Everyone Is Entitled To My Opinion

As you can see in the picture below, things are starting to happen with the car. Since I promised to post an update on the status of the project, here is a list of things that have been done to or replaced on the car since the original pictures were posted. With the exception of mounting and balancing the wheels, all work has been done by Jason and me at the Auto Craft shop here on post. So, without further ado.... Oil change with filter(twice) New power steering fluid (twice) New air filter New hood release cable New thermostat New radiator New auxiliary cooling fan resistor New fan temperature switch Removed the A/C compressor and most associated plumbing New lower oil pan gasket (including R&R of the upper oil pan bolts with Loctite) Installed Bilstein sport shocks Installed billet aluminum/polyurethane rear shock mounts Team Dynamics Pro Race 1 15" wheels (13.7 lbs!!) with Kumho Ecsta SPT tires I think that's it. During the shock installation, we damaged the tie rod en...

Here we go. Some of you may have thought I was dead, but clearly that's not the case. My ambition just took a little vacation. I intend to give a more in depth accounting of what's been going on with the car in a few days. I've been waiting to get pictures with the new suspension installed, but the springs are on back order. I will have more info on what's been done to the car since we got and how it performed in the last autocross soon. Also check out my new favorite outdoor party game . It's fun!! I'll try to get some more movie and book reviews in soon too. Just to tide you over for now, I'll tell you about something that is stupid. Curled-up straw cowboy hats on drunk college girls. Who thought that was a good idea. It's even worse when sober women wear them in public. What's up??

Here we go. Some of you may have thought I was dead, but clearly that's not the case. My ambition just took a little vacation. I intend to give a more in depth accounting of what's been going on with the car in a few days. I've been waiting to get pictures with the new suspension installed, but the springs are on back order. I will have more info on what's been done to the car since we got and how it performed in the last autocross soon. Also check out my new favorite outdoor party game . It's fun!! I'll try to get some more movie and book reviews in soon too. Just to tide you over for now, I'll tell you about something that is stupid. Curled-up straw cowboy hats on drunk college girls. Who thought that was a good idea? It's even worse when sober women wear them in public. What's up??

Overheard in my living room yesterday: John, quit rockin' the dog's ass.

I haven't posted in awhile, mostly because I've been lazy but partly because I've been busy. The reason for today's post is to announce a most momentous event that should be cause for much celebration. Having waded in the shallow end of the motorsport pool for the last couple of years with autocrossing, I have decided to start making my way toward the deep end. A couple of weeks ago Jason and I stumbled across a good deal on a not-so-gently used BMW. Of course we jumped to the logical conclusion that it would make a great race car and by association make us great race car drivers. So, here we are the proud owners of a 1991 318i that we intend to turn into a giant slayer on the track. Or at least try to not go broke or get killed. The plan is to start small with our local BMW club autocrosses as we build the car up. During the build-up we're going to follow the rules of this racing series, but actual participation in one of those events is probably years away. There...

I wanted to put this up here for posterity. I have no idea where it came from, but it's pretty funny. The Center for Disease Control has issued a warning about a new virulent strain of Sexually Transmitted Disease. This disease is contracted through dangerous and high risk behavior.The disease is called Gonorrhea Lectim. Many victims contracted it in 2004, after having been screwed for the past 4 years, in spite of having taken measures to protect themselves from this especially troublesome disease. Cognitive sequelae of individuals infected with Gonorrhea Lectim includes: delusions of grandeur with a distinct messianic flavor chronic mangling of the English language extreme cognitive dissonance inability to accept responsibility for actions exceptional cowardice masked by acts of misplaced bravado uncontrolled facial smirking theocracies a strong propensity for categorical, all-or-nothing behaviors The disease is sweeping Washington. Naturalists a...

From a bumper sticker spotted in Austin, TX: Guns kill people like spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat. Beautiful. Sarah likes this one: Accordians don't play Lady of Spain, people do.

Last week I did this . I'll put some pictures up soon.

We've got the Netflix distribution chain working overtime so I'll have lots of these in the next few weeks. Anyway, here are the latest reviews. Airplane I'm not sure I've ever watched this all the way through from start to finish. It's still a classic of its genre. It's corny, the jokes are almost all groaners, but it still manages to give you a chuckle. One thing of interest, and I'm not sure if it's a reflection of when the movie came out or if the rating system has changed, the movie is rate PG, but there is a gratuitous topless shot that probably lasts 3 seconds in the middle of a scene. I was always under the impression that naked boobs means an R rating. I guess I'll have to check the MPAA website. I'll recommend this as a good cheesy movie for when you want to completely veg in front of the TV. Better Off Dead Surprisingly, I had never seen this movie. I generally like John Cusak, although most of his films tend toward the chick flick cat...

As we were leaving work yesterday Jason said: "I could never quit this job because it feels so good when I leave."

Books and movies will now be reviewed here starting with these two: Moby Dick An interesting read. I don't know if I agree with its usual label of "Children's Classic". I don't think many of today's children could be bothered to even attempt this one and if they did, I don't think they would make it without a good dictionary. There's a lot of cool language in this book. Most of it is a bit archaic, but it's interesting to see how our language has changed in the last couple hundred years. There are some great sentences and quotes in there. As for the story, it's very long and drawn out. There are large sections of the book where you are treated to in-depth descriptions of the whaling trade in the 1850s, whale anatomy, whaler operations, blacksmithing, and other fun subjects. The meat of the story with Ahab and the whale only really involves the last two chapters. Honestly after wading through the rest of the book, the ending was very anticlimact...

Nothing much to say today other than that I promise not to start anymore posts with OK.

OK. I know I'm a little anal sometimes, but is it really that difficult for people to file things correctly? Especially when it's information that those same people are going to be looking for in the future. I just don't understand why it's so hard. Also, why is the pop-up blocker in IE so crappy?

OK. Inspired by others, here is my blog. I won't make any promises about the relevance or usefulness of the contents or the regularity of posts. I think it's pretty much going to be what I feel like posting when I feel like posting it. So, enjoy. Or not.