Ahh, the holidays
Carving a Jack-‘o-Lantern with the Pookster: “No, Daddy, don’t throw away the seeds – I want to make mine throw up!” An excellent artistic vision she has, wot? Unfortunately, you’ll Continue Reading →
Month: October 2005
I turn the key and it goes – or maybe not *updated*
Do you have any idea how long it takes to drive in a 1.5 inch machine bolt one ratchet-click at a time? Yeah. Bloody forever. On the upside, the preliminary Continue Reading →
Yay for happy parties!
Tonight was The World’s Best Girlfriend’s birthday, and the party went off very well. She turned the ripe old age of Beautiful, smiled for three solid hours, and the world Continue Reading →
Dear Auto makers of the World;
Do you remember the halcyon days or yore when it was physically possible for Joe Shadetree to actually perform routine maintenance and repair of his vehicle? Days when it was Continue Reading →
Ask my doctor about what?
caution: may cause death in extreme cases Continue Reading →
She’s mine all right
The boys and I were playing Mechwarrior tonight, and the Pookster was feeling a little left out. Being the nice guy he is, the Physicist let her take the stick Continue Reading →
When is a 5-year battery not a 5-year battery? (updated)
When it dies in the fourth year, of course. Thankfully, it waited until I was close enough to home for B:TNG to come and give me a jump-start to get Continue Reading →
But Teacher, when am I going to use this?
There are many things you study in school without any idea of when the subject may become useful in real life. For many students, Creative Writing is something that really Continue Reading →
Serenity
I was planning to review Serenity here, but there’s no real need – several thousand others already have. This movie is, in my humble opinion, the best movie to hit Continue Reading →
Oregon RIAA Victim Fights Back; Sues RIAA
I will link this here because every little bit of publicity helps, and I am always willing to help a fellow Oregonian:Recording Industry vs The People This is the case Continue Reading →