Well, long time and no blog. Tonight, I find myself blogging from Georgetown, Kentucky’s first cyber cafe, “Lock and Key Coffee House”, in the old JC Penny’s building, which then was a bank, which then was…er…something. Now it’s a coffee house. they’ve got a website, but I can’t seem to resolve the name. i’m sure i’ll be back, so I’ll post pics then. Honestly, it’s too cool for G’town. * * * ...
My new truck: Specs: 4.8L V-8 Engine (code: l4R): 275hp, 285 ft-lbs torque 4L60E transmission (w/a .70 overdrive) Dry weight: 4246lbs 108,000 miles Dad bought himself a new 2004 GMC Sierra 1/2 ton pickup. 5.3L v8, automatic tranny, decent option level. Sticker was $28k, and he got it for $19.6k, after all discounts. So, in a fit of amazing generosity, he’s *giving* me his old truck. Yeah, it’s the anti-mini. Been a pack-a-day smoker’s car for 3 years, so it pretty much reeks inside. But it’s got a ‘Murican V-8, baby. Needs just a bit of work: ...
Cold, windy, and I lost. But I had an amazing time at our little (only 54 entrants) autocross today! And the weather is so beautiful and sunny outside, I can’t be sad that I lost. Well, maybe just a little. The morning dawned cold, cloudy and early. What with the time change last night, it felt like I’d barely slept. So, I loaded-up the car, scarfed some McD’s + coffee, and arrived around 9 or so. ...
Well, with another autocross this weekend, I guess I should probably talk about the last one: Pics: Got first in my class, but it was a slaughter: No one else had race tires, nor any experience autocrossing. Capture of my times: 40.186(1) 40.604(1) 37.637 37.375 38.955(1) Best time: 37.375 I had the victoracers running at 50/45 psi throughout the first 4 runs, and then had a wild ride on the last run with 40/45 pressures. ...
Depressing blog of the day: My dreams have been trending towards the apocalyptic lately…no real idea why: Last night I was reading on fark about some pending announcement from NASA about a “significant” event in the solar system. So, of course, some fellas are making cracks about some comet or asteroid being inbound and them not wanting to tell us about it. So, I promptly go to sleep (well, at 1:30 am, but more on that later) and have this ultra-vivid dream about the End of the World: For some reason, I was at work, and the skies were dark and ominous. We were all looking out the window of Building 082 towards the south, and I got hints of conversation: ...
I drive a MINI Cooper. I race a MINI Cooper in Autocross. Here’s a pic of me doing so: And I thought I’d hate the new Mini Cabrio with a passion, but I kinda like it. Really opens-up the car and it doesn’t look as chunky & girly as I thought it would.