And i'm spent...

Got it all up there. It goes really fast once you know how to do it.

We made a dent in it at least.

Got the first half up yesterday, 26 bales to go today.

Lowe's delivered me a little present.

Oh boy...

Hotel room injustice

How the hell can you go making room 420 a non-smoking room?

Les Claypool rocks! Wheeeeeeeee...

This is pretty much what the entire night looked like from my perspective. I cant seem to get the motion blur off of my memory.

Opening bands suck

They are called 2g's and it is all i can stand to make it through their set. I am too drunk and it's too fucking hot to stand here another half an hour.

Of cabins and campfires.

I didn't even leave the cabin today. Drinkin' Pabst and listening to Charlie Daniels by 11 am. Nighttime brought steaks on the grill and more beer. When the rain let up I built a campfire to make smores. Life is good.

Way up in the mountains...

Well we made it. This is the view from the back porch of the cabin. Mount LeConte in the distance. Present coordinates 35deg 45.100' N 83deg 31.579'W

Gatlinburg, day one: a mobile post.

View from our lovely ninth floor room at the Park View hotel. After a drive around the Roaring Fork Motor Trail we check into the cabin later today. I can't wait to get up into those mountains on foot. Local hikers say the mountain is muddy right now from spring thaw, I hope my flatlander feet can handle it. More to follow, cell signal permitting.

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Little kitty taking a nap!

Does this make any sense?

I like pond... sexy time!

Started digging and lining my Koi pond this weekend. Looks like the project will move slower than expected though, pond kits are for small shallow ponds... not in ground pools! I thought I was going to get away with one of those pond-in-a-box kits, but the liner would only accomodate a 2 foot deep pond and I need at least three. On top of that the pump and filter setups are not sufficient for a fully functioning live pond, which is what I want. So I went to Coolponds and got a liner of my own, and got it dug in. Now I am in the market for a proper pump and filter, the pumps are expensive at the pond stores, so I will use my penny pinching skills to get this one done on the cheap too.
The hole as of this morning, a little too big to start

Liner inside, starting to fill er up

More to follow soon...

Bashin on a Sunday afternoon.

Anthony and I got the trucks pieced together again, so we went out to get them back to the way we like... broken.
Went out under the CR54/Old 54 bridge overpass again, the berm we built last time was still there. We both got some good runs in on the baby powder consistency sand. My truck has no 4WD right now so I was rear wheels only, made for lots of donuts.
Anthony's is running like a banshee right now, smokes by me even with my 3 speed transmission. Must be time for another engine rebuild. My new Venom Smart Temp failsafe kicks ass! Any time I run it too hard and get a little hot, it takes away some throttle so I have to let it cool down. Really helps with tuning by letting me know just when I exceed my temp limits. Worth the $41 definitely.

I got some video clips and we took still pictures too. I will try embedding the link to my Picasa Web Album below to see how that works. I should be able to add the video through Google videos as well, once I get it transferred.

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Now THIS movie looks promising.

Between this, The Number 23 and Reno 911! Miami I'm not sure what I'm most excited about right now

A little more useful post than usual...

I thought I would transcribe some papers from my desk onto the blog for posterity, here are some links I was sent by BrightHouse when they threatened to turn off my Roadrunner connection because some mail bot was using one of our PCs to spread spam. There are a couple links to antivirus scanners and proxy service killers.

EZ Armor - http://www.rr.com/flash/index.cfm?startView=DOWNLOAD (free for RR subscribers)
McAfee Stinger - http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger
The Cleaner - http://www.moosoft.com/products/cleaner/download/
Startup Control Panel - http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
List of startup processes - http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php
Port Explorer - http://www.diamondcs.com.au/portexplorer/index.php?page=home

Who is Jack Schitt?

For some time many of us have wondered just who is Jack Schitt? We find ourselves at a loss when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt!". Well, thanks to my genealogy efforts, you can now respond in an intellectual way.

Jack Schitt is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt, Inc. They had one son, Jack.
In turn, Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt. The deeply religious couple produced six children: Holie Schitt, Giva Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins, Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt. Against her parent's objections, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After being married 15 years, Jack and Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married Ted Sherlock, and, because her kids were living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt, and they produced a son with a rather nervous disposition named Chicken Schitt. Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, were inseparable throughout childhood and subsequently married the Happens brothers in a dual ceremony. The wedding announcement in the newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens nuptials.
The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse. Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He recently returned from Italy with his new Italian bride, Pisa Schitt.
Now when someone says, "You don't know Jack Schitt..." you can correct them.

Sincerely,
Crock O. Schitt

A new look for the Savvy

Anthony got me the ATV body as a birthday gift. I think I'll call the driver 'buster'

Let's see if blogger can do mobile video

My first chance to fire a Desert Eagle. These were 44 magnum rounds. Would like to see what the .50 cal is like.

More repair woes, this time the engine.

Looks like the forward crankshaft bearing (foreground left of leatherman) was leaking. The rubber seal peeled off, the engine was losing compression from there. That would also explain why i was going through fuel so fast. It also explains why no matter how lean i ran the carb it never got hot. Thankfully the piston and sleeve are still good and the bearing is only a 12 dollar fix. Hopefully be fixed up by saturday if the shipping gods are merciful.
Otherwise the truck performed beautifully on the track, though the engine was lacking in off the line acceleration. Anthony's was doing wheelstands and donuts it had so much kick. Too bad he wrecked it a few times and blew a shock, and the gears in his reverse module stripped out. I cant wait to see how the new transmission works when it is actually getting all the power the truck has to give, so far I have yet to get it into third gear.

SPAMALOT!

Ka-ching! 8 seats, second row center. Happy birthday to me. Thanks mom!