Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 23rd, 2008
It’s animal kingdom around here. When I first moved in, I had three squirrels munching on the oak tree just off my balcony. Then the deer roaming about. Last month there was a pair of bucks walking down by the mail center. This month while walking out to my truck there were four raccoon crossing […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 18th, 2008
After one of my tires gave up life, I went to NTB at 7:30 on Saturday morning to buy new tires without waiting forever. $762 later I have new rubber. Now my truck must last another 70,000 miles so I can get my money’s worth out of them. The upshot of falling crude prices is […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 9th, 2008
I finally got around to watching Cool Hand Luke. Great movie. Watched part of Giant, couldn’t stick with it. Didn’t go anywhere this weekend, stayed around home doing utterly nothing. So I need to find somebody to teach me horseback riding. Somehow it got in my head this weekend. It sounds far, far more interesting […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 2nd, 2008
Discovery has a new show called Time Warp that is exceedingly interesting. I’ve spent hours watching slow motion videos on YouTube and looked forward to seeing new material. One thing they showed was a hot blonde pole vaulter doing her thing. Tangentally I went looking for pole vaulting photos on flickr and found a very […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 30th, 2008
Took the truck to the shop and let my mechanic dink at it. Between an exhaust gas test and pressure test, no leak was found. When I first dropped it off, they suspected a head gasket leak but later couldn’t determine if that’s what caused it. While I was waiting, I called another recommended shop […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 19th, 2008
My truck hates me. 2000 miles after I replaced the water pump, I learned I’m still losing coolant. After nearly a year, I finally got around to replacing the O2 sensors that were throwing a OBD-II code. One sensor was the shittiest shit to be ever shat in terms of getting a wrench to, even […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2008
I finally got tired of the “small” LCDs I had at work and set out to buy a pair of Dell 2001FPs like I had at Giganews. Through eBay I found a local liquidator that had a warehouse full of ’em and made a visit to them today. I hadn’t put a purchase through on […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 11th, 2008
After spending a couple of weeks afraid to look at my credit report, I finally bought a report today. I’m relieved that it confirms what should be true, that I have zero debt. I am however disappointed that it didn’t move my FICO score much. It would seen my past sins are still lurking in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2008
Another wicked case of stomach cramps this afternoon. I left work early because hunching over was the only comfort I could get. Loaded up on pepto bismol, then tylenol .. four hours later it finally went away. gah. I don’t know what causes it. I had lunch at Delaware, which is pretty tame.
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2008
My Hong Kong colleagues get some interesting holidays. Today is the Chongyang Festival which “falls on the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar.” The markets declined in a spectacular fashion today. Bargains to be had, but I spent my loose cash already last week. drats. A person could’ve gotten into […]
