I used to spill over with words, used to write about the intricacies of daily life like they mattered to anyone but me. It's hard to write anymore. Anything over 140 characters seems exhausting and superfluous. Now that I can update the moment-by-moment happenings of my day from my phone anywhere, anytime, what's the point of summarizing ( Read more... )

I just got my head chewed off for asking if there was more ranch.
Then I got yelled at for crying.
I'm in pain because I got thrown twice from a horse today. I'm pretty sure my big toe is broken, and maybe my tailbone.
Didn't get shit done at work today.
Having a horrible time getting my blood sugar stabilized since my pump died on saturday.
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First this: ( we've been elfed )

I liked the haiku thing from last week. As twitter has shortened my attention span, todays posting will be in haiku ( Read more... )

... but check out the video in the link. Two TAFC go into the nets at Englishtown last weekend.

Alexis de Joria and Marty Nothstein

This is the track where Scott Kalitta was killed a year ago. They have revamped the top end since then, and it may have saved two lives.

This is pretty amazing.


Drag Racing Filmed at 1000 fps - Watch more Fast and Furious

There is death in drag racing, it's the ever-looming threat, the assumed risk, the reason for all the required safety equipment. Every time there is a death in the sport, it hurts all of us involved ... even though I'm not at every race like i was for a while, the community still feels like a family to me. The Kalitta family is part of my earliest ( Read more... )

Billy Williams was an old family friend, and part of my earliest memories of drag racing. He died last week, though he's been non-responsive since the accident a few years ago. I'd always hoped he'd come around, but it didn't work out that way.

I spent my weekend off not doing much ... cleaning, relaxing, practicing on the motorcycle, playing ( Read more... )

I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this project!

The plan was to clean the living room - I do the living room, he does the kitchen. So I started picking up, and thought hmm ... I should clean off that desk ...

Then I thought well, i hardly ever use this desk anymore ... i could put this computer in storage, toss the desk, and free ( Read more... )