Jun 30

A break

After months of planning, and despite last minute drama, I managed to break away for a week and enjoy Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons for a week with some college friends.  It would doubly nice as it turned out to be far cheaper than I had planned on.  Go case of ramen and tent camping!

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Apr 23

Terrorized Pickup

Forward: It has come to my attention that it might be felt that because I force comments to be made on my site instead of on livejournal that I am somehow trying to force you to visit my site. I assure you, this is not the case. I prefer to host my [...]


Feb 1

Crumpled!

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So, recently, we bought Amanda a used ‘92 Subaru Legacy 4 door sedan. 146,000 miles, ran good, but the clutch was shot, $700. Bought it, drove it to the shop. I spent a couple of days putting in a new clutch, which [...]


Oct 1

Drag racing

Yeah, Brian talked me into it. He trailered his Mustang, and I rode my V-Strom the 140 miles from Salt Lake out to the ‘outlaw’ track at Wendover, which is right smack on the Nevada border. I say ‘outlaw’, because the rules are rather lax. The tech inspection is, ‘Do you have [...]


Sep 24

Overdue update

Welp, I still exist. I know it has been a long time since I posted last, but hey, busy and all. So, here is an update.