Thursday night my stomach flipped. My lower gut suddenly felt it was perforated by steel talons, and would not stop feeling bad. I didn't throw up, and trips to the restroom changed nothing. I spent the entire night being not quite able to sleep. Most of Friday I found myself in exquisite pain on the couch and barely awake. I had a mild fever, and ( Read more... )

A repair is performed with the goal of restoring something to its original condition, yet this almost never happens. Inanimate objects do not heal. They are born into the world already past their prime. They must endure a life of nothing but decline. Most objects get damaged through mistreatment, but age itself also conspires to destroy. Human ( Read more... )

Our poor little Honda Fit has been rear ended by another car! This time my wife stopping suddenly to avoid a traffic collision, only to get boxed by the big Toyota behind her ( Read more... )

My wife was pulling into the pump at the gas station and a white SUV backed into her. After a brief discussion with the driver about who's fault it was the guy offered to go get his insurance info from the truck. Once back at his truck he made a hasty getaway. The gas station didn't have security video of that portion of the lot, and no witnesses ( Read more... )

Just before our vacation trip (a long road trip, no less) a telephone pole jumped out and assaulted our car. Luckily the pole survived ( Read more... )

Our car doesn't like to keep its shoes on. It wants to slip off those tires and frolic barefoot in the mud of Houston. In one year we have had a disproportionate number of tire inflation incidents. At first it seemed related to weather, and that may still be at play, but I'm beginning to think that the fates are playing a hand as well ( Read more... )

My car situation has gotten rather dire. It needs its first oil change. It needs to go in for a Honda recall check, and possible chip replacements. It needs a good washing badly, and it needs to be inspected so that it can be registered in Texas ( Read more... )