(Cross-posted to Romancing CAI actually made it to Houston and caught up with old friends.  It was a much needed break from the road.  A fellow GTXer and his wife in southern Louisiana offered me crash space the following night; MT323 wanted to look for any other problems before I got to Gainesville ( Read more... )

I woke up yesterday with my head buzzing with fresh insight into a work problem, and being a Saturday, I refused to work on "real" work. No one is going to see it until Monday, anyway, so why bother? Instead, I put that nervous energy into doing some laundry, cleaning up the kitchen, and tidying up in general. I'll often chatter away at Pooka ( Read more... )

Friend Susie decided we should go whale spotting, mostly because it's a pretty hike along the coastline. Apparently, you can see gray whale stragglers if you're lucky. Susie's coastal hike of choice, Wilder Ranch State Park, sadly was closed due to all this rain we've had this winter. We found a little niche south of it and at least got some ( Read more... )

I'm typing at you from Oatfield, a motocross track somewhere in the vicinity of Turlock, CA. I don't know why they call it oatfield, I'd be surprised to find a single oat here. There are, however, lovely almond trees for many miles in any direction. [Edit: As a matter of fact, Dusty managed to find a single oat. I stand corrected!Since it is a ( Read more... )

Since my back was in such bad shape last week, dustykat and I hadn't gotten the serious cuddle time in which we would usually partake. By this weekend, we were nigh inseparable, back be damned. Friday night my sweetie made good on his Valentine's offer of a pedicure. OMG my toesies are so purty! I wore sandals on Saturday, despite a chilly morning and ( Read more... )

Hey guys!

I'll be in Gainesville at the Grassroots Motorsports $2006 Challenge from 10/26-10/29, pitting my stock '88 Mazda 323 GTX against the cars of more creative, not to mention mechanically-inclined, folks. I plan on coming in last, but having a great time doing it ( Read more... )

Oh. Dear. Lord. Rallycross absolutely kicks ass.

As is my way, I paid for my friend Anthony (that's Steppenhoof to you WoW people) to run. First time's free, and all that. I think I got him good and hooked. :)

( All the dirty little details... )

( Let me just say: Damn, I have some good friends. )

it's an adventure!

Anyone who plays WoW with me knows how poorly I navigate in game. They will not be surprised to hear my 2.5 hour trip to Charlotte took 4.5 hours. More details to come when I'm not blogging from my Treo...

For some reason, I was thinking of the ol' TIMster jima and our vegemite escapades, so I did a search for his player. I came across the Dictionaraoke, which seemed like exactly the kind of thing he'd do. I hope it's him. I miss him lots ( Read more... )