Well, it's been a day. My son is a ball of dickery already at age 3. Hit me in the face getting into the car, so I drove him complete angry silence all the way to Bonnie's, where he was going to chill out while I went to an audition in Hollywood. When we got there, he said, "Daddy's not talking to me because I hit him. A couple times ( Read more... )

Ahhh! Stress! I just found out that not only did one of the most reasonable and favorite of the Yamashiro managers quit out of the blue last week while I was gone (Nori, who had been a server there for over 12 years and constantly threatened to quit...sure...), but I found out at the same time that our General Manager is also leaving soon for a ( Read more... )

Outta gas. First time in 7 years. First time on the highway, too ( Read more... )

Exactly 5 years ago, I was driving to Rhonda's summer home in my crappy Ford Escort Wagon. I had bought it with my credit card for $2500 in CT when I returned here. After only three years (and a painful trek through Canada in the winter), it had had enough. For the previous week, the radiator had been leaking and overheating ( Read more... )

Here's an article for your cousin:

Ten Myths about Hybrid CarsIt had the myth about Hybrid cars being dangerous for first responders, which he kept harping on. I know he claimed to change his mind on the cars, but maybe he could use it to explain to his other EMT friends...pass it on, won't you ( Read more... )

So, Kar3n and I have a little passive aggressive hobby. When we find a parking spot that is being invaded by the asshat next to it, we park within the lines. This usually winds up looking like this:


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I doubt this is interesting, but I thought it was nifty when I watched it. Here's the glass guy changing my windshield last week. I didn't know if I should tip him, so our parting was weird...then I realized I didn't give him the $2 to get out of the garage! DAMMIT!!

But it was fun while it lasted. He said I was the 7th car smashed. He had ( Read more... )

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Yeah, so the point is that the car I sold to my successor, Joe, is going through the same death-throws. Homeboy never changed the name on the car in almost 10 months. He has had my name stamp (inkan), and other verification papers I arranged for him since he got there last July. And now he has sold a car to someone else, Blaine's successor ( Read more... )

Y'know, I was so looking forward to calling in on Friday and asking to work on Mon...then I forgot. This is the curse I live with...flightiness...absent-mindedness...a short-term memory. It's this same thing that caused me to get a ticket just off Sunset once because I didn't turn my tires toward the curb (LA is notorious for making up different ( Read more... )

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First of all, let me apologize for my outburst yesterday...that was odd...

Let me tell you a little story about a tire...it's a short story. Basically, after a month of X-country driving without incident, I punctured my rear right tire on a nail within a week of getting here. I was at Jeremy's place until about 2am when I went out to my car ( Read more... )