data bits are flexed through a collectimizer which strips the flow-gate arrays into virtual message elements (meaning: I don’t know).
No control, all the responsibility. Everyone complains to you, and you control absolutely nothing. You can’t hire anybody to help out your situation, you can’t fire poor performing team members, and you can’t make a decision that your manager can’t override. And yet, all the downside is yours, because managers make sure to CYA on everything. All the responsibility, no extra pay. I get paid an obscene amount of money for my age, education level, and experience. But when I got this loser position of team lead, did I get any extra scratch for my trouble? Nope. However, unlike my days as a grunt, I can’t take off random days to achieve personal sanity. ...
w00t!! Got a call from my tenants today; Kami said they wanted to sell their stainless-steel fridge after all. hehe.
Pictures here
I’m sitting here tonight, realizing that the first part of my life is over and the second part is beginning. The first part was learning, the second part will be doing. (I’m hoping I get a third part, sitting-on-the-porch-and-watching) Anyway, so I’m working on my mission statement. If this is to be the “doing” portion, I should know what I want to do. GAAAAAAAA…. I’m definitely big on learning, I’m dilligent, and I want to help others. Not big on stuff, really.
The Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy sounds alot like me after going through high school with a certain gal w/initials J.M.–he finds women annoying temptresses whose sensual nature will destroy his church, so he tells them to STFU. woman should learn in quietness and full submission. 12I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent. 13For Adam was formed first, then Eve. 14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner. 15But women[a] will be saved[b] through childbearing—if they continue in faith, love and holiness with propriety. ...
People from Eastern Kentucky pronounce “our” as “air”. Total givaway for someone from East KY.
Lost tonight was an immense waste of time…we learned nothing about what’s really going on, and I’m really ceasing to care about most of these characters.
Why I love my GTO
Nausicaa is one of Miyazaki’s best animes, and it was my pleasure to watch the re-released US version yesterday. The film combines many of miyazaki’s important themes, like environmentalism, the evils of technology, and the general stupidity of humanity about all things environmental. Unlike some other Miyazaki films like “Spirited Away”, this is an action movie, following the princess of the valley of the wind, Nausicaa, as she flies in her glider, dodging bullets and two warring factions from what remains of humanity 1000 years after a nuclear war. ...
My blog used to be so interesting…I was reading through the posts from last year, and holy cow was it a fun read. Was that ME writing those entries? So sleepy…
Thanks to my friend Ben Pullen (“3WheeledWonder”) for some vids (Windows Media req’d): Hi Res Low Res The second one was taken on my fastest run of the day, a 41.1xx, which was good for #4 on PAX. I still needed another .762 seconds to get Scott though, grrrrrr… Overall Results: link *** Ah, what a glorious day. Started with a pitiful 44.xxx time, which I cut down to 42.075, then 41.7. I got over-agressive on the next run, and caught a 42.6, then had my best run of the day: 41.1xx
Ah, a whole 48+ hrs w/o working. This weekend thing is great! Friday, I drove to get Whitney from Louisville and we went out to eat at Smokey Bones BBQ. Awful. Contacts clouded over, and I blinked my way in Thor back to G’town. Saturday, we once again missed a mtg with our (now former) pastor, Dwight, but we did get to spend quality time with two old pals, Jamie and Andy both of whom work at Z103 here in Lexington. I enjoyed it much more than I anticipated; their house is awesome, and they received us with open arms. Then, Whitney and I went to see Revenge of the Sith together. She really enjoyed the movie, and intuited this: There was a Sith Lord who could influence the midichloreans to create life AND to keep someone alive (he was Darth Sidious’s master). Perhaps it was HE who influenced them to impregnate Shmi with Anakin, setting the whole prophesy in motion. ...