Intermission: Hurricane Ike

Evacuated for Hurricane Ike on Wednesday, September 10, 2008.
Returned to Lake Jackson on the evening of Sunday, September 14, 2008.
Got a generator hooked up to our well pump  for running water again on Monday, September 15, 2008.
Power service restored on the evening of Monday, September 22, 2008.

The Miata behaved quite ( Read more... )

While driving to/from Austin today, I discovered that I began to get a rather nasty lifter tick.  I'm hoping that it's nothing serious and that maybe I just need to switch to a heavier oil for summer (especially if I'm going to make any long trips).  I will try to remember to keep an eye on things and report back with any new information that I ( Read more... )