Damnitall...so my "new to me" car has been acting up again. Now the "immobilization" circuitry keeps acting up to prevent the car from being started. This after I spent all that $$ just to get a frickin' new key for the thing. Oh, and the driver's side window seems to be sticking as well. I'm very highly sick of all these problems and will ( Read more... )

Several Saturdays ago, right after LBV got wrecked, I was driving a rented car with Joemamma running errands before heading into SLC to pick out a new car. After heading out of the post office, a police officer pulled me over and claimed I was going 40 in a 25 mph zone. Naturally, I was VERY surprised since it's not that far from the post office ( Read more... )

Joemamma and I woke up at 7:30 this morning. By 8 we were out of the Valley. By 10 we had our first "appointment" in SLC with a car salesman. After 3 stops, 6 cars, a LOT of "discussion" and "soul searching" I am now the proud new owner of a "new" 2001 Volvo S80. This car has an inline 6, is front wheel drive, and the a/c works. It also has ( Read more... )

At 15:15 today on Main St., just south of 700 N, my dear sweet little blue volvo was involved in an accident. I was stopped in a line of traffic due to a red stoplight at 600 N. A teenager in a blue Oldsmobile cutlass was following too close behind a white dodge dakota truck. When the truck went to stop, the kid rammed into the truck which, in ( Read more... )

My new trap for the ATD arrived today. Brand new, right out of the dang box it didn't work. Damnit, we paid $250 and waited a month to get this to work. What a freakin' crock!

I'm never going to graduate....

Towards the end of this summer my much-beloved and well-traveled Tilley hat had a terrible run-in with the washing machine that resulted in its untimely demise. There was much weeping and moaning throughout the land of Joe. I had that hat since a rainy day down in London saw my mother and I stranded down at the docks looking for shelter. After ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Pioneer Day here in Utah. Really not a big deal unless you're Mormon. They had more fireworks today than they had for the 4th of July. I spent yesterday at the Newman Center with a bunch of guys from the Knights of Columbus doing some demolition and construction work. Here is what we did ( Read more... )

After extended kitty cuddle time this morning I moved the little guy over, paused for a bit, and put my feet down on the floor to start my day, just like I do nearly every day. I went over to the bathroom, shaved, and then went to turn on the shower, just like I always do. Except, this time, there was this wonderful gurgling and burbling sound ( Read more... )

Yay! Thanks to my good buddy Tim who has tools, we were able to build a kick-ass bookcase for only $40 worth of materials and 4 hours or so worth of time! The whole thing is all solid wood and it's built like a brick shithouse. Now I can finally clean up the crap off the floor of my bedroom and set things right. Life is good again.